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“I’m left with some grave questions in my mind about his ability to lead our nation as commander-in-chief.”<ref>https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/aug/14/a-self-inflicted-wound-former-ambassador-to-afghan/</ref>}}
“I’m left with some grave questions in my mind about his ability to lead our nation as commander-in-chief.”<ref>https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/aug/14/a-self-inflicted-wound-former-ambassador-to-afghan/</ref>}}
''Politico'''s chief European correspondent Matthew Karnitschnig wrote, "Biden told allies to join him in proving that [[democracy]] works and defending it against [[authoritarianism]]. Instead, they look at Afghanistan and see “the discrediting of the Western alliance and everything it is supposed to stand for in the world.”<ref>https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly/2021/08/16/what-biden-lost-in-afghanistan-493977</ref> Former Obama Defense Secretary [[Leon Panetta]] said that there is no question that "our national security is threatened by what has happened."<ref>https://youtu.be/FT_2GpJSS1I</ref>
''Politico'''s chief European correspondent Matthew Karnitschnig wrote, "Biden told allies to join him in proving that [[democracy]] works and defending it against [[authoritarianism]]. Instead, they look at Afghanistan and see “the discrediting of the Western alliance and everything it is supposed to stand for in the world.”<ref>https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly/2021/08/16/what-biden-lost-in-afghanistan-493977</ref> Former Obama Defense Secretary [[Leon Panetta]] said that there is no question that "our national security is threatened by what has happened."<ref>https://youtu.be/FT_2GpJSS1I</ref>
Biden told [[George Stephanopoulos]] on August 18, 2021 that "one of the things we didn't know is what the Taliban would do in terms of trying to keep people from getting out, what they would do. What are they doing now? They're cooperating, letting American citizens get out, American personnel get out, embassies get out, et cetera.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/full-transcript-abc-news-george-stephanopoulos-interview-president/story?id=79535643</ref>
===Lloyd Austin===
===Lloyd Austin===