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Biden sez U.S. hasn't lost credibility because of his bungle
[NYPOST] President Joe Biden, speaking for only the second time about Afghanistan since the Taliban seized Kabul on Sunday, also said “I have seen no question of our credibility from our allies around the world.”

The US departure, however, was condemned harshly during a UK parliament session. Armin Laschet, the conservative candidate to succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel, called it “the biggest debacle NATO has suffered since its founding.”




Merkel ally: US responsible for Afghanistan situation now
[AlAhram] Soeder noted that the US had already provided security guarantees for the evacuation of foreigners and local staff from Kabul

A leading member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel
...chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom. Now they make faces at her for inundating the country with Moslem colonists...
's center-right Union bloc called Thursday for the United States to provide funding and shelter to those fleeing Afghanistan now.

'The United States of America bear the main responsibility for the current situation,'' Markus Soeder, the governor of Bavaria, said. 'Because of their decision to leave Afghanistan, in parts overly hasty, they have the main responsibility.''

Soeder noted that the U.S. had already provided security guarantees for the evacuation of foreigners and local staff from Kabul, and should do likewise 'when it comes to providing financial support to neighboring countries, especially for UNHCR and, if necessary, also for taking in people.''

The U.N. refugee agency has said that so far most displacement following the seizure of power by the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
 has been inside Afghanistan. But some officials in Germany are already warning of a repeat of the 2015 migrant crisis that saw hundreds of thousands of people from Asia and Africa come to Europe.

Soeder, who leads the Bavaria-only Christian Social Union, said fears about a fresh influx of migrants colonists should not be exploited in the campaign for Germany's upcoming national election.

'Of course it needs to be ensured that there's no uncontrolled movement of people,'' he said. 'But I also say that having no repeat of 2015 for us means no instrumentalization of the migration question ... in the election campaign.'

Soeder, who lost a bid to be the Union's candidate to succeed Merkel, was heavily criticized in 2018 for talking about the need to crack down on 'asylum tourism.''

Posted by: Fred 2021-08-21
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