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Afghan chaos undercuts Biden's promise of competence


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2021 Aug 18, 2:48pm   127,432 views  1,184 comments

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The shambolic unravelling of America's withdrawal from Afghanistan comes from a yet to be written textbook of "how to lose at everything". Warnings hadn't been heeded, intelligence was clearly totally inadequate, planning was lamentable, execution woeful.

Let's just focus in on one thing - although there are any number that are worthy of examination.
The withdrawal came during the "fighting season" - a phrase I have to say I have always found rather odd. But in Afghanistan there is a fighting season which starts in spring - and then in winter, when the country freezes over, there is a time when the Taliban go home to their tribal homelands. Did no-one think that it might have been better to have ordered the withdrawal for the dead of winter when Taliban forces weren't there, poised to fill the vacuum?

The end result might have been the same - a Taliban takeover - but it would have almost certainly led to a more orderly drawdown. Yet the Biden administration wanted an eye-catching date. They wanted the withdrawal completed by 11 September. Twenty years on from 9/11 - an artificial, self-imposed deadline.

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Biden's election campaign could be boiled down to three messages to distinguish himself from Donald Trump. First, he would be more empathetic. He would be more competent. And instead of "America First", it would be replaced by the mantra "America is back".
But in his address yesterday, there wasn't a whole lot of empathy towards the thousands of Afghans who've helped Americans these past 20 years. On competence, even his biggest cheerleaders would struggle to say the withdrawal of American troops has been anything other than shambolic.
And after the bewildering events of the past few days, how exactly is America back?

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But on the policy itself, Joe Biden is utterly defiant. He summoned up his inner Harry Truman and made clear in his speech that the buck stops with him. He was, however, happy to distribute blame in much the same way that a muck spreader disperses manure in all directions. The Afghan leadership weren't up to it, the Afghan armed forces had no fight in them; Donald Trump had negotiated a bad deal.

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A fascinating nugget from a briefing that's just been given by Joe Biden's National Security Adviser. Since the fall of Kabul, Jake Sullivan revealed, Biden hadn't spoken to another world leader. Wasn't that just a bit surprising, given that there were a lot of other nations - including Britain - who'd committed vast resources to Afghanistan?

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When the G7 gathered in Cornwall and the Nato nations met in Brussels the sense of relief was palpable among the prime ministers and presidents that a more outward looking American president was in charge. But given what has unfolded - how America has been humiliated, how Joe Biden embarked on a policy he was cautioned against by these leaders - there is now a good deal more wariness.
And who will feel they have gained most from America's departure - apart from the Taliban, of course? Why, three countries near Afghanistan - Russia, Iran and China. I'm not sure that is what Joe Biden had in mind when he said after his inauguration that "America is back".



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-58252174?source=patrick.net

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820   RC2006   2023 Jun 13, 10:57am  

Patrick says


https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-updates-iwo-jima-memorial-with-pride-flag





Just remember with the left that todays satire is tomorrows reality.
821   Patrick   2023 Jun 13, 10:45pm  

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/metaphorical-tuesday-june-13-2023?publication_id=463409&post_id=128003849&isFreemail=true


Biden’s official Pride celebration this weekend featured men with extreme surgical body modifications frolicking semi-naked with Joe Biden on the White House lawn. I’m not even exaggerating much.

Sorry about the imagery, but you’ve seen worse. This is your White House:

Mere moments before this indescribably embarrassing photo was taken, the man covering his artificial breasts in the picture above, so-called “trans influencer” Rose Montoya, 27, shook hands with Joe Biden, who some people believe is the President of the United States. Here they are:

Joe even took the opportunity to grab a selfie with Mr. Montoya, presumably for Joe’s personal collection:

It’s hard to calculate which was more disgraceful and humiliating, the pornographic celebration of atypical sexual lifestyles at our Nation’s most important, historic, and traditionally dignified monument and seat of authority, or the fact that the White House’s “celebration” featured the so-called Pride flag carefully located in between and higher than two U.S. flags surrounding it, which was itself a grotesque violation of flag etiquette, and metaphorically suggested that Pride governs the United States.

If the Joe Biden were a Chinese puppet, he could hardly do more damage to the Nation’s morale, or humiliate us worse, than through this deliberately offensive travesty. I hardly even know what to say about it, except that it reminds me of the famous quote by anti-communist researcher Robert Conquest:

“The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies.”

Given the context of the state of the world these days, I also pick up strong Biblical vibes, such as the sentiment expressed in Proverbs 16:18:

“Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.”

How about a C&C Challenge: name any other stable nuclear-capable country that would ever allow this kind of thing to go on at their national capitol?

