We Are Witnessing Joe Biden’s Basement Doctrine -- Exactly as We Were Sold
By Brad Slager | Aug 19, 2021 4:15 PM ET
The surprise is not Joe Biden’s avoidance policy; it is that this has been sold to us with approval.
With a massive crisis of our making unraveling on a global stage, Joe Biden made a press appearance yesterday and addressed the nation. “There are people who are dying, and will die, who don’t have to.” Heartfelt words full of drama, possibly, but there was a severe issue with this — this speech was not about Afghanistan. At all. In a rather stunning display of avoidance, the president chose this time to rehash tired mask debates and take potshots at GOP rival governors, who are daring to snub his directives. He took Wednesday’s speech to do nothing but score cheap political hits.
There was no mention at all of the disastrous fiasco in Afghanistan, no words of clarity on what the mission entails, no comments about the thousands of Americans entrapped in the eroding conditions. Joe Biden turned from the podium and walked off without fielding a single question, the simple image of his back turned to the cameras becoming a glaring metaphor.
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