President Joe Biden long touted his foreign policy credentials as a core asset he’d bring to the Oval Office. And once he was in the White House, he proudly proclaimed “America is back” on the world stage.
All day Sunday the White House fended off a firestorm of criticism — rushing Secretary of State Antony Blinken onto Sunday cable shows to attempt damage control. Then Blinken, Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin and Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley briefed Hill lawmakers,what they called a lack of preparedness by the Biden administration.
For months, Biden’s advisers had been downplaying the likely political impact of the U.S. exit, pointing to polls showing that voters were tired of war and just wanted to bring the troops home. And they noted that it was Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, who approved the peace agreement with the Taliban in his final year in office.
Perhaps the most damning moment for Biden were his own words at a July 8 news conference, when he explicitly declared there would be no parallels between the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the fall of Saigon, when military helicopters took part in an urgent evacuation in the final days of the Vietnam War.
“I also worked at the Department of Defense, I know what a planned drawdown looks like. I know what an orderly departure looks like. I’m disappointed that this is the way in which we are withdrawing,” Murphy said in an interview Sunday. Murphy participated in lawmakers’ call with Blinken, Austin and Milley, observing, “I think Gen. Milley’s silence on the White House call when questioned about the ‘how’ is a reflection of, he gave his best military advice and it wasn’t heeded by the politicians.
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When has Biden ever been in a position to determine or implement foreign policy? Sitting on a Senate committee is far cry from making decisions and executing plans (especially when in cognitive decline).
How could something that’s absolutely out of your hands be some how “botched”? This administration didn’t broker the deal with the Taliban. They didn’t abandon their posts on the battlefield, they didn’t flee the country as the Taliban was on their way. This is all Afghans prob
TimMurtaugh
According to Politico, Obama told another Democrat during the 2020 primary campaign: 'Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f--- things up.' BillBishopKHOU KHOU
An absolute epic failure of leadership
It wasn’t his decision, trump made an agreement to withdraw in May. Report the facts.
I’m thrilled we’re out and don’t care that it’s a mess…importantly, it’s not our mess. Biden just did what Trump said he was going to do but couldn’t. Biden looks better to me for doing this - it’s one of the best things he’s done.
TimMurtaugh
umm, and I start this tweet off with a word that signifies bewilderment!!! because you seem to be really Really bewildered sir? but president biden, you realize the nation's loss in casualties, money, destroyed families and social divide was huge because of that Afghan war right?
Why aren’t the Republican Senators concerned about the January 6th insurrection that they started with Trump? As a Republican Americans watching all the responses from these Republican Senators I keep going back to the lack of concern for the insurrection in our Country, “WHY”?
Far be it for me to say this isn’t the first time American Foreign Policy is FULL of confusion and ill-gotten gains !
Lesson for US:Support regimes willing to cooperate with US. Imposing Democracy over people having different narratives (Islam) leads to catastrophes and lost investments.
The midterm elections will be the final voice on Afghanistan & the Border!
Watch ''It is clear' the American public has 'turned on Joe Biden'' on YouTube Trillions of dollars gone to waste again on nation building and making the super rich ,crazy rich. All the americans living on the street. Sad !
Politico going hard on President Biden. You guys think we’re goldfish and forgot that Pompeo and Trump sitting down with the taliban for talks?
No the real headline After 20 years of extensive training and military equipment the Afghan forces refused to fight and cut and run
Really? Why didn’t anyone else get us out?
This is exactly what was always going to happen once the occupation was over. The only way to change Afghanistan culture was to exterminate the majority of Afghans.
It was going to be chaos no matter when it happened , real question is with all the money spent on defense contractors who gladly took the money and clearly never trained anyone , where did the money go ? And who are the contractors? They are to blame also
“Botched” the new word for Trump Administration foreign policy deal
Zero future US combat fatalities should be the legacy of this move.... maybe the publisher of this tweet can convince their children to volunteer to fight a civil war in another country...
BidenTalibanCrisis
Not botched. Months or years from now this will be the best decision for balance in the world. Keep an eye on your own internal forces that will try to destroy it.
Americans need to understand that not everyone wants to be like America.
Biden drew the ‘short straw’ for finally pulling the plug in Afghanistan, doing something no other president was willing to do because of...wait for it ...the political fallout.
Republicans assault!!! jk_ellington
Seriously? Botched? It was 💯💯💯the right decision. Bush Cheney put us there. You cannot force the West ideology on tribal religious zealots. Biden had the courage to end a 20 year failed foreign policy. He finished what others just talked about.
Biden inherited a mess that Bush got us into and Trump’s so called deal with the Taliban made worse. Our President pushed up Trump’s May 1st exit and got out later. It was time FoxNewsSunday FoxNews newsmax JoeNBC TheView NicolleDWallace jaketapper mitchellreports 🇺🇸
There's chaos in Afghanistan because the government collapsed and left a power vacuum. I think our withdrawal has been orderly.
Bad foreign policy decision no plan for foreseeable circumstances.
It's like no one in the west has ever seen Lawrence of Arabia..wtf..it's all laid out in the movie
This wasn't Biden's decision. TalibanTrump negotiated the deal with the Taliban in Feb 2020 to give them back their troops, weapons, money, and Afghanistan...then pulled 80% of our troops out, leaving only 2500 there when Biden took office.
This was a republican mess created by George bush he was only in killing saddam and used the people of Afghanistan to successfully do so and that is with everything republicans do there have to be a payback
Seriously? This is all on DJT .. how soon the GQP forgets his love fest with the Taliban
挑起与中国和俄国的对抗，结果会远远超出阿富汗的轰击力。美国需要理性和常识
BS!
It was negotiated on the previous admin.
Impeach.
uarefiredpresident
Chaos would have happened no matter who was president. You can't win in Afghanistan....except for the companies who got those big govt contracts.
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