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 →
There was nothing external pushing our exit from Afghanistan in terms of time. The deadlines were all self-imposed. Ah, but we were there for 20 years, you might say. That is true. But there was no special crisis there anymore. … Continue reading →
(1) Can it be that the delusional White House believes that the scenes of carnage in Afghanistan won’t prevent Americans from supporting the administration’s actions in Afghanistan? This article says so: “The public opinion is pretty damn clear that Americans … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
(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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
As if America’s stupidity and humiliation were not already enough, we now learn this: When President Barack Obama released five Taliban commanders from the Guantanamo Bay prison in exchange for an American deserter in 2014, he assured a wary public … Continue reading →
My answer is: no one. And that’s a well deserved distrust. Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan – the trifecta, the hat trick of reasons to distrust us. Who will ever enlist again? I think that’s another good question. Now that the military … Continue reading →