Was President Biden's Afghanistan Speech A Disaster?
This Afghanistan vet just blew up MSNBC’s entire Biden-simping Afghanistan narrative LIVE ON AIR.
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) August 17, 2021
What a glorious takedown. Watch this. pic.twitter.com/6mR2RlPN7I
Michael Rubin, 19Forty-Five: Why Joe Biden’s Afghanistan Speech Was a Disaster
President Joe Biden addressed the nation on the unfolding tragedy in Afghanistan. He was unrepentant. “I Do Not Regret My Decision,” he declared.
His speech did little to resolve the concerns a bipartisan array of Americans have for two reasons: First, he relied on a dishonest strawman and, second, the Afghan withdrawal contradicts the reasons he cited to justify his policy.
First, the strawman: “I cannot and will not ask our troops to fight on endlessly in another country’s civil war,” he declared.
But, no one was asking that, and it is not what American troops were doing.
Over the past five years, the Pentagon had reduced the American presence to under 10,000 troops. The presence was a deterrent and led to few American casualties. Indeed, over that period, far fewer Americans have died in Afghanistan than residents of Baltimore have died in automobile accidents.
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WNU Editor: It has been interesting to see how some in the media are circling the wagons to defend President Biden's Afghan speech, and why they believe his speech was a success. The above video and Michael Rubin's post have a different point of view.
On a personal note.
I was surprised this evening.
I have found that the ones who are really upset/angry/and scared at what is happening, and who are specifically blaming President Biden for this disaster, are the women in my life.
As a man I see President Biden as someone who made the strategic decision to abandon Afghanistan because it was no longer vital to America's long term interests.
The women in my life see this differently. They see this as an abandonment by the US President of 18 million Afghan women to the Taliban rape gangs and their misogynist leaders.
If Republican leaders play this right. The advantage that Democrats enjoy with women voters is going to evaporate in the next election and beyond. Based on the response I got this evening, this has the potential to become the biggest disaster for a U.S. political party in modern times.
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