Afghanistan is a mess, but it's not the end of the Biden presidency.

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The rushed retreat from Afghanistan is an ongoing human tragedy, the collision of historical realities with exceptionally poor decisions.

But is this really going to derail President Biden’s entire agenda? Probably not.

Democrats and all the leftist Cassandras on cable TV really need to calm down, because history and common sense suggest that Afghanistan isn’t going to define the Biden presidency — and probably not even the next election.

Democratic Washington is in the grip of panic. The general feeling is that Biden was seen as competent and steady until his Afghanistan withdrawal blew up, with 13 service members now dead and more violence likely to come. (This on top of a resurgence of covid-19, mostly in states where vaccination rates are lagging.)

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Maybe everybody should just take a deep breath and read a little history.

All presidents get pounded by unforeseen crises — especially overseas, and especially early in their terms when they’re dealing with policies inherited from their predecessors.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/30/democrats-calm-down-afghanistan-is-mess-its-not-end-biden-presidency/

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1. It's always been a mess.

It's always been about the natural resources that Afghanistan has,