How Joe Biden failed the people of Afghanistan — and tarnished US credibility around the world
- Written by William Maley, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University

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...