Democrats are making war

American Thinker ^ | 20 Aug, 2021 | Alan P. Halbert

[MtnClimber]

Unfortunately, the war they’re waging is against us.

On Sunday, Joe Biden faced the nation...and lied, claiming that, unlike his own experience or that of his predecessors, no future president will have to deal with Americans dying in Afghanistan. This was a lie because Biden himself hasn’t seen any war deaths in Afghanistan. There have been no American combat causalities in Afghanistan for 18 months, thanks to Bagram Air Base.

It wasn’t just Bagram making a difference. With assists from Bagram, the Afghans had also been holding their own. This reflected a primary Military Doctrine going back to WWII: If you own the skies, you own the battlespace on land and sea because nothing can move without the threat of annihilation. Lose air control and you may swiftly lose the war, which is what happened with the Taliban when Bagram closed.

Before Joe’s abrupt pullout, the Afghanistan theater of war was being handled by a small cadre of only 2,500 American airmen and officers who were able to subdue and restrict the movement of the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Terrorists knew that, if they showed themselves, they would be annihilated. Terror from the skies kept them in check.

There is no modern military precedent for what Command-in-Chief Joe Biden did: He bugged out of Bagram in the middle of the night without notifying the Afghans in advance, conducting a decommissioning or turnover ceremony to the Afghans, or properly destroying weapons and other military equipment. The Taliban has since taken control of all the abandoned weapons and equipment, including planes.

Although we’re told leaving Bagram was a considered decision, it looked remarkably like a rout. After all, under normal military rules, Bagram should have been the last base to close.

[Ransomed]

They probably just did the political calculus, realized that the dem base really doesn’t care and let it rip. The political memory of many voters doesn’t last very long in any case without constant media hype about an issue. I would hazard that this applies especially to a high % of swing voters.

Freegards

[JimRed]

Screw em. Better to be respected than liked.

My version: I don't care if they like us, as long as they fear us. That's all over with now.