Karzai International Airport is the focus of the world right now. It seems that all day, diplomatic flights have been going out and troops (82nd Airborne) are coming in.
Anyone keeping eyes on the Taliban and their new found artillery?
I am greatly, greatly concerned that they are using this time to consolidate forces in and around Kabul. It's taking us forever to get the diplomats out (it is inexcusable that Biden did not order this sooner). If the Taliban decides to wait for the diplomats to leave and then shut down the airport before the troops get out, we are looking at a second iteration of Dien Bien Phu.
Leaving Bagram first, and in the stupid way we did, is inexcusable as well.
Where is the President of the United States?!
I see Jen Psaki has decided this is a slow news week and a good time to take a vacation. Great.
As I've said to the few people who will listen, having the vast bulk of the news media on one side of the spectrum is dangerous for all of us. It masks that side's weaknesses for election purposes, but it does not eliminate those weaknesses. Psaki is a great example. She has all of one reporter who asks her tough questions; most of the rest of the news about Psaki is other reporters praising how tough she is.
Fleeing from your job right now isn't tough. She wasn't tough. It was an act, a narrative, but not true.
This, by the way, is how you end up with more Trump. Except the next "Trump" might not be nearly as stupid and inept as the last one was.
Let me ask, one more time: where in the hell is the President of the United States?!
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