With his public approval falling rapidly, Biden just wants to get past Afghanistan, and his media Praetorian Guards are ready to help him change the subject. Flush with American uniforms and equipment, they’ve already mocked the famous flag-raising on Iwo Jima.Īnd as former Ambassador Ryan Crocker wrote, their victory “has given a huge boost to militant Islam everywhere.”Ĭrocker also said the outcome allows the Taliban to portray themselves as the faithful believers who, “clad in the armor of the one true faith, have vanquished the infidels.”
The terrorists are certain to mark the day now that they have driven out the world’s mightiest military. Then, too, the president will have to compete with the Taliban for attention. The ceremonies are always somber remembrances, and it would be way off key in any year to turn the day into a political victory party and especially inappropriate this year. The heroism of that awful day and the ultimate sacrifices of almost 2,500 troops in Afghanistan are stained by the shameful actions of Biden, Blinken and the military leaders who told the president they could successfully carry out his foolish withdrawal orders.įour Taliban members swapped for Bowe Bergdahl now in Afghan governmentīiden is planning to visit all three 9/11 sites - the Pentagon, New York and the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, Pa. The disastrous events guarantee that this anniversary of 9/11 will be unlike any other.
The broken promises amount to a death sentence for some. The boneheaded evacuation plan cost the lives of 13 brave servicemen and -women and left behind hundreds of our citizens and thousands of Afghan allies we repeatedly promised to get out. A satellite image shows six commercial airplanes grounded near the main terminal of the Mazar-i-Sharif airport in Afghanistan on September, 3, 2021. Its defense of the Taliban’s misconduct is a defense of its own misconduct.
His doubletalk is proof there is no limit to how low the White House will sink to portray the chaotic, bloody withdrawal as a great success. “Because all of these people are grouped together, that’s meant that flights have not been allowed to go,” Blinken said. He said the Taliban promised to allow American citizens or others to leave on charter flights if they have proper documents, but claimed the delay was because some passengers don’t have the documents. Indeed, Blinken sounded like a shill for the terrorist group by describing the plane delay as a matter of routine paperwork. But apparently hostages are not hostages unless the government says so. Promising benefits, including cash, in exchange for those who want to leave certainly sounds like a hostage negotiation. Yet it is a measure of the Biden administration’s duplicity that Secretary of State Antony Blinken denied that the trapped passengers were hostages - even as he admitted the US was looking at this and other departure restraints to decide whether to lift sanctions on Taliban officials, restart financial aid and normalize relations. The Taliban hold the power and America is reduced to supplicant. Whatever the outcome, the key point has already been made. Now the consequences are damning the president, the latest evidence being the six charter jets stuck for days on the ground in Afghanistan, their passengers, reportedly including American citizens, not sure if they will be allowed to fly to safety or be executed by the Taliban. 31, but Biden remained fixated on getting all the troops out before 9/11, damn the consequences. Wiser heads prevailed, but only up to a point. Whether he’s addled or just arrogant, Biden believed the 20th anniversary of a day of infamy could be turned into a feel-good event - and no doubt give him a political booster shot.
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