The humiliation of President Joe Biden by a gang of murderous thugs in Afghanistan is just revving up.
Instead of consolidating the gains that required so much hardship and sacrifice, Biden’s rushed withdrawal simply squandered them. The humiliation of President Joe Biden by a gang of murderous thugs in Afghanistan is just revving up. The latest insult is that the Taliban is refusing to give him any leeway to continue evacuating thousands of Americans and allies. According to an Aug.23 report in The New York Times, “Taliban leaders rejected a suggestion from President Biden that American forces might remain past an Aug.31 deadline to complete the operation, injecting fresh urgency into an already frantic process.” Here’s what Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen told Sky News: “It’s a red line. President Biden announced that on Aug.31 they would withdraw all their military forces… If the US or UK were to seek additional time to continue evacuations — the answer is no. Or there would be consequences.” Imagine that. The most powerful country on earth invests a trillion dollars and thousands of lives over 20 years to replace a terror theocracy, and what does it get in return? Terrorists who lecture our president about deadlines and warn him about consequences. Does anyone else smell a possible hostage crisis on the horizon? We can hope and pray that it won’t happen, but would you trust emboldened terrorists to show any special compassion for the thousands of poor souls still stranded in Kabul? Would you trust emboldened terrorists to show any special compassion for the thousands of poor souls still stranded in Kabul? The real shame is that Biden, in his zeal to “end the war,” never figured out that the war was effectively over and the U.
