Passing Thoughts on Afghanistan

Lost in all the noise about Afghanistan is the fact that Afghanistan shares a border with China.

Democrats usually scoff when they are told that the second amendment was intended by our founders to keep the government under control. Weekenders,

Folks, I’m seeing a lot of chatter from The usual suspects telling us about how we should be firing the military responsible for the bungling in Afghanistan.

I must say that I’m somewhat sympathetic to the argument. But let’s consider

I mentioned the other day that Joe Biden has now had his Saigon moment. As if to confirm that, we Now find that Kamala Harris is visiting Vietnam.

The White House in explaining the trip suggested it was to

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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