The Gateway Pundit.com "Joe Biden’s execution of the withdrawal from Afghanistan has been a disaster.
"Even people in the liberal media are criticizing the way Biden handled it. The Taliban took control in a matter of days and thousands of Americans are now trapped there.
"Nancy Pelosi, on the other hand, just loved it and lavished praise on Biden." . . .
Trump’s Alabama rally gave us a powerful phrase for the ages . . . "Trump’s right that it’s true. While the Afghanistan surrender is a terrible blow to America’s standing in the world and a shameful moral failure, what’s happening at home is tearing America apart by creating racial schisms more vicious even than those that existed during the Jim Crow era and destroying for generations the entire reality of biological sex. Too many more of these woke attacks on who and what we are, and there may not be an America for much longer.
As always, it’s impossible to look at those enthusiastic crowds of tens of thousands of people and to believe that Trump had fewer votes than Biden, the man who drew crowds in the tens. I’m certain that Biden received may be close to half of America’s votes, which is a truly shameful fact, but I’m equally certain that good, old-fashioned fraud is what popped him into the White House.
I posted on it in the Tunnel Wall here: The Tunnel Wall: America's Dunkirk; Afghanistan*
*"What [the Taliban] really gained in combat power is the armored vehicles and the light armored vehicles and even some tanks and artillery pieces," Roggio said.
British Equipment losses at Dunkirk and the situation post Dunkirk The British destroyed the equipment they left behind. Even in humiliating defeat, our allies left as heroes.
They did [destroy their equipment], though it was on short notice.
Before leaving, most battalions ditched and destroyed their vehicles and equipment on order. Soldiers from the Royal Engineers were told to blow their trucks up using hand grenades. Those were stunning and demoralising sights for many soldiers. They couldn’t believe millions of pounds’ worth could be thrown away just like that.
However, there was much remnant. This is owning to the pressing time. The evacuation started as early as the 17th of May, yet, up until the 27th of May, many soldiers still had no idea what the plan of an evacuation meant. They were still expecting to stay and fight off the Germans.
Pictured: How the British left their equipment when they left France in 1940 from Dunkirk: The Evacuation of Dunkirk - May 1940 (historic-uk.com)
Even CNN! Taliban celebrate their new US arsenal: Rifles, Humvees, ammo - CNNPolitics "US national security officials are working to account for more than 20 years worth of weapons provided to the Afghan military as images of Taliban fighters brandishing American-made rifles and riding in abandoned Humvees are raising concerns about what else was left behind.
"The Taliban's newfound American arsenal is likely not limited to small arms, as the group captured sizable stockpiles of weapons and vehicles held at strongholds once controlled by US-backed forces, including modern mine-resistant vehicles (MRAPs) and Humvees.
"Initial estimates suggest the Taliban may now also possess several Black Hawk helicopters and other US-funded military aircraft, according to a congressional source familiar with early assessments provided by defense officials.
"That potentially includes roughly 20 A-29 Tucano attack planes, the source said, noting there are some indications that only a small number of aircraft were relocated from a base in Kandahar before it was overrun by the Taliban." . . .
"While the group will unlikely be able to operate the aircraft, the seizures will serve as a propaganda tool.*
"When an armed group gets their hands on American-made weaponry, it's sort of a status symbol. It's a psychological win," Elias Yousif, deputy director of the Center for International Policy's Security Assistance Monitor, told The Hill.
"Read the original article on Business Insider" ...
They do have plenty of business partners out there who will gladly see the technical material can be well used. TD
"ABC News did not air the full interview with President Joe Biden at the most critical moment of his presidency. While Americans are seeking answers on the disastrous Afghan withdrawal from a president who has been avoiding the press, the decision not to air Biden’s interview with George Stephanopoulos does not make sense from a journalistic ethics or ratings standpoint.
"Biden’s interview was a disaster from top-to-bottom. There are numerous provable lies and half-truths in the interview that I provided in a Twitter thread, and were recounted separately by CNN. ABC News did release a full transcript of the interview, but there were at least seven parts that were not aired, as the Daily Wire initially discovered and provided in bold font.
"In the first clip, there was some superfluous language, along with Biden tripping over his words." . . .More...
Why Joe Biden can't resign, or be removed — or die . . . "Many silent Democrat office-holders likely want Biden out, as they fear that the systemic incompetence of his administration will bring them down come 2022.
"But Joe cannot resign or be fired. The Democrat high command will not let either happen, no matter the short-term political cost.
"On the surface, that makes little sense. Joe's resignation or removal would not alter Democrat control of the presidency and Congress. If Joe leaves, Kamala Harris becomes president. She is incompetent, too, but no more so than Joe, and is on board with the administration's radical agenda. 
"So. Why can't Joe quit the office or be removed? ".....
It was easier to believe that Trump was uncouth than to take the risk of being kicked out of the Cool Kids' Group, the group that includes Hollywood stars, Jimmy Fallon, Rachel Maddow, and Washington cocktail parties. . . . "We have had to watch the only man who had ever stood up to fight for us be impeached twice, while we watched others who committed real crimes get not even a mention.". . .
