At present, the Taliban have honored the deal to not attack US forces.
Biden cannot further embolden the Taliban by signaling that the US has already been defeated, and making the Taliban think they no longer need to honor any rules of engagement deals.
The situation on the ground remains delicate. Biden could not show weakness or failure.
There will be ample time down the road for a full throated “The Buck Stops With Me” mea culpa re the mismanagement of the withdrawal and the betrayal to those Afghans that we had a moral obligation to protect them.
It would be dangerous to raise the FUBAR flag.
Replies to: "It would be dangerous to raise the FUBAR flag."
- Fareed Zakaria: "There is no eloquent way to lose a war" #truestory [NT]
- Quest4twelve - 4:28pm 8/16/21
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- Are ways to do it without our civilian allies falling from the outside of our planes? [NT]
- BaronVonZemo - 4:42pm 8/16/21
- Major Gen. Taylor speaking now saying they planned for all contingencies. Should have padded the - PBHangingChad - 4:46pm 8/16/21
- So then what we saw was their contingency plan for abandoned allies storming the airfield. Ah! [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 4:50pm 8/16/21
- Major Gen. Taylor speaking now saying they planned for all contingencies. Should have padded the - PBHangingChad - 4:46pm 8/16/21
- "Eloquent?" [NT] - MAS - 4:32pm 8/16/21
- Speech was great on the why to leave. Not so much on the failures of the how. [NT]
- Frank L - 4:30pm 8/16/21
- If you missed it - Nigel Tufnel - 5:00pm 8/16/21
- Yeah, just what Nigel said. [NT] - notredame678 - 5:45pm 8/16/21
- Here is a transcript: - conorlarkin - 5:32pm 8/16/21
- That was a pathetic attempt to shift any blame from himself. "Other kids did it" Your - ColeyO - 5:50pm 8/16/21
- Extremely defensive. Threw 3 presidents (Ghani, Trump and Obama) under the bus. - Eli - 4:47pm 8/16/21
- Yeah but the Taliban had hot air balloons and WW II rifles. All we have is drones and bombs. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 4:49pm 8/16/21
- It would be dangerous to raise the FUBAR flag. - conorlarkin - 4:44pm 8/16/21
- All I wanted to hear from him is that we misjudged the speed of the advance, I take responsibility - Frank L - 4:52pm 8/16/21
- You should have crafted his response. THAT would have been the best possible reaction. [NT] - Curly1918 - 5:05pm 8/16/21
- He did say that. [NT]
- conorlarkin - 5:01pm 8/16/21
- Not directly. He should have. [NT] - Frank L - 5:32pm 8/16/21
- All I wanted to hear from him is that we misjudged the speed of the advance, I take responsibility - Frank L - 4:52pm 8/16/21
- If you missed it - Nigel Tufnel - 5:00pm 8/16/21
- Are ways to do it without our civilian allies falling from the outside of our planes? [NT]
- BaronVonZemo - 4:42pm 8/16/21