Politico: “Until last week, Biden’s Afghanistan policy had been defined as a rigid adherence to his withdrawal deadline. And that insistence opened him up to a wave of criticism for being both shortsighted and politically motivated… Biden’s resolve seemed to recede a bit on Sunday night when, in response to two consecutive questions about his Aug. 31 deadline, he said his ‘hope’ was to ‘not have to extend’ it.”
“It wouldn’t be the first time in recent months that the White House has blown through a major deadline of its own creation: the administration missed its July 4 benchmark to vaccinate 70 percent of American adults… The president’s setbacks in Afghanistan and in corralling the coronavirus were due, in part, to intelligence failures and unanticipated variables… Yet in close succession, they represent threats to Biden’s reputation as a steady hand with institutional wisdom that helps him to see around corners.”
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