{"id":388401,"date":"2022-01-01T15:41:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T12:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/voters-need-to-start-turning-the-page-on-bidens-disaster\/"},"modified":"2022-01-01T15:41:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T12:41:45","slug":"voters-need-to-start-turning-the-page-on-bidens-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/voters-need-to-start-turning-the-page-on-bidens-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"#Voters need to start turning the page on Biden\u2019s disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Voters need to start turning the page on Biden\u2019s disaster<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Biden presidency\u00a0stands for more than incompetence, bad governance, and the loss of American prestige around the world. This White House has also demonstrated a willingness to endanger Americans and non-Americans alike in pursuit of its political and ideological goals, particularly in its actions in Afghanistan and at the southern border.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Much of this conduct, under reverse partisan circumstances, would trigger not only <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> hysteria but, quite likely, impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s Afghanistan withdrawal resulted in the deaths of 13 US service members\u00a0at the Kabul airport,\u00a0along with scores of Afghan civilians. It inflicted historic damage on American credibility, destabilizing global politics,\u00a0while leaving millions of Afghans to endure oppression and even starvation under Taliban rule. It was also sold with a dangerous, false narrative: that Afghan forces were strong enough to repel a rapidly advancing Taliban in the absence of American troops on the ground. As White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told it, the Afghan forces \u201chave what they need.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Such spin, offered repeatedly and in coordination by the White House and Pentagon, was worsened by Biden personally, in a\u00a0July 23\u00a0phone call with the Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani.<\/p>\n<p>During the call, the American president encouraged his counterpart to join the deception, and to help undermine clear, observable facts: \u201cI need not tell you,\u201d Biden said to Ghani, \u201cthe perception around the world and in parts of Afghanistan . . . is that things are not going well in terms of the fight against the Taliban. And there is a need, whether it is true or not . . . to project a different picture.\u201d\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\/12\/ashraf-ghani-joe-biden.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"President Biden encouraged Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to promote a false narrative about the situation in his country.\" class=\"wp-image-20667180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ashraf-ghani-joe-biden.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ashraf-ghani-joe-biden.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/ashraf-ghani-joe-biden.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>President Biden encouraged Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to promote a false narrative about the situation in his country.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is just what Biden did during a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/wapo-fact-checker-calls-out-biden-on-for-july-comment-saying-taliban-takeover-in-afghanistan-highly-unlikely\">July 8 press conference<\/a>, when he proclaimed, in defiance of US intelligence, that \u201cthe likelihood there\u2019s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden and his administration perpetuated their false narrative not to guard classified secrets or to ensure American national security. They did so, instead, to sell their withdrawal plan. Crucially, Biden\u2019s false narrative represented a life-threatening fraud on US citizens and America\u2019s allies inside Afghanistan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These individuals, with their lives on the line, were entitled to the truth from the American administration, rather than continual, baseless reassurances.\u00a0Taking the administration at its word, they could believe that time was on their side. As they became tr<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>ed in the ensuing chaos in Kabul, they learned that it was not.<\/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\/12\/kabul-airstrike.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"An airstrike in Kabul, meant to target terrorists, actually killed a humanitarian worker and nine members of his family. \" class=\"wp-image-20667230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/kabul-airstrike.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/kabul-airstrike.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/kabul-airstrike.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>An airstrike in Kabul, meant to target terrorists, actually killed a humanitarian worker and nine members of his family. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Los Angeles Times\/Polaris<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the Aug. 26 Islamic State bombing at the Kabul airport, which took the lives of our service members, Biden promised vengeance against the terrorists responsible. \u201cWe will hunt you down and make you pay,\u201d he declared. On Aug. 29, mistaking humanitarian worker Zemari Ahmadi for a terrorist and a threat to the airport, the US launched a drone strike against him. The strike killed not only Ahmadi but nine members of his family, among them seven children.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the good intentions of US forces trying to prevent another bombing, the attack cannot be\u00a0easily\u00a0divorced from Biden\u2019s political objectives: his desire to look strong and, possibly, create a \u201cwag the dog\u201d style distraction. The president\u2019s Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline also left little time for any planned retribution. We are, therefore, left to wonder: Was the Pentagon pushed by the administration into making an avoidable and terrible error, all to fit a political rather than military-strategic timeline? Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has suggested as much, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pompeo-slams-failed-kabul-drone-strike-driven-by-politics\">observing<\/a>, \u201cit looks like they were in a rush. . . . You could see the political pressure.\u201d\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\/12\/us-border-patrol.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The Biden administration's refusal to enforce security at the US-Mexico border has led to a surge of migrants and countless deaths.\" class=\"wp-image-20667333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/us-border-patrol.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/us-border-patrol.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/us-border-patrol.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Biden administration\u2019s refusal to enforce security at the US-Mexico border has led to a surge of migrants and countless deaths.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for the US border, the president continues his steadfast refusal to enforce immigration law, and to deadly effect. It is impossible to know how many deaths have actually been suffered on the dangerous journey to Biden\u2019s open border, though even the Washington Post noted they have reached their \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/12\/18\/president-bidens-inconsistent-policies-contributed-soaring-death-toll-border\/\">highest point since 2014<\/a>,\u201d with the International Organization for Migration putting the number of dead at more than 650 during 2021.<\/p>\n<p>It is impossible, too, to know how much money has gone to human traffickers and drug cartels, the gatekeepers to so many who seek illegal entry into America.\u00a0We do know that vast numbers of drugs are crossing the border, contributing to the most <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/drug-overdose-deaths-fueled-by-fentanyl-hit-record-high-in-u-s-11637161200\">overdose deaths in a 12-month period<\/a> in US history.\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\/12\/san-francisco-drug-addicts.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A porous border has emboldened drug cartels and led to a spike in US overdose deaths caused mostly by fentanyl.\" class=\"wp-image-20667349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/san-francisco-drug-addicts.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/san-francisco-drug-addicts.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/san-francisco-drug-addicts.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A porous border has emboldened drug cartels and led to a spike in US overdose deaths caused mostly by fentanyl.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Biden Administration has appointed Vice President Kamala Harris to deal with the \u201croot causes\u201d of illegal migration. But the administration\u2019s policies only compound these root issues, giving several governments to our south an easy\u00a0solution\u00a0for their own problems. With the Biden open border, these governments\u00a0can simply let people leave for the US, instead of working to improve their\u00a0citizens\u2019\u00a0living conditions.<\/p>\n<p>In these areas and more, the Biden Administration has placed politics and ideology above the interests and lives of American citizens,\u00a0not to mention Afghans and migrants.\u00a0Of course, the mainstream media and congressional Democrats will never truly hold this White House responsible for its actions.\u00a0In this midterm election year, it falls to the American people to do so. By ousting Biden\u2019s elected supporters, voters can begin to turn the page on his disastrous presidency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Augustus Howard is a columnist focusing on national politics and foreign policy.<\/em>\n                        <\/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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