Plus: I Served in Afghanistan. This Chaos Was Avoidable, and Biden Is Squarely to Blame
August 17 2021
Good morning from Washington, where President Biden says he doesn’t regret pulling out of Afghanistan, sparking the Taliban’s rapid takeover just before the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks plotted there. Fred Lucas reports on the fallout, while Luke Coffey assesses the chaos and consequences, both in a commentary and as today’s podcast guest. Virginia Allen samples reaction on social media. Plus: the left’s manipulation of children to open our borders; thousands are left vulnerable by the Colonial Pipeline hacking; and what America has that China doesn’t. On this date in 1998, President Bill Clinton becomes the first sitting president to testify before an independent counsel as the subject of a grand jury investigation.
“Biden lied to the American people. He didn’t prepare for something that was predicted to happen if he took this course,” national security expert James Carafano says.
No reasonable person can claim that this outcome is preferable to maintaining a few thousand troops and contractors to keep the Taliban out and terrorists’ heads down.
"It's an utter disgrace and an extreme loss of prestige [for] the United States that President Biden allowed this to happen," Afghanistan veteran and Heritage Foundation expert Luke Coffey says.
Hackers responsible for the attack on a key oil pipeline also stole personal data, including Social Security numbers and health insurance information, from nearly 6,000 people.
China is working aggressively to spread its influence and promote its interests throughout the globe, exploiting nations and flouting individual rights and sovereignty.
