It’s hard to imagine that any commander-in-chief of the U.S. military will “stand by” or “do not regret” the resulting exit strategy. Just as bad As President Joe Biden did in Afghanistan, last week Suicide bombing This is a cruel and bloody reminder that “failure” cannot even describe the disastrous extent of the retreat.
Both Americans and Afghans lost their lives.Many Americans are Still stranded And got mixed signals from the Biden administration on what steps to take next, if any.We now also know that the United States gave the Taliban the names of Americans and Afghans “on the surface to help them pass through various checkpoints”, just like my colleague Bunch Report, And then lied.Afghanistan now has a lot of military equipment In hand Taliban terrorists and (reportedly) their allies in the region.
With all of this in mind, you would think that even if President Biden himself cannot muster the courage to admit that he regrets how rapidly the situation has deteriorated in the past two weeks, some people in his administration can speak on his issues. The representative also admitted that some people believed that this was clearing up Biden’s mistakes, misconduct and misconduct.”joke“It seems their job.
But no, this will not happen, as the White House press secretary Jen Psaki showed when asked in a daily briefing earlier today whether Biden regrets the outcome of the withdrawal process.
In the first video, Psaki didn’t even answer this question, but on how Biden met with the families of some of the victims over the weekend and pointed out how we should respect our lives. The fallen hero who made the final sacrifice for thousands of people in Afghanistan:
.@SRamosABC“On August 10th, President Biden told me-“I don’t regret my decision to withdraw from Afghanistan.” Looking at the heartbreaking dignified shift… Is this still his position? Does he not regret the way he retreated? ?” pic.twitter.com/zlzAmx3p1n
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 30, 2021
In the next clip, the reporter—perhaps understanding that Psaki avoided her initial question—then asked it again. Psaki’s answer this time was to tap dance around it, pointing out that Biden was “deeply affected” by the loss of American lives, and then turned to the decision to withdraw (rather than the strategy behind it), saying that Biden did not want to stay longer because Will lose more lives:
.@SRamosABC“So, after meeting with the families of the killed soldiers, he still insists on his decision? Isn’t he regretful at all about his performance in the past few weeks?”
Psaki said that he did not have b/c and that not ending in this way would lead to more deaths. pic.twitter.com/R6LLJgq0vW
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 30, 2021
Yes, we should respect the sacrifices made by the brave men and women in the U.S. military. Yes, any day the president hears of the death of American soldiers is the worst day of the president’s office. But that dDon’t answer the question As for whether Biden thinks in retrospect that things should be handled in a different way to avoid the chaos that has occurred in the past two weeks.
We have been in Afghanistan for almost 20 years. There are very few people you can find here, and they want us to stay there longer. But what people don’t want to see is the collapse of everything completed in a few weeks/months, and countless lives have been lost in the process. This is exactly what happened here. In fact, the Biden administration cannot at least be honest with each other. This is not only an insult to the memories of those of us. Lost last week But those we lost in the entire war in Afghanistan.
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