Sickening Surrender

Sometime on Monday afternoon, I began to experience a sickening feeling. The last American aircraft was flying out of Kabul.

Hundreds of Americans were still stuck in Afghanistan having been refused entry to the airport. Most will hopefully be allowed to leave the country after September 1 when it is clear that the Taliban, not the United States, gave them permission to leave.

It is likely that some will be detained, perhaps even incarcerated for alleged espionage or other crimes against the ruling authorities. The State Department and President will perform the official wringing of hands and say that it is unacceptable.

That line of “unacceptable” has always made me laugh. How can it be unacceptable if we are accepting it by doing nothing? Continue reading

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Hurricane David Hits the State Department

I get several press releases each day from various sources. Over the past two days I received two releases in particular that caught my attention more than others.

Georgia Senator David Perdue has been in the Senate for six months. He quickly rose to the position of Chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, Internal Operations, and Bilateral International Development.

On Monday he introduced a bi-partisan bill, “Improving Department of State Oversight Act” which gives strength to the Office of Inspector General and Congressional oversight for the department. “Conducting Congressional oversight is critical to making Washington more accountable, and a good place to start is at the scandal-ridden State Department,” said Senator Perdue.

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