Joe Biden News: “He’s Wrong On Every Foreign Policy Issue For 40 Years!” | world | News

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In Biden’s favour, international affairs played a secondary role in last year’s campaign.

Robert Gates, the distinguished defense secretary in the Bush and Obama administrations, said Biden “has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.”

For intelligence, he opposed the successful 1991 Gulf War, supported the 2003 war in Iraq, and advised Obama against the 2011 mission that killed Osama bin Laden.

As the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Biden believes he knows better than anyone — including past presidential administrations, military leaders, and the intelligence community — about how, where and when to engage in the world. As president, finally having a chance to prove his critics wrong this week, Biden failed his first test on the international stage, and the repercussions are as long-lasting as they are.

Biden’s unplanned withdrawal from Afghanistan has undermined the gains made over the past 20 years and has undermined the credibility of his entire presidency.

He blamed his predecessor. He made a false choice between “endless wars” and this week’s chaos.

He refused to express any remorse, even in the face of reports of disregarding the recommendations of military generals.

Perhaps the most damning of Biden’s own words from a month ago were those of Biden himself in which he ruled out “the possibility of the Taliban taking over everything and it is extremely unlikely that they own the whole country” – the exact scenario that happened.

Now, just weeks before the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks that originated in Afghanistan, the Taliban flag is once again flying over Kabul.

Thousands of American citizens are stranded behind enemy lines, hoping to be evacuated before “time runs out,” in the ominous words of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. When he’s not talking about ice cream flavors or Covid flavors, Biden likes to brag that “America is back.”

The vague statement was the bedrock of his foreign policy for the first seven months in office. The mainstream media never pressed for details, and Biden was basking in the honeymoon glow of being anyone but Trump.

Now, even Biden supporters in the press have seen enough.

The world sees why many, including its former president, Barack Obama, did not take Joe Biden seriously.

In 2016, Obama refused to push Biden’s then-vice president into the presidential race as his natural successor, instead ceding the mantle to scandal-ridden Hillary Clinton, and the only thing on Biden’s side now was time.

It’s time to fix the chaos in Afghanistan, time to fix his image at home and time for voters to move forward before they pass their judgment on his performance.

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