What a nauseatingly facile display.
We will continue to speak out, so everyone who is going to be subjugated can take heart that there will be speeches on their behalf.
The Afghan government we supported for 20 years is responsible for all this, but our leadership in the world and our support for our allies is unquestionable.
The Taliban is graciously supporting our exit. But if they don't allow us to humiliate ourselves, we will respond forcefully. And if they incubate terrorism, as our intelligence indicates they will, we will respond. Somehow. And it's gonna be serious, folks.
And I know this is heartbreaking for all the soldiers, humanitarians, and civil servants who contributed to Afghanistan's brief experiment with freedom. I feel your pain. And I fully intend to exacerbate it.
If you were foolish enough to work with us or if you're unable to access the airport in Kabul. Hang tight. We're working on it, even though you've likely already gone to ground to save your own skin.
And of course, our over the horizon anti-terror capabilities in central/south Asia will be fully preserved despite the presence of a hostile government that makes intelligence gathering all but prohibitively risky and unreliable.
Rarely have we witnessed such a discordant display of excuse-making festooned with false bravado amid a live, ongoing military crisis. One that we could act to prevent right this second if we would commit the resources. But that would be to admit fault. Can't have that.
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