It is becoming increasingly uncomfortable for me to criticize the Democrats and Joe Biden; they are such an easy target. One cannot help but feel guilty about “piling on” when the opportunities are so plentiful, rich, and deserving. On the other hand, there are many people who simply do not have the time to research beyond the headlines and might appreciate a deeper dive into the true lunacy behind the liberal mania that is sweeping across this nation…and now the world. In service to that “other hand”, I will continue to build the overwhelming case that Joe Biden is an imbecile; that he has filled his Administration with clueless ideologues; and the Democratic Party has unquestionably become unmoored from any semblance of reason or logic.
After the last couple of weeks, I seriously considered a link-free blog with only my editorial comments on President Biden and his recent misadventures. So many of the derisive adjectives used to describe our President, his apparent mental limitations, and his recent performances have become so patently plain, obvious, and redundant that repeating them almost seems…cruel. Alas, I am reminded that so much of what we have seen from our President over the last several days was common knowledge before he was elected last November. Given that fact, there are obviously a lot of people out there who have not connected the neon dots between putting idiots in charge of government and bad things happening. For these people, I will continue to build the case.
Afghanistan. As I have written before, I believe it is fair to say that the larger picture of U.S. policy failure in Afghanistan is a shared indictment of all past presidents going back to George W. Bush. That being said, the fact is that when President Trump left office, we had about 2,500 U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan and had lost one American life in the last year. Had Trump publicly proclaimed his desire for the U.S. to get completely out of Afghanistan? Yes, he had…repeatedly. Did the Trump Administration agree to an exit strategy with the Taliban that was as irresponsible as the ongoing policy had been for twenty years? Yes, it did.
But the larger and more salient point here is this: While most Americans agreed with the notion of the U.S. getting out of Afghanistan; they pretty much understood that it had be done in such a way that somehow preserved our national security and precious investment in that country over the last two decades. This was the plan that was in place when President Trump left office: https://justthenews.com/government/security/biden-ignored-plan-carefully-withdraw-afghanistan-top-trump-aide-says
Trump’s exit strategy was based on “conditions” and “status on the ground”. This is why we were still there when he left office. He and his Advisors realized that if they abruptly left without any provision for an orderly transition to Afghan military control, then chaos would ensue. That is the whole point of basing the U.S. withdrawal on conditions and ground status. Those conditions did not warrant the evacuation of the 2,500 American troops and that is why they were still there when Joe Biden took office. Joe Biden, upon ascending to the presidency, employed the childish and simplistic doctrine of unwinding anything Trump had done.
After applying this sophomoric logic to his Iranian foreign policy, he then moved on to Afghanistan. Ignoring common sense and the advice from his own military and foreign policy appointees, Biden impulsively evacuated essentially all of the American troops from Afghanistan in a matter of days. Unbeknownst to our Afghani allies, American troops deserted our military airbase at Bagram in the dead of night. The catastrophe that we are currently witnessing is the result of these rash and ill-conceived actions.
Here is a timeline of exactly what has occurred in Afghanistan over the last couple of weeks:https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/08/20/biden-afghanistan-kabul-chaos-taliban-evacuation-505600\\
In the preceding story, take note of the members representing Biden’s national security team. In particular, pay attention to the second-in-charge and who would be the next man up if Biden goes down.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/wheres-kamala.php
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-most-useless-vice-president-of-the-century
Look at the people who were in our nation’s emergency situation room when a foreign policy crisis erupted. What else should we have expected when we picked Joe Biden to fill out the roster? The competence and character of our national leaders truly matters when times like these arise. We can never forget that fact.
While this shameful episode unfolded, our President was largely absent from the White House. He did not return until events were well out of hand and headed due south. He was propped up for a comical news conference that was brief to the point of ridiculous and he took no questions. He left the White House once again. Meanwhile, he and his people tried their best to switch the national attention to their favorite subject, the covid pandemic. Having failed in this effort, he was propped up for another news conference. He mumbled, stumbled, and lied his way through a brief reading of the teleprompter and then incoherently responded to, I think, four questions. The questions were from his mainstream media lackeys, he evaded the point of the questions with indirect utterances, and somehow managed to dig the hole he was standing in a good deal deeper.
Desperate to bring some order to this madness, Biden did a sit-down television interview with ex-Clinton flunkey and current Democrat hack George Stepasdfererwewer. Despite the kid gloves treatment by George S and the softball questions he was offered, he continued to obfuscate, lie, and simply ignore the very real issues involved in this foreign policy failure. He has now apparently gone into hiding in search of something…anything…that might somehow begin to calm the torturous waters of this spectacular debacle. I fear the debacle is only going to get worse. Read for yourselves how this sad chapter has unfolded….
What did our President and his Administration have to say about Afghanistan before the fecal matter collided with the bladed mechanical device?
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/biden-allies-afghanistan-kabul/2021/08/20/id/1033226/
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/what-is-america-back-to.php
https://www.nysun.com/editorials/moment-of-truth-for-the-biden-doctrine/91615/
https://carolineglick.com/joe-bidens-catastrophic-judgment/
https://www.jewishworldreview.com/0821/hanson081921.php
Once events began to unfold in Afghanistan in a way that was not anticipated, this is how our President and his Administration handled it.
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-true-extent-of-bidens-lies-about-afghanistan/
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/biden-says-afghan-national-force-was-300-persons
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/biden-speaks-biden-lies.php
https://nypost.com/2021/08/20/biden-stumbles-with-afghan-questions-says-americans-can-reach-kabul/
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/a-few-tacos-short.php
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/youve-just-crossed-over.php
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/biden-in-um-full/
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Here is some of the stuff going on right now in Afghanistan:
https://nypost.com/2021/08/21/taliban-set-woman-on-fire-for-bad-cooking-afghan-activist-alleges/
As if Biden could not mess up Afghanistan sufficiently by himself, he received this big assist from his old friend Obama: https://nypost.com/2021/08/16/taliban-leader-was-freed-from-guantanamo-in-2014-swap-by-obama/
Forced by events into a corner, the mainstream media in America have tried their best to put their boy Biden in the best light; but given the downhill trajectory of these events, that has proven impossible. And even though the domestic press is calling Biden and Company out on their incompetence, it is still useful to consider what other nations might be thinking about our new President these days. Here is what Biden says: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/biden-denies-allies-angry-over-afghanistan-chaos-despite-evidence-to-contrary/
And then here are the facts:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/when-boris-called.php
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/the-straight-story-on-afghanistan.php
And finally, to close out this piece…here are a couple of summary judgments about how our President and his Administration have performed during this crisis:
https://www.jns.org/opinion/the-cost-of-disgrace-is-not-cheap/
https://nypost.com/2021/08/19/afghan-debacle-has-exposed-joe-biden-as-a-failed-president/
When Hillary Clinton ran against Donald Trump for President, one of her more memorable campaign ads was the “3 AM White House Call”. Essentially, the ad showed the so-called “red phone” in the White House that only rings when there is a critical national crisis. The point of the ad was the question: Who do you want answering that phone when the stakes are so high?” Hillary thought it should be her; America thought differently.
I think we now have a good idea about what might happen in the future if that red phone rings. We are paying a terrible price today for making a bad decision last November. The next time we go to the polls to vote, we had better grow up and put our petty likes and dislikes behind us. We will not get a saint or an angel for President. We might not get the man or woman that advocates policies of our choosing. We might even be faced with a decision where we feel we must choose between the least of two evils. But this much is for certain: We had better understand the consequences of selecting someone to lead our country that is incompetent to do so. We WILL get the government we deserve.
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