On our knees...

"On our knees. Our new posture when fighting terrorists. Sound familiar? Should be. It is a similar posture we have every time in recent history we have had a Democrat administration. The days of JFK are over. After JFK, we have had only Jimmy Carter Democrats. Except now. Now we are stuck with Joe Biden Democrats. We are doomed."  

You don't go into a gun fight armed only with a knife. Boy, that is an adage from the past. Right about now, I would settle for having a knife in our dealings with the Taliban. But we don't have a knife. Heck, we don't even have a slingshot. Nada. Zip. We are at the mercy of a bunch of throwbacks to the 12th century. A bunch of bloodthirsty reprobates, who we have so kindly given a world class air base to, as well as a zillion weapons.

The once great and powerful United States. Now relegated to being on our knees, begging the Taliban for mercy and favors. "Oh, don't worry. We are going to hold the Taliban accountable. We have over the horizon capabilities." Yeah, right. We don't have spit. We have maybe thousands of friendlies, as well as an unknown number of Americans, trapped behind enemy lines. How about our leverage? Red keeps telling the press pool that we have financial leverage with the Taliban. They will do what we ask. Really? I don't think so.

Ready for this? Even though our "new buddies" the Taliban, pinky promised us they would help those who were abandoned, left behind, help them safely leave Afghanistan, seems like they were not being truthful. In fact scuttlebutt has it, there are six planes of evacuees, waiting to take off from Mazir-i-Sharif airport in northern Afghanistan. One report states the Taliban are keeping them from leaving, another report says our State Department is blocking their exit. Huh?

Okay. I am going to get this off my chest. I have seen some inept boobs in government. More boobs than geniuses. But this trio of Blinken at State, Austin at DOD, and Millie in charge of our troops, is a trio to draw too. Under the fine leadership of POTUS # 46, they have led our nation into a box canyon. Grasped defeat from an honorable exit. They have made us the laughing stock of our enemies, and a disappointment to our friends. All three of these guys should have been fired yesterday.

The "new and improved Taliban" are not that at all. They are the same bunch of killers who have been around since 2001. Plus - now the cat is out of the bag. We know who their sidekicks are, in battles against the remaining government loyalists. Pakistan. Special Forces from Pakistan. Anybody surprised at that one? The last stronghold of sanity, the Panjshir Valley, was reportedly taken by a combination of the Taliban (using our weaponry), and Pakistani Special Forces. Meanwhile, Blinken and Austin are somewhere in the Middle East playing checkers. Playing checkers, while our enemies play chess.

General Millie came up with a real "Duh" the other day. He know thinks that somewhere in the 12 - 36 month timeframe, his newly reconstituted terrorist hotbed called Afghanistan, will be a threat to our homeland. And - then what? Let's not forget what Red told us. "We have financial leverage against the Taliban." I don't know who is laughing at that pile of goo harder - those of us who know better, or the Taliban. Bottom line is - we are "screwed, blued and tattooed". Our only hope would be to go back in country with resounding force and fix things. But with Slo Joe as POTUS, that will NEVER happen. 

On our knees. Our new posture when fighting terrorists. Sound familiar? Should be. It is a similar posture we have every time in recent history we have had a Democrat administration. The days of JFK are over. After JFK, we have had only Jimmy Carter Democrats. Except now. Now we are stuck with Joe Biden Democrats. We are doomed.