Lindsey Graham: Biden Should Be Impeached If Americans Are Left Behind… Good luck getting that past Nancy and Schiff
Nobody — evidently including Tony Blinken, Austin, and Milley — thought about blowing stuff up before we left. It’s amateur hour in the State Department, Pentagon, and White House.
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The former president released a statement on Thursday, reiterating his points. “First you bring out all of the American citizens. Then you bring out ALL equipment. Then you bomb the bases into smithereens—AND THEN YOU BRING OUT THE MILITARY. You don’t do it in reverse order like Biden and our woke Generals did,” he said.
American Greatness "Joe Biden’s national security team reportedly ignored the Trump administration’s careful plans for withdrawing from Afghanistan, resulting in the nightmare scenario currently unfolding in the war-torn country.
"Former National Security Council Senior Director Kash Patel told Just the News’ John Solomon on Thursday, “I don’t even know that anyone could have made this awful scenario up. It’s literally worse than you could possibly conjure.”
"As chief of staff to Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller, Patel handled the Pentagon’s transition to the Biden administration.
" 'There’s no plan to secure our weaponry or machinery, we’re just giving it over to terrorists,” Patel lamented. “And there’s no plan to secure a Kabul International Airport so that at least flights can get in and out.”
"The former Trump official said careful plans had been developed by Trump’s team, and were offered to the Biden regime, but they were ignored.
The overarching theme was a conditions-based withdrawal, whereby the U.S. military would leave Afghanistan in increments if the Taliban met clear conditions, according to Patel. Among other things, the Taliban were required to reject and repudiate Al Qaeda, and would have to negotiate in good faith. The U.S. would also maintain a special operations contingent in place, and would retain the capacity to launch air strikes under specific circumstances.
The Trump plan included retaining control of Bagram Air Base until all Americans were withdrawn from Afghanistan. A large, sprawling site, Bagram has multiple airfields and other facilities that safely can handle significant amounts of traffic and also host a large population.
"Patel told Solomon that the Biden regime’s decision to hand over control of Bagram to the Afghan forces set up the sequence of events that led to the Taliban’s seizure of the facility.". . .
“The Taliban know there is a clear and present difference between a Trump president and a Biden president and they are emboldened by a Biden president.”
Tom Nolan looks at a story as the baseball season tries to open back up. A player sites his faith as a reason to not kneel during the anthem. Pointing out that he will only Kneel to God.
Biden claims he had much support for pullout from our allies. Let's see.
The United States is in a precarious position, disdained by our allies and unable to strike fear into our adversaries. Despite being assured that was going to be the result of Trump’s presidency by the same mediocre experts who never get anything right, the country came out of his four years stronger and more respected around the globe. It’s only taken seven months for Biden to tear all that down.
"Lest you think that Biden might be losing sleep because his conscience is bothering him, let me finish with this golden oldie, from the last time Biden wanted to bug out early:
In 2010, Biden reportedly told Richard Holbrooke, then Obama’s special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, that the US had to leave Afghanistan regardless of the cost for the Afghan people.According to Holbrooke, when Biden was asked about America’s obligation to maintain their presence in Afghanistan to protect vulnerable civilians, he scornfully replied by referencing the US exit from southeast Asia in 1973. 'F*** that, we don’t have to worry about that. We did it in Vietnam, Nixon and Kissinger got away with it.’
"But it turns out the British and the French are doing exactly that. Both have sent in troops that are going out into the city to get their citizens and escort them back to the safety of the airport:" . . .
Leaked Internal Memo Warned Biden Admin Actions Would Collapse Afghanistan | Neon Nettle ..."Deputy National Security Advisor John Finer echoed these sentiments in an interview with CNN Thursday, telling Wolf Blitzer, "The cable, as I understand it, predicted the potential fall of the Afghan government in the aftermath of a U.S. troop drawdown on August 31st."...
Much more at The Tunnel Wall
The inability of the Biden regime to fulfill our obligations to allies has raised alarms all over the world, not just in NATO, which was a participant in the Afghanistan occupation. South Korea's ambassador to Afghanistan barely escaped before the Taliban takeover, and now the ruling party there wants greater control over the military forces there.
Thomas Lifson "See also: Why Joe Biden can't resign, or be removed — or die
"Though removal from office once was unthinkable, Joe Biden has lost the support of most of the key actors whose support helped him win the presidency, and whose cooperation is essential to maintaining the illusion that he is capable of fulfilling the duties of president of the United States." . . .
You don’t need to be an affluent suburbanite with friends in London's tonier neighborhoods to be ashamed when you read about British and French forces deploying in Kabul to rescue their citizens, as American forces are kept within the perimeter of Kabul and thousands of stranded Americans are told to make their own way through Taliban checkpoints and other blockages if they are lucky enough to make it to their airfield with their heads intact. Those citizens were facing a State Department demand to pay up to $2,000 for a flight out of Kabul, even as Afghanis were flown out for free, until embarrassment caused that policy to be junked. It is humiliating and downright shameful, and the non-crazy portion of the Democrat vote doesn't want to identify with it.. . .
Well, MSNBC's Joy Reid still loves Joe:
