Biden Lied and NATO Allies Are Pissed Off

But then his lies were a big deal. Biden Gave Allies Security Assurance on Kabul, Afghanistan in June - Bloomberg

President Joe Biden told key allies in June that he would maintain enough of a security presence in Afghanistan to ensure they could continue to operate in the capital following the main U.S. withdrawal, a vow made before the Taliban’s rapid final push across the country, according to a British diplomatic memo seen by Bloomberg.

Yeah, that didn't happen.

The circumstances surrounding the U.S. withdrawal have served as a harsh wake-up call to European leaders struggling to adjust to the reluctance in Washington to operate as a global policeman. They had discussed with Biden at the G-7 summit the need to continue supporting the government in Kabul in order to prevent the country once again becoming a haven for terrorist operations. Those discussions continued at the NATO summit a few days later.

So NATO countries, who absolutely HATED Trump, were counting on the Biden Administration to just carry on as usual and do the heavy lifting. How's that working out?

So who will move next? My money is on China, though Russia has to be moving too. The Obama Administration - which as bad as it was, managed to be MUCH better than the Biden Administration - was caught completely flat-footed by the invasion of Ukraine. Biden has a bunch of the same brain trust as Obama, starting with Jake Sullivan.

The real question, is there anyone available to stand up to China or Russia? I was looking at Germany a few years back, as the NATO member I was most upset with. (Actually I've been pissed off at Germany's freeloading for quite some time.) You can find those Germany posts at this link. Though there are a few WWII posts sprinkled in, it highlights such things as all of Germany's submarines being out of commission in 2018, Germany not having enough rifles to outfit its infantry, and tank divisions, most of its tanks being out of service, etc.

So are we hoping the French will stand up? The Poles were convinced that NATO would not honor its commitments if Russia invades Poland. Hard to blame them really.

Is there any country who can stand up to China in the Pacific? It would have to be Australia, and they are probably too small relative to the PRC. Japan is forbidden by its constitution to fight foreign wars. The Phillipines were a force at one point, but I don't where they stand today. And all of those countries were probably counting on supporting America.