Biden stuns allies with Afghanistan mistakes expected of Trump
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If elections were held today
Biden has lost support among surveyed voters of all ages, all races, all genders and all political affiliations
Biden vs Reality
Biden said there was ‘no way’ to leave Afghanistan without chaos ensuing, but six weeks ago he said a Taliban takeover was ‘highly unlikely’ Biden said US doesn’t have a military presence in Syria, but 900 troops remain The president took questions from the media for the first time in over a week on Wednesday …
Is Joe reeling psychologically?
I keep thinking of Hillary on the night she lost it all, except worse.
Can the hostages be freed?
In terms of conventional warfare the Taliban’s rapid, unopposed advance had the effect of encircling and cutting off 10,000 or more US citizens and upwards of 50,000 Afghans from friendly lines. They are in the “bag”. The best chance of relief lay in the first days when the situation was fluid and the “bag” was …
China trolls Taiwan: Kabul today is Taipei tomorrow Taipei
In an editorial published today, The Global Times suggested America’s abandonment of Afghanistan after 20 years was an “omen” for Taiwan’s “future fate”.
Trapped
The Biden administration said today that Kabul’s airport was open for military and commercial flights and that the Taliban had pledged to permit civilians to reach the airfield. But thousands of people trying to exit Afghanistan can’t get to the airport in the capital of Kabul and Taliban fighters are searching the homes and offices …
The Big Guy’s Restoration plan is over.
Don’t be surprised at how things have turned into a shit show. We’ve been swallowing ordure for a long time, ingesting lies by the bucketful. Men are women, math is racist, the UN can save the planet, money for nothing, mediocrity — nay incompetence — is justice and whatever you see with your own eyes …
#IStandWithBiden — the Big Guy is going to brazen it out
This will work well enough with political partisans but the hard rivals of America will see it for an exercise in trying to cast incompetence as resoluteness. They will note: He didn’t anticipate the outcome of his own orders; He spent a long time sequestered writing a speech; His ultimate reaction was to deny the …
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When trouble comes
New at the Belmont Club. The Only Adults in the Room have your back.
You were expecting something?
After days in seclusion at Camp David, a politician gives a speech. Now it’s time to move on to a future which will be just like the now forgotten recent past. Back to climate change, intersectionality. Now where was I?
OPEC rejects Biden call to produce more ‘fossil fuels’
Last week, U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration urged the producer group to boost output to tackle rising gasoline prices it sees as a threat to the global economic recovery.
WH talking points circulated
Revealing a double down, CYA and petty mind.
The finger pointing begins
American intelligence sources say they correctly predicted the fall of Kabul. … “This is a crisis of untold proportions,” Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) told NBC News Sunday as Taliban militants swept into Kabul. “This is an intelligence failure. We underestimated the Taliban and overestimated the resolve of the Afghan Army.” But numerous U.S. officials tell …
China’s secret deal with WHO to hide origins of Covid
An investigation by The Sunday Times has revealed efforts by Beijing to control the agency’s decision making, sabotage investigations and even install officials. … It has also been suggested officials agreed a ‘backroom deal’ with the Chinese to water down the inquiry into the origins of Covid-19.
Pride Month cometh before the Fall
Watch out for the combination
Beyond attempting to rescue Western sympathizers and intelligence assets from the Taliban there is little that can be done for Afghanistan. In time the Taliban will wear out its welcome and the merry go-round will turn again.
After the fall
Biden is angry, humiliated and desperate. Yet he has not yet reached the dregs. The finger pointing, accusations of betrayal, the scramble to pass the buck are only just beginning. It is the loss of confidence in assessments, assurances and estimates that will be noticed next. In disasters of this magnitude heads have got to …
Tested by events
New at the Belmont Club. Get the number of that truck! Look out it’s backing up to run you over again.
Australia evacuates Afghans who served alongside
Among those to be evacuated will be Afghan interpreters and contractors who served alongside Australian Defence Force troops.