"Biden hailed the 'extraordinary success' of the Kabul evacuation, a day after
the end of a two-week effort that *saw the deaths of 13 service members." (WAPO, August 31, 2021)
*And the stranding of hundreds of US citizen's behind enemy lines - more than 6500 miles from home.
"If there's American citizens left (in Afghanistan), we're gonna stay
to get them all out." (-Joe Biden, Interview ABC News', August 18, 2021)
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*"Exclusive: Before Afghan collapse, Biden pressed Ghani to ‘change perception’" (Reuters, 08/31/2021)
*The N.Y. Times, like several media outlets including CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and NBC, has avoided the bombshell July
phone call Biden had pressuring then-Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to push the "perception" of stability in Afghanistan "whether it is true or not," fueling allegations that Biden knowingly misled the nation about a "safe and orderly" military exit out of
the country as his Afghan counterpart warned about a "full-scale invasion" by the Taliban and other terrorists.