The buck stops nowhere here

Published August 16, 2021 8:40pm ET



“I am president of the United States of America, and the buck stops with me.”

Addressing the nation on Monday with regards to the crisis in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden was angry and morose. And apart from his passing reference to Harry Truman’s old adage, the president was decidedly disinterested in taking responsibility for the catastrophe over which he now presides.

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