Joe Biden Presidency thread *Please read OP - Threadbanned Users Added 4/5/21*

I don't think they should have let the Taliban leadership out of prison until they had a majority withdrawal done and had the Afghani forces running full security. Once that decision was made, the only options left were which one would make it less of a sh*tshow, and to be honest, they seem to have pulled it off.

With perfect foresight the suicide bomb by ISIS-K could have been stopped, but besides that it was pretty much get people on planes, get them out. The fact that planes have been chartered and gone in and out of Kabul safely since the US withdrawal is a sign of great success.

I personally think they should keep the option of drone missions for the region, this is a cr*ppy option as civilians will get caught up in it, but it's hard to see what else could be done other than getting boots on the ground again, it would be great to see the neighbouring countries step up, maybe that will happen now (or maybe the Chinese will force the situation a bit).

I'd also like to see the evidence for it, but I think because drones are cheaper and less risky, they're more likely to be used these days than a person in an aircraft would have been in the past, so previously, only very high value targets would have been authorised, whereas with drones, the bar for putting them into action is much lower (rightly or wrongly).

The reason people ask for a source is because I can say "jackboy loves Joe Biden and wants him to be the forever president", and now it's true, do you want a source for my statement?

Earlier you reacted to being asked to back up your claim that Biden wasn't in charge by saying it was a game to ask you to do so which you wouldn't play. And yet here you are, literally pushing Fake News. Have you paid any sort of attention to American politics? Who do you think are the members in 'The Party' who would have done what you are suggesting?

Give us some names of the people who, in your mind, have the gravitas to direct Biden and he would do their bidding meekly. Elizabeth Warren perhaps? Well, probably not given he won the nominee ahead of her and surely if she had such sway, that wouldn't have happened. Maybe it was Bernie and AOC. Although they are trying to get him to be forceful on healthcare and student debt reduction and that isn't happening so probably not them. Maybe its Schumer, although he can't get Biden to push for filibuster reform so probably not him either. Maybe Pelosi, although given her career and senior position she has held, surely if she had that sway, she'd be the one sitting in the White House right now having 'directed' the party to select her. Maybe it's Joe Manchin or Kristen Synema although I suspect if was doing what they wanted there'd be no reconciliation Bill being pursued. Maybe you think it is the Hollywood elite, or George Soros, or the illuminati or whatever conspiracy theory nonsense you liked on Facebook recently that you are alluding to.

You know what I think, I think that it was so obvious even to people who cannot stand anything Democratic how incompetent Trump was at his job and how he looked to lie and absolve himself of any blame for things that went wrong that they simply cannot accept a President would actually take responsibility for something and mean it even when it is not a complete success. Therefore a President doing this and defending their position cannot possibly be true in your mind, despite no evidence to the contrary.