While Sleepy Joe was out on vacation, prodded by staff to get back to work, Afghanistan was falling to the Taliban, and Biden had to have known the extent of the crisis. But it wasn’t enough to gain the President’s full attention. He didn’t care enough about Americans in Afghanistan or the plight of the victims of the Taliban. He didn’t even give a hoot about the message he was sending globally. He just wanted his vacation. So he had his Marine One private helicopter extravagantly shuttle him back and forth from Camp David to Washington DC, 9 times in 18 days! –amid all his talk about the environment and the danger of carbon emissions.
Biden remained at Camp David over the weekend as the Taliban swept into Afghanistan’s capital and seized power. Biden — the Commander-in-Chief of the American Armed Forces — subsequently resorted to begging and bribing the Taliban to ease up on Americans.
With the Taliban in control of Afghanistan’s airfield in Kandahar, its fighters now have control over “military helicopters such as U.S.-made Black Hawks and Soviet-made Mi-17s,” and now have access to America’s inventory of planes, helicopters and weaponry.
“Joe Biden Takes 9 Marine One Flights in 18 Days for Interrupted August Vacation as Afghanistan Falls,” by Charlie Spiering, Breitbart, August 17, 2021:
President Joe Biden struggled to maintain his vacation schedule in August, taking nine Marine One flights back and forth from vacation spots as his staff worked to get him back at the White House to lead the country.
The cost of Biden’s coming and going adds up as he continues splitting time between his home in Delaware, Washington, DC, and the presidential retreat at Camp David.
The president has taken nine trips aboard Marine One in the last 18 days.
Biden left the White House on Friday, July 30, for a weekend in Delaware and returned to Washington, DC, on August 2.
The following Friday, August 6th, he returned to Delaware before traveling back to Washington, DC, on August 10 to celebrate the successful effort by the Senate to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill.
On August 12, Biden returned to Delaware to resume his vacation before leaving for Camp David on August 13 as the crisis in Afghanistan escalated.
Biden remained at Camp David over the weekend as the Taliban swept into Afghanistan’s capital and seized power.
He returned to the White House from Camp David on August 16 for a few hours to deliver a speech before returning to the presidential retreat on Marine One that same night, landing at 9:05 p.m.
On Tuesday afternoon, the White House announced Biden would return to the White House but left open the possibility that he could go back on vacation in the coming days….
Infidel says
In the meantime, guess where Kamala is headed to! Singapore and Vietnam! I know that this is in relation to Chinese hegemony in the region, but the choice of Vietnam is hilarious, given the side-by-side photos that ran this week of the embassies in Saigon, 1975 and Kabul, 2021. Maybe we can get her cackling laugh once she’s shown those
Wellington says
Agreed, Infidel. Cackling Kamala going to Vietnam while total fail occurs in Afghanistan is all so bitterly ironic (and stupid) per your comparison between 1975 and 2021. We are indeed governed by people who suck.
gravenimage says
Too true, Infidel.
LB says
Even Jen “Circle-Back” Psaki is on vacation as all journalists who contacted her via email got an auto-reply message that she’s on vacation until the end of August. Nice to see that the Biden regime is approaching this matter by hiding, avoiding all mention of it, and waiting for it to be swept under the rug. I wouldn’t worry about it if I were them, their trusted ally, the mainstream media, will bury this story in about a week or two and go back to spreading China-flu and climate change panic. Afghanistan will be memory-holed for 2022 midterms.
CogitoErgoSum says
He probably misses being with his dogs.
Infidel says
I wonder where they got their hostility from? Kept biting staff, and had to be exiled back to Delaware. I chuckled at Joe Scarborough’s suggestion that they be put to sleep ?
tim gallagher says
It is a bit of a disgrace for Biden not to be giving full attention to the collapse in Afghanistan. Then again, I doubt whether it matters where Biden is, because, unfortunately,from what I can see, his demented, confused mind is off on a permanent vacation when it comes to knowing what the hell is actually going on. He may as well go off on vacation and stay there. Apart from the dementia, when I see him interviewed, he looks like a very tired old man.
