ANALYSIS – During his recent address to the American people, President Joe Biden tried to explain his reckless and ill-advised Afghan withdrawal that is increasingly turning into a disaster. As we have been reporting regularly in recent weeks, Biden’s sudden unconditional U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan caught America’s European allies off guard as much as the Afghan government and the Taliban.
NATO forces in-country quickly pulled together their own evacuation plans to avoid being left behind after U.S. troops left. Since then, many if not all NATO troops have left. As U.S. forces rapidly evacuate, increasing numbers of critical U.S. military equipment and firepower is being captured, stolen or given to the Taliban, as the enemy surges in the countryside.
The most recent intelligence assessment gives our Afghan allies six months before collapse. Others are even less optimistic.
This past weekend, U.S. Army Gen. Austin Scott Miller, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, overseeing the withdrawal, said:
We should be concerned. The loss of terrain and the rapidity of that loss of terrain has — has to be concerning, one, because it’s a — war is physical, but it’s also got a psychological or moral component to it. And hope actually matters. And morale actually matters… And so, as you watch the Taliban moving across the country, what you don’t want to have happen is that the people lose hope and they believe they now have a foregone conclusion presented to them.
Without U.S. air support, contractors and other assistance, Biden’s “withdrawal” is quickly turning into a rout for our free Afghan allies.
Yet, amidst all this chaos and looming calamity, Biden said: “I trust the capacity of the Afghan military, who is better trained, better equipped, and more re- — more competent in terms of conducting war.”
As National Review noted: “Biden’s expression of confidence in the capacity of the Afghan army is very close to lying to the American people about the state of Afghanistan.”
Based on the overwhelming reporting for Afghanistan, Biden’s rosy optimism is either an outright lie, or as he likes to say, total ‘malarky,’ or he is delusional beyond repair.
As Jim Geraghty notes:
When President Biden says he trusts the capacity of the Afghan military, as many parts of that Afghan military are abandoning their posts and surrendering to the Taliban without a fight, we have two possibilities. One is that President Biden doesn’t know what he’s talking about, and simply isn’t paying attention in his briefings, and genuinely believes that the Afghan military can defeat the Taliban.
Another possibility is that Biden knows what he’s saying isn’t true, and has been refuted by the facts on the ground for weeks and months, but acknowledging it would make the withdrawal look like a mistake, so, much like Biden’s claim that surges of migrants crossing the border were part of a normal seasonal pattern, the president will insist that everything is going fine and hope not many Americans notice the Taliban is taking over again.
If Biden wants a full withdrawal and an end to the mission by the end of August, he can order that as commander in chief. But as a famous judge used to say, don’t pee on Americans’ legs and tell them that it’s raining.
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Not to worry! Biden already left the USA to be consumed by the ILLEGAL ALIEN CATHOLIC INVADERS! Did I mention that Biden is CATHOLIC? Pelosi CATHOLIC. SCOTUS CATHOLIC. The USA is now being invaded by 30 Billion ILLEGAL ALIEN CATHOLIC INVADERS. Once Catholic, forever failed. Americans are being killed by Biden and the CATHOLIC traitors. look at Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, NY and the list goes on. Every one for themselves, because Biden and the CATHOLIC TRAITORS want the defeat of the USA.
Go away fuzznutts
And where do the MAFIA come from ? the same country as the catholics , Italy and both are SUPER CORRUPT and ORGANIZED CRIME.
True. Look at how many years that the wops have ran New York
I know you won’t do it, but others might, read “Why Catholicism Matters” by Bill Donahue. Facts in our history matter. Any so-called Catholic that supports abortion is not Catholic. Those that you mention are not Catholic according to CCC – 2270-2275. And, if you want to know what we truly believe, read “Catechism of the Catholic Church”. Many catholics have gone astray and sadly in our clergy as well, but they don’t change church teaching. They will be held accountable for their abominable actions. We have a just Judge. We need to be steadfast in the true teachings of the Church.
DA !!! oh gee wiz CCP joebiden, go figure their army was not strong and it never has been strong, or why would we there ??? How far STUPID can you really go. ??? you know you well be remembered as the MOST STUPID PRESIDENT of the US ever NO ONE will ever , pass you in that status.
Well Biden is a pathological LIAR as the old saying goes with BIDEN if his lips are moving and sound is coming out he is lying.!
“Biden Deceives the American Public”…..nothing can be more deceptive than this idiot being in the position he’s in….I don’t know which part of the public may be deceived…but I…for one… don’t believe anything that comes out of his fumbling, mumbling, bumbling mouth….he has no clue as to what he’s doing….”deceived”?…no, more like “disgusted”….with anything he says or does….
Well I’m probably as confused as Biden. Is this a conditional pullout? Or are we simply abandoning Afghanistan to let the chips fall as they may? I admit, I haven’t paid as close attention as perhaps I should had. Right now, the prices at the gas pumps are getting my attention.
