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Home Front: Politix
The Real Reset is Coming... But Not the One the Elites Expect
2022-04-21
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[American Thinker] Joe Biden's policy reversals are detrimental to the strategic interests of the US. Why? There are reasons to suspect Biden is co-opted and or blackmailed by foreign and domestic enemies. These enemies are the Marxists, Globalists, the Communist Party of China (CCP), the Russian and Ukrainian Oligarchs, and the Iranians. Biden’s policy failures, the outright violations of the Constitution and federal laws, can't just be attributed to the utter stupidity of Biden and his administration but are intentional.

Biden failed to defend the US Southern Border and engaged with Iranian Mullahs to the detriment of our strategic interests and allies in the Middle East. He covered for China as the likely source of the Covid-19 virus. He disbanded the DOJ/FBI unit that roots out CCP espionage agents in academia. Finally, Biden went soft on Russia. He shut down our domestic oil and gas production, killed the Keystone pipeline, greenlighted Russia’s Nord Stream II pipeline, put the skids on Israel’s EastMed gas pipeline, and delayed Russian sanctions and arming Ukraine before the Russian invasion.

America had grown weary of the war in Afghanistan with its mission creep. It was time to leave. Biden and his administration did leave — an example of how not to do it. The disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, abandoning Bagram AFB and leaving it for the Chinese. All the while, Hunter Biden was raking in millions from the Chinese, Russian, and Ukrainian oligarchs for no credible purpose other than gaining access to Joe Biden.

The Biden Administration’s policy reversals backed the US into a shooting war between the Russians and Ukrainians, likely to escalate. So is Joe Biden now toast to "those that foisted him on us"?

Were these policy reversals the result of undue influence on Joe Biden by enemies of the US, both foreign and domestic?

We are at a tipping point with the coming midterms. The lies of the elite et al. are catching up with the common sense of the American people.
Posted by:Besoeker

#14  That is how I understood it. And Biden said we are leaving and they continued to drag their feet until it was too late and he hadn't changed his mind.
Posted by: ruprecht   2022-04-21 15:57  

#13  ruprecht, I seem to recall that President Trump couched the timing as dependent on the Afghan government and the Taliban meeting certain targets at each stage, otherwise it was off.

But also that the Pentagon was dragging its feet — and crowing about fooling him to their friends in the news media — so he eventually put his foot down.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-04-21 14:33  

#12  I have a friend who follows foreign policy issues closely and he partially blames Trump for the Afghanistan fiasco as he set the timeline in his deals with Afghanistan.

Well if he did I doubt he told them to evacuate important bases before the evacuation was complete. Nobody has been put on trial for incompetency, so Biden owns the fiasco.
Posted by: ruprecht   2022-04-21 13:13  

#11  Bill Clinton and Bath House couldn't "ruin America." Pardon me if I doubt Joe Bidet can either.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-04-21 12:21  

#10  Texas Bank Robbers' Credo: "Plan's just a list of things ain't gonna happen..."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-04-21 12:19  

#9  I think the Afghanistan debacle leaving a bad taste in the average American's mouth is a good thing.

If you liked Afghanistan you'll love Ukraine. Endless opportunities for embezzlement by Hunter, his dad and his uncle. Plus, they get to trash the US economy and make Americans even more dependent on Washington
Posted by: Guillibaldo Whinter7410   2022-04-21 12:19  

#8  We are at a tipping point with the coming midterms.

Wrong. The vote is compromised, and those who compromised it will never peacefully give it back.
Posted by: Angstrom   2022-04-21 11:06  

#7  I've got to agree with the outline above for the need and justification for a reset. Currently, we have criminals in D.C. at the helm. Whether or not the reset will happen I don't know.

#5 Mercutio. Many were not on board for a revolution 200+ years ago. Many sided with the British. And yet, the American Revolution went forward.
Posted by: JohnQC   2022-04-21 09:52  

#6  I fear you're right Mercutio. However a true crisis...say starvation , has a way of strengthening the spirit. Americans have never faced a true starvation situation en masse even during the Great Depression. It's going to be an interesting summer...
Posted by: Warthog   2022-04-21 09:23  

#5  Truth is, I don't see it happening. 200+ years ago the Boston Massacre sparked a revolution. These days Ashli Babbit gets..... nada. The national will just isn't there.
Posted by: Mercutio   2022-04-21 09:12  

#4  /\ This.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2022-04-21 09:05  

#3  I keep hoping this great reset ends with our useless "elites" and "leaders" decorating trees and lamp posts.
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-04-21 08:56  

#2  I think the Afghanistan debacle leaving a bad taste in the average American's mouth is a good thing.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-04-21 08:50  

#1  All the while, Hunter Biden was raking in millions from the Chinese, Russian, and Ukrainian oligarchs for no credible purpose other than gaining access to Joe Biden.

"Access to Joe Biden" is simply an intermediate goal. Globalization of our Republic remains the desired outcome.

Our tragic exit from Afghanistan was likely a foreign time-lined action. Notice how rapidly the event along with any follow-up investigation found it's was to the memory hole ?

Posted by: Besoeker   2022-04-21 06:03  

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