Joe Biden Blames Donald Trump for Afghanistan Collapse — Despite Calling Taliban Takeover ‘Unlikely’

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Joe Biden Blames Donald Trump for Afghanistan Collapse — Despite Calling Taliban Takeover ‘Unlikely’ in July

Charlie Spiering 14 Aug 2021

President Joe Biden issued a statement Saturday blaming former President Donald Trump after the Taliban rapidly took control of the majority of Afghanistan’s major cities.

“When I came to office, I inherited a deal cut by my predecessor,” Biden wrote, complaining that Trump negotiated a deal “that left the Taliban in the strongest position militarily since 2001.”

Biden also noted that Trump had set the troop withdrawal date of May 1 and reduced troop levels to 2,500.

The president said he had the choice of either following through with Trump’s withdrawal plan or sending more troops back into Afghanistan to secure the country.

But Biden set a later date for withdrawal, choosing a new deadline of September 11th before walking it back to August 31.

“I was the fourth President to preside over an American troop presence in Afghanistan—two Republicans, two Democrats,” he said. “I would not, and will not, pass this war onto a fifth.”

On Saturday, Biden announced his decision to surge 5,000 American troops into Afghanistan to help ensure the safe evacuation of American personal.

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[Hoodat]

“When I came to office, I inherited a deal cut by my predecessor,” Biden wrote

You also inherited the construction of a border wall, an immigration policy that stopped the flow of illegals into the country, an energy policy that made the US an oil exporter, and a pipeline deal where Canada was paying to build a pipeline in our country for the transport of underpriced Canadian crude.  All four of which you trashed.  So don't say that you were locked into some policy (which you didn't follow anyway) because of Trump.

[corbe]

   GWB tried to save the Freddie/Fannie ponzi scheme scan twice and he got all the blame for it's ultimate failure. 
   It's what evil people do, always blame others for their own shortcomings.

[Free Vulcan]

All this administration ever cared about was sticking Trump in the eye.

No policy, no vision, no leadership. Just partisan ideologue retaliation.

[corbe]

    I find myself more and more each day preoccupied with this thought.


Rodney Crowell - I Don't Care Anymore - 3/6/2017 - Paste Studios, New York, NY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJD4Auq4JAw

[GtHawk]

True that Joe inherited a plan from the President but as I recall he then trashed the plan and the agreements that were made as fast as he could. Captain Dementia just like the infant that denies eating the chocolate despite it being all over their face.

[christian]

When will fools tire of believing Trump/Republicans are to blame for what democrats do and have done?