Makes sense that he got defensive when people complained about the Afghanistan withdrawal when he was just following through with the previous administration’s policy decision.
“The Taliban is not the south—the North Vietnamese army. They’re not—they’re not remotely comparable in terms of capability. There’s going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of a embassy in the—of the United States from Afghanistan. It is not at all comparable,”
Makes sense that he got defensive when people complained about the Afghanistan withdrawal when he was just following through with the previous administration’s policy decision.
Agreed he didn’t have a choice in doing it, the problem was the execution of it.
Then he said stupid shit like:
https://www.newsweek.com/clip-biden-saying-people-wont-lifted-off-embassy-roof-afghanistan-resurfaces-just-that-happens-1619517
“The Taliban is not the south—the North Vietnamese army. They’re not—they’re not remotely comparable in terms of capability. There’s going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of a embassy in the—of the United States from Afghanistan. It is not at all comparable,”
And then…
https://x.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1426846783267909633