CAL THPMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 18, 2021
HE’S BEING CALLED THE NEVILLE CHAMBERLIAN OF OUR TIME, WEAK, A LOSER, A LIAR…AND WORSE.
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE CRITICISING PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR THE WAY HE HAS HANDLED
TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN. THE SCENES PLASTERED OVER OUR TV SCREENS REMIND US
OF SAIGON IN 1975, THOUGH BIDEN CLAIMED JUST DAYS AGO THIS WOULD NOT BE ANOTHER SAIGON.
IT ISN’T THE WITHDRAWAL SO MUCH AS THE WAY IT WAS DONE…QUICKLY AND WITHOUT THE PROPER SUPPORT THAT WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO HOLD THE TALIBAN AT BAY. WE HAVE TROOPS IN SOUTH
KOREA KEEPING THE NORTH FROM INVADING THE SOUTH. WE HAD TROOPS IN EASTERN EUROPE WHO
DETERRED RUSSIAN AGGRESSION. IT’S A NASTY WORLD AND WHILE THE U.S. HAS ALWAYS TOYED WITH
ISOLATIONISM, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WHICH WILL WORK IN MODERN TIMES.
IT DOESN’T MEAN WE ARE THE POLICEMEN OF THE WORLD. IT DOES MEAN AMERICA MUST KEEP ITS
PROMISES OR THE WORLD WILL TAKE NOTICE AND BECOME EVEN MORE HOSTILE TOWARD US AND NOT
TRUST US ANYMORE. THIS HAS BEEN A DISASTER AND WE WILL PAY A MUCH HIGHER PRICE THAN WE’VE
ALREADY PAID. I’M CAL THOMAS.
