Fall of Kabul: History as our guide
It is challenging to look at the messy, U.S. exit from Afghanistan as something which is merely about Afghanistan and, less about the United States.
It is challenging to look at the messy, U.S. exit from Afghanistan as something which is merely about Afghanistan and, less about the United States.
‘I think this is a stain’
Bing West, a former Defense Department official who participated in the evacuation of Saigon, Vietnam in 1975, said Monday the Pentagon under President Biden is “not trying hard enough” to evacuate refugees attempting to flee Afghanistan as the Taliban retakes power.
Left-wing billionaire George Soros once again warned that Chinese leader Xi Jinping is “the most dangerous enemy of open societies in the world” in an op-ed published Friday by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
State Assembly speaker Carl Heastie said a committee ‘will continue to review evidence and issue a final report on its investigation of Governor Cuomo.
On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined the ranks of Republican leaders condemning President Joe Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.
ANALYSIS: Biden Was Dead Wrong On The Taliban Takeover
President Trump dismissed Biden’s rhetoric on Monday, noting that it failed to acknowledge his administration’s hand in botching the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
‘Experts attempting to explain utter failure of our foreign and military policy’
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) blasted President Joe Biden after “finally” addressing the “worst foreign policy disaster in decades” caused by a failed withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Sasse charged that the Biden administration bears responsibility for the collapse of the Afghan military.
Former CIA analyst Matt Zeller told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace Monday on her show “Deadline” that President Joe Biden lied to the American people during his address on the chaotic evacuation of Afghans that worked with our military over the last 20 years.
‘Most unnecessarily embarrassing day’
‘After the fall of the Kabul regime, the Taiwan authorities must be trembling,’ the editor of the Global Times taunted on Twitter.
‘absurdity of media mathematics’
Some 10,000 U.S. civilians reportedly remain in Afghanistan.
Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin sued NASA on Monday after it awarded a lunar landing contract to Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
‘Where the hell is President Biden?
‘Prepared for the potential of tens of thousands,’
‘An unmitigated disaster’
The Department of Defense is preparing to immediately house thousands of Afghan refugees on American military installations, Fox News confirmed late Sunday.
An email sent to Psaki by Breitbart News was returned with an auto-reply message noting that the White House press secretary is on vacation between August 15th through the 22nd — a full week.
The State Department and Department of Defense said in a statement Sunday that there are “thousands” of Americans stranded in Afghanistan after the Taliban declared victory over the U.S.-backed government earlier in the day.
The fall of Afghanistan has shocked Obama’s former ambassador to such a degree that he is now questioning President Joe Biden’s ability to lead the nation.
Even with the withdrawal agreement in place, there was no reason to pull out this heedlessly and incompetently, to disastrous results.
David was thrilled to be uninvited as he feared he would be asked to perform a comedy routine
President Joe Biden promised Americans that the Taliban would not storm the U.S. Embassy in Kabul resulting in a helicopter airlift reminiscent of Saigon in 1975. The opposite just happened.
Press Secretary Jen Psaki is taking a break from her duties as the crisis unfolds in the Middle East