What should Joe Biden do next ?

[quote]US newspapers blast US President Joe Biden today for his 'blame shifting' over deepening Afghanistan crisis.

The Wall Street Journal said in an editorial that Mr Biden 'refused to accept responsibility for the botched withdrawal while blaming others' and the 'one group he conspicuously did not blame was the Taliban'.

A Washington Post editorial said he could have listened to the 'many seasoned hands' giving him alternatives to withdrawal, adding that him blaming others was 'unseemly' given that 2,448 US service members died in 20 years.
An editorial in the New York Post pointed out that no US soldiers have died in Afghanistan in 18 months, and 'he alone is responsible' for the Taliban takeover which is an 'utter catastrophe, for Afghans and for world security'.
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[b]https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9900859/US-media-blast-Joe-Biden-blame-shifting-Afghanistan-crisis.html[/b]

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Elessar · 26-30, M

[quote]1. The United States will reduce the number of U.S. military forces in Afghanistan to 8,600 and implement other commitments in the U.S.-Taliban agreement within 135 days of the announcement of this joint declaration and the U.S.-Taliban agreement, and will work with its allies and the Coalition to reduce proportionally the number of Coalition forces in Afghanistan over an equivalent period, subject to the Taliban’s fulfillment of its commitments under the U.S.-Taliban agreement.

2. [b]Consistent with the joint assessment and determination between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the United States, its allies, and the Coalition will complete the withdrawal of their remaining forces from Afghanistan within 14 months following the announcement of this joint declaration and the U.S.-Taliban agreement, and will withdraw all their forces from remaining bases, subject to the Taliban’s fulfillment of its commitments under the U.S.-Taliban agreement.[/b]

5. With the start of intra-Afghan negotiations, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan commits to start diplomatic engagement with members of the UN Security Council to remove members of the Taliban from the sanctions list with the aim of achieving this objective by [c=800000]May 29, 2020[/c], and in any case no later than 30 days after finalizing a framework agreement and a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire. [/quote]

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[u]https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/[c=800000]2020/02[/c]/02.29.20-US-Afghanistan-Joint-Declaration.pdf[/u]

Who was in charge in February 2020?

Nimbus · M

@Elessar 👍

MasterLee · 56-60, M

@Elessar someone a lot smarter than bidet

Elessar · 26-30, M

@MasterLee Odd, my impression is that the implementation of this Trumpian agreement hasn't been perceived as "smart" by the majority of the world population, recently.

Slade · 56-60, M

@Elessar Incredible how far you empty headed jackasses will go to blame someone, anything rather than your sunsetting sub-mediocrite for this very recent calamity.

Yes, the better president was implementing a full withdrawal from that cesspool, but with a strategy to NOT leave a fully functioning war machine behind.

See if you can get this through your iron head - strategy DOES NOT equal tactics. There's a right and wrong way to go about the same strategy.

Accept it, your beloved senile, corrupt imbecile sucks. He's not just a disaster but a catastrophe. Stop living in denial

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Slade · 56-60, M

@Elessar That ess a wealth of cliches, extreme exaggerations and outright falsehoods you spread there.

Is there no shit sandwich of which you'd refuse a huge bite?

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Slade · 56-60, M

@Elessar Omerta!

Elessar · 26-30, M

@Slade Omertà is a different thing, even in this case completely unrelated. What you're doing is "servilismo" at most.