Jack of Harts

In January of this year, our southern border was secure with a great deal of substandard fencing being replaced with modern border walls. Our infection rates in the current crazy were going down thanks to Operation Warp Speed’s bouncing little bundle of joy. Those who blamed China for it were silenced on social media. Energy and fuel costs were low, and we were building a major new pipeline. Our economy was booming and unemployment rates were sinking. Republicans were protesting election fraud and Democrats were calling them Insurrectionists. Russia wasn’t building a new pipeline into Europe because we vetoed it. Afghanistan was mostly stable with minimal terror attacks. What a difference seven months makes.

In a hypothetical situation, where I was in charge of withdrawing from Afghanistan, I would continue to give the Afghan army air support. I would maintain the Afghan air force, in facilities guarded by our people, so they could continue to support the Afghan army. I would support the Afghan military so they could maintain security. I would maintain enough force in the area to destroy any threat to Afghan territorial control. COUGHTALIBANCOUGH. I would withdraw our civilians and friends first, then pull our equipment out. Our military would come out last. I certainly would never pull our military out first. I wouldn’t cut the Afghan army off at the knees by taking away their air support. I wouldn’t go on vacation when the Taliban surprised absolutely NOBODY and went on the offense. And I would stay there until everybody who wanted out go out before I pulled our military out.

We have a very experienced foreign policy team in place now in America. The Biden bureaucracies were largely recruited from the Obama/Biden White House teams, and have a great deal of foreign policy experience. They watched Russia invade the Ukraine and sent them blankets. They destabilized Libya, which caused the death of Libya’s ruler and our diplomat. They watched the Syrian civil war cross chemical weapon Red Lines and did not respond. They withdrew our troops from Iraq, allowing the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. They have now withdrawn our troops from Afghanistan, allowing the rise of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The Biden team has a great deal of experience in foreign policy, and we are seeing that experience in action right now. Sadly, I expect to see more of this in the years to come.