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| | The Qatari Al-Jazeera channel receives from Taliban exclusive access to the presidential palace in Kabul. No need to be surprised https://t.co/h53JupS8OP [https://twitter.com/kaisos1987/status/1426974071145877507?s=20 Aug 15, 2021]</ref> | | The Qatari Al-Jazeera channel receives from Taliban exclusive access to the presidential palace in Kabul. No need to be surprised https://t.co/h53JupS8OP [https://twitter.com/kaisos1987/status/1426974071145877507?s=20 Aug 15, 2021]</ref> |
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| − | Even CNN had to admit that it's: "some of most dire days of his presidency."<ref>"As White House scrambles on Afghanistan, Biden faces some of most dire days of his presidency." Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, Kaitlan Collins and Jeremy Diamond, CNN, August 19, 2021. | + | Even CNN had to admit that it's: "some of most dire days of his presidency."<ref>"[https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/19/politics/joe-biden-afghanistan-dire-days-of-presidency/index.html As White House scrambles on Afghanistan, Biden faces some of most dire days of his presidency]." Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, Kaitlan Collins and Jeremy Diamond, CNN, August 19, 2021. |
| | (CNN)Two photographs of President Joe Biden this week neatly illustrated the White House's fight to contain the fallout of the biggest crisis of his presidency.</ref> | | (CNN)Two photographs of President Joe Biden this week neatly illustrated the White House's fight to contain the fallout of the biggest crisis of his presidency.</ref> |
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| | Afghans became fearful of brutal regime return.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2021/08/16/1028016095/taliban-takeover-reminds-afghans-of-the-brutality-of-their-previous-regime Taliban Takeover Reminds Afghans Of The Brutality Of Their Previous Regime], PBS, Aug 16, 2021</ref> | | Afghans became fearful of brutal regime return.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2021/08/16/1028016095/taliban-takeover-reminds-afghans-of-the-brutality-of-their-previous-regime Taliban Takeover Reminds Afghans Of The Brutality Of Their Previous Regime], PBS, Aug 16, 2021</ref> |
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| | + | Among the allies for example, Biden rattled [[U.K.]] With his Afghanistan policy.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/world/europe/britain-afghanistan-johnson-biden.html Biden Rattles U.K. With His Afghanistan Policy], Mark Landler, NYT, Aug 18, 2021. |
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| | + | <i>Britain was the second-largest supplier of troops to Afghanistan, and the United States’ rapid withdrawal from the country has left some embittered. |
| | + | LONDON — In Britain, the chaotic departure from Afghanistan has drawn comparisons not to helicopters flying out of Saigon but to an earlier debacle: the 1956 Suez crisis, in which a humiliated Britain was forced to pull out of Egypt, having failed to dislodge its nationalist leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser. |
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| | + | The problem is, Britain had very little to say about the timing or tactics of the most recent withdrawal, even though it suffered the second-most casualties in the Afghanistan war after the United States. That has left British officials embarrassed and embittered at President Biden. Some say he behaved more like his predecessor, Donald J. Trump, than an ally who promised a new era of American partnership.</i></ref> |
| | + | The <blockquote>chaotic departure from Afghanistan has drawn comparisons not to helicopters flying out of Saigon but to an earlier debacle: the 1956 Suez crisis, in which a humiliated Britain was forced to pull out of Egypt, having failed to dislodge its nationalist leader, Gamal Abdel Nasser.</blockquote> |
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| | + | ===== Tge congratulators ===== |
| | As in [[9/11]] atrocity,<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/false-footaging/ Palestinians Dancing in the Street], David Mikkelson, Snopes.com, Sep 11, 2020. | | As in [[9/11]] atrocity,<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/false-footaging/ Palestinians Dancing in the Street], David Mikkelson, Snopes.com, Sep 11, 2020. |
| | ''Did CNN fake footage of 'Palestinians dancing in the street' after the terrorist attack on the USA?'' | | ''Did CNN fake footage of 'Palestinians dancing in the street' after the terrorist attack on the USA?'' |
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| | 'Civilians say Taliban use of human shields shows weakness, cruelty.' Dec. 12, 2018. [https://afghanistan.asia-news.com/en_GB/articles/cnmi_st/features/2018/12/12/feature-02]</blockquote></ref> | | 'Civilians say Taliban use of human shields shows weakness, cruelty.' Dec. 12, 2018. [https://afghanistan.asia-news.com/en_GB/articles/cnmi_st/features/2018/12/12/feature-02]</blockquote></ref> |
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| + | [[Pakistan]]i Prime Minister Imran Khan praised the Taliban saying they "broke the chains of slavery in the country". <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYoH378Ju_Y</ref> |
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| | == Weaknesses == | | == Weaknesses == |