Biden presidency shaken to the core by Kabul bombings. The bombs that killed US service members and Afghans in the desperate Kabul evacuation inflicted another casualty on the other side of the world — Joe Biden’s presidency.Biden took office promising calm at home and respect for the United States abroad in the wake of the traumatic Donald Trump years.On Thursday, the deadly attack at Kabul’s airport left him with a mountain to climb if he’s to persuade the nation and America’s partners that either goal remains achievable.The 78-year-old Democrat was already reeling from the chaos in Afghanistan, where the US-backed government and US-created army vanished almost overnight, leaving the handful of remaining US troops and many thousands of US citizens and allies at the Taliban’s mercy.Working around the clock for 10 days, his administration had thought perhaps it could still pull triumph from disaster.The airlift was going far better than predicted, with… https://ift.tt/3Dpnu9F

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