Over the past weeks news coming out of Afghanistan has been heartbreaking and horrific. Americans have been stranded with no apparent plans to evacuate them. The Biden Administration’s failure to adequately plan for our withdrawal has left billions of dollars worth of advanced US military equipment – paid for by US taxpayer money -- to the Taliban. Thirteen members of our military were killed in the recent stages of our withdrawal. In addition, our military forces, combined with those of our allies, have sacrificed heavily over the 20-year duration of the war. To compound the shameful situation, President Biden has repeatedly refused to answer questions over his botched withdrawal. 

What effect has Biden’s blundering had on his presidency? A recently released USA Today/Suffolk poll places Biden’s approval rating at a low 41 percent while 26 percent of the sample showed support for his handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal debacle. A CBS poll shows that 74 percent of Americans believe Biden and his administration botched the Afghanistan withdrawal. 

Americans are less safe because of Biden’s policies and they are losing faith in his leadership as these poll results prove. Almost since the start of the administration, Joe Biden promised that US withdrawal would not be chaotic. Clearly he was wrong and now is urging the news media to positively report their handling of Afghanistan. 

The recent Taliban takeover of Afghanistan joins a series of other crises Biden has overseen since taking office in January including a porous Southern border, rapidly rising prices and increased street crime.