I was told there would be no lying.

Remember when they lectured us that there would be no lying once Trump was out of office? All we had to do, they said, was elect serial plagiarist Joe Biden to office and all the lying would go away.  Remember that?

Yeah, me too.   Fun times...

BIDEN: Mr. President. Joe Biden.

GHANI: Of course, Mr. President, such a pleasure to hear your voice.

BIDEN: You know, I am a moment late. But I mean it sincerely. Hey look, I want to make it clear that I am not a military man any more than you are, but I have been meeting with our Pentagon folks, and our national security people, as you have with ours and yours, and as you know and I need not tell you the perception around the world and in parts of Afghanistan, I believe, is that things aren’t going well in terms of the fight against the Taliban.

And there’s a need, whether it is true or not, there is a need to project a different picture.