{"id":658949,"date":"2021-08-18T17:41:04","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T21:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=658949"},"modified":"2021-08-18T17:41:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T21:41:06","slug":"feigning-support-for-stranded-allies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feigning-support-for-stranded-allies\/","title":{"rendered":"Feigning Support for Stranded Allies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffeigning-support-for-stranded-allies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=658949&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"26.68438538206\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/\">Biden Administration<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">The &#8220;Squad&#8221; makes a demand for which there is only a military solution&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kabul-airport-736x491-1.jpeg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/kabul-airport-scaled-e1629126734233.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/kabul-airport-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/kabul-airport-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/kabul-airport-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/kabul-airport-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/kabul-airport-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/kabul-airport-1400x933.jpeg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tPeople rush toward Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 16, 2021 \/ Reuters\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/washington-free-beacon-editors\/\" title=\"Posts by Washington Free Beacon Editors\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Washington Free Beacon Editors<\/a> \u2022 August 18, 2021 3:00 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"98.008235666772\">\n<p>For the<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/veterans-advocates-slam-white-house-for-lack-of-plan-to-evacuate-afghan-interpreters\/\"> better<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/afghan-interpreter-murdered-by-taliban-while-waiting-for-visa\/\">part<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/advocates-to-hold-fundraiser-for-afghan-interpreters\/\">of<\/a> a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/an-interpreters-escape\/\">decade<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/afghan-interpreters-still-struggle-to-obtain-visas\/\">the<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/taliban-attacks-on-afghan-interpreters-for-american-military-increasing\/\">chronicling<\/a> the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/4-star-army-general-afghan-interpreters-veteran\/\">trials<\/a> and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/afghan-interpreter-has-visa-revoked\/\">travails<\/a> of our Afghan allies, who have struggled to secure visas to travel to the United States\u2014and to safety. The Obama and Trump administrations failed these men and women. Now, President Joe Biden has abandoned them to almost certain slaughter.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few days, however, these brave Afghans have found a new source of support in &#8220;Squad&#8221; members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., New York) and Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) as well as their hangers-on, such as congressman Mondaire Jones (D., N.Y.).<\/p>\n<p>AOC&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/repaoc\/status\/1427321719056998406?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declared<\/a> that we have a &#8220;moral obligation to the Afghan people. \u2026 We must waste no time or expense in helping refugees safely &amp; swiftly leave Afghanistan.&#8221; Omar&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewSolender\/status\/1427353955479195652\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that the United States &#8220;must hold the airport in Kabul and lead a multinational airlift operation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To which we ask: How, exactly? The &#8220;Squad&#8221; wanted an end to endless war. They got it.<\/p>\n<p>In July, Omar<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ilhan\/status\/1285325127169855489?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> introduced an amendment<\/a> calling for an accelerated end to the Afghan war, alleging that the United States had wrought &#8220;a generation of devastation.&#8221; AOC has for years called on Congress to yank war authorization and&nbsp;in 2019&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/ny-pol-ocasio-cortez-afghanistan-mistake-sept-11-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argued<\/a>&nbsp;that the United States&#8217; invasion of Afghanistan after 9\/11 was &#8220;a mistake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The chaos, fear, and reprisals that have swept Afghanistan are the result of the &#8220;Squad&#8221; members&#8217; favored policy in action, implemented by a craven and apparently remorseless Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban now control Afghanistan, save one runway surrounded by heavily armed jihadists. Refugees elsewhere in the country have no way to get to Kabul, while those in Kabul face Taliban checkpoints to get to the airport. The Taliban have lists of those Afghans who have aided the United States and who now fear summary execution. How does the &#8220;Squad&#8221; propose we help our friends now? They don&#8217;t say.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Seth Moulton, the Massachusetts Democrat and Afghanistan veteran, was asked whether military operations might be necessary to extract our beleaguered friends. To his credit, he conceded the truth, if reluctantly: A military operation to extract our allies is &#8220;certainly an option that we have to consider\u2014it&#8217;s a terrible option, considering that a mere week ago we controlled much more of the country, or at least the allied Afghan government did. We really missed the boat here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The former CIA analyst and Afghanistan war veteran Matt Zeller may be the country&#8217;s foremost expert on the problem of exfiltrating our Afghan allies. He<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/deadline-white-house\/watch\/afghan-war-vet-i-will-never-forgive-my-country-for-this-we-must-save-the-people-who-saved-me-118815813529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> noted<\/a> that while the Biden administration claims to be a &#8220;profound champion&#8221; of human rights, &#8220;sometimes human rights have to be defended at the barrel end of a gun.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If we are to save any of these brave men and women from the fate to which Biden has callously consigned them, it will take American men, mat\u00e9riel, and violence. The coming days will tell us whether Squad members have the courage of their convictions or whether their demands to save our Afghan allies are simply a rhetorical coverup for a crime in which they are complicit.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden Administration The &#8220;Squad&#8221; makes a demand for which there is only a military solution\u00a0  People rush toward Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-658949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}