The unconditional nature of the U.S. withdrawal creates this idea amongst the Taliban that they had come out victorious against the US, so there is a lot of momentum for fighting against Afghan forces.
Despite all the “Herculean” efforts of his allies in the media, it is clear that the American public has turned on Joe Biden, according to documentary filmmaker Ami Horowitz.”
His poll numbers are suffering – they are precipitously dropping and they don’t know what to do about it,”
Mr Horowitz told Outsiders. “They’re trying to pull whatever spin they possibly can, you know, ‘fleeting inflation’, they keep saying that, or it’s ‘core producer price index’.”
They start getting the minutia of inflation saying it’s ‘not really inflation’ – but people aren’t that dumb, people see right through it.”
When Joe Biden appeared at the White House last month to explain his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, he insisted that a Taliban takeover of the country was not inevitable.
The Afghan army, Biden said, had 300,000 troops compared to 75,000 for the Taliban. And he claimed that the Afghan government troops were as “well-equipped as any army in the world”.
While few things in life are inevitable, a speedy Taliban takeover following America’s withdrawal looked highly possible even then.
Now, with the Taliban gaining control of provincial capitals at stunning speed, it looks extremely probable.
According to a US intelligence assessment, the Taliban may control Kabul within a month. The security situation is so dire that thousands of US troops have been flown in to evacuate American diplomats and civilians. The world’s strongest military power has been reduced to asking the Taliban not to kill its citizens as they flee from the country.
This moment is a low point in Biden’s presidency. He doesn’t bear responsibility for past failures in Afghanistan, but he is accountable for the haphazard, seemingly rushed nature of the US withdrawal.
Hawks in Congress have unsurprisingly leapt upon the chance to criticise Biden. They argue that a small, continuing US presence was a small price to pay to stop Afghanistan from falling into the hands of Islamic extremists.
“President Biden’s strategy has turned an imperfect but stable situation into a major embarrassment and a global emergency in a matter of weeks,” Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said. “President Biden is finding that the quickest way to end a war is to lose it.”
But even if you accept the arguments for leaving Afghanistan, it’s hard to believe the US departure could not have been handled better. Was it really necessary to time the withdrawal for the peak spring fighting season? Surely more planning could have been done to provide safe harbour for Afghans who worked alongside the US and its allies.
Once again the Democrat Media Machine gives Joe Biden a free pass.
“Creepy” Joe Biden is back after the president went off script and made bizarre comments about a little girl while giving a speech at a military base in Virginia, says Sky News host Rita Panahi.
President Biden went viral on Friday for his “creepy” moment complimenting a young girl during his speech.
While speaking to the troops and their families at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia, the president appeared to give a shout-out to the young daughter of a veteran who was present.
"I love those barrettes in your hair," Biden said.
"Man, I’ll tell you what, look at her. She looks like she’s 19 years old sitting there like a little lady with her legs crossed.”
Ms Panahi said to “keep in mind the little girl he is talking about is primary school aged child”.
“The little girl is like eight or nine, let's not comment on how she crosses her legs and pretend that she looks like she's 19,” she said.
“You can imagine the media meltdown if Trump said anything like that but the media is too busy being dazzled by Biden's ice cream choices.”
Niue is a small island nation in the South Pacific Ocean.
It’s known for its limestone cliffs and coral-reef dive sites. Migrating whales swim in Niue’s waters between July and October.
In the southeast is the Huvalu Forest Conservation Area, where trails through fossilized coral forests lead to the Togo and Vaikona chasms.
The northwest is home to the rock pools of Avaiki Cave and the naturally formed Talava Arches.
Capital: Alofi
Population: 1,620 (2018)
Currency: New Zealand dollar
Official languages: Niue, English
Dalton Tagelagi has been the Premier of Niue since June, 2020
The Premier is Niue’s head of government. They are elected by the Niue Assembly, and forms a Cabinet consisting of themselves and three other members of the Assembly.
