My latest in PJ Media:
During their now-infamous phone call on July 23, Afghanistan’s then-President Ashraf Ghani told Old Joe Biden: “Mr. President, we are facing a full-scale invasion, composed of Taliban, full Pakistani planning and logistical support, and at least 10-15,000 international terrorists, predominantly Pakistanis thrown into this, so that dimension needs to be taken account of.” The Pakistani “dimension” was never taken care of, despite the fact that Pakistan has now become, as Richard Fernandez noted in mid-August, “a Chinese client state.” According to a Politico report Thursday, Biden’s handlers, as clueless and incompetent as ever, are now “quietly pressing Pakistan to cooperate on fighting terrorist groups such as ISIS-K and Al Qaeda in the wake of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.”
As absurd as it is for Biden’s handlers to continue to regard Pakistan as an ally, they aren’t even close to being the first American officials to be played for fools by the sharpies in Islamabad. As far back as 2008, the New York Times reported that during a battle with the Taliban near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, “ the Americans started calling in airstrikes on the Pakistanis after the latter started shooting at the Americans.” A villager who saw it all recounted: “When the Americans started bombing the Taliban, the [Pakistani] Frontier Corps started shooting at the Americans. They were trying to help the Taliban. And then the American planes bombed the Pakistani post.”
The bombing caused friction between the two countries, as Pakistan was supposed to be our ally in the War on Terror, but it didn’t start acting like an ally after that, either. The Pakistani government received billions to fight jihad terror and continued to do so even after the 2008 Times story revealed that many Pakistani officials were “assuring the United States that they were vigorously repressing Islamic militants — and in some cases actually doing so — while simultaneously tolerating and assisting the same militants.”
The most notorious example of this double game was the fact that Osama bin Laden lived peacefully for years in Abbottabad down the street from Pakistan’s leading military academy, Kakul Military Academy. American officials even during the Obama years were so distrustful of Pakistan that they didn’t brief them on the mission to kill bin Laden, to the enduring rage of Pakistani officials.
Despite all that and more, however, the Politico report states that in response to Biden’s handlers’ desire that it help fight ISIS-K and al-Qaeda, Pakistani authorities have “hinted that Islamabad deserves more public recognition of its role in helping people now fleeing Afghanistan, even as it has downplayed fears of what Taliban rule of the country could mean.”
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mr clive delmonte says
I agree the US State Department is composed of idiots. When will US voters realise this?
mortimer says
The central question is why Bribed-man’s state department is working with Pakistan to impose a strict Sharia-totalitarianism on Afghastlistan.
Is the goal of the Dems to bring an overwhelming number of Muslim evacuees into the US as future Dem voters?
Inspired Infidel says
I’ve written letters to my senator & congressman letting them know how disappointed I am with the entire Afghanistan debacle. I mentioned that I don’t plan on being neighborly with any muslim refugees.
Carolinatarheel says
Biden owns the deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan! He has blood on his hands!
God help us all.
Infidel says
It was one thing for President Bush – a monumental ignoramus in his own right – to demand Pak support in the ‘War on Terror’ from Gen Musharraf, who was at least either willing to pretend or at some level, opposed to some level of jihad. It’s a different level of stupidity for Joe Biden to demand the same from Imran Khan, who built his otherwise moribund political career on his support for the Taliban and for jihad in general
Only thing that will save us here is that Imran Khan will flatly say no, rather than say yes and then play both sides of this war. From that perspective, I do respect him more than Gen Musharraf for bluntly stating what he will and won’t do
gravenimage says
Spot on, Infidel.
Raja says
Infidel,
It shows Biden in rather poor light that the president of America should beg for help from an Islamic state to fight terror, more so when Imran has repeatedly told the media that Pakistan should have NEVER agreed to fight the war on terror. I don’t know if the US ever felt so helpless before?
I have an eerie feeling that the hierarchy in the DemocRAT party is too corrupt/incompetent to “send” someone to the top, same as mullah Francis finds himself in, where Vatican is having a role. That, God is “allowing” these situations too, makes one go bonkers.
Infidel says
Not just that, the idea that after 2011, when Osama was discovered in the care of the Pak military (it would be akin to, say, Russia discovering one of their wanted terrorists hidden in Arlington, VA and then taking him out w/ a well aimed missile), the US should still consider Pakistan an ally is just asinine
Every employee of the State Department who hasn’t demanded that the US fully terminate all diplomatic relations w/ Pakistan ought to be terminated!
gravenimage says
Idiots: After Pakistan Helps Taliban Take Power, Biden’s Handlers Ask Pakistanis to Help Fight Jihadis
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D’oh!
Inspired Infidel says
I can’t scream it loud enough. We have got to get everybody registered to vote & get President Trump back in office. The establishment cant argue if we have 80 % of the voters backing America.
James Lincoln says
Inspired Infidel,
First and foremost, we have to fix the crooked elections in the United States.
