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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Biden will get his bills passed, 5-11 kids will get vaxxed, people will be happy and Biden’s approval numbers will soar.  Talk of GOP retaking the House in 2022 is wishful thinking.  Calm down, folks.[/quote]

You still don't get it, do you?

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Get what?  Biden will now have an excuse to move back to the cevter, which is where he wanted to be anywhere.  Silver lining for him here. [/quote]

There’s no evidence he wanted to be in the center. The minute he walked in the door he handed control of the agenda over to the left and progressives. [/quote]

There is no evidence that he wants to be anywhere. He's accomplished precisely nothing, which in and of itself is an accomplishment for a president whose party controls both chambers of congress [/quote]

DP.  He pulled us out of Afghanistan, the first president to do so.  And he's told everyone that we will defend Taiwan, also the first president to do so.  [/quote]

I'm not sure democrats are wise to run on the Afghanistan withdrawal as a signature accomplishment, and defending Taiwan is an empty promise and everyone knows it. Taiwan is a short flight from multiple Chinese airfields and in range of god knows how many missile batteries. If they invade all any president could do is strongly protest at the UN. [/quote]

Yeah, I keep seeing news stories about how things are so bad that Afghan families are selling their young daughters. Not a good look. Also let me know if there's a place I can donate that's helping these families so they don't have to do that. [/quote]
DP.. majority of Americans wanted the US to pullout. I'm not sure what you thought would happen [/quote]

I’m a DP. We didn’t want to pull out like this!! Biden manufactured a complete CF in Afghanistan that erased years of progress with his horribly myopic decisions. And yes, Biden said we will defend Taiwan, BUT PSAKI HAD TO WALK THAT BACK BECAUSE HE WAS TALKING OUT HIS ASS AND CONTRADICTED US POLICY ACCORDING TO THE TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT. His entire foreign policy is in shambles, leaving us vulnerable to an attack (anyone go to a mall in Fairfax County over the weekend?). And let’s not forget our southern border (Does it bother anyone that Biden is now telling people not to
come here?). Oh, and our shipping back-ups. And gas prices. And inflation. And that he wants to pay people who were separated from families at the border $450k. And police are leaving the force because, guess what? They don’t want to be defunded and devalued. [/quote]

The exit was always going to look like this. The Taliban prisoners had been released before the inauguration and they were steadily advancing against a corrupt and incompetent government. We could have surged back in and tried to prop them up, but no one would have supported that so we left. There was no way that there would have ever been enough seats on the flights or that whatever airport we chose to exit from wasn't going to be mobbed by desperate people. It's still not an accomplishment that Biden can run on. Just imagine that this withdawrl was dragged out long enough to get out everyone who wanted out- do you think Americans would welcome a million Afghan refugees? a half million? [/quote]

Yes, it was an ugly situation on inauguration day and there was no easy solution here.

And it's completely irrational to tie this to a gubernatorial election. Neither Youngkin nor McAuliffe will affect national foreign policy.

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