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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I feel like vomiting every time I hear the phrase ‘special relationship’. It’s just cringy af.
That is why South Korea is already thinking on taking its own path of independent policy when it comes to dealing directly to North Korea and China. America now is really a big JOKE with a JOKE government and very COWARD President. BIDEN is actually a big JOKE and deserves to received an AWARD as the โMost COWARD President ever in the history of Americaโ.
America became a terrorist country by providing the Taliban with billions in new weapons.. ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ Biden is a joke regret voting for him.. ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ
Remember, it’s not the relation between the British and American peoples. It’s the left. The left has put the West in a death spiral.
Biden is the Talibanโs poodle ๐ฉ