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Biden embraces his inner realist

17 August 2021

7:38 AM

17 August 2021

7:38 AM

It’s starting to look as though President Joe Biden really does want to leave Afghanistan. In his speech today, Biden didn’t concede that he has blundered in ordering a pullout. On the contrary, he doubled down. The result was the most forceful, impassioned and persuasive speech of his young presidency.

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