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How Biden stiffed the Afghan military
This story is over two weeks old. I didn’t see it at the time, but it took on more significance once Biden compounded all his other errors by excoriating the Afghan military for not fighting: Airpower is important to military … Continue reading →
Afghanistan roundup
No doubt there are other things happening in the world, but right now Afghanistan is front and center. (1) Here’s how Joe Biden, our stalwart Commander-in-Chief, indicated in his Stephanopoulos interview that he is unaware that we have US military … Continue reading →
Later than scheduled, Biden gives a speech on Afghanistan
Is the Biden charade finally collapsing? Or not? How long can the Democrats and the MSM delude themselves? Indefinitely? Of course, there’s always the theory that they want the country to collapse into flailing incompetence. If so, perhaps they’ve already … Continue reading →
Open thread 8/20/21
Ozzy Man to cheer you up (language warning, of course):
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(1) On the genius decision to abandon Bagram prematurely: Gen. Milley took up answering the question of why Bagram was abandoned after Austin acknowledged that some U.S. military aircraft have been piloted out of Bagram by the Taliban. Milley carefully … Continue reading →
Joe Biden, time, and making decisions
I think that this is telling: “But we’ve all seen the pictures,” Stephanopoulos said. “We’ve seen those hundreds of people packed into a C-17. We’ve seen Afghans falling…” Biden interrupts, livid. “That was four days ago, five days ago!” That … Continue reading →
What sort of “incompetence” explains the decisions made by the US in the Afghanistan withdrawal?
This post is basically a variation on the old “fools or knaves?” question, only on steroids. Our precipitous and disastrous leave-taking from Afghanistan – which is still ongoing – is obviously incompetent, but incompetent on a level that even a … Continue reading →
Open thread 8/19/21
Meet Bella and Mango. You’ll be glad you did:
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Sometimes the best way to deal with rapidly incoming news is the roundup. So here goes: (1) Biden gives a speech – on COVID: President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that his administration will require that nursing home staff be … Continue reading →
Let’s hear it for the fearless alligator rider
What a scene: An animal trainer was saved by a Good Samaritan on Sunday after an alligator clamped onto her hand. Scales and Tails in Salt Lake City hosted a 5-year-old’s birthday party over the weekend, KUTV reported, and trainer … Continue reading →
Whose decision was the precipitous and disastrous nature of our Afghan withdrawal?
Success has many fathers but defeat is an orphan. Thus it is with our withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan after twenty years. Even Joe Biden, who said in a speech that he stands by his decision, spent most of the … Continue reading →