Harris faces task of convincing Asia of U.S. reliability after Afghan chaos

[TexasTowelie]

WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris, in a visit to Singapore and Vietnam next week that aims to counter China's growing influence, will have to contend with a new problem: the collapse of Afghanistan, which has left allies questioning the credibility of U.S. foreign policy promises.

U.S. allies have complained they were not fully consulted on President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan by Aug. 31, which appeared at odds with his promises to recommit to global engagement. read more

With the Taliban's rapid takeover putting their national security interests at risk, countries in both Europe and Asia are wondering whether they can rely on Washington to fulfill long-standing security commitments, experts say.

Harris' trip aims to establish deeper ties with Southeast Asia, a region Washington considers key to checking Chinese expansion. A senior White House official told Reuters this month the vice president's focus would be on defending international rules in the South China Sea, strengthening U.S. regional leadership and expanding security cooperation.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/harris-faces-task-convincing-asia-us-reliability-after-afghan-chaos-2021-08-20/

[uponit7771]

1. Fuck Rueters and their bullshit, they know Afghanistan was sandbagged by Putin's Whore

[TexasTowelie]

2. At least they put some "silver linings" at the end of the article.

Reuters had to put their spin on the situation since that is what gets them clicks.

[JohnSJ]

3. +++

[ansible]

4. So Reuters isn't DU approved anymore?

At this rate there won't be any news site left that can be posted on here.

[Hekate]

5. Biden/Harris face task of convincing entire planet we aren't nuts after 4 years of Trump Chaos...

There, I fixed it.

[TexasTowelie]

6. You're hired!

Maybe Reuters will let you work remotely as a headline writer.

[JoanofArgh]

7. We were there for 20 fucking years! Not to mention

the things we’ve done in South Korea , Japan etc. The reason Asian countries don’t trust us is because they’re not sure another Trump isn’t going to be elected and they’ll no longer be dealing with a democracy.

[abqtommy]

8. Everyone around the world knows what hypocrisy is. It's not unusual for governments to

make statements that their actions don't support and the U.S. is a prime example of saying one thing while doing the exact opposite. Our behavior needs to back up our words here at home and
around the world and so far in my lifetime there hasn't been very much of that.