Boris Johnson says he’ll ask US President Joe Biden to extend his 31 August deadline to leave Afghanistan when the two talk at the G7 virtual summit on Tuesday.
But the crisis has highlighted how little leverage the UK has to exert its influence in the region – and over the US.
If the US leaves Afghanistan on 31 August, the UK will have little choice but to follow.
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Imagine voting an incompetent leader in like Biden America is looking more and more like a joke every day. A country with a clown in charge at least Trump had balls to make decisions Biden is a joke
The ‘special relationship’ is the Brits doing exactly what America wants. Nothing new there.
My relation hasn’t changed with America just because of something to do with politics, we will always be allies and friends 🇬🇧🇺🇸
More like God is separated us – the stupid – from the rest of the country. 🤣 |
I didn’t know Louie Anderson had a English Son 😋 |