Meghan McCain says Biden is 'unfit to lead' amid Afghan turmoil: 'An international crisis of our own creation'
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Via: john-russell • 5 years ago • 60 commentsBy: Joseph Wulfsohn (Fox News)
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Former "View" co-host Meghan McCain continued blasting President Biden for his handling of the turbulent military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
"I have been physically ill, more depressed than I have been since the beginning stages of the pandemic and filled nothing short of pure rage and anger since the calamity of a 'pull out' which will be seen as one of the greatest foreign policy catastrophes of my lifetime," McCain began her Instagram post on Thursday.
"I am furious our President was so incompetent not to see what every expert on the planet could have seen coming. I am furious for my friends and family who have been fighting in these wars since I was 16 (many who have lost limbs, had their life terrorized by PTSD from their experiences in war and deployments, or worse). I am furious seeing our allies and innocent Afghan citizens who trusted us are being left to be slaughtered or so desperate to escape the pure evil the Taliban will bring in that they are falling out of f---ing planes," McCain continued. "This is not who America is, this is not the values this country was founded in. Our veterans deserve better, the innocent Afghan people and our allies and translators who have stood by us for the past 20 years deserve better. The shame, dishonor and embarrassment the Biden administration has brought to our country will take generations to undo. Not to mention our standing in the world and the cruel reality that the likelihood of another significant domestic terror attack has not risen to the highest levels since 9/11 and will usher in Isis 3.0."
It was an extraordinary condemnation of Biden coming from a very public media personality with ties to the current president. Meghan McCain had backed then-candidate Biden in last year's campaign against former President Donald Trump. Her late father, Sen. John McCain, was known to be longtime friends with Biden, and her mother, Cindy, was a member of the Biden transition team's advisory board. Biden also nominated Cindy McCain for U.S. representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture this past June.
McCain urged her 480,000 Instagram followers to reach out to veterans and their families, writing "everyone I know is struggling."
"May God have mercy for what we have done to these people abandoning them," McCain wrote. "Biden is unfit to lead and I am nothing short of disgusted he and his staff can't seem to be bothered to leave their vacation during an international crisis of our own creation. There should be an emergency congressional hearing before more innocent lives are lost. My heart is broken, this tragedy will absolutely haunt our country."
She added, "Also - every single Afghan refugee fleeing must be granted a safe haven in America!"
The former "View" co-host blasted Biden earlier in the day, comparing him to "Jimmy Carter on acid," predicting the current administration "will be remembered in history worse than him." Last week, before the fall of Kabul, McCain predicted "ISIS 3.0" due to the president's handling of Afghanistan.
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People on both sides think Meghan McCain is an idiot so that shows you what her standing is in the world.
I think she's trying to get back in the right's good graces in case she needs to apply for a job as show host on Fox, Newsmax or OAN.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Looks like we've found one of those times.
Mary Trump has a feud going with Meghan McCain and said she has plans to "eviscerate" McCain on social media.
I hope she does. That bleached blonde water buffalo deserves it.
I've got a fiver on Mary Trump
I love Mary Trump. She does not play.
She's not wrong.
He's a doddering, cranky old man who can't stand to be questioned and is not fit to do anything but tell his his made up stories at the bar before he goes to bed at 6:00 PM.
He should be sniffing women's hair at the retirement home, not avoiding the calls of the British PM about a massive international crises.
Another hundred crises like this one and he will be approaching Trumps level of corruption and malevolence.
Except there is no corruption or malevolence in the withdrawal from Afghanistan, he simply ripped the Band-Aid off instead of doing it gently.
However, that being said, I do think the evacuation could have been handled better. But after 20+ years, it needed to be done.
I've always been for " ripping it off". It might be painful but once it's done it's done
other hundred crises like this one and he will be approaching Trumps level of corruption and malevolence
Even his apostles can't defend Biden. It's just attack Trump and the typical misogynistic personal insults towards Meghan McCain.
I don't do either. I take a shower and it falls off on its own.
The worst are those large bandages they put on you when you just gave blood. They wrap it around your elbow and taking it off makes me cry
Name Trump's crisis- go ahead.
Trump didn't start Covid 19 [deleted] No country handled the pandemic well. Go ahead and try to name one. Outside of that crisis what other one did Trump cause- [deleted] Go ahead and say Jan 6; and I will match that with every last damn Democrat backed leftist Brown Shirt riot across the US. Trump didn't do or say anything that Democrats haven't said before crowds that went on to riot.
Now count Biden's crisis:
1) Open Border illegal immigrant surge- it is summer (supposedly the slow season due to the excessive heat) and the number of illegals crossing our southern border are still rising. Which coincides nicely with the new Delta variant Covid 19 spike.
2) Inflation- still rising; and the moron Democrats want to dump fuel on the fire with two huge porkulus "infra structure" bills.
3) Gas prices going nothing but up. That is what happens when you idiotically shut down multiple oil pipelines. Of course he is begging OPEC to increase oil production; guess someone should make money off of his stupidity.
4) Dropping the sanctions on the Russian oil pipeline to Europe. Screw our former Soviet border state allies; they don't need that money to maintain the oil pipelines passing through their countries. Russia is cutting out the middle men; and tapping European money directly.
5) Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan. It needs to be repeated a million damn times more [deleted] that this is the biggest fuck up since Bush Jr invaded Iraq; and Obama sent US forces back in. At least those two decisions didn't put US civilian lives at risk. This is a fuck up of epic proportions. Think China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea aren't taking notice of Biden's weak kneed tepid response? Think out allies in Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, and all of the former Soviet border states aren't wondering if they are going to be next on the invasion list? The Biden administration can't even tell us how many US civilians are in Afghanistan! WTF! This is something that should have been found out months ago. Who they were; and where they were located so we could pull them out with no notice needed. Not even going to bring up those Afghans that aided the US for the last 20 years. I have heard numbers between 20000 and 40000 that they have no damn idea where they are either. But everyone head to the Kabul airport through Taliban controlled territory and check points. If you manage to reach Kabul and get to the airport the Taliban have it surrounded; and there are throngs of Afghans seeking entry any way they can. By the way; you are on your own- the Biden administration offers no protection.
But Trruuummmmppppp!!!! This is getting far beyond pathetic. Get [deleted] back to the functioning world. There are real problems that need to be addressed. The first and foremost the fuck up in Chief you elected to the WH; and his equally incompetent administration! They need to be taken care of before they cause any more destruction to the US.
New Zealand.
Too much body hair for me. I rip it off only as a last resort...
It's far worse than that.
I have within my reach books about Trump's fuck ups, corruption and crisis within his presidency. Believe me there is no shortage. We have been discussing them here for years. I am not going to type a bunch of stuff up just to amuse you though.
Most impartial observers think Trump's inaction, and bizarre action, on covid cost hundreds of thousands of Americans their lives during the last 12 months of his presidency. Is that enough of a 'crisis' for you?
inflation is not a crisis, rising gas prices is not a crisis, sanctions on russia is not a crisis, afghanistan is not a crisis - the border could be a crisis or an ending crisis based on what can be done about it
Wanna know what's not a crisis? Tweets. Tweets are not a crisis.
Afghanistan is definitely a crisis. We have abandoned tens of thousands of Americans and allies to be executed, sold and/or raped. That's a fucking crisis.
American civilians are being told to shelter in their homes and wait to be contacted, and the US military is confined to the airport. We had no plan to get them out ahead of time, we have no plan to get them safely to the airport, and we have utterly no plan with regard to the massive number of Afghan refugees we're creating.
Right now they're simply waiting for the Taliban to come break in the door and claim some nice American wives.
There is no rationalizing this away, John. This is a self-inflicted crisis the likes of which we haven't seen in 50 years.
Denial is one way to go about this.
Angela Merkel called the withdrawal, "the greatest debacle that NATO has seen since its foundation" but it's nice to know you object to calling it a crisis.
Donald Trump is the most unfit for office person at that level in US history. There was never a time, after the beginning of 2011 , when he became the king birther, when he was not the most unfit for office person in US history. His birther LIES ( he had detectives in Hawaii learning "incredible" truths about Obama's birth certificate) in and of themselves rendered him forever unfit to hold high office in the United States. .
At the time he was elected in 2016 he was a KNOWN pathological liar, crook, bigot, moron and cheat. Not speculated on, KNOWN. Who would vote for someone like that? So right off the bat there was an immense crisis of confidence in Donald Trump as a national leader, but there was just as much or more of a crisis related to what kind of idiots would elect someone like that.
Trump's main appeal was to white grievance. This is seen in many ways, from his pretending to not know who David Duke was to his saying, repeatedly, that people in attendance at a white supremacy rally in Virginia were "fine people".
Trump's entire existence as a public figure in politics is a "crisis" for this country.
prove it
It was actually her heir apparent..........
never heard of him
So you made up the quote and the claim who made it?
And he lives rent-free in your head.
No. It was a "crisis" for your feelings, and I realize that causes you to believe it was a crisis for the country, but it's just not the case.
So was LBJ. So was Andrew Jackson. So was Nixon. We've been voting for utterly reprehensible bastards through most of our history.
I didn't make up or claim shit. I suggest you read and comprehend prior to jumping. And the quote is the same damned one.
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On Jan 7th, Republican after Republican stood up in Congress and accused the sitting president of the United States of inciting an insurrection at Congress the day before. THESE WERE MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY ! Lindsey Graham, Trump's biggest ass licker announced enough was enough he was through with Trump. What did that have to do with impolite tweets?
At the first presidential debate in 2020 Trump spent virtually the entire time screaming at, interrupting and trying to harrass his opponent. It was called the most unpresidential and disgraceful debate performance in history. No tweets involved.
