Biden accomplishments

After 20 years there, the President has pulled almost all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan. On troops to provide security for the U.S. Embassy remain.

His decision to withdraw American troops by Sept. 11 is one of the most significant of his presidency so far, a deeply personal calculation that comes “from the gut,” as one official put it. And despite the specter of gloomy intelligence reports and the likelihood the White House will confront terrible images of human suffering and loss in the coming weeks and months, Mr. Biden has vowed to press ahead regardless of the conditions on the ground.

Administration officials said at least three major factors had influenced Mr. Biden’s calculus. First was the strong likelihood that peace talks in Doha, Qatar, between the Taliban and the Afghan government would not succeed. That was largely preordained by the Trump administration’s failure to hold the Taliban accountable to the terms of a deal signed in February 2020, administration officials said.

www.nytimes.com/2021/07/02/us/politics/biden-afghanistan.html

I expected the NY Times to put their spin on the withdrawal. Interesting that they forget to mention that President Trump set May 1st as the pull out date.

As to caring about your opinion, if you have none then there is no need for discourse.

www.wsj.com/articles/opec-biden-and-gas-prices-11625611235

Mr. Biden is now urging OPEC to open its taps even while his Administration is pursuing policies with the goal of shutting down U.S. oil and natural gas production. His Administration has sought to halt new leases on federal land, suspended leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and is expanding endangered-species protections to limit oil production on private land, among other policies designed to punish fossil fuels.

But reducing U.S. production means reduced global supply even as demand surges. This means more pricing leverage for OPEC and Russia—and for Iran if Mr. Biden lets Tehran escape sanctions on its oil exports as part of a renewed nuclear deal. So Russia and Iran will benefit from Mr. Biden’s fossil-fuel disarmament while Americans pay more for energy.

ramage wrote: www.wsj.com/articles/opec-biden-and-gas-prices-11625611235

Mr. Biden is now urging OPEC to open its taps even while his Administration is pursuing policies with the goal of shutting down U.S. oil and natural gas production. His Administration has sought to halt new leases on federal land, suspended leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and is expanding endangered-species protections to limit oil production on private land, among other policies designed to punish fossil fuels.

But reducing U.S. production means reduced global supply even as demand surges. This means more pricing leverage for OPEC and Russia—and for Iran if Mr. Biden lets Tehran escape sanctions on its oil exports as part of a renewed nuclear deal. So Russia and Iran will benefit from Mr. Biden’s fossil-fuel disarmament while Americans pay more for energy.

It's always best to let the countires with the lowest level of ecological safeguards produce the most energy... it's just the new common sense many of us haven't learned yet.

Watch the video of Biden's press conference and then let us discuss his cognitive abilities.

redstate.com/bonchie/2021/07/08/joe-bide...ngs-go-badly-n408162

Of course. We're all doctors here, right?

It doesn't take a doctor, unless it is Doctor Jill, to see the impairment in Biden. So what did you think of his press conference?

Not much, but I do admire his ability to keep from stuttering.

Consumer prices surged by much more than expected in June.

The Consumer Price Index rose 5.4 percent compared with a year ago, the Department of Labor said Thursday. On a monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.9 percent—nearly twice as much as expected.

www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/07/13/inf...an-expected-in-june/


Core inflation, which excludes the volatile food and energy categories, rose 0.9 compared with 12-months ago and 0.9 compared with May.

Economists had expected the Labor Department to report that consumer prices rose 0.5 percent in June compared with May, down a tick from the 0.6 percent initially reported in the previous month. The consensus forecast was for a 5.0 percent gain when measured against June of 2020, which would have been tied with May, the hottest reading since skyrocketing energy prices pushed up the index in the fall of 2008.

He has gotten Saudi Arabia to sign a defense agreement with Russia.


Saudi and Russian officials Tuesday announced the signing of military cooperation pact between the two countries.

Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman announced the agreement via Twitter, stating it would aid in “developing joint military cooperation between the two countries.” In a second tweet, he elaborated on his meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Shoygu, in which the pair explored ways to “strengthen the military and defense cooperation between our two countries.”

www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2021/08/24...hdrawal-afghanistan/