AMAC Exclusive By: Joshua Charles
The world justifiably wonders how the tragedy playing out in Afghanistan came to pass. Now former Vice President Pence is speaking out about what he says went wrong. As Pence argues, Biden broke America’s peace deal with the Taliban.
Just a little over a month ago, President Biden confidently stated that “the likelihood there’s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country [of Afghanistan] is highly unlikely.” He continued: “There’s going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy.
As everyone has seen, since then, the exact opposite has happened. The Taliban has overrun the country; taken its capital, Kabul; announced it will reinstate a form of Sharia law which in the past proved particularly brutal to both women and children; captured enormous amounts of US military equipment; begun persecuting the Afghan people (including going after Christians); and the former Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, has fled the country.
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Pence argues that it did not have to happen this way.
As he explains, many Americans were unaware of the agreement the Trump administration negotiated with the Taliban last year—the plan that was abandoned by President Biden shortly after he assumed the presidency.
In particular, the Trump deal, announced in February 2020, had one key feature that Biden jettisoned: benchmarking the withdrawal to concrete steps to be taken by the Taliban. Among those conditions agreed to were ending all attacks on the US military, ending the Taliban’s protection of terrorists, and the group negotiating with Afghan leaders on forming a new government.
This agreement was unanimously endorsed by the UN Security Council, and over the last 18 months, there has not been a single US combat casualty. Afghanistan was enjoying a level of stability that had not been witnessed since the original US invasion after September 11.
When Biden came in, he announced his own policy. He said US forces would remain in Afghanistan an additional four months, but neglected to tether that withdraw to conditions, as Trump had. In short, Biden broke the deal with the Taliban, stayed longer than promised, and with any limiting conditions on the withdrawal removed, the Taliban initiated a major offensive against the Afghan government, culminating in the collapse the world has witnessed with horror in recent days.
As the former Vice President observed, “They [the Taliban] knew there was no credible threat of force under this president. They’ve seen him kowtow to anti-Semitic terrorist groups like Hamas, restore millions of dollars in aid to the Palestinian Authority, and sit by earlier this year while thousands of rockets rained down on Israeli civilians.”
By contrast, Islamic militant groups knew the strength of President Trump’s resolve. He had denied funding to the PLO; he stood with Israel against attacks by Hamas; he bombed Syria’s Assad when he crossed the “red line” articulated by President Obama (who never enforced it himself); and he took out Qasem Soleimani, the leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, responsible for many American deaths in Iraq and elsewhere.
But it was not just that President Biden broke from the agreement. As is now painfully clear, he did so without any credible plan for getting Americans, and our military equipment out of Afghanistan, enormous portions of which have now fallen into the hands of the Taliban. Just recently, the Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff admitted they currently have no means of getting the thousands of Americans who remain in Afghanistan out of the country, nor many of the Afghans who helped us in our fight against the Taliban, who are now gravely threatened by the group’s return to power.
As a result of this catastrophic incompetence, Americans and the world witnessed gut-wrenching scenes of people swarming American military planes—even falling to their deaths after briefly holding on—and, ironically, helicopters evacuating personnel from the nearly $1 billion American embassy compound in Kabul.
And don’t think nations like China aren’t watching. The Chinese state-controlled media outlet Global Times openly mocked Taiwan for relying on American aid for its defense in light of the Afghanistan debacle. “The situation in Afghanistan suddenly saw a radical change after the country was abandoned by the US. And Washington just left despite the worsening situation in Kabul,” it said. “Is this some kind of omen of Taiwan’s future fate?” They ridiculed the idea that America would sacrifice blood and treasure to keep its security commitments to Taiwan, and called on Taiwanese leaders to abandon their reliance on the US.
For a number of years, the American people have broadly agreed that we must withdraw from Afghanistan, in the sense that our nation-building endeavor must end. The same was true in the 1960’s and early 1970’s about the war in Vietnam. But what do we remember? The helicopter evacuating Americans from our embassy in Saigon. Great nations do not measure success simply by whether or not the ultimate goal has been achieved, but how it has been achieved—with honor, or dishonor; justice or injustice; strength or weakness.
This was surely not the exit the American people had in mind.
As former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates observed a number of years ago, Joe Biden has been “wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.”
I guess we’ll now be adding a fifth.
Biden needs to quit negotiating with Taliban —- and tell them we will evacuate people from Kabul airport for as long as we deem necessary. And if they interfere —- will get hit with comment like Trump would make to a terrorist group. We have been there 20-years & do not let them tell us when to leave.
VP Pence, it is nice to hear from you as I always thought you had a lot of common sense & America came first and not your ego.
