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The Shame is Almost Unbearable

Outrage, anger, frustration, sorrow, horror, disbelief, shock, shame: it is impossible to know which emotion I feel most strongly right now. Never in my life have I been so ashamed of my country as I am today. We have gone from being the laughing-stock of the world to becoming a pariah and has-been world power lead by a doddering old fool, riddled with dementia who is out of his mind, out of his depth and out of excuses. To be clear, I agree with Mr. Biden that it was time to leave Afghanistan. I agree that we were there too long--aimless and missionless. I agree that we need to get out of the business of nation building or anything like unto it, forever, amen. However, your average 7th grader could have come up with a better exit strategy than the fool in the White House. Biden has double-, triple-, quadrupled-down on the "fact" that he made the right decision. This political decision, poll-driven and optics-motivated is the biggest debacle in the history of the U.S. It make