Democrats in retreat after deadly Afghan attack

 Red States:

Despite Americans being stuck in Afghanistan and members of our military dying in attacks made on the Kabul airport, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House Democrats have decided now was a good time to close up shop, leaving President Joe Biden with the Afghanistan mess.

According to Fox News, Pelosi and the Democrats stayed only so long as to work on domestic legislative agendas and then left. With the Senate also out, Biden and his advisors are the only Democrats around to deal with the crisis.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy lambasted Pelosi and the Democrats over their seeming lack of concern as to what’s happening to Americans overseas:

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., slammed Pelosi, D-Calif., over what he alleged was a lack of focus on the most important issue of the moment.

Pelosi was around the Capitol “late into the night” working on Democrats’ spending agenda, McCarthy said, but “not one moment of that time was spent on getting Americans home from Afghanistan.”

McCarthy continued: “What do you think those Americans were doing late at night, trying to find a path to get to that airport?… Not one moment was spent on – not one dollar was passed this time in Congress. Five trillion, just deemed not debated, none of that money going to help an American get back.”

As reported by Bonchie earlier Thursday, the death toll of the U.S. military is rising swiftly. As of this report, 12 servicemembers have been killed in Kabul, with 11 Marines and one Navy medic. Attacks are expected to continue, undoubtedly resulting in more casualties among those stuck at the Kabul airport. Sadly, Fox News reported that video footage signifies that the death toll may be even higher than we currently know.

What’s more, it’s increasingly looking like Americans will be left behind. Reports indicate that around 1,500 U.S. citizens were still in Afghanistan looking for a way to get home, and have only had contact with around 500 of them.

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Joe Biden is apparently speechless at this point too: 

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I assume the Democrat speech writers are trying to come up with something to say about the self-made disaster.  He could start by saying he is sorry that his plans for leaving were so poorly executed.  But do not be surprised if he blames all his mistakes on Trump.  That has been his MO of late.

We are likely to see more bloodshed as terrorist groups vie control of the God-forsaken country.  What should be clear is that the war with Islamic terrorists is far from over.

See, also:

Biden’s Deadly Afghanistan Gamble

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As a policy matter, of course, Biden’s botching the evacuation is a separate issue from whether the United States should be withdrawing from the country, despite continual efforts to conflate the two. And past mistakes regarding Afghanistan do not absolve the president of his administration’s astonishing incompetence. Of course, Biden was also a proponent of both the war and nation-building efforts in Afghanistan. It’s not as if he had no hand in creating the situation he is now bungling in deadly fashion.

By needlessly abandoning Bagram in June, by hamstringing the U.S. military and locking them in an airport, by failing to account for Americans and partners in-country before evacuating secure positions, by relying on the Taliban’s cooperation and allowing the group to dictate terms and timelines of withdrawal and security, the administration has created a humanitarian crisis. Now, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of U.S. citizens may be stranded in Afghanistan, in danger not only from the Taliban but also from ISIS and possibly al-Qaeda.
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