“After 20 years, I’ve learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw US forces. That’s why we’re still there. We were clear-eyed about the risk.”
So declared former President Joe Biden in 2021 in a rather ill-advised defense of the nation’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Needless to say, Biden’s remarks on being “clear-eyed” likely did not sit well with the thirteen American families who lost their child during the absolutely catastrophic Afghanistan withdrawal.
Indeed, the 2021 Abbey Gate attack in Afghanistan killed thirteen American service members, including eleven Marines, one Navy corpsman and one sailor.
Tragically, these deaths constituted a travesty that could have been prevented.
However, years later, at least President Donald Trump is avenging the military servicemembers’ lives who were senselessly lost.
According to a report from Fox News, Muhammed Sharifullah, the alleged mastermind of the terrorist attack that killed the thirteen servicemembers, has now been arrested and extradited to the United States.
“Tonight, I am pleased to announce that we have just apprehended the top terrorist responsible for that atrocity. And he is right now on his way here to face the swift sword of American justice,” Trump declared.
And, for the critics who claim that Trump does not give credit to anyone else, he surely did when praising the Pakistani government for its assistance.
“And I want to thank, especially, the government of Pakistan for helping arrest this monster. This was a very momentous day for those 13 families, who I actually got to know very well,” Trump continued.
Which is a lot more than Biden can say … considering he appeared more focused on his watch than on the memorial for the thirteen servicemembers in 2021.
Trump, on the other hand, reached out.
“I spoke to many of the parents and loved ones, and they’re all in our hearts tonight. I spoke to them on the phone. We had a big call. Every one of them called. And everybody was on the line and they did nothing but cry with happiness. They were very happy. As happy as you can be under those circumstances. Their child, brother, sister, son, daughter was killed for no reason whatsoever,” Trump added.
Yes. And not only was it senseless, it was also indicative of clear weakness to Russian President Vladimir Putin, which Trump also noted.
“What a horrible day. Such incompetence was shown that when Putin saw what happened, I guess he said, ‘well, maybe this is my chance.’ That’s how bad it was. Should have never happened,” Trump continued.
Seriously.
Frankly, considering how much the UK and EU have been bashing Trump as of late, it is worthwhile to look back on what those leaders had to say about Biden himself during that withdrawal.
As reported by the BBC in 2021, Kier Starmer, now the PM of the UK, blasted Biden for a “catastrophic error of judgment.”
Former UK minister Simon Clarke also called Biden’s justification regarding Afghanistan “grotesque.”
“The more you reflect, the more you realize the speech [Biden] gave last night was grotesque. An utter repudiation of the America so many of us have admired so deeply all our lives – the champion of liberty and democracy and the guardian of what’s right in the world,” Clarke proclaimed.
Well then.
Seems that leaders in the UK and EU were even angrier with Biden back then than they are with Trump now … If they are able to regain perspective, that is.
In the meantime, at least thirteen American families can finally begin to feel a sense of justice.
Author: Jane Jones
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