| Possibly not even that smart on the technical scale. But then, he always was. |
The Big GuyBiden
...46th president of the U.S. Old, boring, a plagiarist, fond of hair sniffing and grabbing the protruding parts of women, and not whatcha call brilliant. Just look at the competent way he dumped Afghanistan...
's 'imbecilic' decision to withdraw US troops from Taliban
...Arabic for
students...
-controlled Afghanistan, calling the President's scuttle 'tragic, dangerous and unnecessary' and claiming the move had 'every Jihadist group round the world cheering'. Mr Blair, who was in Downing Street when London sent UK troops to the Middle Eastern country 20 years ago following the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington DC, said Britannia has a 'moral obligation' to stay until 'all those who need to be are evacuated'.
In a 2,700 article on the threat of 'radical Islam', the former British prime minister said the exit was not in the West or Afghanistan's interest as he lamented the likely reversal of gains made during the occupation, with the Taliban reasserting itself across most of the country in recent days.
Speaking to Sky News, Mr Blair said he has 'enormous respect' for Mr Biden, but suggested that the President - who campaigned on a slogan of ending 'forever wars' and is likely to be keeping an eye on the midterms next year - had withdrawn US troops for domestic political reasons.He repeated his assertion that the withdrawal was a 'serious mistake' and 'not something we needed to do' and said there had been 'a lot of gains' made in the past two decades, stressing that the deaths of British Armed Forces personnel were 'not in vain'.
Mr Blair also issued a stark warning to Boris Johnson
...pro-Brexit British prime minister, succeeding no-Brexit Theresa May. BoJo is noted as much for his sparkling personality and his hair as for his Conservative policies....
that the manner of the US' handling of the exit indicated the UK could be relegated from the top division of international powers, with reports Britannia was largely kept in the dark about when American armed forces would leave.
Speaking to Sky News today, Mr Blair added that countries including China and Russia are likely to applaud the withdrawal and occupy the 'vacuum' in Afghanistan left by the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
powers. Both the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab have suggested Britannia will now have to turn to Beijing and Moscow to assist with exercising a 'moderating influence' over the Taliban post-withdrawal.
Relations between Britannia and US are strained, with Defence Secretary Ben Wallace warning 'no nation will be able to get everyone out' of Afghanistan as Mr Biden's August 31 date makes the mission even more time-pressured, in what is likely to be seen as a plea to Washington.
Cabinet insiders have suggested the President was 'gaga' and 'doolally' for withdrawing so quickly, while the Prime Minister has allegedly privately referred to Mr Biden as 'Sleepy Joe', the nickname coined by Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons......
. Mr Johnson also allegedly remarked Britannia 'would be better off with Trump' - allegations branded 'categorically untrue' by Downing Street.
'For Britannia, out of Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
and suffering the end of the Afghanistan mission by our greatest ally with little or no consultation, we have serious reflection to do,' said Mr Blair. 'We don't see it yet, but we are at risk of relegation to the second division of global powers.'
His comments come as the US President signalled he wanted evacuations from Kabul airport completed by the end of the month as he prepares to withdraw all American troops - a move that would likely force Britannia to wrap up its operation at the same time.
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