Secretary of Defense Austin was fighting other Americans, while Al Qaeda and the Taliban claimed Afghanistan - along with untold billions in military equipment including Black Hawk helicopters, drones, armored vehicles, and a treasure trove of assault rifles and heavy weaponry. Austin may not be especially bright, but he is a career military man who reached the pinnacle of his profession. He knew that the Afghanistan withdrawal would be a disaster and advised Biden to conduct it in stages, instead of in one fell swoop. Biden ignored his advice and Austin shrugged because he didn’t care about Afghanistan, he cared about “racism”. A lesson here is on the danger of putting radicals with racial grudges in charge of the United States military. The Afghanistan rout was not an unexpected surprise, it was the cumulative effect of radicalism, incompetence, and apathy by the politicized and disloyal top brass. Austin made fellow American military personnel into his enemies and they died at the hands of true enemies. The betrayal in Afghanistan began with a betrayal at home.
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“Radicals with racial grudges” - No wonder he got the promotion - those are the top qualifications for anyone who wants to get anywhere in the Biden administration. Or anywhere, these days.
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