Biden Surrenders

This is a sad day, my friends. Joe Biden has surrendered to the Taliban.

It has been clear for days now that the Biden Administration so badly botched its Afghanistan withdrawal plan that it had no plans to safely rescue all Americans in the country by August 31st. And I'm not the only one saying that.

Rep. Adam Schiff, the Democrat chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, emerged yesterday from an intelligence briefing and said it was "very unlikely" that the Biden Administration could get every American out of Afghanistan by the end of the month. Schiff also warned that the terrorist threat to the Kabul airport was "very real and very substantial."

Incredibly, the Biden Administration is also impeding private efforts to get American citizens and vulnerable Afghans out of the country.

Biden was under tremendous pressure by our allies, most especially from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, to extend the August 31st deadline as our allies are also scrambling to meet Biden's arbitrary deadline.

The president had suggested in recent days that the evacuations might continue into September if it was necessary to get all Americans out safely. He even dispatched CIA Director William Burns to Afghanistan for secret talks with the Taliban, presumably to discuss the possibility of staying beyond August 31st.

The Taliban gave their answer publicly in an interview with British media. A Taliban spokesman said:

"It's a red line. President Biden announced that on August 31 they would withdraw all their military forces. So if they extend it that means they are extending occupation. . . If the U.S. or U.K. were to seek additional time to continue evacuations - the answer is no. Or there would be consequences. . . If they are intent on continuing the occupation it will provoke a reaction."

In spite of pleas from British, French and German leaders, Biden surrendered to the Taliban's demands. U.S. military personnel – the very troops we just sent back to secure the Kabul airport – will begin pulling out this Friday.