"Biden Deserves Credit, Not Blame, for Afghanistan" By David Rothkopf

[$tevie]

America’s longest war has been by any measure a costly failure, and the errors in managing the conflict deserve scrutiny in the years to come. But Joe Biden doesn’t “own” the mayhem on the ground right now. What we’re seeing is the culmination of 20 years of bad decisions by U.S. political and military leaders.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...an/619925/

[hal]

I'm convinced that within a year, everyone is gonna be talking about how brave Biden was to get the hell out and stay the hell out of Afghanistan.

[Ted King]

hal wrote:
I'm convinced that within a year, everyone is gonna be talking about how brave Biden was to get the hell out and stay the hell out of Afghanistan.

I was inclined to think mostly that, too, but then I realized that the Republicans will almost surely take control of the Senate or House or both. Then they will have the power to create a Benghazi-like frenzy for two years just like they did with H. Clinton. I'm not saying it will have the same impact as the Benghazi frenzy but there's a fair chance it will hurt Biden some.

[Acer]

Ted King wrote:
[quote=hal]
I'm convinced that within a year, everyone is gonna be talking about how brave Biden was to get the hell out and stay the hell out of Afghanistan.

I was inclined to think mostly that, too, but then I realized that the Republicans will almost surely take control of the Senate or House or both. Then they will have the power to create a Benghazi-like frenzy for two years just like they did with H. Clinton. I'm not saying it will have the same impact as the Benghazi-like frenzy but there's a fair chance it will hurt Biden some.
Yes, but who you going to put in front of the committee for the photo ops that gives the right a thrill like Hillary? Joe's not going to testify. Blinken is not a lightning rod like Hillary. That leaves military brass to explain why Afghanistan failed, and pillorying the military would not go over well with the heartland. There will be bluster, but both sides have a vested interest in not turning over too many rocks in this one.

[deckeda]

McCarthy is to give more of his astute thoughts today about the subject. In recent days he’s had a spaniel’s attention span when it comes to forming cogent responses.

At one point he said decisions should be left up to the military for how long we should have stayed. These people remain batshit crazy, and yet their criticism is supposed to be credible??

[N-OS X-tasy!]

deckeda wrote:
McCarthy is to give more of his astute thoughts today about the subject. In recent days he’s had a spaniel’s attention span when it comes to forming cogent responses.

McCarthy's a fucking moron. I'm ashamed he represents my state.