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Biden’s administration is either too incompetent or too dishonest to operate

By Christopher Tremoglie

Published August 23, 2021 4:01pm ET

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Biden’s administration is either too incompetent or too dishonest to operate — Afghanistan's security forces and civilians walk at the site of a suicide attack in the Urgun area of Paktika province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. The attack near a busy market and a mosque killed at least 89 people in the deadliest insurgent attack on civilians since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Pajhwok News Agency) | Pajhwok News Agency

President Joe Biden has been in government for nearly 50 years. On the campaign trail, he touted his foreign policy experience as a selling point. After he won election, he declared that “America is back” and would be respected again in the post-Trump era.

In less than seven months, the Taliban, an enemy defeated years ago, showed just how false all of those claims were.

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