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As Biden repeats claim that ‘nobody could have known’ Afghan Army would collapse, bombshell transcript from July reveals he pressured Afghan President Ghani to create 'perception' Taliban wasn't winning ‘WHETHER IT'S TRUE OR NOT’
Stray gamma rays deleted Hupeth Henbane6225‘s article, but Skidmark’s Daily Mail link in comments has the gist of it that I’m pasting in here as a placeholder until we can reconstitute the original — if that can be done by someone with more skillz than mine.

— trailing wife for the moderators at 11:17 a.m. ET.
  • Reuters on Tuesday released excerpts from last call between Biden and Ashraf Ghani before the Afghan president fled

  • They talked for about 14 minutes on July 23 as the Taliban advanced rapidly

  • Biden told his counterpart of a perception that the fight against the Taliban was not going well

  • 'There is a need, whether it is true or not ... to project a different picture,' he said

  • Comments are indication Biden knew it was matter of time before Taliban won

  • In months leading up to withdrawal, Biden predicted pullout would go smoothly

  • Neither appeared to realize just how badly things would go

  • Less than four weeks later the Taliban had captured Kabul

Posted by: Hupeth Henbane6225 2021-09-01
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=611435