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Or he doesn't watch news that shows people fleeing in terror.. I watch Fox News, so i see excellent coverage, i dont know if CNN or MSNBC is also showing it.
It's been reported Biden never has the TV on in the WH. So, he sees nothing. Which is why his pressers are such a disconnect from reality. Trump, otoh, was glued to several TVs all day. Biden doesn't watch TV during the day.
I've been watching mostly CNN - Clarissa Ward on the ground there in full chador, looking like a nun - walking the streets, Taliban telling her to cover her face - and now she's at the airport waiting to get out. She continually speaks to the difficulty of getting through Taliban - most of whom can't read so documents mean nothing - and the chaos everywhere. Tuned in to FOX today for a while which was also informative. I don't like FOX because it spews a lot of crap, but on this issue there isn't any difference between what you see and hear on CNN and FOX.
Universally, the botched implementation of this evacuation is being skewered on CNN and FOX and MSNBC. No one is whitewashing this debacle.
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Does anyone know if the other two leaders, or their governments, have confirmed that they've had any discussions with Biden?
Not confirmed by Macron but on the WH website. It'd be pretty stupid to put something official up like this that would be a lie, but hell, I've seen stuff like that with the past administration so why not?
"Unfortunately this has been a debacle in Afghanistan and Joe Biden owns it, and he stinks of failure and defeat, and she wants to be as far away from that as she possibly can," Devine said.
"It’s quite a betrayal of the vice president not to be standing by the president's side who's now given two sort of ‘speeches,' I guess you could call them, since Friday. And it is quite remarkable that she has decided not to show solidarity with the president -- it tells you where the White House is. And she, I suppose, is thinking she will be stepping into the president’s shoes."
She offered comical relief with her bobble head actions during his say nothing speech!
He spoke for 15 minutes and all that came out is garbage. His answers to media were frightening in his ignorance of what is going around him!
We did this, we did that, we will bring out everyone (HOW???), our allies are with us (HUH???), consensus (I DOUBT IT)
He's good at dodging issues! (We got all kinds of cables and advise, but buck stands with me???) We haven't heard of people not able to get to airport. "Abdul, get to airport" (Like that can happen when Taliban is looking for him)
We've been in constant contact with Taliban leadership! (WHAT LEADERSHIP? they are all cave dwelling tribes with many leaders)
"Why do you continue to trust the Taliban, Mr President?" (Ignored)
Khalil Haqqani is now in Kabul recruiting (pressuring) young men to join the Taliban. He's one of the most wanted terrorists in America and we have a $5 million bounty on his head. This can't be good.
Current and former officials say that while they are concerned about the Taliban having access to the helicopters, the aircraft require frequent maintenance and many are complicated to fly without extensive training.
"Ironically, the fact that our equipment breaks down so often is a life-saver here," a third official said.
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At least harris came out of her hidey hole for joes speech
