Netizens slam Joe Biden for ‘disastrous optics’ on Afghan disaster

On Thursday (August 26), United States President Joe Biden appeared visibly annoyed on being quizzed concerning the demise of 13 US Marines in a lethal terror assault on the Hamid Karzai International airport in Kabul.
Without mincing any phrases, Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy requested Biden whether or not he was prepared to take any accountability for the Afghanistan disaster. “Mr. President, there had not been a U.S. service member killed in combat in Afghanistan since February of 2020. You set a deadline, you pulled troops out, you sent troops back in, and now 12 Marines are dead. You said the buck stops with you. Do you bear any responsibility for the way that things have unfolded in the last two weeks?” he inquired.
Joe Biden, who saved Doocy ready until the top, fumbled as he was pressed with a tricky query. The US President managed to get his act collectively and stated that he bore accountability for all the pieces that had occurred ‘of late’. However, he blamed former President Donald Trump for setting May 1 as the ultimate date of exit for all US troops from Afghanistan. “This was a year before. In return, he was given a commitment that the Taliban will continue to attack others but not attack the American forces. Remember that? I am being serious,” he engaged in rhetorics.

(Video Courtesy: Youtube/Fox News)After having comprehended the US President’s techniques to keep away from answering onerous questions, Peter Doocy emphasised, “Donald Trump is not president right now.” Biden tried to interject and cease the Fox News correspondent midway. At about 1:27 minutes into the dialog, he went on bend his head, shut his eyes and relaxation his arms on the rostrum. It was evident that Biden was irritated with Doccy’s line of questioning. His gesture was extensively criticised by the netizens for showcasing the US authorities’s weak spot and incompetence in coping with the scenario.
While commenting on the incident, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted, “This is what weakness looks like.”
This is what weak spot appears to be like like. pic.twitter.com/a7vqlqYUhU— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 26, 2021
A Twitter person (@MarcusJoannou) wrote, “Weakness, incompetence and evil personified.”
Weakness, incompetence, and evil personified.— MarcusJ (@MarcusJoannou) August 27, 2021
Another person remarked, “This bloke has destroyed a 20 year US/UK presence in #Afghanistan in less than 2 weeks.OMG America, what have you done?”
This bloke has destroyed a 20 12 months US/UK presence in #Afghanistan in lower than 2 weeks.OMG America, what have you ever completed?#JoeBiden #BidenCatastrophe #KabulAiport pic.twitter.com/w2uRVd8j4x— Anff (no DMs)🌼🌷🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@AnffJB) August 27, 2021
Another person acknowledged, “History will not be kind to USA for voting this fool as the President.”
#JoeBiden History won’t be sort to USA 🇺🇸 for voting this idiot as @POTUS 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 #ImpeachBiden pic.twitter.com/6YDUULox00— JonnyBerlin (@newjonnyberlin) August 27, 2021
US Senator from Missouri Josh Hawley tweeted, “To say that today’s loss of American lives in Kabul is sickening does not begin to do justice to what has happened. It is enraging. And Joe Biden is responsible. It is now clear beyond all doubt that he has neither the capacity nor the will to lead. He must resign”
To say that right this moment’s lack of American lives in Kabul is sickening doesn’t start to do justice to what has occurred. It is enraging. And Joe Biden is accountable. It is now clear past all doubt that he has neither the capability nor the desire to guide. He should resign— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) August 26, 2021
It should be talked about that the incumbent US President Joe Biden had initially determined to withdraw all of the American troops from Afghanistan by September 21 this 12 months. His administration had prolonged the timeline from May 1 to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 assaults. Halfway via, he determined to facilitate an early exit on August 31 with out contemplating the aftermath.
Suicide bombing by ISKP at Kabul airport kills stranded Afghans
On Thursday, August 26, bomb blasts close to the Hamid Karzai worldwide airport in Afghan’s capital Kabul killed greater than 100 folks, together with 13 US troops, disrupting the continued Afghan evacuation of tens of hundreds of stranded civilians. Soon after the assaults on their forces, the United States officers attributed assaults that killed greater than 100 folks on the Kabul airport to Islamic State’s regional affiliate Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP). The ISKP has additionally taken accountability for the bombing of the Kabul airport and has launched pictures of the terrorist who blew himself up contained in the Kabul airport. Abdul Rehman Al-Loghri of the ISKP was allegedly the suicide bomber.
Not simply weapons and helicopters, US left biometric information of allies in Afghanistan
Days after the Taliban took over the reins of Afghanistan, it has now come to gentle that the United States has additionally left its allies in Afghanistan susceptible to assault by the unconventional Islamist outfit. As per an unique report by Politico, the Biden administration had handed out an inventory of American residents, Afghan allies, and inexperienced card holders to the Taliban in order to permit their evacuation from the Hamid Karzai International airport in Kabul. Despite being properly conscious that the Taliban has a historical past of killing US allies, the choice to supply particular names to the Islamist outfit by the Biden administration has put their life in jeopardy.
Not simply the lists, the Taliban reportedly even have biometric information of all Afghans who had labored with US and NATO forces. After the seize of Afghanistan, a lot of biometric units, together with weapons, automobiles, and ammunition left behind by American and fleeing Afghan forces had been captured by the Taliban. With the US-built navy units, the Taliban now probably have the entry to the biometric database of Afghans. Some units additionally retailer native copies for such databases, which can be simply accessible to the brand new tech-savvy Taliban. Politico additionally reported that The Taliban is now going door-to-door searching for Afghan interpreters and US allies after the Biden administration ‘outsourced’ the safety to the Taliban.