My fury at Biden’s callous withdrawal from Afghanistan has diminished over time, although every time I am reminded of it I feel the way I did then. The abandonment of the people of Afghanistan—and the way it was done— was the worst act of Biden’s presidency by far. And, according to every poll, it was the act that immediately caused his popularity to crash. He has never recovered from it.
Afghanistan is now hidden behind an opaque curtain so neither Biden nor the rest of us ever have to see what is going on behind it.
Fortunately, we are not abandoning the Ukrainians to their fate even though, unlike Afghanistan, we are not responsible for it.
In any case, I hope Biden saw this clip on CBS last night. Click and watch. It’s beautiful, taken in isolation.