Afghanistan THE BUCK STOPS HERE

Afghanistan THE BUCK STOPS HERE<br /><br />Joe Biden continues to fail on the world stage. We'll get to Afghanistan later, but in a less publicized story, OPEC and its allies, including Russia, denied Biden's request that they increase oil production yesterday, in order to drive down the price of oil in the U.S. A major smack in the face to the sitting U.S. Resident. <br /><br />It's important to remember that last summer, OPEC was pumping too much oil, and it was hurting U.S. energy companies. President Trump solved the problem easily. He called up the Saudi Crown Prince and told him that if OPEC didn't cut oil production, he would kill the 75+ year alliance between the two nations and leave the Saudis to defend themselves. <br /><br />...and just like that, OPEC cut oil production. That's the leadership America is lacking in this time of crisis, right now.<br /><br />2,448 U.S. soldiers dead.<br /><br />20,066 U.S. soldiers wounded.<br /><br />$2,161,000,000,000 U.S. dollars spent.<br /><br />This is what the war in Afghanistan has cost us since 2001. And for what? For the Taliban to seize control of the country, while Joe Biden was literally on vacation. <br /><br /><br /><br />Over the weekend we have been inundated with scenes of the Taliban re-taking city after city in Afghanistan, and along the way, capturing American equipment that was given to the Afghan army. Yesterday they declared "the war is over" as they took control of the capitol in Kabul, while American forces rushed to evacuate U.S. citizens who were still stranded in the Capitol. <br /><br />How did we get here: In April, Biden announced that the U.S. would completely withdraw from Afghanistan, and that evacuation culminated in July when the U.S. left Bagram Airfield, our largest military installation in the region. <br /><br />Joe Biden was asked on July 8 if the Taliban taking over Afghanistan was inevitable? His response:<br /><br />"No. It's not... the likelihood there is going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole