Afghan debacle will cost Biden at the ballot box

When it comes to presidential and congressional elections in the US, it is never too early to plan and prepare for the next cycle, regardless of the most recent results. The winning party immediately begins to focus on its strong points in an effort to widen its majority over the next two years, while its rival enters an analytical phase to find out the reasons that led it to lose and come up with ways to flip the outcome and gain a majority in the House of Representatives and/or the Senate.

That is exactly what the Republican Party has been doing since former President Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden in November 2020.

The most recent polls from NBC News, CBS News, Morning Consult, Harris, and Suffolk University show that President Biden’s approval rating has reached its lowest level since he took office in January, slumping to 47 percent, in part because of the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and the death of US service members and Afghan citizens in last week’s Hamid Karzai International Airport terrorist attack.

The majority of Democratic, Republican and independent voters support the idea of bringing US troops back, but Americans hate to lose. The daily mess they have been seeing on their televisions and social media platforms shows nothing but defeat.

Even though foreign policy did not play a major role in the past two presidential elections, it is expected to be one of the two major factors — alongside COVID-19 — that will determine the outcome of the 2022 midterms. Biden’s low approval rating threatens the Democrats’ seven-seat majority in the House of Representatives.

The humanitarian crisis among the Afghan people is escalating, especially for those that helped the US and NATO troops and are now stranded in Taliban-controlled territory with no hope of getting out of the country before Tuesday’s deadline, leaving their fate in the hands of the radical militants.

While the Taliban has announced that it will not allow Afghan citizens to leave the country after Aug. 31, the Biden administration has not given these people any assurances they will be able to leave or be safe living under the rule of the Taliban.

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