The Taliban held a press conference after they took over Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul on Sunday while the world watched in shock at the speed with which the country completely fell apart. Meanwhile, Democrat President Joe Biden continued to hide from the American public at Camp David, where he is scheduled to be for the next few days.
Al Jazeera posted photographs and video of Taliban terrorists addressing the media in the presidential palace shortly after the nation’s president fled the country.
Armed Taliban fighters have entered Afghanistan’s presidential palace in Kabul hours after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country.
🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/B5EwRybCpq pic.twitter.com/oPIGxxKT1V
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) August 15, 2021
While the Taliban held a press conference, Biden continued to hide from the public as the nation fell following his chaotic pullout. Even CNN ran a segment noting that many people were wondering where Biden was, as well as why he was not out in front of the cameras showing leadership.
CNN: “There are many who are asking, 'where’s the president?'"
“There are no indications that President Biden is going to address the nation.” pic.twitter.com/vUSNiIKDyE
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 15, 2021
CNN later reported that Biden was “expected to address the nation in the next few days about the crisis in Afghanistan.”
President Biden is expected to address the nation in the next few days about the crisis in Afghanistan, an administration official sayshttps://t.co/iVS0tJWXtj pic.twitter.com/jt4xooilxZ
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 15, 2021
The embarrassment for the administration comes after the Taliban recaptured the country in just a few days after Biden’s Intelligence Community said that it might take the Taliban three months to take over.
The Wall Street Journal noted that the Afghan military collapsed because the relied heavily on U.S. air support and it could not function after Biden pulled U.S. support:
The Afghan army fighting alongside American troops was molded to match the way the Americans operate. The U.S. military, the world’s most advanced, relies heavily on combining ground operations with air power, using aircraft to resupply outposts, strike targets, ferry the wounded, and collect reconnaissance and intelligence.
In the wake of President Biden’s withdrawal decision, the U.S. pulled its air support, intelligence and contractors servicing Afghanistan’s planes and helicopters. That meant the Afghan military simply couldn’t operate anymore. The same happened with another failed American effort, the South Vietnamese army in the 1970s, said retired Lt. Gen. Daniel Bolger, who commanded the U.S.-led coalition’s mission to train Afghan forces in 2011-2013.
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