Inside The Final Countdown To Leave Afghanistan

WASHINGTON– For a president so often flagged for incoherence, he was perfectly clear.

“I want to talk about happy things,” Biden told reporters Friday, when asked about Afghanistan. “It’s a holiday weekend.” The new president said: “I’m not going to answer any more questions about Afghanistan.” Said Biden: “I’ll answer all your negative questions – not negative, your legitimate questions,” later, next week. 

Scat, pronto, in other words. In a phrase: come on, man. 

As the president declared: “There are great things happening,” just not necessarily in Afghanistan. The revealing exchange...