Biden in an impossible bind as Afghanistan blame game begins

The president has been condemned by Republicans as the Taliban advance - but the roots of the crisis date back years

The words of political leaders can come back to haunt them. None whatsoever, zero," Joe Biden said last month when asked if he saw any parallels between the US withdrawals from Vietnam and Afghanistan.

The Taliban is not the North Vietnamese army. They're not remotely comparable in terms of capability. There's going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of the embassy of the United States from Afghanistan. It is not at all comparable."