Does President Biden Know How Ugly It Is Going To Get In Afghanistan?

 

L.A. Times: Column: Biden knows Afghanistan will get uglier. No wonder he'd rather not talk about it 

Last week, when reporters asked President Biden whether he worried that Afghanistan’s government might collapse in the face of Taliban military advances, he responded with ill-concealed annoyance. 

“I want to talk about happy things,” he said. 

The president went on to answer — he said the regime could survive, but only if its members stop squabbling — but then called a halt. 

“I’m not going to answer any more quick questions on Afghanistan,” he said. 

It’s no mystery why: Subjects like job-creation reports or the U.S. recovery from the pandemic let Biden talk about successes. Afghanistan offers only a choice of failures.  

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WNU Editor: The political cost to President Biden for what is unfolding in Afghanistan has so far been negligible. What has helped is that the Western media coverage has been minimal and/or selective. But my gut tells me that this is about to change.

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