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President Biden’s chaotic military withdrawal from Afghanistan two years ago, which led to the death of 13 U.S. service members… is being called American Arrogance by General Frank McKenzie. “I think it’s a case of American exceptionalism or American arrogance, depending on your perspective, to believe that you can actually withdraw, beaten from the field of battle, and still maintain a large political platform in the country you’re actually retreating from,” McKenzie said in an interview.
Gen Frank McKenzie, the head of United States Central Command at the time of the withdrawal, told Reporter Jennifer Griffin that he regretted the U.S.’s decision to “stay on until the very end,” saying that often pushing that choice could land, and did land, the country in an “extremist situation.”
“I go back to the basic decision to wait so very late to begin to bring people out — after we had already given away Bagram Airfield, after we had already drawn down to a very low footprint in the country,” he continued. “I think those were the decisions that led to the scenes at the airport in Kabul.”
When asked if there was anything that he could have done differently…
“You wonder if you could have done things differently. And I am haunted by that. I think about it quite a bit. It’s one of the many regrets that I have,” McKenzie said. “I examine everything we did. I think about it, particularly in the month of August of every year for the rest of my life; I’m gonna think about this very hard.”
North Korea and Russia ⏤ Kim Jong-un has just fired off four test rockets and has reached out to Putin for a mutual arms agreement. We’ll discuss the developing implications for the US of this new alliance as Kim Jong-un makes a rare visit to Russia. “Mr. Putin wants Mr. Kim to agree to send artillery shells and antitank missiles to Russia, and Mr. Kim would like Russia to provide North Korea with advanced technology for satellites and nuclear-powered submarines …. Mr. Kim is also seeking food aid for his impoverished nation.”
China’s military targets American troops, veterans for exploitation campaign, general says. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. wrote in a memo to Air Force personnel that service members should safeguard national security information from China. China is targeting current and former U.S. service members as part of an exploitation campaign to “fill gaps” in its military capabilities, a top U.S. general says. (Fox)
The Chinese military is pushing international firms that do business with the PRC to target and recruit “U.S. and NATO-trained military talent across specialties and career fields. By essentially training the trainer, many of those who accept contracts with these foreign companies are eroding our national security, putting the very safety of their fellow servicemembers and the country at risk,” Brown wrote.
It appears that we are now in the throes of a new crisis, and the Biden administration, as usual, has no idea what to do. The Far East is realigning itself, and a new Axis of Evil has appeared’ China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. The four countries are each led by egotistical, maniacal tyrants driven by the insatiable craving for power and control, who will stop at nothing, even destroy their own people, in order to maintain their personal power and supremacy. The alliance of the Four Apocalyptic Horsemen in our time poses a threat of huge proportions to America and what we used to call the Free World. But the Biden administration is not up to the challenge, and whatever they do now is more likely to harm us than help us.
Article: The New Axis of Evil: An Existential Threat to America and the World
General Paul Vallely served a distinguished career of 31 years in the US Army before he retired as Deputy Commanding General, US Army Pacific, in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1992. He has over fifteen (15) years of experience in Special Operations, Psychological Operations, and Civil-Military Operations. He has served as a consultant to the Commanding General of the Special Operations Command as well as the DOD Anti-Drug and Counter-Terrorism Task Forces. Find out more at the website: standupamericaus.org.
Ilana Freedman is a veteran intelligence analyst and advisor in intelligence-led counter-terrorism solutions. Trained in Israel, where she lived and worked for sixteen years. Find Ilana’s books in the America Out Loud Bookstore.
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