There have been many attempts to analyze the reasons for the Taliban’s sudden victory in Afghanistan, almost all of them focusing on the failure of will of the Afghan soldiers themselves. They were clearly not willing to fight and die in defense of a quasi-liberal and most imperfect democracy, characterized by mismanagement and corruption, […]
Taliban mocks Iconic Iwo Jima Photo, and in the process, creates the Biden Monument
My latest in FrontPage: Fox News reported Saturday that “a Taliban fighting unit called the Badri 313 Battalion was spotted patrolling Afghanistan with U.S.-made gear, and posting one photo appearing to mock the iconic World War II photo, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.” If we had a sane political culture in America today, which of course we do not, the […]
At Least 2,500 Afghan Refugees Are in the U.S. Already, and Many More Are on the Way. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
My latest in PJ Media: Monday morning at the Defense Department briefing on the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, Army Maj. Gen. Hank Taylor found something to boast about amid the catastrophe of the Biden administration and its woke military: Taylor touted the military’s efficiency in getting Afghans out of the Taliban’s clutches and into the United […]
Biden’s Long History of Betrayals in Afghanistan
“If we’re surging troops anywhere, it should be in Afghanistan” Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. During the 2007 Dem primaries, Biden attacked Obama for adopting his position on Afghanistan. The flailing Biden campaign put out a press release […]
The Afghanistan Evacuation Didn’t Have To Be Hard. Biden Made It So.
In his latest address full of falsehoods, Joe Biden falsely claimed that, “the evacuation of thousands of people from Kabul is going to be hard and painful no matter when we started; when we began.” The evacuation did not have to take place with thousands of Americans trapped behind Taliban lines. It did not […]
Biden Accepts Taliban Red Line, Will Leave By Aug 31 Regardless Of Who’s Left Behind in Afghanistan
Today was supposed to be the day that Biden would decide whether to extend the evacuation from Afghanistan. The Taliban declared that their red line for withdrawal is August 31. Word now is that Biden has accepted the red line. President Joe Biden plans to stick to his August 31 deadline for U.S. troops to leave […]
Turkey: Erdogan Government Endorses the Taliban
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has recently clarified his stance on the Taliban, referring to Islam as the common ground between Turkey and the jihadist organization. On July 20, Erdogan said that Turkey could negotiate with the Taliban about Turkey’s plan to run the Kabul airport after the withdrawal of the US troops. He […]
Afghan woman flees to India, says Taliban ‘rape dead bodies. They don’t care whether the person is dead or alive.’
In Egypt ten years ago, a Muslim cleric said necrophilia was Islamic. Al Arabiya reported in April 2012: Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW) has appealed to the Islamist-dominated parliament not to approve two controversial laws on the minimum age of marriage and allowing a husband to have sex with his dead wife within six […]
Afghanistan: Military planes drop flares, make ‘diving combat landings’ amid Islamic State attack fears
“The Taliban have described at least 20 civilians being killed in the chaos,” and this is only the beginning of wanton murder in Afghanistan. Death and martyrdom are the obsessions of jihadis everywhere in their quest for expansion. What Jihad Watch has been saying for years about the role of jihad in advancing mainstream Islam […]
Washington Must Punish Pakistan For Its Support of the Taliban
In all the attention being paid to the debacle in Afghanistan, many have overlooked the Taliban’s beginnings in Pakistan, and the loyal support from Pakistan given the terrorist group right up until today’s triumph. A report is here: “As Taliban conquer Afghanistan, time to sanction Pakistan,” by Ben Cohen, Algemeiner, August 20, 2021: As […]