President Joe Biden’s fiscal and foreign policy disasters are accumulating at a rapid pace.  Biden assured Americans that inflation is only temporary.  In reality inflation is constant with the rate approaching 8%, the highest in 40 years.  The next financial burden to befall the American public was the price of energy with the shut down of the Keystone Pipeline.  Purchasing our gas from foreign sources has proven to be extremely expensive for the average American. Biden’s open border policy has welcomed in millions of illegal immigrants through our southern border.  Of course, US taxpayers are footing the spiraling costs for healthcare, food, and housing programs for these illegal immigrants.

However, Biden’s first major disaster was the withdrawal of American Troops from Afghanistan. The US spent over $80 billion dollars on equipment sent to Afghanistan over a twenty-year period. There was absolutely no withdrawal plan generated by the Biden Administration. Biden’s hasty and incompetent withdrawal left a very conservative estimate of $10 billion dollars-worth of equipment behind to be used by the Taliban enemy. Equipment includes Humvees, armored SUVs, transport trucks, personnel carriers, rifles, ammunition, and supplies. Supplies that could be used by Ukraine. Security was obviously lacking as 13 American soldiers and an estimated 160 Afghans were killed by a suicide bomber during the withdrawal. In addition, 45 US service members and over 200 Afghans were seriously injured.

The Afghans were terrified to be left behind to live under Taliban rule. Compelling images on television showed Afghans clinging desperately to aircraft leaving the Kabul airport.  Another consequence of the hasty withdrawal is that several hundred American support personnel were left behind to fend for themselves.

Can we afford another three years of the Biden Administration?

Maury Fey