August 25, 2021
Muddled, late, and disorganized: Joe Biden sends the Taliban a mixed message
By Monica Showalter
The beasts of the Taliban undoubtedly were paying attention:
Joe Biden showed up five hours late to his press conference, and by one report, read his teleprompter with bloodshot eyes, spoke for the first five minutes on his domestic priorities, and declared the August 31 deadline for a U.S/ troop pullout was on, just as the Taliban insisted, and then added maybe it wasn't.
According to the New York Post:
President Joe Biden announced that he has asked defense officials to put together “contingency plans” for keeping American forces on the ground in Afghanistan beyond the end of this month — despite claiming earlier Tuesday that the White House would abide by the Taliban’s “red line” of a full withdrawal by Aug. 31.
Biden said Tuesday that the completion of US forces’ evacuation operation at Kabul’s international airport by the end of this month “depends on the Taliban continuing to cooperate,” and confirmed that he had asked the Pentagon and the State Department for “contingency plans to adjust the timetable, should that become necessary.”
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/muddled_late_and_disorganized_joe_biden_sends_the_taliban_a_mixed_message.html