We win by NOT being humiliated and discouraged. We despise secret enemy cabals; we understand we are at war; and this too shall pass. “Weeping may stay for the night, but joy cometh in the morning.” Psalm 30:5(b).
826   Patrick   2023 Jun 15, 10:57am  

https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/06/14/21-federal-agencies-promote-pride-month-taxpayer-dollars/


Through this list is not exhaustive, here are 21 federal and federally funded organizations that promote Pride Month with taxpayer dollars:

The Smithsonian Museums: The taxpayer-funded museums offer a lineup of LGBTQ events for the month of June, including sexuality talks and “drag story hours” featuring “drag queens” reading books to children.

CIA: The Central Intelligence Agency announced its support for Pride Month with a puzzling theme: “WELCO-ME.” The acronym stands for “Wellness Equity LGBTQ+ Community Openness ME,” according to the Twitter post.

FBI: The bureau announced its support of Pride Month on Twitter by thanking its LGBTQ employees for their service, dedication, and “perspectives.” While the bureau accepts LGBTQ perspectives, it has actively targeted Catholic perspectives. ...
827   richwicks   2023 Jun 15, 11:13am  

Patrick says

While the bureau accepts LGBTQ perspectives, it has actively targeted Catholic perspectives. ...


Ironically, Joe Biden is supposedly a Catholic..
829   Patrick   2023 Jun 15, 4:51pm  

https://twitter.com/NatShupe/status/1669404447368425473


@NatShupe
Daily reminder, Biden is a creep.


832   RC2006   2023 Jun 16, 6:30am  

Don't worry I saw on morning news Joe is tackling junk fees for concerts, it's one of the most pressing concerns of the country right now. So ridiculous even the morning news guy commented is this what our government should be working on.
842   Patrick   2023 Jun 20, 2:23pm  

https://thefederalist.com/2023/06/20/joe-biden-is-not-ok/


There is nothing unique about being a scatterbrained 80-year-old. But a scatterbrained 80-year-old should not be president.
843   Patrick   2023 Jun 20, 9:44pm  

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/festival-joys-tuesday-june-20-2023?publication_id=463409&post_id=129706419&isFreemail=true


Biden’s Monkeypox advisor Demetre Daskalakis interviewed on MSNBC over the weekend and said some remarkable things. You’re going to think I made it up.

Daskalakis says the Biden administration’s goals are to “support peoples’ joy” as opposed to stigmatizing them as “risky.” He explained, “One person’s idea of risk is another person’s idea of a great festival or a Friday night.”

Festivals! Well, Demetre would know. Here he is at a festival with his puppy. He doesn’t look very joyful though. Maybe he keeps it locked inside.




It’s Biden’s best and brightest! Remember, this is your modern democrat party, the grand experiment to give political power to people who historically would have been shunned and kept as far away from the wheels of influence as possible, if not locked away.

It’s kind of like handing out permanent markers to a pre-K classroom, except the stakes are even higher. Nothing could possibly go wrong with this plan.
852   Patrick   2023 Jun 28, 10:30am  

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1674062124245549056


@disclosetv
NOW - Biden: Putin "is clearly losing the war in Iraq."
853   richwicks   2023 Jun 28, 12:08pm  

Patrick says


https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1674062124245549056


disclosetv
NOW - Biden: Putin "is clearly losing the war in Iraq."





Good thing our intelligence agencies got rid of that mentally unstable, mentally incompetent Trump!!
854   Onvacation   2023 Jun 28, 12:20pm  

HeadSet says

Patrick says


https://notthebee.com/article/joe-biden-just-cant-keep-his-hands-off-of-womens-midriff-and-its-still-creepy-no-matter-how-many-times-i-see-it-happen

It does not look like Eva was bothered by it at all.

She's been dealing with perverts since she was a little girl. Getting real good at deflecting unwanted advances.
855   RWSGFY   2023 Jun 30, 3:33pm  

Another report out, this time on State Dept: https://apple.news/AUJbJc55ZTsSItJFi0C_CLQ

Not pretty.
856   RWSGFY   2023 Jun 30, 3:36pm  

Patrick says






... or Vlad Pukin:





Sorry,I mean OUR GREAT UNTIPEDOGLOBOHOMO CHRISTIAN LEADER!
857   Patrick   2023 Jun 30, 9:24pm  

https://thefederalist.com/2023/06/30/state-department-finally-admits-in-heavily-redacted-report-that-biden-botched-the-afghanistan-withdrawal/


State Department Finally Admits In Heavily Redacted Report That Biden Botched The Afghanistan Withdrawal

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