VIDEO UPDATE: Time to pull the plug on Sleepy Joe?

Most of our readers took "Report into the sanity of President Biden" (WWW 2/8/21) as satire, which is what was intended. However, in times like these, the line between fiction and truth is a dotted one. Here, only lightly edited, is a report by AP, via Breitbart News, of a suggestion made by Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), who may have got the idea from Walt!

Sen. Scott weighed in this morning on the United States' disastrously-executed withdrawal from Afghanistan, raising the question of whether the time had arrived to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Joe Biden. He tweeted, "After the disastrous events in Afghanistan, we must confront a serious question: Is Joe Biden capable of discharging the duties of his office or has time come to exercise the provisions of the 25th Amendment?"  

The Florida Republican used the question to resurface recent criticism regarding the various crises facing the country and its president. "Inflation is raging. The debt ceiling expired & U.S. debt is headed to $45 TRILLION. Kabul is falling to the Taliban & encounters in the #BidenBorderCrisis just hit a 20 YEAR HIGH," he wrote. "Democrats control the House, Senate & @WhiteHouse. What in the world is Joe Biden doing?"

The world watched in horror Sunday as Taliban fighters took over Afghanistan’s presidential palace in Kabul, declaring itself the new leaders of the war-torn country. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Mohammad Naeem, Taliban spokesperson said the jihadist group was "ready to have a dialogue with all Afghan figures and will guarantee them the necessary protection. Today is a great day for the Afghan people and the mujahideen. They have witnessed the fruits of their efforts and their sacrifices for 20 years," he declared."Thanks to God, the war is over in the country."

As of Monday, approximately 6000 U.S. troops [up from 5000, as reported by Walt yesterday] will deploy to Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport and assist with evacuations. On Sunday, the U.S. evacuated all of its personnel from the embassy.

Here endeth the AP/Breitbart report. However, this just in! Politico.com reported at 1259 EDT that the United States has suspended all flights out of a key airport in Kabul and is working to "reestablish security" after crowds of people rushed the airfield in an attempt to flee Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover of its capital city. 

Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby told the meeja that American troops are "working alongside Turkish and other international troops to clear the area of people," but "do not know how long this will take. [Therefore], out of an abundance of caution, there are no flights coming or going — military or civilian — and this is because of large crowds that are still on the tarmac" on the southern side of the airfield, which saw a series of breaches overnight.

Once again, Walt sez... stay tuned!

VIDEO ADDED at 1645: The disaster that is the Biden administration has attracted attention as far away as the Land of Oz. Here's documentary maker Ami Horowitz interviewed on Sky News Australia.

 

YouTube hates Sky News Australia, but so far hasn't been able to ban them. And a good thing too!