Idiotic presidential statements for $200 Alex
“There’s going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of a embassy in the — of the United States from Afghanistan,” he said in July. “The likelihood there’s going to be one unified government in Afghanistan controlling the whole country is highly unlikely.”
C’mon Ty, you can’t defend this shite.
Replies to: Idiotic presidential statements for $200 Alex
Frank, I'm just viewing the entirety of this...things didn't just "happen" yesterday...there is a
context, and my reading is that it looks more and more like a "setup"...intentional or not...especially when it comes to saving the Afghanis who were there for us over the past 20 years. I'm going by what I"ve read and heard lately...
>I don't believe that the Biden admin was consulted on anything related to Afghanistan prior to taking office...would have helped immensely.
>Trump shut the door on Special Visas way back in 2017...and the list was already in the thousands...would only grow larger.
>Special Visas take time to process...not sure how long, but it isn't weeks and shouldn't be years...dumping that problem on Biden with a four month window (i.e. the May exit date)...is "unfair".
>Joe Biden is the last person you'd ever think wouldn't have empathy for those people...I suspect that he's been moving every legal lever he can to make the best of the situation...just my opinion.
>I've posted several articles and videos that testify to the lack of surprise, by those actually there in Afghanistan, that this whole 'debacle' was expected...again, not fair to put on Biden.
>Finally, I believe that had Biden been able to negotiate and orchestrate the exit date, et al, the result would have been much better...by no means perfect, but significantly better...again, IMHO.
This event is part of a "continuum", and to only focus on Biden's role while ignoring all that went before is...improper...what I'm most concerned about now, wrt Biden, is what he does from here on out...how do we 'manage' the new relationship?...how effective are we in protecting the women of Afghanistan from the Taliban's abuses?...how do we ensure that terrorists don't re-establish a safe haven there?...can he get Pakistan to be a controlling factor?...and many more questions.
That 7/8 press conference will go down as the most infamous presidential pc in our history. But I
strongly believe Joe was deceived by the intelligence community and even Pentagon, as Bush was. Joe's hands-off approach was being taken advantage by these people and he became ill-informed.
Maybe he knew the scene would be on a tarmac, not a roof
And that Afghans would be clinging to a C-130, not a chopper.
Totally different.
He needs a good speech right now.
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