Curt Smith: Joe Biden is a synonym for shame (mpnnow.com)
To writer Michael Goodwin, his “cowardice” exceeds even British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s, who appeased Hitler by signing a 1938 Munich agreement that sired World War II and of whom Winston Churchill said, “You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war.”
. . ."Biden says that he bears “zero responsibility” for the recent Taliban takeover, blaming other presidents for not leaving sooner; Afghans for not fighting; civilians for asking us to stay. He pathetically distorts Trump’s conditional deal as “boxing me in,” despite no troops having died there in the last 18 months. Biden is so self-absorbed that he removed them all, imposing a 9/11 deadline so that he could garishly celebrate what Bush, Obama, and Trump couldn’t — the end of 20 years of U.S. involvement. Some celebration: 9/11 now means humiliation — ours."A wise withdrawal would have retained air cover and minimum ground support — by contrast, 28,500 troops patrol South Korea — before extracting civilians, diplomats, and troops in that order. Instead, Biden’s deadline chaotically removed military and air support first and civilians last. Former Obama Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrote in 2014 that Biden “has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.” The Taliban marks Joe’s fifth.
"Biden claims no ally has criticized his withdrawal. Please. Germany’s likely next chancellor, Armin Laschet, rips a “debacle.” Britain’s Daily Telegraph bays, “Parliament holds [Biden] in contempt.” The Labor Party head scolds Joe’s “catastrophic error of judgment.” As the Taliban seized the capital of Kabul, thousands of refugees were left at its sole (Karzai) airport, Biden having deserted the larger and more secure Bagram Air Force Base. For two days, he ignored foreign leaders, finally returning Boris Johnson’s call. Criticism? There is nothing but.
“ '[He] will never be trusted the same way again,” rued the Journal after Biden quoted Harry Truman’s “The buck stops here.” Joe’s buck stopped only after he changed his version of the Taliban conquest more times than a wayward teen who crashed the family car. First he said he had overruled advisers to remove all troops, then that a few disagreed, then that all supported him, claiming that none mentioned a potential bloodbath, as if their ignorance was an excuse." . . .
Israel Is Risking Losing This War by Caring What People Who Hate It Think "Israel is risking losing this war because it is focusing more on avoiding criticism from its enemies than winning. I blame Benjamin Netanyahu in large part, but also our incompetent and loathsome alleged president. Now, I’m not one of those reflexive Bibi haters, and while I certainly don’t think the United States should have a say in who Israel chooses to lead it, I do believe in accountability. The disaster of October 7 happened on his watch, and he should’ve resigned the day after, but that’s not up to me or up to any American. What is up to me as an American is who our president will be next year, and it can’t be Biden again. But the desiccated old zombie aside, Bibi needs to go. He screwed up on October 7, and now he appears to be screwing up this war.
"The problem is not that Netanyahu has been too harsh, as our idiot president claims. It’s that Netanyahu has been too gentle (Yes, I understand a war cabinet is leading Israel, but he is still the face of it.). And too slow. Joe Biden has betrayed every ally America has had, from South Vietnam to Afghanistan and Bibi somehow imagined that creep would not sell-out Israel? Speed was of the essence. Why was Rafah not glass months ago? Netanyahu waited, and that gave Biden the time to sell out Israel.
"Restraining was a mistake. The fact is that Israel has, to a far too great extent, tried to fight this war on terms that would satisfy its leftist enemies in the United States . . ."
