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‘Making Taliban great again’: Biden portrayed as terrorist on US billboards
The sheer tempo of the Taliban takeover surprised many in the international community, and the
aftermath reflected widespread domestic and global ramifications regarding human rights and
concerns regarding the proliferation of terrorism.

By hindustantimes.com, New Delhi

UPDATED ON SEP 17, 2021 08:39 AM IST

The image with Joe Biden dressed in Taliban garb and holding a rocket launcher is meant to blame the US
president for the messy situation that has developed in Afghanistan following the exit of the United States
and its allies from the war-torn land. (Photo via social media)
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Weeks after the US completed its withdrawal of troops from war-torn Afghanistan, ending
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20 years of combat, a bunch of billboards have now popped up across Pennsylvania – portraying
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again”. According to reports, the billboard ads were commissioned by former Pennsylvania
senator Scott Wagner, who rented out a dozen billboards across highways at a cost of about
$15,000 to display a message that reflected his anger over the US response to the Afghanistan
situation.

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“What do you say to those veterans [who fought in the Afghanistan war]?” Wagner told the York
Daily Record, reflecting on the pullout of US troops in Afghanistan. “It's like Vietnam, even
worse.”

A billboard has popped up along I-83 in York Close

County, Pennsylvania, showing President Joe Biden
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in a military outfit with the phrase “Making the Taliban Great Again.” Here's who put it up.
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— WBTW News13 (@WBTWNews13) September 14, 2021

Former Pennsylvania State Senator @realScottWagner Scott Wagner paid for a billboard in York,
Pennsylvania that depicts President Biden in Afghan garb holding an RPG, with the heading,
“Making the Taliban great again!” pic.twitter.com/fhZzFFzSi6
— Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) September 15, 2021

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The York Daily Record reports that the former senator met a number of veterans, who served the
United States in its longest war in Afghanistan, over the years. Wagner said many of these soldiers
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sacrificed their entire beings – limbs and psyche – for the cause, adding that he is not shy of
mocking the recent “chaotic” withdrawal in such a ‘provocative’ manner.

The phrase “Making the Taliban great again” is a play on former US president Donald Trump's
now-infamous election campaign slogan and a rallying cry for his supporters – “Make America
Great Again”. The image with Joe Biden dressed in Taliban garb and holding a rocket launcher is
meant to blame the US president for the messy situation that has developed in Afghanistan
following the exit of the United States and its allies from the war-torn land.

The former Pennsylvania senator, however, clarified that he is no Trump supporter, and would
have similarly dissed the former US president had he pulled out of Afghanistan. “If Trump had
done the same thing, he'd be looking the same way,” said Wagner, bluntly.

It has been a month since the Afghan capital of Kabul fell to the Taliban, following the lightning-
fast offensive which won the group control of the state machinery in the war-torn land.
Afghanistan watchers and political commentators across the world were stunned by the Taliban
blitzkrieg, which coincided with the withdrawal of the United States and allied troops from the
country at the end of a nearly 20-year war. The militants made rapid territorial gains in a little
over three months' time, as they captured one provincial capital after another; eventually, Kabul
fell to the offensive on August 15, 2021.

Also Read | Frozen economy, confined rights: 10 changes in Afghanistan in 30 days of Taliban rule

The sheer tempo of the Taliban takeover surprised many in the international community, and the
aftermath reflected widespread domestic and global ramifications regarding human rights and
concerns regarding the proliferation of terrorism. The Taliban are now shifting to their roles as
the new rulers of Afghanistan, with the insurgents announcing a hardline interim government
that betrayed several of their earlier promises to put up a ‘moderate’ face.
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