Biden said that buck stops with him, but took no responsibility whatsoever for the demented withdrawal that has taken place over the past 72 hours.
That's not only contradictory, it's a total lack of leadership.
And his scapegoating of the Afghan military and political leadership, at a time when they are under severe threat, is disgraceful, ill-timed, and totally inappropriate.
Are those 300k Soldiers make believe, I saw zero, not a single one. Where the fck did they go
They (Trump administration/public) wanted US troops out, that's what they got.
Biden should have slowed his roll (out) to ensure public safety.
The problem is, by all accounts no matter how slow or fast or careful or not a withdrawal the Taliban were always going to take control I suspect.
The question then is how could the US have prevented the current events other than not withdrawing?
Doubt it ,she didn't accidentally fly to Afghanistan to teach children ,but if she made a speech about how good the Taliban are she might be in for a place on tubs couch
He said the buck STOPS with him.
He has, literally, accepted ultimate responsibility.
Absolutely, would have been a fine speech if it had occurred after a prolonged and efficient withdrawal. Less so after the last few days.
Any potential ally in one of the shithole countries or those countries bordering Russia would be mad to work with the Americans/ nato. Biden has scored a massive own goal here which will be capitalised on. He may as well forget about another 4 years.
It was contradictory.
He said that the buck stops with him, then went onto blame everyone and everything else for the situation as currently present.
It's not good enough to say something. The evidence must back that claim up.
Pentagon press conference is a shambles
Do you have any concept of what "The buck stops with me" means?
I don't think you listened to the speech. This withdrawal has been a disaster, he didn't take any responsibility for it, none whatsoever.
Only one man can sort this now
"The buck stops with me" is accepting final responsibility.
can we do honesty?
trump negotiated a detsiled plan with tribal leaders on may 1 withdrawal
talipowder wud not dare break tribal law.
plans were made to take all machinety bak oslo.
when biden ectended it it was easy 4 taluman to say see not going told ye.
hence de mess
i am autistic btw nice cheap shots..
So little about Afghanistan in this thread, Biden is 78, he won't be running again
Well if he was going to address that in a serious way, he either had to say the Intelligence I was getting was way off the mark, or I got pretty accurate Intel but chose to ignore it. And POTUS can't really say either of those things...
He looks like a tourist.
It's an awfully easy thing to say.
Whether he means it is another question. If he were sincere, Biden wouldn't have launched a litany of blames to everyone else for what has transpired.
"I take full responsibility for the situation, but the real cause of blame is X, Y, and Z" - that is effectively what Biden did tonight.
Empire overextended at home and abroad and in collapse. Has been since the start of the War on Terror.
As we saw over recent days, a slow collapse would be preferable, but there are some frankly ugly and difficult questions we need to ask, such as 'Would it better if the U.S. collapsed into civil war, given that they would be harming themselves and not other countries? And if so, should we hasten matters by encouraging the partizan halfwits that are driving the U.S. in that direction to continue with their extremist nonsense?'
And a seemingly inexhaustible supply of suicide bombers.......not mention world class skills in manufacturing all manner of IED's, VBIED's and more than likely many other explosive un-named devices. Exactly what caused the US to leave, and destroyed the Afghan Government. over time of course, but even so, relatively quick. I can't see the Taliban giving the same terms and conditions to the Chinese as they have to other Countrys they have "invested" in? Plus, would they be able to take over the property / facility which was given as security for the loan??? I doubt it very much..
I'll say it again.
He is LITERALLY saying that the ultimate responsibility lies with him.
That doesn't mean he is alone. It means that he is accepting the final responsibility.
How in the name of God have we managed to get Irish people inside Afghanistan? What the hell would Irish people be doing there. They've created real hassle now by being there. Stupid.
Without any reference to the botched performance of what has transpired over the past 3-days?
Trump - tick.
9/11 and the original cause - tick
We cannot be there forever - tick
...but no mention of the past three days hectic, avoidable, and chaotic withdrawal.
It's insincere. It was injected into the speech, with the context behind it totally and deliberately ignored.
It's also why he ignored taking questions from journalists.
Just imagine what the media response would be if Trump did exactly the same thing.
the chinese gold medal winners* at 10m dive has less spins dan bidwn croyns here.
Fucking hell...
HE IS LITERALLY ACCEPTING THE FINAL RESPONSIBILITY.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Working???? 😎 Its a nice Country to work in. ( normally, that is 😊) but look at the positive side of it, what tales she will have to tell !!!😀
Joe soap American voter doesn't give a shite about Afghanistan.
sleepy joe needs to get rid of his pro taliban security advisers I think he must reget his election he is sorry to say he looks in a daze any time he appears infront of a camera.
should be age limit on US presidents remember the last term of Ronald Reagan
It seems Hamas have congradulated the taliban probably SF next.
U speak Afgan?
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