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President Ice Cream’s Afghan meltdown
Spectator World ^ | 25 Aug 2021 | Roger Kimball

Posted on 08/25/2021 6:00:58 PM PDT by Rummyfan

A few days ago, President Ice Cream said that al-Qaeda was ‘gone’ from Afghanistan, ergo (he did not say ‘ergo’) we had no reasons to be there, getting al-Qaeda after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 having been the original rationale for going into that godforsaken country in the first place.

Alas, just a few hours later that day, the Pentagon spokesman John ‘no imminent threat’ Kirby acknowledged that ‘al-Qaeda is a presence as well as Isis’ throughout Afghanistan.

There is quite a lot of that Yes-No, Did-Didn’t, whiplashing these days. Jen Psaki, the President’s press secretary, told us that no Americans were ‘stranded’ in Afghanistan, adding for good moralistic measure that it was ‘irresponsible’ to suggest such a thing.

Many observers close to the situation have a different assessment of what will happen; said one, ‘it is unavoidable that Americans, Green Card holders and those who worked with us will be left behind’. Hard cheese on those folks, but, as always, the Babylon Bee distributes solace, explaining that ‘Americans Trapped By Taliban With No Rescue Plan Happy To Hear They Are Not Stranded’.

Well, that’s what we used to call black humor in a satirical paper. For the people actually on the ground, there is not a lot of humor.

(Excerpt) Read more at spectatorworld.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; biden; dereliction; rout; surrender

1 posted on 08/25/2021 6:00:58 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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2 posted on 08/25/2021 6:02:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

I call him the Fertilizer President...Everything he touches turns to sh&*


3 posted on 08/25/2021 6:06:40 PM PDT by CMailBag
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To: Rummyfan

“There is no emperor but the emperor of ice cream”

There, my 200 level Lit. class just paid for itself.

CC


4 posted on 08/25/2021 6:09:33 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Rummyfan

Somebody supported this stupid son of a bitch Biden.


5 posted on 08/25/2021 6:10:13 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: CMailBag
I call him the Fertilizer President

Who still takes order from the Brown Midas

6 posted on 08/25/2021 6:15:02 PM PDT by BillyBonebrake
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To: Rummyfan

What I don’t understand is, why didn’t blow up the most valued equipment. Satchel charges, grenades, booby traps, etc.


7 posted on 08/25/2021 6:20:51 PM PDT by NTHockey (My rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: NTHockey

The equipment is part of the deal.


8 posted on 08/25/2021 6:24:20 PM PDT by bankwalker (groupthink kills ...)
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To: Rummyfan

When Biden was running for president,,in his basement,,, the photo ops that were flying around his campaign were of him eating ice cream while wearing Ray Ban aviator sunglasses.
It was a marketing gimmick, to portray an image that would emote a response which is some sort of Americana dream.

like everything else the democrats do and Biden has done, it was all an illusion to deceive.


9 posted on 08/25/2021 6:25:48 PM PDT by Wildbill22 ( They have us surrounded again, the poor bastards- Gen Creighton William Abrams)
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To: BenLurkin
This is not a failure of Joe Biden or Kamala Harris.
This is a failure of the Democrat Party! This administration is the creation of the Party. THE PARTY. Until Americans pin this squarely on the Democrat Party, this failure will be repeated again and again. The Party gave us Biden/Harris.
10 posted on 08/25/2021 6:30:51 PM PDT by TxAg1981
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