Geraldo Rivera said it’s “easier to blame everyone” but oneself, like President “Joe Biden just did,” as he reflected on the catastrophic evacuation of Kabul, Afghanistan.
“Defeat is a bitter pill, hard to swallow,” the 78-year-old political commentator tweeted Monday. “Easier to blame everyone but yourself, like @JoeBiden just did. The catastrophic evacuation of Kabul is on @POTUS. Redeeming American honor demands we do everything to bring our friends and allies to safety.” (RELATED: ‘Dragged’: Meghan McCain Blasts ‘Every Single Person In Biden Administration’ Over Fall Of Kabul)
Defeat is a bitter pill, hard to swallow. Easier to blame everyone but yourself, like @JoeBiden just did. The catastrophic evacuation of Kabul is on @POTUS. Redeeming American honor demands we do everything to bring our friends and allies to safety.
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) August 16, 2021
“How did @JoeBiden get it so wrong?” he added. “Which intelligence agency forecast that the supposed ‘300,000 strong Afghan Army’ would defend their country? Instead, we left, they choked.” (RELATED: Taliban Fighters Enter Kabul After Afghan President Flees)
“Instead rushing troops to #Afghanistan as the country collapsed, why didn’t @POTUS @JoeBiden send them a month or two earlier to provide an orderly withdrawal?” Rivera continued to ask in his lengthy Twitter thread. “Attempting to sneak out in the dark of night, Joe screwed up [and] bears responsibility for this humiliating inevitability.” (RELATED: Americans Are Trapped Behind Taliban Checkpoints, Have No Clear Path To US Perimeter, According To Tom Cotton’s Office)
How did @JoeBiden get it so wrong? Which intelligence agency forecast that the supposed “300,000 strong Afghan Army” would defend their country?
Instead, we left, they choked. https://t.co/w4pWuKrHO2— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) August 16, 2021
Instead rushing troops to #Afghanistan as the country collapsed, why didn’t @POTUS @JoeBiden send them a month or two earlier to provide an orderly withdrawal? Attempting to sneak out in the dark of night, Joe screwed up & bears responsibility for this humiliating inevitability.
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) August 16, 2021
The former TV host called out the “pathetic” attempts by experts “to explain utter failure of our foreign and military policy regarding #Afghanistan,” as he admitted former President Donald Trump “wanted out,” but said Biden just had the “most bungled retreat ever.”
“We just left,” Gerald wrote. “Now #Taliban stooges are driving our Humvees and eating our lunch.”
Experts attempting to explain utter failure of our foreign and military policy regarding #Afghanistan is pathetic. #DonaldTrump wanted out. @JoeBiden followed thru with the most bungled retreat ever. We just left. Now #Taliban stooges are driving our Humvees and eating our lunch.
— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) August 16, 2021
The Taliban seized control of the capitol of Afghanistan the weekend of Aug. 14-15 and took control of the country in a short amount of time.
A video surfaced Monday on Twitter out of Kabul airport showing Afghanistan people swarming a U.S. Air Force jet, with many trying to climb on board after thousands of U.S. troops were sent in to evacuate Americans at the U.S. embassy.
