Source: United States & Canada – South China Morning PostWhen US President Joe Biden appeared in the White House East Room on July 8 to stress that the US pull-out from Afghanistan was proceeding apace, he declared that a Taliban takeover of the country was not inevitable.Five weeks later, the Taliban is in charge, scenes of chaos at the Kabul airport from the evacuation of Americans and US-aligned Afghan citizens has transfixed the world, and Biden is scrambling to defend himself from a series of miscalculations that have damaged US credibility.Joe…Read More