President Joe Biden speaks about the American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, July 8, 2021.
Politico: Biden on Afghanistan: Not my problem
The president is unwilling to rethink his decision to withdraw U.S. troops, even as Afghanistan unravels faster than expected.
As the Taliban blitz across Afghanistan and U.S. officials scramble to assess just how quickly the government in Kabul could fall, President Joe Biden is recalibrating his message to Americans.
Where he once insisted that two decades of U.S. backing had left Afghan forces capable of defending themselves, Biden and his aides have shifted to a more cold-blooded mantra: If they can’t, that’s not our problem.
Inside the administration, top aides are just trying to keep up with the rapidly changing battlefield.
U.S. officials now believe Kabul could be surrounded or fall under Taliban control within weeks, and even the future of the fortress-like U.S. Embassy is increasingly in doubt.
The president, meanwhile, is holding firm to last spring’s decision to withdraw U.S. combat troops, calculating that war-weary voters would rather tune out the alarming developments in a conflict they’ve largely ignored.
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WNU Editor: The last time the Taliban seized Afghanistan they instituted a reign of terror that resulted in millions of Afghans fleeing the country and the establishment of Al Qaeda bases that eventually led to the 9/11 attacks.
And while there is a lot of talk that the Taliban are not the same as they were in the past, I am doubtful.
IMHO the Taliban have not changed their nature. And need I remind everyone about the story of the frog and the scorpion .... The Scorpion and the Frog.
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