White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan refused to brand the Taliban an enemy of the United States during an appearance on MSNBC on Aug.31. Sullivan appeared on the show just days after the final withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, which has seen the Taliban take control of the capital after the leader of the U.S.-backed…
WH National Security Adviser Declines to Call Taliban an Enemy: ‘It’s Hard to Put a Label on It’
White House National Security Adviser Declines to Call Taliban an Enemy: ‘It’s Hard to Put a Label on It’
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan refused to brand the Taliban an enemy of the United States during an appearance on MSNBC on Aug.31. Sullivan appeared on the show just days after the final withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, which has seen the Taliban take control of the capital after the leader of the U.S.-backed…
The Chinese Regime’s Engagement With Bad Actors
August 31, 2021
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Commentary The foreign policy of the Chinese regime assumes that the current ruling power in a country is the legitimate ruling power. Consequently, despite an international consensus to the contrary, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) engages with the Burmese junta, as well as with the Taliban. China wants to avoid foreign entanglements and is not…
Afghanistan’s Acting President Says Taliban Behind ISIS-K Kabul Bombing
Amrullah Saleh, who says he is Afghanistan’s acting president according to its constitution, has claimed that the Taliban were behind the suicide bombing at Kabul airport on Aug. 26, which claimed the lives of 13 U.S. service members and over 100 Afghans. “Every evidence we have in hand shows that [ISIS-K terrorist] cells have their roots…
Kash’s Corner: We Knew This Would Happen in Afghanistan, and We Had a Strategy to Prevent It
August 27, 2021
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“It’s not like we deleted all that intelligence when we transitioned,” says Kash Patel, who previously served as Chief of Staff to then-Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller. “Our assessment was that if we surrendered in Afghanistan—that is, if we just up and left—the Taliban would take over almost immediately,” Patel says. In the premiere…
Biden Says al-Qaeda Bigger Threat Than Taliban, Claims Group in ‘Existential Crisis’
President Joe Biden says there is a “significantly greater” threat from al-Qaeda and its affiliated groups in other countries than the Taliban in Afghanistan as he defended his administration’s turbulent withdrawal. In an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Biden stressed that the United States should shift its focus on places where terrorist threats are considered…
France’s Foreign Minister Confirms Kidnapping of Journalist in Mali
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian confirmed on Sunday that a French journalist who disappeared in Mali last month was likely kidnapped by Islamist terrorists. Reporter Olivier Dubois was believed to have been kidnapped after his disappearance on April 8. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) announced Dubois’s kidnap on May 6 after a video was released that showed…
Emboldening the Enemy
Commentary Once again, a Democrat is in the White House, and once again, the Middle East is on fire. This might seem like an odd, even tendentious, statement. But it’s supported by the past half-century of history. Granted, the region has long simmered with ethnic and religious hatreds. And certainly there has been periodic flare-ups…
Iran Giving Al-Qaeda a ‘Second Wind,’ New Terrorist Base in Iran, Says Pompeo
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that the al-Qaeda terrorist group has a new headquarters in Iran. “Al-Qaeda has a new home base, it is the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Pompeo said in a speech at the National Press Club. “As a result, bin Laden’s wicked creation is poised to gain strength and…
US Taxpayer Money Went to Al-Qaeda Affiliate During Obama Administration: Senate Reports
At least $150,000 in U.S. taxpayer money went to an Islamic organization with ties to terrorism through a humanitarian organization from 2014 to 2015, a large amount of which was approved by the then-Obama administration despite being informed the Islamic organization was a sanctioned entity, a Senate report shows. On Dec. 23, Senate Finance Committee…
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