President Joe Biden meets with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah at the White House in Washington, June 25, 2021. Reuters
* Reuters on Tuesday released excerpts from last call between Biden and Ghani before the Afghan president fled
* They talked for about 14 minutes on July 23 as the Taliban advanced rapidly
* Biden told his counterpart of a perception that the fight against the Taliban was not going well
* 'There is a need, whether it is true or not ... to project a different picture,' he said
* Comments are indication Biden knew it was matter of time before Taliban won
* In months leading up to withdrawal, Biden predicted pullout would go smoothly
* Neither appeared to realize just how badly things would go
* Less than four weeks later the Taliban had captured Kabul
President Joe Biden wanted the now-departed Afghan president to create the 'perception' that his government was capable of holding off the Taliban - an indication he knew it was only a matter of time before the US ally fell to the Islamic group even while reassuring Americans at home that it would not happen.
In the last phone call between Biden and his Afghan then-counterpart Ashraf Ghani, the American president said they needed to change perceptions of the Taliban's rapid advance 'whether it is true or not,' according to excerpts published on Tuesday.
Biden on Tuesday repeated his assertion that his team was caught flat-footed by the rapid Taliban takeover of the country.
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Update: Exclusive: Before Afghan collapse, Biden pressed Ghani to 'change perception' (Reuters)
WNU Editor: Someone just leaked a very damaging White house Presidential transcript to Reuters.
It reveals that contrary to President Biden's message that he was surprised by how quickly the Taliban defeated the Afghan Army, President Biden already knew in July that the fight against the Taliban was going very badly and that defeat was rapidly approaching.
I will not be surprised if there will be more leaks in the coming days and weeks.
The transcript is here .... Excerpts of call between Joe Biden and Ashraf Ghani July 23 (Reuters).
You can take this to the bank. There is probably a massive internal investigation right now to find the person who made this leak.
Why is it that news orgs like the Daily Mail and other foreign press are the only media who dare report these inconvenient truths?
ReplyDeleteMaybe its because all the other media are simply Marxist propaganda, propping up their Marxist political idols.
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No doubt this story will be covered extensively by the corporate globalist radical elite left wing media. Can't wait.
ReplyDeleteThe American leader’s words indicated he didn’t anticipate the massive insurrection and collapse to come 23 days later. “We are going to continue to fight hard, diplomatically, politically, economically, to make sure your government not only survives but is sustained and grows,” said Biden.
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in fact, Biden knew he would get America out. Trump said he would leave and did nothing.
KNOCK BIDEN ALL YOU WANT BUT WOULD YOU PREFER WE STAY THERE AND LOSE MORE AND MORE OF OUR PEOPLE?
BIDEN HAD THE GUTS TO LEAVE. PERIOD. TRUMP SECRETLY NEGOTIATED WITH THE TALIBAN AND THEN FAILED TO GET US OUT
Nice try shill but no cigar.
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ReplyDelete7:14 is a liar,.
Trump was drawing down troops. So there was a plan and troops were actually leaving.
We also know from the Syrian troop drawdown that senior officials in State and other places lied about it. The lying about Syrian troop drawdown is egregious enough the diplomat should be brought up on capitol offenses. The diplomat violated one of Clausewitz's principles.
ReplyDeleteNotice how the shill aka busy boy stylistically lies and pontificates
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Does not appear to be further posts this morning. Busy Boy is too busy going blind. He has his quota.
What if Ghani leaked it?
ReplyDeleteThe useless Joe Biden told him to lie to 20 million Afghans and the world. The lie would be found out sooner rather than later. It would be found out almost immediately or less than 30 days at any rate.
When a person lies so big about a subject so publicly what happens to them?
Joe did not care. In the US, people would not remember that Joe asked someone else to take one for the team and lie like mother fucker.
Did Joe, Jake, Ned and others think that while they are transcribing the phone call that the Afghans at the other end were too stupid to transcribe it?
Did the Jake, Klain and Ned believe that a man who was humiliated by Biden and left countryless would not seek revenge merely by telling the truth?
Maybe a White House Staffer leaked it. Probably. But Ghani could have also leaked it. When you have to protect such a transparent lie of statecraft merely to help an officeholder, maybe you are in the wrong?