9th September 2021, 7:54 PM
Yeah, the slow chipping away of the reconciliation bill is definitely not waht we need; Democratic trifects are incredibly rare and we have a massive list of things that deseprately need to happen, particularly on climate. We MUST spend a lot on that, as soon as possible.
However, as bad as that is, that could still go either way, it's too early to tell as they continue working on the bill(s). I'm more upset right now about the press and their war on the Biden administration. The press seems to have decided that because Biden withdrew from Afghanistan it is now time to open up the floodgates against hi. They clearly want the Republicans back in powe, either because they are Republicans or because Trump was far better for their ratings than Biden is and they don't care in the slightest about anything else. Either way, it's disgusting and really sad and frustrating to see. Sure, the withdrawl could have gone better, but it also could have gone far worse. But their issue isn't really about the initially cahotic withdrawl, it's about that he did it at all.
And as I said in the other thread I made, as much as I was conflicted about whether we should withdraw or not before it happened, now that we have I think it was clearly the right thing to do. Biden has apparently questioned whether we should continue the war, despite that the Afghan government we supported was a corrupt bunch of criminals and that the war was unwinnable, since early in the Obama administration. Back then Obama overruled him and kept the war going, but in retrospect Biden was clearly right.
However, as bad as that is, that could still go either way, it's too early to tell as they continue working on the bill(s). I'm more upset right now about the press and their war on the Biden administration. The press seems to have decided that because Biden withdrew from Afghanistan it is now time to open up the floodgates against hi. They clearly want the Republicans back in powe, either because they are Republicans or because Trump was far better for their ratings than Biden is and they don't care in the slightest about anything else. Either way, it's disgusting and really sad and frustrating to see. Sure, the withdrawl could have gone better, but it also could have gone far worse. But their issue isn't really about the initially cahotic withdrawl, it's about that he did it at all.
And as I said in the other thread I made, as much as I was conflicted about whether we should withdraw or not before it happened, now that we have I think it was clearly the right thing to do. Biden has apparently questioned whether we should continue the war, despite that the Afghan government we supported was a corrupt bunch of criminals and that the war was unwinnable, since early in the Obama administration. Back then Obama overruled him and kept the war going, but in retrospect Biden was clearly right.