Former CIA Officer on Biden Speech: ‘Most Infamous – And Devastating’ News Conference by a US President

Showing a far more combative attitude than the Afghan military, former CIA officer Bryan Dean White lashed out at President Joe Biden on Sunday after the Afghan government imploded when threatened by the Taliban with a decisive battle for Kabul.

“This may become the most infamous — and devastating — press conference ever held by an American President,” White tweeted about the July 8 event, including video of Biden insisting that Afghanistan would not simply collapse at the mere thought of a whiff of Taliban gunpowder.

This may become the most infamous — and devastating — press conference ever held by an American President. pic.twitter.com/j4kKwyPDVm

— BDW (@BryanDeanWright) August 15, 2021

Al Jazeera Arabic is airing what is says is live video of Taliban fighters inside the presidential palace in Kabul pic.twitter.com/IGKwwnqQQH

— Evan Hill (@evanhill) August 15, 2021

On that day, after announcing America would leave Afghanistan by the end of August, Biden offered what the world now knows was a false hope that the Afghan government would battle without the U.S. propping it up. – READ MORE