Straightening this out

Some are demanding dismissal of U.S. generals and CIA geeks who had 20 years to figure it out that Afghan officers were corrupt and unreliable, that the Taliban were sheltered, armed, and trained in Pakistan, and that China funded it. Grown-ups ought to be able to figure out the obvious. Democrat mainstream media hiding the truth share the blame for chaos in Afghanistan, at the Mexican border, and in the White House. Fess up. Trump won reelection handily. He would have ramped up combat advisors and close air support, forced a Doha deal and evacuated U.S. citizens. Trump's generals would have blown up ammo dumps rather than let them be looted like candy stores, MRAPS and Humvees seized from Afghan Army traitors and deserters, allowing jubilant jihadis to "liberate" the terrorist monsters and IED bombers detained in lightly guarded prisons.

 

The question is what to do about any of this. I doubt that the Biden puppet masters are morally honest enough to guess what to do, beyond scripted media spin. All is well. Turn the page. Wear a mask. Make your children wear masks. Mark your calendar for a booster shot. Lock down and stay home.

 

It is my uncomfortable duty to point out that 2012 elections are not a solution. Voting got us nothing but self-inflicted hell. Los Angeles has been destroyed, Texas and Florida flooded with vicious gangsters (unaccompanied minors) and Covid positive migrant families. The Chicago bloodbath is overshadowed by worse crime in Baltimore. Pick a state, any state, look at the elected officials. Tax and spend. Ooo! Another urgent problem to fix. Hire consultants and make new rules, after endless debate and public comment. Bow to LGBTQ and people of color. Beg Congress to write omnibus pork barrel bills that no one has time to read, thousands of pages rammed through reconciliation, one party rule.

 

Let's start with the basics. Screw Haiti. Not our problem. The urgent matter is China. We have to stop bullshit social spending and build shipyards, strengthen our Navy.

 

Probably won't happen. That leaves America in a downward spiral militarily and strategically. I've argued that our daily civil experience in this country is defacto anarchy. When seconds count the police are only minutes away, prepared to deploy crime scene tape as perfectly as possible. Another word for anarchy is free market competition among private enterprises that rise and fall, go out of business. Inventors are anarchists, propounding revolutionary ideas and opportunity. Most jobs are created by small businesses. They grow or die depending on cash flow and freedom to exploit a supply chain. Refurbishing roads and bridges is pointless, if fossil fuels (gasoline, diesel, natural gas) are taxed out of existence.

 

The best thing to do now is to bug out. Find a piece of land in the Heartland, build a little house like I did, concrete and steel on a gated tactical hill, an independent water supply and a loaded rifle racked at the front door. I made an effort to meet the locals and listen to them, because they know how to make and mend and help each other. It's a tradition in Flyover Country to think locally, ignore insanity elsewhere. My neighbors are laboring in factories and fields, stockpiling canned goods and beans and coffee.

 

Let's see what President Joe says in an overdue teleprompter speech. Chug a beer if he blames Trump. Take a shot of whiskey if he feels the pain of Gold Star families. Laugh your ass off if he doesn't take any questions from the White House press corps.

 

BIDEN: We're monitoring the situation. We degraded Al-Qaeda. We have to focus on Africa. It's Trump's fault that this happened. We didn't expect everything to fall apart so fast. We gave the Afghan Army an arsenal. It's too expensive to do anything more in Afghanistan. I don't want any more U.S. soldiers to die there. I feel the pain of Gold Star families. We will speak out in favor of human rights and women. We safely shut down our embassy. We're evacuating U.S. citizens. If the Taliban attack us at the airport, I will strike back forcefully. I did the right thing. I always do the right thing.

 

He walked out, ignored questions shouted by frustrated reporters.

 

Jihadis worldwide are celebrating the great victory of Taliban defeating America. Not a good time to visit Times Square or a gay nightclub in Orlando. FBI and DHS are worried about white male Trump admirers, instead of a porous Mexican border. Don't be a victim. Bug out to the Heartland if you can.

 

.