Aug. 16, 2021: Bidens stubborn streak paved the way for havoc in Afghanistan
Every biography or deep profile of President Joe Biden emphasizes his stubbornness, the chip on his soldier, his lifelong desire to prove doubters wrong \u2014 whether it was overcoming a stutter, or demonstrating his intellectual bona fides or entering political contests the experts said he couldn\u2019t win.\nThis is what the right gets wrong about Biden. Many conservatives see Biden\u2019s Afghanistan blunder as evidence of a president who is detached and a plaything of his strongest advisers. Nothing could be further from the truth.\nRaghu Manavalan is the host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO Audio.\xa0Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.