{"id":532491,"date":"2022-12-30T00:31:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T21:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/afghan-withdrawal-left-biden-frustrated-sleepless-book\/"},"modified":"2022-12-30T00:31:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T21:31:51","slug":"afghan-withdrawal-left-biden-frustrated-sleepless-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/afghan-withdrawal-left-biden-frustrated-sleepless-book\/","title":{"rendered":"#Afghan withdrawal left Biden frustrated, sleepless: book"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26b74000b48\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26b74000b48\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/afghan-withdrawal-left-biden-frustrated-sleepless-book\/#Afghan_withdrawal_left_Biden_frustrated_sleepless_book\" >Afghan withdrawal left Biden frustrated, sleepless: book<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Afghan_withdrawal_left_Biden_frustrated_sleepless_book\"><\/span>Afghan withdrawal left Biden frustrated, sleepless: book<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/bidenjoe_092722gn11_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The U.S. military\u2019s withdrawal from Afghanistan left President Biden saddened, frustrated and sleepless as he faced deep criticism over its handling, according to a new book about the administration.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Whipple\u2019s \u201cThe Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden\u2019s White House\u201d says Biden was stunned as the Afghan forces quickly crumbled in August 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhile U.S. troops were on the ground, one of Biden\u2019s close friends told me, the president barely slept,\u201d Whipple wrote, according to a copy of the book obtained by The Hill<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018You\u2019re watching intel and holding your breath, really just praying that nothing will 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>en to your people,\u2019 said a senior NSC adviser,\u201d he added, referring to the National Security Council.<\/p>\n<p>Biden and first lady Jill Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed to Dover Air Force Base to observe the dignified transfer\u00a0of the 13 U.S. service members who died in a suicide bombing in Kabul in the final days of the pullout. The troops, as well as dozens of Afghans, died when a bomb went off near the city\u2019s airport, where U.S. forces were working to evacuate thousands of U.S. citizens and Afghan civilians.<\/p>\n<p>During the trip, a family member whose brother was one of the fallen yelled at the president, \u201cI hope you burn in hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whipple wrote that former White House press secretary Jen Psaki told him that Biden \u201cover the next couple of days \u2026 just felt a deep, misunderstood sadness.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While in Dover, Del., Biden had spoken about his late son Beau Biden, a veteran who died from brain cancer in 2015, as the president often does when speaking to grieving family members. Psaki noted that those comments made things worse for some families of the 13 service members.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cSome of the criticism was about him praising his son,\u201d Psaki said, according to Whipple. \u201cAnd to him, and to a lot of people he\u2019s helped through grief, that had been something that helped. That\u2019s deeply personal.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden is known for his ability to discuss grief and connect with people over loss, largely due to the personal tragedies he has faced, but a friend of the president told Whipple that the Kabul bombing \u201cis just a very different thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfterward Joe Biden told a senior White House aide: \u2018This is what being president is,\u2019\u201d Whipple wrote.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Additionally, the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> roundly ridiculed Biden over the withdrawal, though Whipple wrote that the president was somewhat prepared for that. After a speech in April 2021 ahead of the full withdrawal, Biden called a friend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow\u2019d I do?\u201d he asked him, according to Whipple. The friend told Biden that he did great.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, but the press is going to kill me,\u201d Biden said. \u201cI\u2019m f\u2014\u2013 no matter what I say.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>A month away from the full withdrawal, Biden took questions from the press, with one journalist asking the president if he saw parallels between the Afghanistan departure and when troops left Vietnam. Biden responded that they\u2019re not comparable, adding, \u201cThere\u2019s going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A White House staffer told Whipple that he cringed when he heard the president say that comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a dumb thing to say, he thought, because we fly helicopters from the embassy every day,\u201d Whipple wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden\u2019s White House\u201d will be released on Jan. 17.<\/p>\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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