"Total failure"
, rejoices the
Global Times
. In Beijing, the official press is reveling in the American debacle in Afghanistan.
"The United States sows destruction, not construction,"
said Hua Chunying, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The media detail the chaos of the Western evacuation and the failures of the US military, accused of blindly killing civilians. This
"terribly embarrassing"
withdrawal is
expected to lead to a bitter
"defeat"
for Joe Biden and Democrats in the 2022 midterm election, predicts the
Global Times
, affiliated with PC.
Sunday, during an uncompromising telephone conversation, the head of diplomacy Wang Yi lectured his American counterpart, Antony Blinken, demanding
"concrete acts" in the
face of terrorism and denouncing a
"hasty"
departure
.
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