Has it occurred to anyone else that perhaps the democrats and Joe Biden created this debacle in Afghanistan to take attention off growing concerns about the debacle they created on the U. S. southern border? Just saying——
PENCE is a traitor who is being controlled by the CIA.
I couldn’t think of a more destructive regime than Biden’s, even if satan himself was in charge.
Ok The Democrats are either doing this on purpose, or they are incompetent or both. I believe both but more so with doing things on purpose. in other words I think they wish America harm. just look at the last 4 – years. can anyone name one thing that they did that was pro American?
By the way has anyone ever heard Mike Pence say the election was stolen?
Really Mike Pence? Now you’re concerned about the dangerous cliff our nation is standing over with this tired weak Resident of the White House. You could have stopped it and sent the corrupt election results back to the states but you didn’t and celebrated with Pelosi. And, you went to the Resident’s inauguration!!! You and that lazy slob Barr and Turtle McConnell are toxic RINOs. Inflation, borders out of control, Afghanistan mess, CRT. CCP took Hong Kong…wait until they take Taiwan republic next, Mike.
An incredible arsenal of evidence has, in the last four months, come to light that Biden was not elected at all. Servers, particularly in China and Iran, connected by internet to voting machines in all of the precincts of the USA, at critical moments transferred votes cast for President Trump to Biden. Restoring these votes gives Trump 6,000,000 votes more of the popular vote, 322 to 216 of the electoral vote. Mr. Biden is illegitimately occupying the White House, and is, with his handlers, destroying the USA. That the election was commandeered by a foreign intervention must be brought to light and addressed–with consequences. Again, this is evidence that has been gradually but authoritatively gathered in the past four months by people who have given their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to make it available.
Can a President and VP be “recalled’? If only. The only thing that will save our country AND and world as we have known it during the past administration is to oust the current regime that occupies the WH.
I believe the only thing keeping Biden in office is the fear that Kamala Harris would be infinitely worse.
OK, but WHO would arrest them? “They” OWN the government.
Strength works! It’s the only thing most of these people understand. The world now knows for a fact that Biden is a push over. Great! Just what we need.
Obama/Biden are supporting the Taliban exactly what Obama did for the 8 yrs and now 12 years Obama is running America. They are doing everything in their power to destroy America.
Sadly that’s “majority rule” for ya. It’s not always a question of “lesser of two evils” although that’s generally the concept most voters seem to entertain. Which is a sad reflection of the shallow conscience must Americans seem to allow. I think the issue perennially is keeping these people out of office by understanding that their “political issues” are not “political” (i.e. using a classic definition CIVIC DUTY) but personal at best and most obviously selfish. We have to do more “work” (as I see it merely a question of strength of character which conservatives mostly should be valuing) in family. community, church/faith-based organizations, school, common social interactions and “just say no” to any and all suggestion that permissivism, and licentious appeasement or not “making waves” saves lives. THAT’S their contention and how they are confused with real politicos.. They give some evidence that they impact positively on people when we know they don’t. Helping people especially liberals see that they are better off making their own decisions and not adhering to the “herd” and caving in when we hear “well, EVERYONE says so”.. or “they’re all doing it” should be a time for us to KINDLY put our foot down and give clear demonstration that this is not only NOT binding there is NO return guaranteed on any investment there of time or money. Just the proverbial LOSING GAME..”helping others” what? we could say “help obama, biden,et al GET RICH??? what’s in that for YOU??? Something’s wrong with that picture.”
The first sign of local cooperation could have been deduced by exposing trainees to a “stand your ground” concept THEN whatever military maneuvers could have emanated from that. I don’t think there’s much chance there of anything lost in translation. Then our Freedom, Independence as contributing to Domestic Tranquility would have involved whole families and communities.. and ultimately how this could translate into more profitable commercial relationships. What I think was blinding by American presence was the exposure of these people to “pop culture” where the telltale signs of prosperity linked to corruption can be blinding.
Joe Biden snatched defeat from the jaws of victory as he keeps Obama’s legacy alive… the legacy of giving military hardware and technology to terrorists.
What is consistently missed in all of the evaluations of Biden being presidential is that Biden is now, and has always been, the ultimate puppet politician. Biden is merely relaying the decisions that are being made by those hateful Progressive billionaires who have bought and paid for him to front what they want to be done. In the end, Progressives worldwide will in some way benefit from all decisions that Biden seems to be making. Have no doubt, Biden’s installation as president is a major part of a world wide coup to turn the U.S. into just another state of a One World Socialist Order that will most likely be headed by Communist China.
