Afghanistan continues Fall into absolute chaosAccording to the latest report, Taliban troops are only a few miles away from Kabul. Once they enter the airport, the evacuation attempts of all American personnel will be further complicated. As I typed, about 5,000 soldiers were returning to dangerous roads, trying to save the situation.
As far as Joe Biden is concerned, he finally did it issue a statement, Trying to attribute the decisions he made to everyone except himself. However, some of the most popular shots came from the Never Trump team.
First of all, guess who is to blame?
Hugh, I am very happy to blame Biden. You are the one who refuses to recognize the reality that Trump also deserves his share (the same is true for Obama, the Pentagon, the Afghan government, etc.). In the face of this disaster, you are an ambitious guerrilla. 1/ https://t.co/FscoewNZqF
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) August 14, 2021
Among all the things that happened in Afghanistan, is anyone surprised that the one thing that made Goldberg start tweeting is that Trump has not received enough accusations?
Let us note that Trump has not been president for seven months. Biden is not obliged to implement any agreement reached through Trump’s negotiations. In fact, Biden deliberately claimed that he had made his own plan to withdraw from Afghanistan, and even tried to gain political honor for it. The president wants everyone to know that he is in charge-until things start to get worse. No one should lose this convenience.
Stephen Miller (the other) pointed this out in his response.
Now this is a total disaster, and the very concerned alliance has decided to push the responsibility everywhere.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 15, 2021
Then there was Liz Cheney, who first mentioned Trump in the statement, but she did hit Biden. By the way, please pay attention to the fact that she never criticizes the failure of Afghanistan policy and military leadership, it’s just that we are leaving. This superficial view does not indicate the real way forward, which is why public support for war is almost non-existent.
The Trump/Biden disaster in Afghanistan began when the Trump administration negotiated with terrorists and pretended that they were partners in peace. As Biden handed over the country to our terrorist enemies, the United States surrendered. https://t.co/PQ1i5W6zZt
— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) August 14, 2021
The thing is like this. We don’t know what it would be like to withdraw troops under Trump’s leadership. Will he postpone the matter for three months to give the Taliban time to regroup? Will he withdraw the army before we leave the embassy? If the Taliban betrayed the negotiation, will Trump respond with force immediately? I cannot say that I definitely know the answers to these questions.
What I can say is that Trump is not the president. In the end, he did not make a decision to end the war. Joe Biden admitted in the above excerpt that he did it. So while we can all day speculate about how much blame Trump will be blamed if he remains the president and still withdraws, it is ultimately irrelevant.
Donald Trump is not the president, and he did not lead the withdrawal. Joe Biden is and he is, and he has been president for long enough to fully own his own decisions and their results. In this case, Cheney made Trump the number one issue but felt compelled—perhaps because of the fact.
But I think the most stupid approach comes from Adam Kinsinger. Did he blame Biden for being caught because he took off his pants? of course not. Instead, he was after…Rand Paul?
Imagine that when you see what is happening in Afghanistan, the first thing you think about is to hunt down a senator who has no power over all of this, not the American president who ordered it to do so. https://t.co/KQbuBC6CWW
— Bonchi (@bonchieredstate) August 15, 2021
I repeat it again-Joe Biden is the president, not Donald Trump, and certainly not Rand Paul.
I know this may be a difficult concept for some people, but when someone runs for the White House, they are campaigning to be responsible for everything that happened during their tenure. This is especially true when that person wins and decides to do something and how to do it. The assumptions about the previous president and the complaints about previous negotiations are just deviations.
Biden wants this job (or at least, his wife real), now he has it. The buck stopped with him. The bad oranges don’t need to apply.