James Lincoln says
Rightly so, tim.
Pres. Trump mentioned that the United States would’ve been much better off had Sleepy Joe done absolutely nothing after being fraudulently inaugurated.
No Executive Orders, etc.
Just a permanent vacation…
tim gallagher says
James, I’ve seen enough of those video clips where Biden is really confused and loses his train of thought, often shown of Sky News TV programs out here, to agree completely with what Trump said. Even when Biden fronts up to do his job, his mind is often shot to pieces and the mind is elsewhere. He needs to be put out to pasture. And Sleepy Joe is a good description because I think he looks like a very, very tired old man and not capable of running any country.
Walter Sieruk says
That President Pretender, Joe Biden just threw away and totally destroyed nearly twenty years of progress accomplished by the blood sweat and tears and even the deaths of many Americans as well as those blood, sweat and tears of America’s allies.
Also Biden threw away more than trillion of the American taxpayers money that was invested in for the betterment and development of Afghanistan.
This tragic scenario didn’t actually have to had happen in Afghanistan because the generals of the Pentagon who are strategic military advisers to the President strongly counseled Biden not to have a sharp, sudden withdraw from Afghanistan but instead have and start a gradual drawback of the US armed forces after September 11, 2021.
The problem was that the arrogant conceited and stupid Joe Biden refused to heed or listen to the wise council of the intellects of the Pentagon. Therefore is this complete catastrophe with the Taliban total takeover of Afghanistan.
In the ancient but wisdom filled book by Sun Tzu entitled THE ART OF WAR, it is written “He will win who has the military capability and is not interfered with the sovereign.”
That awful incompetent and probably even treasonous villain, Joe Biden, ruined everything.
gravenimage says
Alas, Walter, Afghanistan had already put stoning back on the books. Not exactly “progress. But then, you can expect little else with a completely Muslim country.
Phil Copson says
“….strategic military advisers to the President strongly counseled Biden not to have a sharp, sudden withdraw from Afghanistan but instead have and start a gradual drawback of the US armed forces after September 11, 2021.”
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Why withdraw at all ? This “We must get our troops home!” mantra is misplaced – besides which, the Dems don’t give a damn about military lives – (or even civilian lives, as they are now proving “Defence contractors ? They’re probably Trump voters anyway – screw ’em….”)
To station a piddling 2,500 troops in Afghanistan – who weren’t actually involved in combat and had suffered no losses in 18 months – and thereby secure a linch-pin in the security of the Western world, was a bargain.
This talk of “We didn’t expect the Taliban to take over so quickly.” is simply mind-blowing – the Taliban should not have been allowed to take over, ever.
This is a direct parallel to the fake “Iran deal” where the negotiators think they have done something clever by announcing that “We have told Iran that we’re fine with them having nuclear weapons – but they can’t have them just yet.”
The Arab world should never, ever, be allowed to possess nuclear weapons – it’s that simple.
Everyone who was party to the decision to empower the West’s enemies by gifting military bases, Blackhawk helicopters, top-secret technology, and thousands of helpless hostages to the Taliban – and via them to the CCP, the Russians, and Iran – should be taken out and shot as traitors.
gravenimage says
Phil, I agree that this Biden withdrawal has been a disaster. That being said, there was no way we ever could have civilized Afghanistan. This was not worth any more American lives.
Walter Sieruk says
In the history of the United States of America ,this nation had forty-five are listed. The last of that list genuine Presidents of the USA is Donald Trump.
By contrast that terrible fiendish villain, who is now sitting in the Oval Office of the White House is a president pretender. In other words Joe Biden is a pseudo president.
Likewise, this is the first time in the history of the America has no real, genuine, American President.
