Joe Biden is a bit like Paul Krugman in foreign policy and economically-as former Obama Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, it is always wrong.
It is one of the things like death and taxes, and you know it will exist forever in some way.
Therefore, when Joe Biden said that since we are withdrawing troops, it is not inevitable that the Taliban will take over in Afghanistan, you know this will be a big problem.
“No, it’s not,” Biden said when asked about the “inevitable” acquisition by the Taliban. “Because you have the Afghan army. They have 300,000 people well equipped and well equipped. Like any army in the world, there is an air force that can fight 75,000 Taliban. This is not inevitable.”
Later in an interim press conference, the president rejected reports that US intelligence assessments and the country’s senior military officials had determined that the Taliban would regain power within a year or earlier.
“It’s not true,” Biden replied flatly when answering questions about this question. “They didn’t come to this conclusion.”
Did he just deny the intelligence community’s assessment? He did it. Where did the media attack him, just as they attacked President Donald Trump? When he is challenged (and mistakes), he becomes irritable, as he often does.
It sounds like Intel in the US may know more than Biden.
Well, that was an interesting 20 years. What else is on TV? pic.twitter.com/ONm0uezWMM
-Tsar Beckett Adams (@BecketAdams) July 9, 2021
The Taliban claimed today They control 85% of the country After they occupied key border crossings with Iran and Turkmenistan as part of their ongoing operations. Although 85% may be an exaggeration, the claim that “majority” may not be wrong, and the seizure of border crossing points is correct.
The Taliban controlled two border crossings in Herat Province:
Islamic Kara on the border with Iran
Torhondi on the border with Turkmenistan
The Afghan government is losing control of its borders. https://t.co/Tdg5hs36hy— Bill Rocho (@billroggio) July 9, 2021
The Taliban are also advancing at Spin Boldak in Kandahar, which borders Pakistan.
This is part of the Taliban’s strategy to strangle the Afghan government and major cities. Anyone who says that the countryside doesn’t matter should look inward and reflect on their failures.— Bill Rocho (@billroggio) July 9, 2021
You can see how much territory they have taken, and since April, this shows more than half-204 out of 398 regions.
The Taliban’s control over Afghanistan is growing.#AFPgraphics The map shows parts of Afghanistan under government control and territories under the influence of the Taliban, from April to July pic.twitter.com/5OfEEPV7mC
-AFP (@AFP) July 8, 2021
Biden talked about the Afghan Air Force, which is an asset that the Taliban do not have. But the Taliban are adopting a method to balance the power – Assassinated Afghan pilots trained by the United States. The Afghan Air Force Major Dastagir Zamaray was worried, so he went to see a real estate agent and moved to a safer area in Kabul. The Taliban appeared and shot him and the real estate agent. He was crushed on his 14-year-old son, who came to the real estate agent. The boy hardly speaks now. The killing of Zamalee is just one example of this strategy to counteract the superiority of the air force. In addition, as the United States withdraws its troops, it is not clear whether the Air Force will maintain the same conditions as before without U.S. assistance or contractors.
A United Nations report recorded 229 civilian deaths caused by the Taliban in Afghanistan in the first three months of 2021, and 41 civilian deaths caused by the Afghan Air Force during the same period.
The Afghan government has not publicly disclosed the number of pilots assassinated in the targeted killings. The country’s Ministry of National Defense did not respond to a request for comment. The Pentagon said it was aware of several Afghan pilots killed in the killings claimed by the Taliban, but declined to comment on US intelligence and investigations.
But this is where we are now, and Joe Biden doesn’t seem to have any clues.At the same time, John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, just admitted that there was a “The security situation has deteriorated.”
