THOMAS COMMENTARTY AUGUST 17, 2021
“PRESIDENT BIDEN’S STATEMENT ON SATURDAY WASHING HIS HANDS OF AFGHANISTAN DESERVES TO
GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST SHAMEFUL IN HISTORY BY A COMMANDER IN CHIEF AT SUCH A MOMENT
OF AMERICAN RETREAT.” SO BEGINS AN EDITORIAL IN YESTERDAY’S WALL STREET JOURNAL. IT
CONTINUES, “AS THE TALIBAN CLOSED IN ON KABUL, BIDEN SENT A CONFIRMATION OF U.S.
ABANDONMENT THAT ABSOLVED HIMSELF OF RESPONSIBILITY, DEFLECTED BLAME TO HIS PREDECESSOR,
AND MORE OR LESS INVITED THE TALIBAN TO TAKEOVER THE COUNTRY.”
THE CONSEQUENCES WILL BE IMMEDIATE AND PROLONGED. GIRLS AND WOMEN WILL AGAIN BE DENIED AN
EDUCATION. THE BURQA IS BACK. SUMMARY EXECUTIONS WILL BECOME NORMAL AS SHARIA LAW IS
IMPOSED.
AL-QAEDA WILL CERTAINLY RETURN AND POSSIBLY WITH THE HELP OF IRAN — AND EVEN CHINA AND
RUSSIA — PLOT NEW ATTACKS ON THE UNITED STATES. REMEMBER PRESIDENT BUSH SAYING WE HAD TO
FIGHT THEM IN AFGHANISTAN SO WE WOULDN’T HAVE TO FIGHT THEM HERE.
WE SHOULD HAVE LEFT A RESIDUAL FORCE AND AIR POWER. FOR SURRENDERING WE WILL PAY AN EVEN
HIGHER PRICE THAN THE MONEY AND DEAD WE HAVE ALREADY PAID. I’M CAL THOMAS.
