[Link] Biden sets himself apart by placing Afghanistan blame at predecessors’ feet

Read: 1/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

Victory speeches are easy; conceding defeat is much harder. On Tuesday, Joe Biden tacitly blamed his predecessors for the failure of America’s longest war but implied that, against all odds, one winner had emerged: him.

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[Link] 2 ‘Moronic’ Congressmen Went to Kabul But No One Wanted Them There

Read: 25/8/2021 www.vice.com

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