Posted on 08/28/2021 3:36:17 PM PDT by dynachrome
Say what you will about President Joe Biden, he has stuck to his guns on ending America’s 20-year involvement in Afghanistan’s forever war.
His decision not to delay our departure after Aug. 31 was fortified by hard intel that the terrorist ISIS-K was preparing attacks at Kabul airport.
Thursday evening, the two bomb attacks occurred.
It now seems inevitable that the withdrawal will be completed by Aug. 31, with all U.S. military forces following the last civilians out.
Before this week’s attacks, the airlift had been going far better than in its chaotic first days. Some 100,000 Americans and Afghans had gotten out of the country since Aug. 14.
Biden held his ground, refusing to be stampeded by Democratic critics, NATO allies, Republican hawks or media demanding he extend the deadline for departure until all Americans were out.
His adamancy testifies to the convictions Biden came by during decades at the apex of the U.S. government during our longest war.
Those convictions:
Even if the end result of a withdrawal is that Afghanistan falls to the Taliban, the cause is not worth a continuance of the U.S. commitment or the blood and treasure that four presidents have invested.
Better to accept a U.S. defeat and humiliation than re-commit to a war that is inevitably going to be lost.
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They can be a world-class weapons exporter, at least for a while.
There’s more. He wrote about WW2. A mistake on our part. Points more towards pushing our buttons. Gotta remain a skeptic.
Why yes, I will continue to say what I will about Biden.
Did not read much of this, only far enough to see that Buchanan evidently claims Biden is acting on long held principles. Totally insane notion.
Don’t worry. The way things are going in a few more years no one will remember anything about WWII or the rest of our righteous conflicts. The only thing taught in schools will be how the white man oppressed everyone else in the world and needs to make reparations. We will all wonder if Hitler could have made things any worse.
Pat has always been right.
The worst is yet to come here at home.
This piece is consistent Pat, he’s against nation building. Doesn’t sound out of his mind to me.
You have to have the will and want to win first. WW2 took about 4 years against mighty, technologically advanced, brilliant, incredibly strong and motivated countries. We should have obliterated the responsible parts of Afghanistan...including nukes goddammit..right after 9/11 then split and dare them to try it again! Never ever send the troops into a meat grinder again.
Of course, I am running out of crack here, in this snowflake PC day and age...
Pat assumes that all Americans will be getting out. He's got more faith in Biden than I'd ever have.
Pat’s an ideologue. He’d rather leave Biden’s way just because he never wanted to be there.
Worst thing that Buchanan has ever written that I am aware of.
Lithium, and other rare earth minerals.
China will help to keep their economy
running along. And China doesn’t mind
if they grow a few poppy plants.
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