Eric Florack on August 18th, 2021

My old boss, Roger Kimball makes the following suggestion in his most recent article for The Spectator:

To say that what just happened in Afghanistan caught the Biden administration by surprise would be the understatement of the year

Ehhh…I’m

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Eric Florack on August 17th, 2021

I think I should point out that Bill Gertz has been banging the drum about Chinese involvement in Afghanistan since the early 2000s. Observe for example a post I put up in 2007, where in I quoted Bill as

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Eric Florack on August 16th, 2021

Our occasional Chicago correspondent, Jerry Saperstein, sends this along:

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I’ve previously expressed my opinion that Biden abandoned Afghanistan so precipitously because he was ordered to.

China is the first nation to recognize the new Taliban government:

“China extended an

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Eric Florack on August 16th, 2021

If something requires government to make it work, it won’t.

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Eric Florack on August 16th, 2021

One of the bylines I’ve been using on this website for many years now is that problem solutions require proper problem identification. You have to properly identify what the problem is before you can solve it.

Now, I have

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Eric Florack on August 16th, 2021

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Eric Florack on August 15th, 2021

So now I’m seeing reports that the beheadings have begun in Afghanistan. This is the result of our withdrawal. Joe Biden is having his Saigon moment.

Under what conditions would anyone take seriously United States foreign policy in the future?

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davidl on August 15th, 2021

The following official statement illustrates the perils of Congressfying while drunk.
Statement from Granny Winebox

San Francisco — Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on the situation in Afghanistan:

“The President is to be commended for the clarity of purpose

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Mark Tapscott over at Glenn’s place:

And yes I’m going to take the whole post, because it doesn’t exerpt well:

CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT FAILED: Writing in the American Spectator, Scott McKay argues the conservative movement is dead, if it is

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From channel 9 in Denver:

DENVER — Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said election equipment that may have been compromised must be replaced in Mesa County after an investigation of a security protocol breach.

Griswold said on Thursday that

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Americans are starting to notice the higher prices at the pump caused by the Biden administration and its policies. So what is the Biden administration doing? Kissing opec’s backside. Opec, of course, gleefully reported it:

Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake

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davidl on August 10th, 2021

So say Sundance:

Family medical physician Dr. Dan Stock delivers a six minute lecture to the Mount Vernon School Board about corona-viruses in general and COVID-19 specifically. This is one of the best compacted encapsulations of medical science and common

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Eric Florack on August 10th, 2021

Fox news says:

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced that he was would be resigning amid the sexual harassment probe in 14 days.

So now the far left is breathing a sigh of relief… And you should be

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Eric Florack on August 9th, 2021

American Greatness says

The national outrage at Cuomo’s handsiness and bullying and the expiation of sin to follow as he leaves the scene, has made it unlikely that Cuomo will ever face justice for the deliberate murder of roughly 15,000

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Eric Florack on August 9th, 2021

Leaving aside the idea that the southern border is still open… There is the actions of the people who were insisting that we leave it that way.

Related

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