Biden also seems to be haemorrhaging support after his speech - even, or perhaps especially, from with his own party and Democratic voters.
The article goes on to cover the outrage amongst current and past military leaders over trying to place the sole blame upon the Afghan army…
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/j...stan-6kg09ps6h
Joe Biden faces backlash over US Afghanistan withdrawal
President Biden’s unrepentant defence of the military withdrawal from Afghanistan was met with a wave of criticism as he vowed that the buck stopped with him, only to blame an array of others.
Biden said that he stood “squarely behind my decision” and that he could not send more Americans to die “in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight”. His speech drew damning responses from the foreign policy and military establishment, as well as prominent Republicans and politicians from his own party.
“The president’s failure to acknowledge his disastrous withdrawal provides no comfort to Americans or our Afghan partners whose lives hang in the balance,” the moderate Republican senator Mitt Romney, a bitter opponent of Donald Trump, tweeted…..
The Wall Street Journal described Biden’s speech as “one of the most shameful in history by a commander-in-chief”.
The president also faced friendly fire from his own side. Chrissy Houlahan, a Democratic congresswoman and air force veteran, challenged Biden’s assertion that the pace of the Taliban’s response was surprising. “We sounded the alarm and our dire warnings fell on deaf ears,” she said.
Tom Malinowski, a Democratic congressman and director of Human Rights Watch at the time of the Afghanistan invasion, fumed about Biden’s assertion that Afghan civilians had not wanted to leave before now. “Anyone writing goddamn talking points should get in the visa line,” he said.
David Axelrod, a former senior adviser to Barack Obama, said that the president could double down all he wanted on the decision but “you cannot defend the execution here”, adding: “This has been a disaster. He needs to own that failure. He’s the commander-in-chief.”…..