Instead this country has only a criminally installed figurehead
Walter Sieruk says
Joe Biden so totally quickly destroyed all the progress that was achieved in almost twenty years in Afghanistan is so terrible severe that it’s now completely irreversible .
As Abraham Lincoln had said “You can’t unscramble eggs.”
Phil Copson says
“…Joe Biden so totally quickly destroyed all the progress that was achieved in almost twenty years in Afghanistan is so terrible severe that it’s now completely irreversible…”
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No, it isn’t – the media and political classes are mesmerised – the US already has 5,000 troops on the ground in Kabul – just get back in there and sort it out.
wpm says
Right 5000 America troops “on the ground” 0 troops that are from our former “Afghanistan Government” how are we going to “sort it out” the 300,000 Afghan troops we train and paid for have disappear like a fart in a wind storm .The country has fallen the former head of state has left the country with a helicopter and four cars full of American taxpayers money! All roads to the airport are blocked by the Taliban with from 10,000 to 40,000 American citizens are cut off from leaving spread out all over Afghanistan !Our government advice to the Americans stuck there is to stay indoors draw the blinds and hope the Taliban do not kill them. The media has run cover for senile old fool Biden even they cannot paper over this mess and the political elite media darlings with Hollywood hatred over Orange man bad have help put this idiot in charge that could lead the country into a world war .5000 troops cut off from getting anyone not in the airport out,5000 troops I am sure this will sorted out quickly by Biden buying back our people I wonder what price the Taliban will come up with per head? China and Russia are actively talking to the Taliban ,Iran is also in the mix ,what about our “good friends” in Pakistan they already said we could not use their airfields or air space. I am sure you are right America,s great leader when he gets back from Vacation will sort this out before August 31,2021
gravenimage says
I agree with wpm. The idea that 5000 American troops can civilize a nation of almost 40 million Muslims is simply not possible. Of course, many times that number could not do it, either.
wpm says
If Biden wanted to end this war he could have listen to his military advisors wait to the winter(the Taliban do less fighter during the cruel winters there).Get our citizens out back home ,get the 100,000( including family members is why you get 100,000) Afghan that work with us to a “safe “Moslem country. Do not draw down our military present there or our air support till those other things are done first .Biden tells our enemies he is removing our troops and all American air support before removing our citizens from the country ,our cowards in the embassy leave before making any effort to process any American citizens from leaving. The grand Pooba in change of this shit show of a country that we have been supporting bribing and protecting his relatives poppy fields flies out of the country first with a pallet load of cash in an American provided helicopter, and four SUV loaded with cash to some out of stan other country. No idiot brain dead Biden wants to get out by September 11 even after being told in early July of the problems of removing troops and air support before removing our citizens. We now have a hostage crisis of up to 20,000 American citizens held hostage by the Taliban(we do not know how many American citizens are in the country we cannot even get a guess 10,000 ,30,000 ,5000 because our state department head along with all the Biden appointments are idiots)
gravenimage says
As Afghanistan fell, American taxpayers paid for Joe Biden’s 9 vacation trips in 18 days aboard Marine One
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Money well spent?
Kepha says
It is perhaps a blessing in disguise that these Sillier ‘Seventies Socialists are fundamentally lazy people, and doing nothing.
OLD GUY says
Simple answer, his handlers wanted him out of the way. Most likely another war will follow this in order to keep the military industry running at full force, economic recovery through weapons production.
Wouldn’t be surprised to see us do a major invasion of Afghanistan.
CogitoErgoSum says
I hope the next time the U.S. goes to war it is done properly, as in getting an official declaration of war from Congress – and that any peace treaty that is made is also approved by Congress. Yes, it may take longer but, as we are seeing now, giving the President too much power in declaring war and making treaties can be disastrous.
wpm says
The last war America was in that was declaration of war by congress was World War 2
gravenimage says
OLD GUY, we are just leaving Afghanistan. What leads you to believe that We are actually invading Afghanistan?