I don't think that would be a winner. The unemployment rate is still falling, and in some areas, there is a shortage of available labor for jobs that refugees could take to make ends meet until they get more settled. Of course, if there is another surge in you-know-what, everything could change.
Republicans biggest issues are likely to be inflation, crime, the Southern border crisis. By the time the election rolls around Afghanistan will be a memory, at best, unless there is a prolonged hostage crisis or a bombing on U.S. soil.
Mitch McConnell doesn’t reflect what trump and Republican base voters really feel on nearly everythingI'm going to park this here as its about the politics not the situation in Afghanistan.
Apparently the Republicans are going all in on criticizing Biden, not just with regard to the withdrawal operation, but withdrawal at all:
I say yes please. Make this your main message against Biden. Own it, guys. Own it. The American people did not want that war and do not want to be there. Let them know you disagree and think its a terrible thing that the US didn't keep digging itself deeper and deeper into a failed war.
I’m more concerned about the right-wing’s terrorist franchises than about any foreign groups. When you’ve got right-wing House members threatening bloodshed, any idea of foreign terrorist threat kind of fades away.
In a short time, I think the whole narrative will change on what happened. The "bungled" "chaotic" and "disastrous" memes all came from people watching pictures of Kabul and comparing it in their minds eye with a peaceful place that never existed. When deeper assessment comes, it will be seen that the Biden administration carried out a remarkable airlift to get over 120,000 people out of a volatile and dangerous situation.
It was a cruel example of misinformation. Veterans that have been facing a challenging enough emotional few weeks did not need to be reading lies about their dogs being left behind. I already posted a link in the Afghanistan thread that provides clarification about the dog shelter in Kabul that is actually trying to evacuate other dogs from Afghanistan to safety.
And not once did he hear, “We’d like you to do us a favour though…”Ukrainian President accomplishes years-long quest for a White House visit with Biden meeting
Ukrainian President accomplishes years-long quest for a White House visit with Biden meeting
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with President Joe Biden in Washington on Wednesday, the culmination of a years-long struggle to get a White House visit locked up that -- at one point -- saw him at the center of US politics.www.cnn.com
I was like 'Have they ever flown domestically?' 
. Anyway, they broached the topic re issues with chaotic entry to HKIA and manifests that need to be sorted, and a commission can sort them, but why aren't the newsies framing stories like:
No I’m sure he did. Why wouldn’t he
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If I'm not mistaken, Joseph is the name of Pete's dad, who passed two years (?) ago.
My take is that the media’s corporate owners are super pissed the gravy train that was the exploitation of Afghanistan is over. That, and Pres. Biden is boring. No lunatic tweets, no hairbrained incompetence, no name calling, just a normal guy. They don’t know what to do with that so they sh!t-stir to get eyeballs and clicks.
I believe this is some of the story. I also think that applying a free-market strategy to the news media does not do a good job to encourage accurate news reporting.
Personally, I'm from the "elections have consequences " corner, but I really think Biden thought that he could reason and or compromise with the right. He really wanted to get along with everyone. It took a bit, but he's finally realized that not everyone is going to be happy, the majority voted for him, and it's his job to do the will of the people. That's the politically correct explanation.
They have goodies to make manchin and sinema go back on their word?! I mean to have them do such huge public flip flops they surely have something big planned for them. It wouldn’t be the first time. I mean there are so many examples! One of the biggest of all time is when Clinton got a congresswoman who just finished a tv interview explaining why she would vote against him to Vote with him! I am talking almost immediately after. Eventually Chelsea would marry her son!! So how about that!!
