Thread by @RichardBSpencer

Joe Biden is facing the most difficult test of his life. Already, he was subjected to the ire of most of the media and the entire military establishment for sticking to his guns and proceeding with the necessary withdrawal from Afghanistan. #Kabul_Airport

After today's depraved attack—killing at least 60, maybe more—Biden will face tremendous pressure to keep a large presence in Afghanistan, maybe even renew the Forever War and pursue regime change!

The MAGA whackjobs are emboldened by this attack and will pursue impeachment—which might actually get traction this time. The move would put Kamala Harris in office, of course, but it would warn any president off taking action against Washington's endless military campaigns.

We don't know who was behind the attacks, so what follows should be understood as speculation. That said, "cui bono?" certainly does give us the lay of the land.

The Taliban sponsoring such an attack would be like a quarterback, whose team is up by 5 points with only seconds remaining, declining to just kneel down and instead frantically running the ball into his own end zone. It simply makes no sense.

People jumping to blame the Taliban clearly view Muslims as deranged fanatics, solely bent on killing Americans in spectacular fashion, even when such attacks objectively harm their interest.

In other words, in this view, Muslim terrorism isn't even terrorism—which always has a political objective—it's shear murderous lunacy.

Would a rising Mujahideen—pleading for American support in op-eds in The Washington Post—be inclined to engage in such violence, and might they benefit from a renewed American presence? The answer is "yes."

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

Asking the question "Cui bono?" also leads us to understand how other powerful interests could benefit from today's terror bombing. But I'll leave following the logic to its end up to you.

I voted for Joe Biden, and he has exceeded my expectations. He is a good president and deserves steadfast support. Don't fall into the obvious traps laid before you—blaming him for partisan reasons or without thinking through the implications.