Afghanistan is descending into hell. People are dying. Where are the protests? Where is the outrage in this, the San Francisco Bay Area, known for its protests against everything?
Over the past few years alone, there have been numerous BLM and
Antifa protests, complete with rioting and looting. Transgender rights protests
paired with Drag Queen reading hour for the little ones at libraries and
schools. Protests to let the junkies and mentally ill live in squalor on city streets,
and supply them with money and amenities. However, now that there are Americans
and allies being left behind in Afghanistan, to be tortured and killed, there
is only silence.
The front pages of the local newspapers are filled with Covid
mandates, restaurant reviews, and a few local bits and pieces. There is nothing
about Afghanistan. It is close to the same on the local news stations. If there
is any coverage, it seems to support the Biden line of we’re doing a great
job getting people out. Last night a local professor stated that there
really wasn’t much more that the US could do since the Taliban control
Afghanistan. What? When does the United States bow down to the dictates
of a medieval, barbaric, terrorist group?
Where is the ethos that we, as Americans, have always stood
by – Leave no man behind? Where is the coverage of the horrendous
conditions that now exist in Afghanistan and the slaughter that is sure to
follow? Why do they not care?
San Francisco’s own Nancy Pelosi spent the weekend at a Napa
estate wining and dining Rich White Folks while ignoring the disaster taking
place on the other side of the world that has put our fellow Americans and
allies in harm’s way. The local councilmembers, who send out flash emails for
every possible social justice cause and covid concern, remain equally silent.
This is the worst catastrophic military failure we have ever
seen in America. It did not have to be this way. Every day I wake up and hope
that the government has sent in the military and warned that Taliban to get out
of the way or there will be severe consequences. And every day it does not
happen.
I think back to all the people I know who supported Biden. When
I would suggest that perhaps electing a man with dementia might be a little
dangerous, I was met with “We know he’s feeble, but they’ll take care of him.” Others, who do not really know that much abut US politics told me "not to be so upset. Afterall, it's only for four years." I predicted all the disastrous consequences of his presidency and quietly told
a few friends that I seriously worried about another large terrorist attack.
However, I could never have imagined the debacle now playing out because of Biden's ill-planned departure from Afghanistan.
The heartbreaking scenes and updates from Kabul are gut
wrenching. I cannot stop watching and reading the news, hoping that there will
be a last-minute change to Biden’s disastrous withdrawal plan. I do not understand
how any American can ignore this dire situation, yet that seems to be the case
where I live.
