Posted on 08/23/2021 1:12:15 PM PDT by Kaslin
The Taliban’s seizure of Afghanistan — emboldened by President Joe Biden’s senseless decision to rush U.S troops out of the country without a plan — blindsided the Afghan government, the Afghan military, and America’s allies. This reckless decision has led to bipartisan criticism in the United States and from our global allies, and ridicule by America’s adversaries. Biden’s attempts to blame everyone but himself for this fiasco, his refusal to take press questions for nearly a week (except from sycophantic George Stephanopoulos), and his decision to hide at Camp David while these events unfolded have only intensified criticism. As commander-in-chief, Biden is at fault for this disaster. But his senior national security advisers also bear responsibility for implementing his irresponsible Afghanistan policies instead of resigning and reporting them to Congress. It’s important to stress that Biden had bad instincts on national security when he was a younger man. Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates wrote that Biden “has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.” Now that Biden appears to be suffering from mental decline, he is making national security decisions that are irrational and dangerous. This extends beyond Afghanistan, to nuclear talks with Iran and failing to secure our southern border. In a perfect world, Biden would immediately resign, be impeached, or be removed from office under the 25th Amendment for this unprecedented incompetence and dereliction of duty. To remove the president under the 25th Amendment, the vice president and the majority of the cabinet would need to determine that Biden is unfit for office. Congress would then need to approve that process by a two-thirds vote in both chambers. It is hard to see how a majority of Biden’s cabinet or two-thirds of the Democrat-controlled Congress would agree to such action. Impeachment would require passage of articles of impeachment by a majority of the House and conviction and removal by a two-thirds vote in the Senate. Democrats will not permit this now, but it might be possible in early 2023 if Republicans take control of Congress in the 2022 midterm elections. Since removing Biden from office is not possible right now, other action must be taken: replacing his top national security advisers with experts who have the experience, principles, and gravitas to reverse the damage Biden is doing to our national security and will stand up to future unsound and dangerous decisions by this president. It is pointless now for National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley to claim or leak to the press that they opposed Biden’s decision to rapidly withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan. They knew this decision was wrong and dangerous. They were duty-bound to resign and report Biden’s reckless decision to Congress. Making this worse, most of Biden’s senior national security advisers are unqualified yes-men. Putting aside buffoonish Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan are third-stringers out of their league. And Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin apparently has so little influence with Biden that the president forgot his name at a press conference. Blinken, Sullivan, and Austin (as well as Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas) must go and be replaced with more experienced and competent experts. Democrats Sen. Chris Coons, former Rep. Jane Harman, former Rep. Eliot Engel, former Secretary of the Navy Sen. Jim Webb, or defense expert Michèle Flournoy would do a far better job. Deputy secretaries and other lower-level national security officials also should be replaced with more competent experts. Biden should make CIA Director William Burns – his only competent cabinet-level national security official – national security advisor or secretary of state. Is there a chance Biden would ever make such moves? There might be, because replacing his national security team would be seen as taking bold and decisive action in response to outrage over his Afghanistan policy and questions about his leadership. Biden and congressional Democrats also might support this course of action because it would allow Biden to shift the blame for his Afghanistan policy onto others. Although this would be highly unfair and dishonorable, it may be necessary to convince Biden to name some highly qualified and principled people as his top national security advisers. Biden’s senseless Afghanistan policy and unmistakable signs of his mental decline strongly suggest he is not capable of serving as commander-in-chief. Democrats almost certainly will not agree to remove him, so their Republican colleagues must pressure them to pursue the next best option: surrounding Biden with highly qualified and principled national security experts who will not tolerate more irrational national security decisions. To safeguard America’s national security and global leadership, we need bipartisan action now to compel President Biden to take this action.If Biden Can’t Be Replaced Now, Replace His Yes-Men
Bring In More Competent People
Well, that would also be a good first step to protecting our own continent and leaving other countries alone. So many choices, so little time.
Romanian term limits are in order here.
All very logical recommendations, but hardly in step with the Agenda.
Many have blamed this Afghan debacle on the demented,corrupt Biden and on the arrogance, inexperience and incompetence of the leftist cabal that runs him. However the more cynical have a point. They argue that it has always been the intent of this leftist, globalist cabal to destroy the American nation as its patriotic, decent citizens once knew it and transform it into a pliable cog to fit into a socialist, world government run by international elites. This Afghan debacle ( not over by any means) is a self inflicted grievous wound to the American nation by those entrusted to protect and preserve it.
All very logical recommendations
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We don’t do logical anymore. We now specialize in self-destructive chaos.
The only solution is the replacement of this filthy regime, starting with His Fraudulency and Heels Up Harris, then the Nat Sec Team and every general above division commanders and similarly in the Navy and Air Force.
Send the Biden voters over to Afghanistan to see how they like unstable leaders.
Not ONE person has resigned. This means THEY ALL APPROVE of this engineered disaster.
It’s really, really hard to screw things up this much in 7 months. But Chicom Joe obviously has been working hard to make it happen.
If the consequences of their governance were not so serious and dangerous, I would be belly-laughing at his administration non-stop. But their evil is putting us in grave danger.
And no they are not going to let Trump have another term. Same thing I said almost 4 years ago to the date.
Now that we are back to reality, deal with it.
Hey, Biden’s whole administration is the most diverse ever. Who cares about talent or ability.
Plan A to withdraw troops went off without a hitch.
Plan B was the withdrawal of everyone else and all of the valuable military hardware without the military to protect it that went awry.
Plan C was to blame Trump
Plan D will be to blame the Taliban for not extending the deadline past Aug 31st.
Plan E will be to talk tougher and still do nothing
Plan F will be to beg our allies to put pressure on the new Taliban government.
Plan G-Z will blame it all on climate change, more on Trump, right wing, bible thumping gun clinging Americans, and the next Republican presidential candidate for supporting Trump to begin with.
And on a similar note, it’s the same Plan B for all of the major cities in the US. Defund the police and leave the people to fend for themselves.
Biden has Obama’s staff. These idiots made it to higher slots.
“The Only Way Back To Deterrence Is Firing Biden’s Entire National Security Team”
Biden will be dead of old age before you can get enough to make a difference at all. And to get them fired has to go through him. And he’s probably already got the list of replacements in hand. (Although he didn’t make it) And they already have airplanes to crash with them in them to shut them up. (Provided we can get them back from the Taliban)
If we can’t they will have to hang themselves. That’s been done before.
wy69
They would only hire bigger idiots than what they have now.
Somebody supported this stupid son of a bitch Biden.
When Fred Flietz speaks, people listen. He’s the man.
Next Wed. xiden’s time is up according to the Taliban.
What is xiden going to do?
I’m fearful of what is going to happen that day. It could be a Taliban jihad against any Americans left.
I don’t think xiden will do anything to avert it.
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