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[[File:Kabul 2021.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Joe Biden, the author of the [[Violence Against Women Act]], abandoning the women and girls of Afghanistan to the Taliban [[rape jihad]].]]

[[File:Kabul 2021.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Joe Biden, the author of the [[Violence Against Women Act]], abandoning the women and girls of Afghanistan to the Taliban [[rape jihad]].]]

{{See also|Fall of Kabul}}

{{See also|Fall of Kabul}}

On August 20, 2021 Biden claimed the U.S. went to [[Afghanistan]] to destroy [[al Qaeda]], and had done so. Less than an hour later, a [[Pentagon]] spokesman contradicted him and said al Qaeda still existed in Afghanistan.<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/08/20/biden-stumbles-with-afghan-questions-says-americans-can-reach-kabul/</ref>  His assurance that the [[Taliban]] promised people with U.S. passports were being cleared through Taliban checkpoints was immediately contradicted by the [[State Department]].  Biden said, ""I have seen no question of our credibility from our allies around the world. I've spoken with our NATO allies, we've spoken with NATO allies. ... The fact of the matter is, I have not seen that. As a matter of fact, the exact opposite I've got."  In the real world, the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs held a virtual session and Josep Borrell, high representative of the EU for foreign affairs and security policy and vice president of the European Commission, branded the situation in Afghanistan "a catastrophe."  Former UK prime minister [[Theresa May]] said  "What does it say about NATO if we are entirely dependent on a unilateral decision taken by the United States? ... Did we feel we just had to follow the United States and hope that on a wing and a prayer it'd be all right on the night?"  Former UK prime minister [[Tony Blair]] called Biden an "imbecile."<ref>https://thefederalistpapers.org/us/ex-british-pm-tony-blair-brands-biden-imbecile-dangerous-decision-leave-afghanistan</ref>  Armin Laschet, the top candidate to succeed outgoing German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]], said, "This is the greatest debacle that NATO has seen since its foundation, and it is an epochal change that we are facing."<ref>https://ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-checking-president-bidens-claims-230100372.html</ref>  And the [[UK]] [[Houses of Parliament]] held Biden in [[contempt]].

On August 20, 2021 Biden claimed the U.S. went to [[Afghanistan]] to destroy [[al Qaeda]], and had done so. Less than an hour later, a [[Pentagon]] spokesman contradicted him and said al Qaeda still existed in Afghanistan.<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/08/20/biden-stumbles-with-afghan-questions-says-americans-can-reach-kabul/</ref>  His assurance that the [[Taliban]] promised people with U.S. passports were being cleared through Taliban checkpoints was immediately contradicted by the [[State Department]].  Biden said, ""I have seen no question of our credibility from our allies around the world. I've spoken with our NATO allies, we've spoken with NATO allies. ... The fact of the matter is, I have not seen that. As a matter of fact, the exact opposite I've got."  In the real world, the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs held a virtual session and [[Josep Borrell]], high representative of the EU for foreign affairs and security policy and vice president of the European Commission, branded the situation in Afghanistan "a catastrophe."  Former UK prime minister [[Theresa May]] said  "What does it say about NATO if we are entirely dependent on a unilateral decision taken by the United States? ... Did we feel we just had to follow the United States and hope that on a wing and a prayer it'd be all right on the night?"  Former UK prime minister [[Tony Blair]] called Biden an "imbecile."<ref>https://thefederalistpapers.org/us/ex-british-pm-tony-blair-brands-biden-imbecile-dangerous-decision-leave-afghanistan</ref>  Armin Laschet, the top candidate to succeed outgoing German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]], said, "This is the greatest debacle that NATO has seen since its foundation, and it is an epochal change that we are facing."<ref>https://ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-checking-president-bidens-claims-230100372.html</ref>  And the [[UK]] [[Houses of Parliament]] held Biden in [[contempt]].

== Donald Trump on Biden's age ==

== Donald Trump on Biden's age ==