Trump tried to bribe/extort the president of a foreign nation to dig up dirt on Trump's presidential opponent. No tweets. A recorded phone call. The ensuing impeachment trial proved Trump was guilty. Partisan Republicans ,who held a slim Senate majority saved him. No tweets.
Robert Mueller noted 10 times that Trump may have committed obstruction of justice , as president, but said his statutory authority did not permit him to indict a sitting president. Does that make Trump innocent? Rofl.
Tweets? i wish you were kidding but you are just deluded.
This is probably the stupidest thing ever said on Newstalkers.
No, he didnt make it up. Its true. I just never heard of the guy.
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Thanks for the correction.
u made up the quote and the claim who made it?
I misattributed the quote. It wasn't from Merkel, it was from the person most likely to succeed her as leader of Germany next month.
John, John, John..
Have you taken a good hard look at the stuff you post.
I can assure you the things you post far more reflect this than Jack_Tx
Name one thing he said that was a lie...
And leave your feelings at the door.
No matter who said it, it is the truth.
Bugsy, you need to understand something. I dont give a shit about trump supporters who come on forums and talk nonsense. I dont give a shit about crackpot conspiracy theorists. These are the people who are ruining this country.
Among his other innumerable "crimes" Trump has continued , for going on ten months now, to claim the election was stolen from him. The other day three Republican university professors from the conservative Hoover Institute at Stanford put out a report on their analysis of the "stolen election " allegations. This report is over 60 pages long. They unequivocally said that the election was not stolen. They account for everything Trump and his zoo of election advocates alleged. No fraud.
You people need to just stop. And take that moron Trump with you when you leave.
You most certainly do, because
1. You call them ignorant, and,
2. You thrive on being able to respond to their posts.
As far as your rant about the election, no one mentioned it but you. The hatred in you for Donald Trump and his supporters have done nothing but taken over your life.
Must be a very sad existence.
You dont have a single counter argument , so you , rather pathetically, try and attack those who correctly describe and take apart your conspiracy laden political beliefs.
The conservatives on this site are, with just a few exceptions, an amateur hour.
You said you don't care about conservatives posting on here. I proved you wrong.
You say I am attacking you, so what do you call yourself calling posters ignorant. I believe on this seed alone there are two in which you did.
Is that not a personal attack, or is that John just being John?
And Reuters reported today that Trump didn't organize the riot. Question....how is a riot in one city a "crisis" when a month long siege of a downtown district across the country coupled with a declaration of independence from the United States is somehow not a "crisis"?
No crisis involved, either.
The ensuing impeachment trial proved that Democrats controlled the House.
In the overall scheme of "crisis", I'm pretty sure that hiring burglars outdistances a dodgy phone call by a pretty large margin. But Nixon didn't tie your feelings up in a knot, so I'm guessing you'll have difficulty seeing that.
The issue at hand here is "crisis", not your aforementioned rent-free relationship with Trump.
You're so deep in this hole of Trump obsession that you can't even decipher valid complaints about him from foolishness. Hint...talk about how he handled Covid.
I'm sure you wish it were.
Your post history is several years of you obsessively going ape-shit over pretty much everything Trump does. You're like an evangelical Christian who loses their shit every time another gay couple gets married. Other Democrats and liberals dislike or hate Trump, but the red-zone obsession is uniquely yours.
I despise the man and voted against him, but his tenure in office was not one big "crisis". The numbers during his term were actually quite strong. Doesn't make up for him being an asshole and a terrible leader, but we were definitely not in crisis.
Some people deal in reality and some people dont deal in reality , and you dont deal in reality. Thats they way the cookie crumbles.
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Very, extremely, weak retorts, but not entirely unexpected.
Most people think that having the worst president in US history in the White House would be a crisis.
You seem to think it was just a bunch of mean tweets. That is your problem, not mine.
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the greatest debacle that NATO has seen since its foundation
German politician Armin Laschet, the heir-apparent to outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel, described the situation even more harshly.
“This is the greatest debacle that NATO has seen since its foundation, and it is an epochal change that we are facing,” he said this week.
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No. They don't.
Most people may be a bit unhappy, or disgruntled. They may dislike the president. They may decide very early that things will need to change and they'll need to get out and vote next time.
But they don't obsess about him for the better part of most of their days. They don't spend their time combing the internet looking for every obscure whackadoodle website they can find to validate their uncontrollable emotional distress on the subject.
They correctly realize that no matter who the president is, the office itself has precious little impact on their daily lives...so they get on with those lives.
The unhappy facts for the tiny group of the Trump-obsessed are that the numbers during his presidency were actually quite good, largely because the American system keeps the President in check.
Yes, I know that. Just pointing out that he got his quote from somewhere, he didn't do any research on it, but felt free to keep repeating it in full ignorance about who actually said it.
"Also - every single Afghan refugee fleeing must be granted a safe haven in America!"
Good luck selling that Meghan.
Did she forget that her daddy was an integral part of making sure we failed in Afghanistan and almost single handedly created the absolute cluster fuck that was Iraq?