WHAT??? biden LIED??? PEOPLE, the biden/harris COMMUNIST REGIME, IS DAMAGING AMERICA & AMERICANS. You’ve got to be seeing this, I mean even with msm lying right along with the REGIME, IT’S STILL OBVIOUS, ALL HIS ERRORS, THE NEVER ENDING LIES. BOYCOTTS WORK, BUT WE STILL NEED A LOT MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN IN!!! PLEASE MY FELLOW AMERICANS STAND UP AND STOP THE POISONOUS REGIME, THE DAMAGES THAT MSM CAUSED IS BY FAR THE WORST EVER??? LET’S END THE biden/harris COMMUNIST REGIME!!!
THANKS FOR READING!!!
Biden is a huge liar!! He is also a f~~~~~g idiot ! Everything will wind up in enemy hands but he isn’t smart enough to figure anything for himself.
The Afghani people do not have the “thirst” for freedom that used to be prominent in this country. I feel so very sorry for them for what they will endure.
That camel hole was a disaster to begin with. America needs to steer clear of that region, and focus on our sovereignty. We can’t afford these ‘adventures’ that do little more than foment anti-American sentiment within those countries.
LISTEN UP….In ORDER to KEEP t he TERRORISTS at BAY…The GOOD GUYS Need to Have STRONGHOLDS in DIFFERENT LOCALES. The U.S. Needs OTHER COUNTRIES to JOIN FORCES in the WAR Against TERRORISM. THIS Needs to Be a GROUP EFFORT. ONE NATION Can NOT DEAL with the TERRORIST Problem ALONE. From SamuraiQueen.😄😄😄
Biden has his head where it usually is – In his black space.
It is the nature of Biden the pathological liar to hoodwink everyone. But as Mr. Lincoln once said, ‘You can’t fool ALL of the people ALL of the time.’ Pray to God to deliver us from the plague of Biden.
Can we do one last bombing run on Taliban strongholds?? Carpet bombing mode.
& fire some cruise missiles that way 2
This is what we got when the corrupt election put a criminal career politician in the White House.
What might result once Afghanistan falls and thousands are slaughter, due to our senile dictator a puppet of Obama puppeteers? The lying democrats and of our 98% one party propaganda news goons will first blame Trump, then Blame climate change, then blame republicans, and if push up against the wall, the cowardly pussies now running the military, will blame the lowest ranking service members. A government born by fraud, based upon lies, and ruled through Stalinist style propaganda news, and entertainment paints itself in a corner once again. You can bet your life this Global Marxist government illegally running America, cannot afford, or ever allow free elections ever to return. They cannot continue to shove Global Communism up our asses without future better planned rigged elections. We are slaves to our communist masters, no need to continue their CCP pretend elections anymore.
“…cowardly pussies running the military..” In Hollywood, there was (And most likely IS) a phrase conveyed to people who cross swords with the hierarchy: “You’ll never work in this town again”. They meant it, too. That insular environment of toady serfs sucking up to big wigs is rife with “Don’t Go There” admonishments, and veiled threats of professional suicide if subordinates don’t adhere to the rules. Our military has formulated a similar atmosphere. High ranking military commanders must toe-the-lines drawn by liberal elected officials and cabinet members, or they’ll suffer the same fate. Morale, Unit Cohesion and Esprit de Corps be damned, if those generals want to keep their jobs, they must conform to the dictates of liberal social engineers. I was among those hapless soldiers who were forced to attend “Sensitivity Training”, and “Racial Awareness” briefings to regiment our speech and thoughts to accommodate women and blacks. The instructors made it clear that our enlistments would be quickly terminated if we did not behave accordingly.
Obviously Afghanistan is gone but why is it our responsibility to keep this country on its two feet? It doesn’t make sense. Furthermore, those who clamor for our troops to stay there don’t participate in the effort.
Can we not see that American haters are running this country. WAKE UP. This was all planned.
The old fool doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing
Be a retired Navy Chief and a Vietnam Era Veteran, I saw what happens when bleeding heart civilians cry about collateral damages and even Vietnam the rules of engagement were changed! We should have been victorious in Vietnam!
Bush got us into a war with no hope of ever winning, because of a new generation of bleeding civilians! It did not take the Russians 20 years to realize they could never be victorious in Afghanistan! We got Bin Laden and that was the mission!
As for all you military leaders didn’t you ever get tired of writing the letters to the families of the fallen? I know that I would get tired of doing it!
I really don’t give a damn what happens in the Middle East they have been killing each other since before the birth of Jesus!
Sleepy Joe Biden was indeed asleep during his 47 yeats in US politics!
He learned nothing!!
The Afghan army wil lose to the Taliban just like the South Vietnam army lost to the NVA!
Leave the old man alone. He is doing the right thing – the same thing our dear Trump wasn’t able to do because of the neocon’s resistance. Get out of that hell hole and let the owners of the land manage it the way they want and deserve. It won’t affect any heroin supplies, for sure!