Both “old school” organic fraud – and the latest cyber fraud involving voter machines…
Infidel says
The establishment – as in 99.99999999999999% of our bureaucracy – needs to be fired! W/o their exorbitant pensions, and sent to Gitmo
DBM echo says
Idiocy might explain.
Part of a plan explains it better.
Joeyn says
Very true. Either way they are still idiots of the highest order.
Wellington says
Oh, maybe we can solve all this by having all Afghans move to America. And think of all the delicious recipes we can share and wonderful cultural differences overall.
Not near enough people in the West yet realize what the West is up against where Islam—ALL OF IT—is concerned. I’m very tired of this willful ignorance which itself is a kind of wickedness.
mortimer says
The Afghans are generally the most fanatical Muslims in their responses in opinion surveys. The number of ‘moderate’ Muslims in Afghanistan is very small.
JimJFox says
“very tired of this willful ignorance which itself is a kind of wickedness”
As are all of us here. It is frustrating that we can have little or no effect…
Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil. Thommas Mann
If we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. Karl Poppe
gregbeetham says
The average Biden voter.
https://screenrec.com/share/hvQpguOKkC
JimJFox says
The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of interesting a man like him with the presidency. Vaclav Klaus
Substitute Joe biden and the remark stands even more forcefully.
Peace says
The Americans need to give more money to support Pakastani corruption, ISI, and general backstabbing …
Raja says
Biden may be very dumb but his uncanny skills in subterfuge might be getting sharper by the day.
He has successfully engineering a so called Afghan crisis by sin of commission and omission so thousands more can be added to his voting block, now he is feigning helplessness after having accomplishing his task for the DemocRAT vote bank. What a queer world we are in !!!
mortimer says
The cabal of conspirators surrounding Bribed-man is extremely Machiavellian and most are uninformed about Islamism.
wpm says
I believe Biden is in the Chinese pocket ,his creakheaded whoremaster “artist” son Hunter with his overseas no show contracts the Chinese have the dirt on Biden. They want to mine the rare earth in Afghanistan. They think they can buy off Pakistan use their ports to ship it out .They want a presents and being close to India,s enemies Pakistan use Afghanistan to unbalance the west with refugees and exporting terror . The FBI has had his laptop for over 20 months, with this shit show withdrawal, our military leaders our “intelligence” network our CIA I think all of them are in on it. Who are the men behind pulling the strings on this senile old man in the oval office?
tgusa says
If you look closely at the democrat establishment you soon realize it is a gathering of idiots. A very large gathering of idiots voted in by a herd of morons.
Joeyn says
Yes and a substantial number of these morons either are not born yet or are lying in graves and have been for quite some time.
Joeyn says
Oops! sorry i misread your comment. Please ignore my comment.
sidney penny says
“Pakistani authorities have “hinted that Islamabad deserves more public recognition of its role in helping people now fleeing Afghanistan, even as it has downplayed fears of what Taliban rule of the country could mean.”
All foreigners should have been out first before the Taliban took over.
The US should not have relied on two face Pakistan to help foreigners fleeing Afghanistan.
tim gallagher says
Surely two of the most appalling, barbaric and hardline Muslim countries in the world, Pakistan and Afghanistan. What a terrible thought to actually give these verminous countries any money or aid at all. Islam is such a clear enemy of all our western values, so any money or aid given to any Muslims, even more moderate Muslim nations, is always going to be used against us, the non-Muslim, western world, but there is no way that anything given to the scum who run Pakistan and Afghanistan is not going to be used to harm western nations. It is certainly a sickening thought to give any aid of any kind to such countries.
Hank says
The people in power are: Cultural Illiterates, Islam Illiterates and on top of that have been living in a bubble all their lives. They need to enroll in an evening class with Robert Spencer on Islamic Doctrine 101 and Quran 101. (Similar to taking an MBA) The nature of Islamic doctrine, Mr. Mohammed and Arab conquest isn’t comprehended even after 1400 years of deceit.
James Lincoln says
Hank,
Those courses should be mandatory for all people serving in government – with a following test that must be passed…
Johnny B says
I’m surprised they’re fighting Muslims at all. Isn’t that Islamophobic and racist and against the Religion of Peace. Why don’t they make their minds up about Islam? Meanwhile the West is losing relevance and respect in the World. You can’t be a leader and not know your own foundation and try to embrace everything and all. It will NEVER work and automatically others will move ahead and take charge.
How can anybody in their right mind still think America is in charge of anything with a president like Joe Biden???? It would be one thing if he was becoming senile all of a sudden, but I for one have seen plenty of videos where the signs were there long before even the election. In one video he was talking about kids rubbing his hairy legs in the swimming pool for crying out loud!!!! What does that say about the state of America????
Phil Copson says
“The President has requested the help of the Japanese government in identifying the pilots who carried out the recent attack on Pearl Harbor.”
OLD GUY says
Big question I have is what are we getting from our billion dollar intelligence agencies? And if they are giving our Congress and Administration good intelligence are they following it for the good of America?
You would think we would be in power position instead of scrambling to look good.