Larry Sabato and David Rothkopf nail Biden's critics in the media

[highplainsdem]

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[tecelote]

1. Biden took a stand. The kind of leadership we need.

Media be damned. History will treat him well.

[JohnSJ]

2. Which part of the Afghan government didn't want them to evacuate people because they thought

it would create panic don’t they understand

[DAMANgoldberg]

3. A true no-win situation...

We all know the "Dammed if you do, Dammed if you don't" aspect of this. I trust Biden to ultimately get it right, and that's the best one can hope for now after what I have now learned/rejogged about 40+ years of this current situation @ minimum. But it's all about ratings during "Breaking News" time.

[crickets]

4. Thank you, David Rothkopf.

David Rothkopf @djrothkopf

I hear some commentators saying Biden didn't explain why events unfolded as they did. But he did. They just don't want to hear the reasons he gave...that the Afghan military and government provided zero resistance and rejected taking steps to enable earlier evacuations.
4:35 PM · Aug 16, 2021

"and government" -- One thing Biden didn't mention specifically was that a certain individual involved in that plan decided to desert the country early, with no warning. The US plan to leave did not take place in a vacuum. There are some logistical elements beyond Biden's control. This was one of them:

Vincent Lee @Rover829

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Bloomberg: Afghan and Taliban negotiators reached a deal for a 2-week ceasefire in exchange for President Ashraf Ghani’s resignation and the start of talks on setting up a transitional government. But it collapsed when Ghani fled the country, sources say

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Afghan Cease-Fire Deal Struck in Doha Collapsed After Ghani Fled
The weeks leading up to Kabul’s collapse saw a flurry of diplomatic activity by the U.S. and its allies in Qatar aimed at heading off exactly the chaotic scenes in the Afghan capital that have so...
bloomberg.com

3:40 PM · Aug 16, 2021

I admire the hell out of Biden for taking his lumps with the statement, "I am President of the United States of America, and the buck stops with me." That took courage and integrity. Thanks, Joe.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/08/16/remarks-by-president-biden-on-afghanistan/