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How Joe Biden failed the people of Afghanistan — and tarnished US credibility around the world

  • Written by William Maley, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University
How Joe Biden failed the people of Afghanistan — and tarnished US credibility around the worldSidiqullah Khan/AP

In April 1961, just months after the young John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th president of the United States, his reputation for expertise in foreign policy took a battering as a result of the Bay of Pigs fiasco, a covert action against the Cuban government that collapsed within a matter of days.

The collapse in...

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