A good argument can be made that Washington shouldn’t be involved overseas. I would agree, but the Biden administration not only further involved America overseas and attempted to utilize American power towards diplomacy, but failed to do so spectacularly.
A relatively small, but meaningful, mistake took place when Biden agreed to send American troops to Haiti in July of 2021 after the Haitian president was assassinated. There is no sizable American presence currently, but the United States supports the Kenyan-led peacekeeping mission, which has been disastrous thus far. The American-backed government coalition has been plagued with corruption, gang violence, and poverty are still rampant. At the same time, Kenyan soldiers have previously been found to commit human rights violations in Kenya and other missions. Biden has ensured continued American involvement in Haiti after the US co-sponsored and co-funded this new UN mission.
A serious blunder was seen in August of 2021 when Biden led the American withdrawal from Afghanistan. To be clear, American troops belong nowhere near Afghanistan, and Biden should be commended for the withdrawal, but only partially. President Trump had begun the withdrawal process before he left office, and Biden allowed it to continue. The failure was in the execution. We saw billions of dollars of American equipment left in the country, as well as a chaotic scramble to escort civilians and allies out before the last American soldiers were gone. Given the untenable nature of America’s coalition government in Kabul, it was likely that the Taliban would have taken over again either way. Still, a gradual, but not drawn-out, removal would have likely allowed for the military to remove more equipment and for more innocents to escape the impending Taliban return to power.
This isn’t to say that the Biden administration didn’t make any correct decisions during his tenure. As previously stated, he followed through with the American withdrawal from Afghanistan; he ended American support for the Saudi-led genocide in Yemen; and supported the end of the problematic British control over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean. Unfortunately, these policy wins are meager when compared to his failures. Biden should be remembered for pushing Russia and China closer, further alienating an increasingly desperate Iran, enabling the continuing conflict between Ukraine and Russia, and bank-rolling Israel’s destruction of Gaza.
After this recital of Bi-Den’s foreign policy failures, one has to wonder if it was on purpose at the behest of his paymasters or because the overlords wanted to crash Murkan policy options. Bi-Den and crew did a very good job of destruction of the reputation and ability of our country to accomplish any feats of diplomatic prowess. We did well in our service to Israel and the human traffickers, though. I just wonder when all of this rot will be thrust under the spotlight and the pardons brushed aside for some serious justice.