The Message and Consequences

I’ll leave it to other pundits to speak about the utter ineptitude and disastrous incompetence demonstrated by American leaders in regards to Afghanistan.

There will be investigations, hearings and inquiries into how our withdrawal from that nation was carried out. Bottom line is what’s done is done. I want to focus on the consequences we will now face as a nation.

America has just continued an embarrassing track record of abandoning people who’ve helped us and nations/jurisdictions that have counted on us. Vietnam, Ukraine, Hong Kong, freedom-seeking Cubans and now Afghanistan – all suffering as a result of broken American promises and commitments. The message this sends to our Allies, and potential future allies, is that America will do what’s politically expedient, even if it means breaking promises. The outcome of such messaging will be increased isolation of America on the world stage, decreased American influence abroad and diminishing opportunities for Americans in other countries. But there will also be more dire consequences.

Our president has communicated weakness. The poor man is clearly suffering from diminished physical and mental capacities, and our nation is being run by unseen people using Mr. Biden as a puppet. Whether it is images of Mr. Biden cowering before a Fox News reporter, clutching a binder like a scolded child hugging a stuffed animal, or video of our president falling asleep in a chair during a photo shoot with Israel’s new Prime Minister, the only way such images can be interpreted is that our President is weak. Perhaps weak to the point of being unable to make important decisions quickly.

That is why I predict we will see North Korea flex its military muscles again and move toward production of more nuclear weapons. Iran will do the same. It is also why I predict China will attempt to take over Taiwan, even as it will move swiftly to increase its influence in Afghanistan, central Asia and the Middle East. And once China has secured Taiwan, watch for it to threaten Australia, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam.

I also predict we will soon see terrorist attacks against Europe and America on a scale we’ve never before seen. If cave-dwelling extremists can infiltrate the U.S. and fly commercial airliners into buildings, what do you think they will do with their own air force, which Mr. Biden has just given them? The Taliban now possesses as many as 23 A29 Super Tucano and 10 Cessna AC208 strike aircraft. The former carries machine guns, bombs and missiles and has performance similar to that of World War II ground-attack aircraft. The AC208 is a militarized version of the Cessna 208 Caravan civilian aircraft, and has a sophisticated targeting system for launching Hellfire missiles. Both of these aircraft can be painted to mimic civilian private planes and may contain IFF (identify friend or foe) electronics to make them appear as “friendly” U.S. aircraft. If either of these aerial weapons platforms finds its way into northern Mexico, any American city within 600 – 1,000 miles of the Mexican border could be vulnerable to night air attack from these planes piloted by extremists wearing sophisticated night-vision goggles we also left behind.

We invaded Afghanistan to reduce the risk of extremist terror attacks on American soil. Now, as we leave, the threat of attack will increase exponentially because some of the same people who planned the 9-11 attacks 20 years ago have emerged as leaders again in Afghanistan. And who do we blame for this? Not the meat puppet in Washington, but those pulling his strings.