A Few Words About the Pathetic, Chaotic, Impotent Biden Administration's Desperate Turn Tail From Afghanistan

BUT DON'T WORRY,  BE HAPPY. BIDEN IS THE EMPATHY PRESIDENT....

EVEN THOUGH I've taken time off the blog clock recently to spend a few smoky weeks in hot, dry Wyoming as well as to enjoy time with my children and grandchildren recently moved to Tennessee from Texas, I, like every sentient being, haven't been able to escape the non-stop bombardment of news from our southern border and from the frenzied US military drawdown in Afghanistan---both compliments of the Biden administration's laissez faire incompetence and wishful thinking.

 Mark me appalled, but not surprised after watching the growing chaos at our southern border. 

Regarding unfolding tragic events in Afghanistan, I listened carefully to president Biden's speech Monday in which he reiterated his determination to stand by his decision to leave Afghanistan lock, stock and barrel by golly---blah, blah, blah. But all Biden's faux tough-guy rhetoric was really meant to deflect our attention from the REAL issue at hand which is HOW to accomplish this in a calm and focused way that saves thousands of American and Afghani lives and billions of dollars of US equipment?  Instead we saw the desperate shocked and panicked reality from the Taliban's rapid takeover of the country over the weekend and the frantic reality that the US had no exit strategy whatsoever to deal with the widespread terror of the Afghan people.  So everyone ran like hell to the exits.. 

This reality is truly shameful. But the optics were completely devastating:  streets clogged with cars and panicked people,  desperate men clinging to transport jets taking off in a last ditch effort to escape death and execution at the hands of the Taliban and then falling to their deaths after being blown off the behemoth jets.  This was an eerie reminder  of the horrific deaths of  people falling from the World Trade Center during 9-11 almost 20 years ago.

Biden tore up President Trump's strategic plan for withdrawal and took terrible advice from his feckless generals in the military..  Trump was one of the first to criticize Biden for his incompetence:

Trump’s knock on Biden’s speech comes after he called for the current president’s resignation, accusing him of running “out of Afghanistan instead of following the plan our Administration left for him.”: Joe Biden gets it wrong every time on foreign policy, and many other issues. Everyone knew he couldn’t handle the pressure. Even Obama’s Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, said as much. He ran out of Afghanistan instead of following the plan our Administration left for him — a plan that protected our people and our property, and ensured the Taliban would never dream of taking our Embassy or providing a base for new attacks against America. The withdrawal would be guided by facts on the ground. After I took out ISIS, I established a credible deterrent. That deterrent is now gone. The Taliban no longer has fear or respect for America, or America’s power. What a disgrace it will be when the Taliban raises their flag over America’s Embassy in Kabul. This is complete failure through weakness, incompetence, and total strategic incoherence.

Additionally, Don Surber weighs in brilliantly:

Thanks to Joe Biden, the Taliban returns to power stronger, more secure, and well-equipped to wreak havoc on anyone in the world of their choosing. He turned over military bases and the records of those who helped the CIA and the USA, which now allows the Taliban to collect and torture thousands of those who foolishly trusted Biden and the USA. It did not have to end this way. President Trump gave Biden a plan to evacuate Afghanistan, saving lives and dignity, while not arming the Taliban with the best equipment in the world. He learned from the Fall of Saigon, which happened on Biden's watch as a senator. America left behind equipment and people who helped us. Worse, we left behind our own children, the GI babies who were ostracized by society. Donald Trump was determined not to do that again. Biden did it anyway. President Trump told Miranda Devine of the New York Post what his plan was. He said, "We were going to not let people get slaughtered. I wanted to get out. But you have to get out safely and you have to get out with respect." His plan was an American one in which women and children leave first. He said, "All civilians were going to come out before the military. Everyone should have been out before they took our military out." Amen. The richest men on the Titanic went down with the ship. That is how honorable men behave. Our soldiers are honorable. They would have been the last to leave. And they would have left no equipment or base behind. President Trump said, "I was going to close this ridiculous embassy they spent a billion dollars on and move everybody out." He also said, "I was going to blow up every military base [before we left]. I was going to take out every single piece of equipment. I said, ‘I don’t want anything left [apart from] leave each soldier a gun." But it was Trump's plan and Biden is a Washington lifer. And they are all little mean girls like Nancy Pelosi, who tore up President Trump's State of the Union address.DC is a huge echo chamber. In the early 1970s, they let Saigon fall. Nearly a half century later, they let Kabul fall. Dear world: Never trust America again. We are run by petty little girls who raise wastrels who have a charity pay for their weddings (Chelsea) and do coke, meth, and hookers (Hunter). Biden gave an incoherent speech to defend withdrawing from Afghanistan. That is not the issue. We know it had to end. The issue is how he withdrew. He left behind billions of dollars of equipment, thousands of Afghanis who helped us, and some of the best military bases in the world.

Way to tell it like it is, Don. Biden  had no plan except to tear up Trump's strategic plan. Worst of all, he has no honor He has no leadership.  And he hasn't a clue.  How much worse can it get? In the eyes of the world America is weakened and up the creek, rudderless without a paddle.  Dark days ahead.

But never fear,  Biden has empathy.