Jonah Goldberg: Accepting defeat in Afghanistan is a terrible choice
by Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency
Jul 28, 2021
3 minutes
Talking to reporters on July 2, President Biden was pressed about the sudden, embarrassing evacuation of our air base in Afghanistan and widespread predictions the Afghan government would fall quickly to the Taliban. The president testily replied: “I want to talk about happy things, man.”
His retort seems to have had the desired effect. Last week, at a CNN town hall, the president wasn’t asked about Afghanistan at all. The only mention came in a discussion about immigration. After explaining
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