Roundup
Once again, we’re dealing with so much news at once – mostly terrible news, at that – that I’ve decided to do another roundup for some of it: (1) Stuart Scheller strikes back. I wish him well. (2) Dan Crenshaw … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Afghanistan
The Afghanistan bugout: the GOP “hawks” called this one
When you look back at the reactions to Biden’s fateful April 14, 2021 announcement of a plan to pull out of Afghanistan by 9/11, you will find that almost the only people criticizing it at the time (the article appeared … Continue reading →
On leaving Bagram, on leaving Afghanistan
If the whole thing was really motivated by a conspiratorial desire to undermine America, then the decision to leave Bagram prematurely doesn’t need explaining. It explains itself. But let’s work on the other theory that remains plausible: incompetence and misjudgment. … Continue reading →
Drone strike kills an ISIS-K “planner”
Here’s what happened: “U.S. military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner,” said Capt. Bill Urban, spokesman for U.S. Central Command, in a statement. “The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications … Continue reading →
Kurt Schlichter asks the generals to resign. And I second the motion.
Not that they’ll ever do it. That would take far more integrity than they possess. But we can ask anyway [my additions in brackets]: Yeah, we know your boss is a senile old fool with delusions of competence. His failure … Continue reading →
Our new partners for peace, the Taliban
What is wrong with these people?: U.S. officials in Kabul gave the Taliban a list of names of American citizens, green card holders and Afghan allies to grant entry into the militant-controlled outer perimeter of the city’s airport, a choice … Continue reading →
Who will control Afghanistan now, and why should we care?
When we started our post-9/11 military operations in Afghanistan I think most Americans knew why we did it despite the obvious pitfalls and drawbacks. The aim was to dismantle the terrorist training camps and pursue the leaders of al Qaeda … Continue reading →
Terrorist attacks in Kabul
I say terrorist attacks rather than “attacks by the new leaders of Afghanistan” because I think this is not the work of the Taliban, nor is it in the Taliban’s present temporary interests. The Taliban want to put a good … Continue reading →
How most Democrats view the Afghanistan pullout
A comment from “physicsguy”: [After] a bit of a break from the silence from my lib/D friends on FB…The new narrative is emerging: “They’ve got 60k people out in the last few days! They are doing a wonderful job!” (Somehow … Continue reading →
Afghanistan and the Surrender-Monkey-In-Chief: what’s really going on here?
[NOTE: Today’s latest abomination: President Biden on Tuesday said he will stick to an Aug. 31 deadline for removing US troops from Afghanistan after the Taliban said it would not allow him any additional time to evacuate US citizens and … Continue reading →
Question for Jen Psaki: can we at least call these Afghans “stranded” now?
One of today’s many disgusting developments from our new insect overlords the Taliban: The Taliban said Tuesday that the group will not allow Afghan nationals to leave the country and opposes any extension of evacuation flights, a development that comes … Continue reading →
This is important to watch: Colonel Richard Kemp speaks on the Afghanistan debacle
Who is Colonel Richard Kemp? He’s a retired British officer who was had a long military career in combat as well as anti-terrorism operations. From July 2003 to November 2003 he was the head of the British effort in Afghanistan … Continue reading →