A Biden Catastrophe Amid a Trump Stalemate That Worked

Imagine the fear required to risk everything by clinging to the outside of a plane as it taxies for takeoff. If this is success, what would failure look like?

by Michael Goodwin
August 17, 2021

Now we know where Baghdad Bob has been hiding — in the White House.

President Biden looked and sounded Monday as foolish as the Saddam Hussein mouthpiece who declared Iraqi victory even as American troops seized Baghdad.

The Iraqi stooge became the stuff of late-night comedy a generation ago. Biden has doomed himself to be the master of disaster for a new generation.

His insistence that he made the right decision in pulling all troops out of Afghanistan is ridiculous and defies the reality unfolding before our eyes. The horrific images of whole families running for their lives and of men jumping on moving airplanes at the Kabul airport to escape the Taliban are unforgettable.

Imagine the fear required to risk everything by clinging to the outside of a plane as it taxies for takeoff. If this is success, Mr. Fake President, what would failure look like?

Those scenes stain the reputation of the United States in the eyes of the world. No ally can sleep well kno…