We promised them a rose garden

 On Sunday the United States signed the documents of its surrender to he Afghanistan Taliban. The sorta democratic government we sorta whistled up didn’t even have a representative in the building.
 We also promised the Taliban that the unrepresented government will release Taliban prisoners it is holding. The government found out what we promised from them from rumors and social media.
 The sorta democratic government we whistled up is mildly upset out loud and furious everyplace else. They fear offending the President of the United States, who is verbally scarier than the Taliban. The government depends on U.S. good will. And money.
 Throwing allies under the bus is part of the Art of the Deal. As Mick Mulvaney would slay, "Get used to it."


 In October, the POTUS abandoned the Kurds — three times our allies and now three times screwed — and dropped the checkered flag for the Turks to have at them.
 Nothing good for Afghans can come from our surrender after 18 years of war. The ones who worked for our armed forces and diplomats, as interpreters, drivers and facilitators, expected — because they were told — that they will be protected. But the Art of the Deal does not include taking more suspicious foreigners into the Zone of the Interior. Iraqis who had the same promises also are being stiffed.
 So: Broken promises. Untrustworthiness. Cruelty. Large demonstrations of incompetence.
 The rest of the world looks on appalled and wonders if the United States of America should be allowed out without a minder.
  Now, normally the party out of power in this country would flail a government that failed in its international duties and surrendered to a dusty bunch of thugs. If this had happened during the Obama administration, the Wrath of Fox would roar throughout the land.
  That won’t happen this time.
  For one thing, if Americans ever find out about the surrender — and how will they with Super Tuesday and Covid 19 dominating the news cycles? -- it will never get as much attention as the true meaning of the cabalisltic word “confeve.” The Democrats are not likely to complain because all that will stick with the voters is that Potus is Bringing the Troops Home.
 Polls show he American public will like that. This is a surrender he can run on. And his opponents will continue to stand mute.
 If the arc of history still bends toward justice both parties and the nation they pretend to represent will pay for this shameful event  some day. Big time.