As someone who thought Trump was the worst president in history and someone who makes a conscious effort to not let tribal "feelings" supersede my better judgment, I thought I'd briefly give my thoughts on Biden's performance as a standard to reference. The sky is falling for many, so let's have a look.
On Afghanistan -
Time after time, there appear to be no-brainer decisions that Biden and his administration overlooked. Did he/they intentionally make bad decisions? You would think so given how many times Republicans and some Democrats have called the withdrawal a disgrace. But there were so many unknowns regarding how one action would lead to a flurry of terrible consequences. In this regard, I think there's some observational bias going on. It was by no means a "success", but it probably could have gone much worse.
Still, there were obvious oversights. How could you leave so much machinery? They knew in advance they would be leaving. Could they not have relocated? Sold? Destroyed?
How about leaving troops in place until we are confident, to our best knowledge, everyone is out?
And the list goes on.
On Delta -
This is a bigger issue in my opinion because there are certainly unknowns, but not nearly as many. In fact, we are always able to peek around the corner because we are behind the Eastern world in terms of conditions. Given that, Biden and his admin dropped the ball months ago when they failed to see that what was happening in India would ultimately afflict the States.
Keeping that trend going, where is Biden right now? Regeneron, boosters, rapid testing <= are all powerful tools in reducing the burden here but the Biden admin is not deploying them.
Overall, I give Biden a pretty bad mark when he's under pressure or when he has to deal with surprises. He did decently prior to the pressure. And for comparison's sake, Trump did similarly poorly under the same conditions.
The guy has no ability it would seem, to think for himself or at least not put his foot in his mouth when given the opportunity to ad lib or express his actual thoughts and ideas... And he can barely read...
We clearly have a guy whose completely controlled, a puppet incapable of or not being allowed to execute the role we supposedly chose him for. That alone is enough to say he's terrible isn't it? His job has always been to play the part, not to actually be...
One could, but this isn't a thread about him. Also, he always ad libbed, he has an incredible ability to think on his feet for extended periods for better or worse. He seemed to be the opposite in that respect, he would do all his own thinking while this goof isn't allowed to do any thinking were it even possible... He could also read... And wasn't controlled, partly because he had his own money and because his job didn't depend on being "in" with the old guard...You could pretty much say all the same things about Trump.
One could, but this isn't a thread about him. Also, he always ad libbed, he has an incredible ability to think on his feet for extended periods for better or worse. He seemed to be the opposite in that respect, he would do all his own thinking while this goof isn't allowed to do any thinking were it even possible... He could also read... And wasn't controlled, partly because he had his own money and because his job didn't depend on being "in" with the old guard...
Let's hear your thoughts on the op or the topic of the thread...
ReportedIf i am going to be honest with you, in my own humble opinion, without being sentimental of course, without offending anyone who thinks differently from my own point of view, but by also looking into this matter from distinctive perspective. I would like to say i have nothing to say.
You could, but then you'd be making contradictory complaints about the same guy. We all know the real complaint is that he put and "R" next to his name, but we had 4 years of simultaneously complaining that he's a dictator who's taken over the republican party, and that he's incompetent and a puppet who can't get anything done.You could pretty much say all the same things about Trump.
You could, but then you'd be making contradictory complaints about the same guy. We all know the real complaint is that he put and "R" next to his name, but we had 4 years of simultaneously complaining that he's a dictator who's taken over the republican party, and that he's incompetent and a puppet who can't get anything done.
love these narcissistic threads.
hey everyone, you MUST know my opinion on things.
i am smart and i must be heard.
yeah, for sure.To be fair, I think we're all a little guilty of thinking our opinions matter more than they do.