I agree with this author; however, quoting the traitor, Pence, is uncalled for. He knew what he was doing when he failed to call out the obviously corrupt and fraudulent election, and allowed the fraudulent “president” to be inaugurated. Events like this were completely predictable and Pence knew it! He disgusts me!
If Milley and Austin had been less focused on enforcing CRT and embracing White privilege and being “woke” maybe we wouldn’t be in such a mess. However, it’s doubtful Biden would listen to anyone since he was aiming for a photo-op for September 11th. It’s all about optics with the left, no substance.
There is just no fixing stupidity. All this does is show me how very stupid Mr. Biden is and what a fool Jill is for allowing this elder abuse – the man should not be President, for sure. The only reason he threw the plan out the window is because it was Mr. Trump’s plan, not his. If Mr. Biden had the brainpower, and the resolve to back up his plan, he’d have come up with it, but you know he’s the “scarecrow president” – If he only had a brain.
Pence is the reason we are in this situation. If he would have done his job and called for a voter fraud investigation, we might still have Trump as President. He put biden in ,he owns that. I have no use for this man.
For all you supposed patriots who denigrated VP Pence and blamed him for what the Democrats have done, I am ashamed to be in the same organization. Pence was carrying out his Constitutional duty. He was not responsible for the misguided and ignorant people who voted for Biden, nor was he responsible for the alleged voting fraud that quite possibly took place. I am a firm supporter of Trump, but I was disgusted that he turned his back on Pence after all that Pence did for the country, including supporting Trump in all that was done to bring the country to the economic success that it enjoyed and spearheading the COVID operations in the early stages. I am sure I will hear a lot of backlash from you supposedly patriotic Americans, and you have a right to express your opinion, but Pence is an honorable patriotic Christian, and nothing anyone says will change that assessment and my support of him.
Are you all as frustrated as me? I’m gritting my teeth because I want to strangle all of them, yes, including Pence. We can’t wait for Nov. 22. Why can’t we charge them with treason as they are breaking every law and ignoring the Constitution. Alas, Lord have mercy! I need a drink.
Biden’s spine is made of Silly Putty. Throwing him out of office only brings in “No-Show” Harris, the dumbest of them all. After that is Nancy Piglosi, who is a Socialist through and through. America needs help and it won’t be coming from the Commiecrats.
Need to stop referring to Biden as President.. He is not.
Really AMAC?? Who cares what Judas Pence thinks? This whole debacle falls on his and whoever is puppeting Biden. Pence needs to sink into the obscurity he deserves. The world is on fire thanks to Pence. The crimes of the demoncrats could have been prevented from succeeding if Pence had done his job. But he took his 30 pieces of silver and sold out America.
Pence is a Deep-State Recucklicrat traitor. I can’t believe you would reference anything that worthless PoS says as being the slightest bit credible.
If he didn’t want things in Bannastan to end like they have, he should have taken the airweights out of his Boyfriend’s purse on January 6 and done the RIGHT THING.
Pence can go to hell , if he hadn’t been bought off by the liberal swamp & not made the choice of being a traitor to America & Trump , we wouldn’t have the career criminal , communist biden as an enemy of America for a fraudulent “president” right now & all the damage he has done since January 20 !
Go away Pence your cowardice gave us the illegitimate, illegal regime in the White House.
AH Biden is a complete moron who should be under permanent sedation as he is incapable of being leader of the USA or any other country. Just look at the mess he has foisted upon the citizens of the USA and of the countless thousands left behind in Afghanistan without proper
exit. We are now in deeper peril as the Taliban is setting out to destroy us and both China and Russia are thrilled to see America go down in flames. WAKE UP AMERICA, vote this clown out!
“Incompetence Я Us!” has become the foundational definition of Bidense and his inability to do anything on a positive and rational basis. Because of this, many people in Afghanistan will very shortly die at the hands of the Taliban, and continue to die under the brutal and feudal Sharia law that is being imposed on that nation.
It is obvious that Taiwan is next in line for takeover. China will shortly seize the opportunity to reincorporate Taiwan into China proper, with the expectation that Bidense will do little more than cry “Woe is me!” while beating his breast and lamenting that China shouldn’t be doing this. China will also continue its consolidation of the South China Sea, with it eventually becoming little more than a Chinese dominated lake.
TRAGEDY ? ? ? Why the hell were we there in the first place ? We need to mind our own damn business. I lost a lot of good friends in V N. Who runs that country since we ‘pulled out ?” I am disgusted with this foreign intervention crap. DISGUSTED ! ! !
Where are impeachment proceedings from the Republican Representatives
A pox on those who voted for these historical incompetents. Some silly people voted personality rather than policies which is never smart.
