Sen. Tom Cotton says US Embassy in Kabul tweets about the Taliban ‘sum up the Biden foreign policy’

Until whenever that happens, however, the Kabul embassy will denounce the Taliban while they commit atrocities while retaking increasingly large areas of that country:

We’re hearing additional reports of #Taliban executions of surrendering Afghan troops. Deeply disturbing & could constitute war crimes.

— U.S. Embassy Kabul (@USEmbassyKabul) August 12, 2021

“Could”?

Escalating Taliban violence, including executions of surrendered Afghan troops, shows a lack of respect for #HumanRights. Don’t erase Afghanistan’s human rights gains of the last 20 years.

— U.S. Embassy Kabul (@USEmbassyKabul) August 12, 2021

Then there’s the “strongly worded letter” strategy:

We strongly condemn the Taliban’s unlawful detention of several members of the Afghan government, including both civilian leaders and officers of the #ANDSF. We urge the immediate release of all Afghan government officials detained by the Taliban. pic.twitter.com/mDZtykGbcw

— U.S. Embassy Kabul (@USEmbassyKabul) August 12, 2021

Senator Tom Cotton sees that approach as encapsulating this administration’s approach:

Hashtags against the Taliban sums up the Biden foreign policy. https://t.co/0QztroxQNB

— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) August 12, 2021

It is a very Obama-esque strategy.

We hope Americans at the embassy and elsewhere stay safe.

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Related:

As the Taliban carve out their role in the international community by retaking Afghanistan, they also put the NYT in an awkward position [screenshots] https://t.co/HcAIE5KE1s

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 12, 2021