Biden to address chaotic Kabul evacuation amid criticism

[left-of-center2012]

Source: AP

Facing a firestorm of criticism, President Joe Biden plans to speak Friday about the chaotic evacuation of Americans and allies from Afghanistan as the U.S. struggles with obstacles ranging from armed Taliban checkpoints to airport pandemonium and cumbersome red tape.

Biden is set to meet with his national security team about the evacuations, and to speak from the White House Friday afternoon.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-kabul-taliban-d036db0b190acba68087f3d46ffae146

[Walleye]

1. Firestorm? It's more like piling on.

[shotten99]

2. Pretty much

He's taken responsibility for the action and is taking the necessary steps to make sure all Americans and as many Afghans as possible are evacuated.

He's also made it clear he won't tolerate any sort of hostage crisis.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. I think the remarks were scheduled for 1 pm

(at least from what I heard locally on the CBS affiliate news radio station here)

After 20 years, there seems to have been the creation of what I'll dub an "AIC" (Afghanistan Industrial Complex) of people who seemed to have made careers there. And what is being called "red-tape" is going to inevitably be turned on its head with criticism if any criminal elements manage to slide in if not verified as actually being American citizens and/or provided substantial assistance to the American forces there over that time.

[CrispyQ]

4. This is what a real president does.

Trump would tweet that he's being picked on by the evil, lying left. Then he'd add something about how beautiful the evacuation was. JFC, the media is so fucking lame.

[catsudon]

6. if trump did this

of course we'd be calling for his 3rd impeachment.

sadly it didn't.

[PSPS]

5. "Facing a firestorm of criticism" only from the elite press.

[agingdem]

7. the American people are with Biden

twenty years ago SHOCK AND AWE gave the press a collective hard on...anyone questioning the sanity of sending our children to a foreign country to kill and be killed was silenced...war was good for the bottom line..and when SHOCK AND AWE turned into OH SHIT, no one gave a damn, least of all the blood thirsty press.

[Steelrolled]

9. EU leaders are being surprising blunt in their criticism.

I guess the honeymoon is over. It was just a matter of time.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

8. He already addressed this.

His hands were tied tfg.