Posted on 08/24/2021 7:07:03 AM PDT by Kaslin
By now, every witting person on earth knows the credibility of the United States has been disasterously damaged by events in Afghanistan. Thousands of American civilians are stranded and being held hostage by radical Islamic terrorists. Tens of thousands of brave Afghan allies are being hunted down and brutally murdered.
resident Joe Biden is singularly responsible for this catastrophe. His incoherent press conference on Friday, Aug. 20 was a frightening example of the alternative reality Biden inhabits. He claimed the U.S. went to Afghanistan to destroy al-Qaida, and has done so. Yet less than an hour later, a Pentagon spokesman contradicted the commander in chief. On Sunday, Aug. 22, it got worse. Commenting on the Afghanistan evacuation, Biden said, "Many things could still go wrong." Wake up, Mr. President. Everything about the evacuation is already going wrong and has been since the outset.
His assurance the Taliban has promised people with U.S. passports are being cleared through their checkpoints was immediately contradicted by the State Department. Belying Biden's claim the rapid collapse of Afghan security forces was "unexpected," a leaked "dissent cable" sent in early July from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul accurately forecasted the chaos we are witnessing on television. The president ignored the cable.
Asked in an interview about the damage done to America's reputation, Biden claimed our credibility around the world is intact. Officials in allied nations across the globe directly refuted his statement, including the U.K. Parliament, which held Biden in contempt, calling his actions "catastrophic" and "shameful."
Is all lost in Afghanistan? Not necessarily.
Recently, we have been in near constant contact with friends with "boots on the ground" in Afghanistan and other sources. Herein is a summary of their advice on how we should proceed in salvaging the situation:
No. 1: Our most important objective is the safe evacuation of American citizens and our allies from Afghanistan. This cannot be done by a limited number of U.S. troops with an artificial "deadline" of Aug. 31. The Taliban must be told, "We will bring in additional U.S. troops to carry out this mission, and stay as long as necessary. If Taliban, al-Qaida or ISIS terrorists harm anyone we are evacuating, our military will decapitate your leadership."
No: 2: U.S. military personnel must be authorized to carry out "rescue and recovery Operations" anywhere in Afghanistan. There are nearly a dozen U.S.-built airfields in Afghanistan. One or more of these facilities must be put under U.S. military control. This will allow us to evacuate those we have designated for safe conduct. Further, the additional airfield(s) will provide search and rescue facilities for any downed U.S. airmen.
No. 3: An internal "Afghanistan resistance" has formed in northern Afghanistan. Popular discontent is growing in Kabul and other cities, as evidenced by the marches held last week around the country. The U.S. government must support this movement in ways that will enhance resistance effectiveness.
No. 4: The president must communicate directly with "President" Xi Jinping in Beijing that People's Republic of China intelligence officers now in Afghanistan must desist or the U.S. government will impose additional economic sanctions on China. The same message must also be delivered to Moscow, Islamabad and Tehran.
No. 5: Immediately lift the "hold" on weapons for which the Saudis, United Arab Emirates, Taiwan, Japan and Israel have already paid. This will show our allies we are still capable of carrying out a strategic vision for the future.
No. 6: Close the U.S. southern border to prevent terrorists from entering the U.S.
Carrying out these recommendations will be costly. But doing so is essential to save American lives and begin the process of rehabilitating our national legacy.
Send in the SEALS to gather up the Taliban leaders.
Use them for trading material.
The current administration has absolutely no interest in doing any of those 6 things.
Everything is proceeding as they have foreseen.
There are probably multiple ways out, and the piece certainly identifies some reasonable ways to proceed, but there aren’t any that make it no longer Biden’s Debacle.
Great ideas. Problem is we have Obiden in the WH and every last one of the brass in charge of the entire military complex are political hacks and need to be removed and replaced with competent warriors.
The CIA director was summoned to Kabul by the Taliban terrorists. They demanded a big increase in the money Biden is paying them for “security”.
When they talk about Amcits being behind enemy lines, the reality is that our troops in Kabul are behind enemy lines. They need to be evacuated safely as well. They are sitting ducks right now.
“The Taliban must be told, “We will bring in additional U.S. troops to carry out this mission...”
Why tell them? Just do it. And do it before they learn how to use all the military equip. we left behind.
It is clear that Obama is already abandoning American citizens, definitely is not going to stick around to evacuate as many as 80,000 or 100,000 Afghans that want to leave. At some point the Taliban are going to start shooting them on their way to the airport to prevent them from even going there. That seems to be the undercurrent in the news already. I don’t want to see 80 to 100,000 Afghans coming to the United States anymore than I want to see the tens of millions of Mexicans that are here, but I do think since we broke the country most recently, that we have some responsibility to make sure there’s 80 to 100,000 people are not subjected to death and rape. I think the first step has to be that anyone leaving the country needs to renounce the Islamic Cult.
Yes - and since every one of these proposals directly contradicts the progressive agenda, they are non-starters until a real government manages to assume power.
Blockade any routes into Pakistan, Iran to prevent materiel from being exported.
Make every effort to either retrieve the humvees and armored vehicles or turn the A-10s loose on them.
“If Taliban, al-Qaida or ISIS terrorists harm anyone we are evacuating, our military will decapitate your leadership.”
Good armchair generaling, but the flaw is we don’t have a good way to threaten the Taliban. We have been trying to take out their leadership for 20 years and never succeeded.
Should have been done in January.
That’s a fantasy. Might as well say, Send Rambo!
No.
#2 is simply a blank check to resume combat operations, re-invading and occupying previously abandoned facilities - likely to be heavily defended or under continual assault from all the weaponry we JUST LEFT THERE.
The defeat has happened and been assured - there is no FIXING IT with more blood and treasure. Just continuing the stupid.
Will he reject the demands of the G-7? When will Psaki lie about the events of this morning's G-7 zoom call? It should be going on right now.
This is an example of effective communication.
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