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Afghanistan
Biden's Afghanistan Predictions Were All Wrong
2021-08-15
[FREEBEACON] When President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. The very model of probity....
defended his decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by a September 11 deadline, the president told news hounds in July that it remained "highly unlikely" the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
would take control of the country.

"The likelihood there's going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely," Biden said. "The Afghan government and leadership has to come together. They clearly have the capacity to sustain the government in place ... there's not a conclusion that, in fact, they cannot defeat the Taliban."

Biden's forecast for the future of Afghanistan, however, has proven completely false. The Taliban has captured several of Afghanistan's largest cities, and experts now believe the terrorist group will target the Afghan capital of Kabul in the coming weeks. The Biden administration, the same old faces in slightly different places, the same old ideas, the same old graft
...knaves, footpads, and adjusters employed by the Biden Crime Family. They leave a trail of havoc everywhere they turn their attention, be it the nation's borders, the Keystone XL Pipeline, or epidemics, sometimes on purpose, most times through sheer arrogant ineptitude. They learnt this stuff in college, you know...
scrambled to call in another 8,000 troops to the region in an effort to rescue both U.S. troops and civilians remaining in the country.

Posted by:Fred

#14  If only there's been a plan to cheat the Taliban, dems would have crushed it...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-08-15 14:13  

#13  
Posted by: Titus the Tiny6941   2021-08-15 12:31  

#12   experts now believe the terrorist group will target the Afghan capital of Kabul in the coming weeks.

Took the Taliban two days to overrun Kabul. The “experts” are worthless, as usual.
Posted by: KBK   2021-08-15 11:55  

#11  /\ He has lasted far longer than I thought he might. The fetal neurotrophin infusions must be working.

Or at least making him a little more sure-footed.

Posted by: Besoeker   2021-08-15 10:27  

#10  Joe Biden is President of the United States. But it is delusional to pretend the he himself is actually leading the country.
Posted by: SteveS   2021-08-15 10:21  

#9  "Never underestimate Joe's ability to f*ck things up."

B. Obama
Posted by: Too Old To Work   2021-08-15 08:28  

#8  /\ He was only saying what he was told to say, and still is. The only difference today is, his instructions arrive in large print on 3x5 cards.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-08-15 05:33  

#7  Not Wrong - Lies.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-08-15 05:22  

#6  Extra order order of Depends requested at the WH.
Posted by: Dale   2021-08-15 04:09  

#5  There's going to be a concerted campaign by the corporate media and the political establishment (uniparty) to make the average American feel shame over a failure that was actually largely concocted by unelected elites. It's a failure of many parts and many players, but not a reflection on the average American in any way.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2021-08-15 02:55  

#4  It doesn't look like their was much will fight by the non-Taliban Afghans; all the training and equipment is useless without that.
Posted by: Glenmore   2021-08-15 01:22  

#3  Some difficulty was encountered with gaining the assistance of Zonians and others in 1989, prior to the US invasion of Panama and toppling of Noriega. Some of those were reluctant Americans (yes Americans) who had served in Vietnam and watched events unfold following the US withdrawal and fall of Saigon.

Actions, yes, they have consequences.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-08-15 01:00  

#2  I'm thinking of all of our guys who fought these last 21 years and how they will be feeling soon after the news of the Afghanistan Crash & Burn Today... They might need a couple of 'old timer's ears' in the weeks and months ahead -- listen & be available, if & when they ask... Stay Strong !

Shiva Protector of the Hohlraum wrote yesterday after he learned of the fall of Afghanistan

KIND OF LIKE Hue. Despicable animals, then and now. Pure political murders. I would kill them as I did the NVA/and so-called grassroots uprising of the Viet Kong. Jeez I hated those VC bastards. Murderers and terrorists.


To that I wrote:

Ilost 9 of my friends to Nam, their names are on the wall in Washington, DC and I had another bunch of guys loose parts, some of them their souls (PTSD)

and then the piece you read as my headlines to this comment;

If you talk with our Vets about this event - The Fall of Afghanistan - many of our Allied and US Vets will likely appreciate you Listening & Talking about their experiences in the Middle East War Theater, be there for them and yourselves - Shared Experiences Build a Country - Do Your Part - The Spirit of the Greatest Generation will Support You !

Posted by: Enver Clolung1116    2021-08-15 00:49  

#1  
I'm not going to believe one word this man has to say for the rest of his administration.

He has proven to me, he has little to nothing in the way of strategic thinking left in his head.

The Sun Set Today on The Biden Administration.
Posted by: Enver Clolung1116   2021-08-15 00:11  

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