This is a disaster of generational dimensions, not just embarrassing but dangerous to America
It’s a military and propaganda coup not seen since the group’s surrogate, Bin Laden’s al-Qaeda — whom the Taliban sheltered in Afghanistan as they plotted against America — brought down the World Trade Center; humiliation for the American Great Satan sent packing with forked tail between his legs.
Scrambling to contain the inevitable comparisons to the fall of Saigon in 1975, the White House’s attempts to spin the chaos as a contingency that they’d planned for was met with disbelief even by friendly news networks.
Make no mistake: this is a disaster of generational dimensions, not just embarrassing but dangerous to America — and Biden owns the tragic end.
If two decades of fighting Islamic terror have taught us anything, it’s that when fundamentalists control sovereign territory, the flames of jihadism burn bright.
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