Biden has met his sacred withdrawal deadline: The U.S. military has confirmed that all U.S. forces have left Afghanistan. It is now August 31st in Kabul, which had long been the scheduled date of the final American withdrawal from the … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 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 →
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 →
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 →
What a difference 5 weeks [see NOTE below] makes: Secy of State Blinken responds to this clip: pic.twitter.com/6OMCg2k0lq — Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) August 15, 2021 Notice that, among other things, he did not answer the question. The question wasn’t, “How … Continue reading →
Afghanistan has long been a terrible place to go to war, as Kipling knew: When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, And the women come out to cut up what remains, Jest roll to your rifle and blow out … Continue reading →
Wow: Out of a population of 25.8 million, fewer than 1,000 Australians have died from COVID-19 to date. The latest uptick in cases, which has sent the country into a panic, is still only resulting in less than 5 deaths … Continue reading →
Glenn Greenwald writes: In other words, to justify the current domestic War on Terror that has already provoked billions more in military spending and intensified domestic surveillance, the Pentagon must ratify the narrative that those they are fighting in order … Continue reading →