The news from the White House this week is that Joe Biden, or at least his handlers, intends to retell the huge mistakes he made when he withdrew from Afghanistan. Good luck for your late efforts.
It’s like saying something in Washington, even if there is no attribution, it is also true in this White House wonderland. Especially after the shocking deaths of more than ten American troops at Kabul Airport on Thursday.
News Flash: More than a week ago, when the U.S. military finally left, the evacuation narrative train left the Kabul station. The Taliban had ended, but so had thousands of Americans and Afghan allies.
But reality will not stop the president from reading lines promoting his mass evacuation.Don’t let his dysfunctional team parrot Something that glows the same Regarding Biden’s plan to reach out to any American who hasn’t paid close attention to the chaotic and now deadly troop withdrawal scenario.
If you believe Biden’s numbers, more than 100,000 people have already taken off from Kabul. What is certain is that in a short period of time, large numbers of Americans, Afghan allies, and other citizens can safely escape the control of the fundamentalist Taliban.
Thanks to the crew and mechanics, they tirelessly used huge cargo planes to transport hundreds of humans to the entire area. And the Marine Corps guarding the periphery.
However, the real question about this historic flight of mankind is, why is such a large and cramped effort required in the first place? For months, the Biden team has been working hard to solve this problem, just like the inside of a windshield in a storm.
This is the narrative: Donald Trump reached an agreement with the Taliban last year. At that time, they just wanted to become the ruler. All American troops will withdraw from Afghanistan before May 1. Before starting on the land.
In exchange, the Taliban agreed to reduce violent attacks mainly against Americans, prohibit terrorists from opening shops there again, and negotiate in good faith with the elected central government of Kabul.
The promise of withdrawal is a political cover for the United States, so withdrawal is not a shameful recognition of failure, just like the Soviet Union in 1989 and all other occupation attempts in the 33rd century.
Except for some kindergarten children in Arkansas, no one expects the Taliban to fulfill most of the agreement. Only those toddlers are disappointed.
For some inexplicable reason, Biden first postponed the withdrawal to the 9/11 anniversary of the beginning of the chaos, and then postponed it to August 31, which is a prime time battle season in a land where there is no NFL to follow. . At that time, the Taliban forces had already begun operations.
The lowering of the flag at Bagram a few weeks in advance without a contingency plan to deal with adversity is a signal for the insurgents to step on the accelerator. So, they did it.
Now, the U.S. Army is an amazing collection of proud costumes, and their men and women, volunteers, thank goodness, train for many things you can’t even imagine. It is hard to believe that there is a situation where the commander-in-chief’s mental capacity has declined and the notorious lifelong mistrust of the military.
That person would order to wake the Pentagon leaders to forget those stupid civilians in Afghanistan and to withdraw the last 2,500 soldiers from Afghanistan. Do it now.
Then once they went out, the Taliban took over everything, the reality of thousands of potential hostages surfaced, and Biden suddenly changed his mind—no, wait, it’s better to send 6,000 soldiers back to protect the airport. Oh, assemble a plane big enough to fly more than 75,000 frightened people across the Middle East.
Then dispatched the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency to meet with the Taliban leaders and politely requested that the August 31 withdrawal deadline set by the US leaders themselves be extended.
The commander-in-chief of the United States has been on vacation, refusing or unable to tell his compatriots what happened.
When he occasionally ventured out, Biden would show an ignorant smug and talk about vaccination as if it were the hottest topic. With tears in his eyes and vague thoughts, even kindergarten children in Arkansas would say: “Mom, what’s wrong with that old man?”
Now, all this is not just a domestic political theater. China finally sets its sights on annexing Taiwan. It can evaluate Biden as a weak and confused leader with no will or support for new foreign military ventures. China is right.
Vladimir Putin of Russia also looks at other parts of Ukraine and/or the Baltic countries.
Talk about drama. Last week, Biden’s CIA Director William Burns met with Taliban leaders. We don’t know what actually happened, because…Biden. Remember that Obama made him responsible for the transparency of their government. Therefore, Biden held a transparency planning meeting and closed the meeting to the media.
Burns may seek to extend the evacuation period after August 31. A Taliban spokesperson later stated that there was no change.
Surprisingly, many of Biden’s foreign policy aides are those who planned this fragile nuclear agreement with Iran, which involved an advance payment of US$1.8 billion to the Mullah. Maybe we have already purchased the default extension.
Then the news came, and it was incredible that US officials had provided the Taliban with a long list of Americans and Afghan allies who wanted to enter the airport for evacuation. If this is a business transaction, this might sound good. But wait, the Taliban are terrorists, and this naive list can easily become a list to be eliminated.
In almost every stage of this unfolding and now fatal exit drama, Joe Biden has done something stupid.As I wrote here last week, Obama warned us of this tendency.
Biden changed his exit plan because they belonged to Trump. Last month, he talked about how things are going well, which is a kind of self-congratulation to “complete the task” before the task. He said that no helicopter can lift staff from the roof of the Kabul embassy to a safe place.
To be sure, Anthony Fauci will soon change his views on masks again, but the incident will unexpectedly change and bite your hair. Sure enough, the helicopter did lift the staff of the Kabul embassy to a safe place.
The pandemic’s recovery has stalled due to the Delta variant. Inflation is rising too fast. The Supreme Court has just cancelled Biden’s deportation order. Now, Biden’s supportive polls, once hailed as approval ratings, are declining.
In the process of the Taliban’s rapid victory in the mountains of Afghanistan, Biden took a vacation in the mountains of Maryland.
No one heard any news, and when we finally heard, Biden was not confident and decisive. He is confused, defensive, and looks lost. A healthy president will not turn around and leave when he asks challenging media questions.
Not long ago, in American public life, politicians were judged based on the work they did. Somehow, thanks in large part to the ubiquity of television and video, you can now judge by the appearance of things. Photo manipulation is supreme. You don’t actually need to do anything. It just needs to look like that.
Here are some things Joe Biden can do in order to show up under control before irreparable damage. Cancel holidays. Emergency return to the White House.
Daily media events are held to provide rich statistical data and detailed information about evacuation. Call the commander in Kabul to thank his team for their vigilance and dedication. Cancel Kamala Harris’ stupid Asian trip.
Meet the evacuated Americans at the White House. Let the photographer set up outside the oval office and shoot through the POTUS bulletproof glass in front of his desk, take off his jacket, roll up his sleeves, and put the phone near his ear.
Send your CIA director to Kabul to tell the Taliban’s highest turban to congratulate you on your victory. We will leave as promised, but we will not complete it before August 31. We will be here in a few days to get all Americans and many potential troublemakers out of the city. I hope you understand the short delay and cooperate. We will publicly note your cooperation as the new ruler of Afghanistan. As long as you understand that we need to stay a little longer, you can say anything to your own crowd.
If you do not cooperate, your person will cause us a little problem, and the consequences will be serious. Remember how we ended Taliban rule so quickly in October 2001? And let the founder of your party escape on his brother’s motorcycle?
Joe Biden can do this because his predecessor might add some rants.
Or maybe, you know, it’s just maybe. Although the current government has made a radical withdrawal and rotation attempt to achieve success that no one else can see, the evidence just accumulates too fast and deep enough that Joe Biden is unable to do something. Some Americans gave him blind jobs because they didn’t like another person.
Or maybe this is not a maybe.