We don’t want China in the ME!! They’re NOT there on a humanitarian mission. They will sap the country of it’s mineral resources to enhance their military aggression around the world, and build military basis to harass OPEC countries Israel in particular. To all you numbskull Dem voters out there: You prayed for rain now deal with the mud!
Blame the democrats and the many others who are too many to list for illegally and blatantly stealing votes from President Trump.People who actually voted for puppet Biden need to repent for helping this mentally impared buffoon who is fast ruining our precious America and all she stands for.
We are weeping in the promise land !!!
1 Timothy 2 1-3 I exhort therefore, that first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men: For kings and for all that are in authority ; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior.
At this point in our country, this is not easy to do,considering the policies and practices of our current leaders. But, the LORD has commanded, and we must obey. Please pray for them to turn their hearts to the truth of God’s word. Pray for revival in our country, to turn the heart of America back to the truths of the Bible upon which she was founded. Thank you all.
THE TRUTH TRUMPS THE LEFTS FEELINGS ONCE AGAIN.
Actually, I wouldn’t have trusted the Taliban to honor the agreement anyway. I think they were primed and ready to move as soon as our strength in the country was low enough make their move successfully.
In just 8 short months, Jackass Joe IS NOW THE WORST PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY!!! …I’m glad that Jimmy Carter is still alive to know that he’s NO LONGER AMERICA’S WORST PRESIDENT EVER!!! … Impeach, Impeach, Impeach!!!
Because my husband had two trips during the Viet Nam war….it looked just like the Fall of Saigon …. now it is the Fall a Kabul. When you have an illegal president who is a mentally incompetent buffoon what can you expect? No one fears this man’s split tongue….no one feared Obama’s split tongue….it is all talk. Biden needs to be removed and the real president re-instated in the White House.
Here is a scary scenario that may seem far-fetched right now, but in light of the President and Vice-President being almost unseen since the start of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan it may not be that unthinkable. Here it is. Sometime over the next several months the powers behind the Biden throne will force Harris to resign. Biden then will be told to fill the vacancy with Hillary Clinton which will be approved by the democrat Congress. Shortly after that Biden will explain that his health will not let him continue as President and he will resign thus making Hillary Clinton President. She will then be eligible to make another run at the presidency in 2024. Hang on people we may very well be in for a rough ride since this scenario is not beyond their reach to get what they wanted all along….a Hillary Clinton presidency.
Mike Pence has no room to talk about broken deals, he knew the Deal, the same one that is being verified today is the same deal he knew back on January 6, and if he had kept to his oath of office to question voter fraud and uphold the Constitution Joe Biden wouldn’t even be in office today.
I’m not interested in quotes (i.e. lies) from Loopy Joe. Nothing he says can be trusted as truth. Besides, what did you expect from a Godless party of socialists who have no emotion or feeling for humanity and lack consciences? Biden has been a moron for over 40 years and Kamala is evil, wicked, & satanic on steroids. Anyone who would kill babies is capable of anything.
Biden is totally incompetent and needs to be impeached or removed with the 25th amendment!!
That is a sad conclusion where JRB is concerned Patriot Will…Trump leads from a position of strength, not weakness, something the current faux administration does NOT get in any way…
Bill on the Hill… :~)
I couldn’t possibly care less what this coward has to say…about ANYTHING. If he would’ve done the right, albeit difficult, thing…it’s very likely we wouldn’t even be talking about this foreign policy and human rights mega- catastrophe. This fraud stabbed every American in the back.
Traitorous Pence holds no value since he sided with DemonRats.
He and his comrades are bought and paid for by China.
This was their plan to demolish our Country while removing any thing Patriotic American.
Afghanistan: 0 China: 1
Who the hell cares what the TRAITOR, pence (dense) says. He’s a worthless POS that stabbed the country in the back. AMAC has a lot of nerve giving that turncoat any print whatsoever.
Never underestimate the utter incompetence of JRB, even his former boss has been quoted & there are shirts out there now with this quote, i.e. ” Leave it to Joe To f**k things up… ”
VP Pence is correct, JRB broke the peace deal Trump made with the Taliban.
Biden will NOT be around to much longer now, the Afghanistan catastrophe has made this abundantly clear to the world over, including our enemies…At this moment in time, all of America’s enemies are FREE to do as they please, simply look at China, Russia, Iran, with Afghanistan now added to the list, owned & operated by the Islamic terrorists group known as the Taliban. They have NO reason to fear America under it’s current faux leadership or lack thereof…
Remember the audits folks & our southern border, don’t allow yourselves to be distracted with False Flags…
God Bless America,
Bill on the Hill… :~)