Biden's Bungling of the Gold Star Families of Afghanistan Service Members Can't Be Covered Up
By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell | Aug 31, 2021 6:30 PM ET
I wrote a longer VIP piece about the results of an empty husk like President Joe Biden wanting position and power without doing the work to achieve that end, and how damage and disaster are always the result. This continues to unfold, and is now evidenced in Biden’s poor handling of the dignified transfer of our fallen service members from Afghanistan back to the United States.
The Washington Post attempted a glowing profile of this presidential duty. Instead of glowing, the profile glaringly pointed out Biden’s impatience, lack of leadership, and inability to take responsibility for his failure in not protecting these young men and women. Biden insulted one family by his lack of empathy toward their son, and constantly bringing up his son Beau, and making it all about him.
WaPo tried to wax eloquent about Biden’s ability to connect with grieving families because of the tragic death of his first wife, and the death of his son Beau from brain cancer in 2015. As is Biden’s so-called prowess as a leader, even this is folklore. My colleagues Bonchie and Nick Arama covered this well here, here, and here.
However, one particular instance in the WaPo profile, highlighted by presidential biographer Alex Thompson, was quite telling:
https://twitter.com/AlexThomp/status/1432352880787329026more
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2021/08/31/bidens-bungling-of-the-gold-star-families-of-afghanistan-service-members-cant-be-covered-up-n436149
