{"id":330986,"date":"2021-08-27T05:36:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T02:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sorry-bidens-decisions-led-to-kabul-carnage-goodwin\/"},"modified":"2021-08-27T05:36:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T02:36:20","slug":"sorry-bidens-decisions-led-to-kabul-carnage-goodwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sorry-bidens-decisions-led-to-kabul-carnage-goodwin\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sorry Biden\u2019s decisions led to Kabul carnage: Goodwin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Sorry Biden\u2019s decisions led to Kabul carnage: Goodwin<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Michael Goodwin\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-goodwin1.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The deep grief on President Biden\u2019s face as his eyes swelled with tears was painful to watch. But his personal suffering cannot exonerate him from the responsibility for what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened in Kabul.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nor can his obscenely shameful effort to shift the blame to former President Donald Trump and even his own military commanders be taken seriously. Biden says the buck stops with him, but he doesn\u2019t really mean it.<\/p>\n<p>When the enemy strikes with deadly results, it\u2019s somebody else\u2019s fault. That\u2019s not leadership and it certainly isn\u2019t presidential.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If he truly accepted responsibility, Biden would own up to the obvious fact that his actions played a big role in this horrific outcome. Instead, his claim that every commander agreed with him on the withdrawal plan is a bald-faced lie.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We know for certain the military argued against his hasty exit. Officers gave him alternatives and he said no because, for 50 years, Joe Biden has always known best.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet when things go off the rails, he dares to hide behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s politics, that\u2019s Washington. It\u2019s not the mark of a trustworthy commander in chief.<\/p>\n<p>The worst day for our troops in Afghanistan in a decade will never be forgotten by those Gold Star families who received that dreaded knock on the door from someone in uniform. But it is also a terrible stain on America that our brave men and women were put in such a vulnerable situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-767.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"President Joe Biden seems to lose his composure on Thursday as he addresses the nation after suicide bombers struck in Kabul, Afghanistan and killed 13 US service members.\" class=\"wp-image-19262448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-767.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-767.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-767.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>President Joe Biden seems to lose his composure as he addresses the nation after suicide bombers struck in Kabul, Afghanistan, and killed 13 US service members and dozens of Afghans.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They risked their lives in a \u00adheroic effort to save the terrified civilians of many nations. They have been succeeding to a large measure, but have now paid an unacceptable and unnecessary price.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The shock isn\u2019t just that there was a successful terror attack against America during our last stand at the chaotic, overrun \u00adKabul airport. The shock is that it didn\u2019t come sooner and claim even more lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-nypost-small-post\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"231\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/NYPOSTcover8272021.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231\" alt=\"The New York Post cover on August 27, 2021. NIGHTMARE.\" class=\"wp-image-19262450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/NYPOSTcover8272021.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=462 462w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/NYPOSTcover8272021.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=346 346w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/NYPOSTcover8272021.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=231 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/NYPOSTcover8272021.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=115 115w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/NYPOSTcover8272021.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NY Post Illustration<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The president\u2019s pain, which always seems to be attached to the loss of son Beau Biden from cancer, does not change the fact his arguments for his position remain what they have been all along \u2014 unpersuasive, dishonest and foolhardy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He set the terms of the withdrawal, including the abrupt abandonment of the Bagram Air Base, and approved the security-sharing arrangement with the Taliban, a terrorist organization. He proudly cites those decisions, but those and others carry the unmistakable stench of weakness. When tens of thousands of people converged on the airport, the chaos was an invitation for murder and \u00admayhem.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The strongest military in the history of the world was a sitting duck, with our warfighters reduced to playing defense in an impossible situation.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s original sin was his \u00addetermined rush to get out of \u00adAfghanistan on a fixed timetable. Risk-averse to a fault, he made the avoidance of more casualties his chief measure of success.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-760.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"People attend to a wounded man following a deadly suicide bombing outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 26, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-19262444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-760.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-760.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-760.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>People tend to a wounded man following a deadly suicide bombing outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 26, 2021. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-762.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Hundreds of Afghans attempt to get into the Hamid Karzai International Airport amid strict Taliban security measures in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 23, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-19262446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-762.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-762.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-762.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Hundreds of Afghans attempt to get into the Hamid Karzai International Airport amid strict Taliban security measures in Kabul earlier this week. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That fearful approach was dangerous, just as weakness always invites aggression. And now his fixation on avoiding casualties has led to carnage.<\/p>\n<p>In his late-afternoon remarks, the president struck the right tone with his vow to get those responsible, but he still seems determined to be completely out of Afghanistan by next Tuesday, with the help and cooperation of the Taliban. The very concept is riddled with contradictions, as when he says often the Taliban\u2019s \u201cself-interest\u201d leads him to count on them even as he doesn\u2019t trust them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite his tough talk, Biden\u2019s deadline certainly makes it harder to hunt down those who planned the attacks. The deadline also makes it almost impossible to evacuate the remaining American citizens and our Afghan allies clamoring to get out and away from the Taliban.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-761.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Then Vice President Joe Biden with his son, Army Capt. Beau Biden (left) at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq on July 4, 2009.\" class=\"wp-image-19262445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-761.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-761.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-761.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Then-Vice President Joe Biden with his son, Army Capt. Beau Biden at Camp Victory on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, on July 4, 2009. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Indeed, the Taliban have already restricted Afghans from going to the airport and the tightened security that is inevitable there likely will reduce the number of people lucky enough to make it through the gates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even before the attacks, there were reports that a sharp decline in evacuation flights for civilians would be necessary as early as Friday so the 5,500 Marines and soldiers and their equipment could start to be lifted out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So America is taking its dead and wounded and leaving in the im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te aftermath of a slaughter. This is not an honorable exit.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-765.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A wounded patient lays in the hallway following deadly suicide bombings outside the Kabul airport at Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital on August 26, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-19262447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-765.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-765.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/biden-hiding-behind-tears-765.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A wounded patient in a hallway at Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital after the bombings on Aug. 26, 2021.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s a surrender, and a defeat disguised as success.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, terrorists everywhere will celebrate, and the 20th anniversary of 9\/11 will be the greatest recruitment tool ever for their twisted cause.<\/p>\n<p>Never forget that it happened on Joe Biden\u2019s watch.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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