Top 10 headlines highlighting Biden’s Afghanistan debacle
Afghanistan is now a terrorist state and thousands of Americans and our allies are trapped behind enemy lines thanks to the Biden Administration’s disastrous foreign policy decisions.
Here are ten headlines from this week showing the impact of Biden’s incompetence:
Wall Street Journal: Biden to Afghanistan: Drop Dead
President Biden told the world on Monday that he doesn’t regret his decision to withdraw rapidly from Afghanistan, or even the chaotic, incompetent way the withdrawal has been executed.
Reuters: Biden defends Afghanistan decision, blames Afghan army’s unwillingness to fight
Breaking his silence on the U.S. pullout after scenes of bedlam dominated television news channels for days, Biden blamed the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan on Afghan political leaders who fled the country and the unwillingness of the U.S.-trained Afghan army to fight the militant group.
NBC News: Biden defends Afghanistan policy amid mounting criticism of withdrawal
The White House appeared to be caught off guard by the Taliban’s rapid advance. Within the past few days, the U.S. was forced to send additional troops to Afghanistan to help with evacuations. The U.S. Embassy, which the State Department had insisted Thursday would remain open, was fully evacuated by Sunday evening. Over the weekend, Biden chose to stay at Camp David, the presidential retreat, as criticism mounted.
New York Times: Intelligence Warned of Afghan Military Collapse, Despite Biden’s Assurances
Classified assessments by American spy agencies over the summer painted an increasingly grim picture of the prospect of a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and warned of the rapid collapse of the Afghan military, even as President Biden and his advisers said publicly that was unlikely to happen as quickly, according to current and former American government officials.
NPR: A Defensive Biden Argues There Was No Exit From Afghanistan ‘Without Chaos Ensuing’
Many on the right compared the scene to the fall of Saigon, a national embarrassment that saw South Vietnam’s capital besieged by U.S. opposition following the speedy evacuation of American forces from the area in 1975.
Boston Herald: Afghanistan debacle is permanent stain on Biden presidency
The humanitarian horror show unfolding in Afghanistan should be a permanent stain on President Biden’s leadership and could have devastating, long-lasting consequences on the world.
Washington Examiner: ‘Greatest debacle that NATO has seen’: Biden stuns allies with Afghanistan mistakes expected of Trump
President Joe Biden’s chaotic exit from Afghanistan has sent a shiver of frustration and bewilderment through allies at home and abroad who regarded his inauguration as a break from former President Donald Trump’s oft-haphazard approach to foreign policy.
Politico: Biden Campaigned as a Truth Teller. Afghanistan Undermined His Credibility.
Joe Biden did to himself what his opponents couldn’t — shredded his own credibility in a high-profile, hugely consequential matter that won’t be forgotten.
USA TODAY: ‘Not even close’: Biden said no one predicted Taliban would take over so quickly
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Milley was among the top generals who urged Biden to keep about 2,500 troops in Afghanistan.”That wasn’t true,” Biden said. “No one said that to me that I can recall.”
President Biden in an interview with ABC that aired Thursday said “no one’s being killed” in Afghanistan despite reports of at least seven deaths amid the chaos at Kabul’s airport and of Taliban beating people on their way to the airport, as he defended his handling of the American withdrawal from the country.