Unlike many now commenting on the cowardly Kabul attack, I only KNOW one thing:

[Atticus]

our very decent, honest and experienced POTUS will speak to us at 5:00 p.m. ET and I will trust him to do what is right.

He is the decision maker we overwhelmingly elected to do whatever was necessary and appropriate to deal with the mess Trump created in our nation and the world.

I stand with Joe.

[XanaDUer2]

1. I stand with him, too nt

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. On a personal level, politics aside, Biden is probably utterly devastated at this loss

We know the big point of him getting the US out of there was to stop the loss of life of American troops, and we know how he feels about our soldiers.

I have to think he's feeling pretty crushed that this has happened.

[Budi]

4. My 1st thoughts as well.

Saluting & the flag draped caskets is what he wanted to avoid by ending Afg.
That will indeed break his heart.

God love ya, Joe Biden ~

[Moebym]

8. Without a doubt. n/t

[chowder66]

3. The general that gave a briefing today was asked if more troops

will be sent. He said he felt he had enough but can make the call at anytime. This is just an fyi in case anyone missed that.

[Mr.Bill]

7. It's beyond cowardly.

It's insane.

[Atticus]

10. Rather than endure the trials and tribulations of living in Afghanistan, the bomber chose to flee

to what he had been told would be "parsdise" where "70 virgins" waited to reward him.

Yeah, that's cowardly.

[dhol82]

11. One man's patriot is another man's terrorist

And so the world goes around.

[Jilly_in_VA]

12. When you blow up

women, children, innocent bystanders, and other noncombatants, it most certainly is. And most of them do.

[Dan]

14. I always thought that if a person hates/dislikes/disagrees or whatever word you use

So much that he is willing to die, then there is nothing you can do…except stay the hell out of his/her way.

In this situation, there’s very little that could have been done.

Trump, really everything he touches dies….

[DanieRains]

17. Religious Psychos Are Equally Bad

Regardless the religion.

[fescuerescue]

15. I will call them whatever I choose.

If they wanted a say in how they are viewed. They should have stayed alive to defend themselves.

[Politicub]

16. I reject your framing. It is an act of pure evil.

It’s not a matter of cowardice. It is an unthinkable affront to the social contract. The bomber is a murderer.

[Atticus]

35. That it was an "act of pure evil" does not mean it was not also cowardly.

In my book, when someone ambushes a crowd of unarmed non-threatening men, women and children with high explosives and automatic weapons, that makes them a coward.

This was not an act of war on the battlefield. This was a lethal "sucker punch" to unarmed civilians and the military casualties were a "bonus" for the cowards who did not have the "convictions" to confront them.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

18. Shades of Bill Maher after 9/11...

Then as now I agree that's just the wrong word. It might feel good to say it but I don't think it captures the real dynamics of what's going on.

[sarge43]

29. They're cowardly. They run from the consequences. n/t

[soldierant]

33. It's complicated.

There's an old verse that I would like to quote accurately ... but Google is not being my friend today so I must use paren's to indicate paraphrase -

"You say you would die for your faith, and no doubt that is true,
But (can you say with equal fervor) that you live for it too?"

It goes on to describe what living for one's faith entails, making it clear that it is much more demanding in the long haul than dying. If anyone knows it, and knows where to find it, I'd be grateful for the information.

Dying requires one kind of courage. Living requires another, and other virtues as well. It's more strenuous. Is cowardice related to laziness?

[NH Ethylene]

43. Planning for someone to be a suicide bomber in an attack is cowardly.

But I don't think the bombers themselves are cowardly. Bombers are probably coerced with praise, promises of heavenly rewards and possibly earthly rewards for family members, and pressured to prove themselves by being willing to die for their cause. It must be terrifying and they know they can't turn back.

[SergeStorms]

6. I'm behind Biden/Harris 100%.

I can't imagine our country's reaction if the orange shithead were still in office.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. I hope, on their last swing out of Kabul, that they can find the Isis-K group and bomb the shit out

of them.

[Jilly_in_VA]

13. I can only ask

how many more lives would we lose if we stayed....and stayed...and stayed?

[Ponietz]

20. Yes, it's important to remember how many lives were lost already

2,448 American service members and 3,846 US contractors killed through April 2.

https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-business-afghanistan-43d8f53b35e80ec18c130cd683e1a38f

[Ohioboy]

19. Standing by him too

[onetexan]

22. +1 K&R

[onecaliberal]

21. I stand with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

[OrangeJoe]

23. One tiny point of disagreement

I can't stand Trump, he is by far the worst president ever to hold office. However, Bush & Cheney created the Afganistan mess. Never forget that.

[ShazzieB]

32. Disagreement with what?

The post, which I agree with, is about supporting Joe. Who said anything anything about TFG?

[Rhiannon12866]

48. You're right, we seem to have forgotten that

Obviously, we should left long ago. But we should never have gone there to begin with. We had the failed Soviet debacle as an example.

[ecstatic]

24. So what do you think we're observing right now?

Is Pres Biden trying to hold back tears/emotions or is the prompter too far away?

[AngryOldDem]

26. He's genuinely grieving.

The responsibility is crushing, and he’s not running from it.

[pnwmom]

28. I thought it was a great speech. Powerful and moving. nt

[AngryOldDem]

25. He's got to feel like the loneliest man in the world right now.

But he’s not…he has the support of many, many, many of us.

If ever there has been an example of how grave a responsibility it is to be President of the United States…this past week has been it. It’s not a “cool” job, it’s not being able to “do what you want”. The lives of millions rest on your decisions.

God be with you, Sir. You made the right decision, for the right reasons. I am proud to support you. Voting for you was one of the best things I’ve ever done.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

38. He also is a man of faith.

Not the chest-thumping, "Look at me hold the Bible (upside down)! Real American Christians love me, despite cheating on my wife with a porn star, saying 'When you're famous they'll let you do anything...grab 'em by the pussy,' and never ever being seen spending a single day at church."

Biden has a deep long-lasting faith that has been tested through the deaths of his first wife and two sons. When he was in Ireland to attend the G7 (I probably have those details wrong) he and Jill attended services at a small Catholic church in the village, and he didn't make a big deal about it. His faith is part of who he is.

I am sure Biden has surrounded himself with the best men and women who will give him their best advice, and stand up to him when they think he's wrong. I think he's the kind of president who would expect that from his advisers.

Biden is going to make mistakes -- we all do. One of the many big differences between him and TFG is that he is willing to make the hard choices and stand by them. "The buck stops with me." What a breath of fresh air.

By the time August 31 rolls around, close to 100,000 Americans, allies and Afghans will have been evacuated and well on their way to being relocated with the help of thousands of American volunteers. That is not a trivial accomplishment, for both Biden and the military personnel who have done the hard and dangerous work on the ground and in the air. The Repugs and RW will attack him, but I have zero fux to give. I stand with Joe.

[llmart]

39. +1

It's also not about going golfing every freakin' week. President Biden has been working his ass off from day 1. That's a Real President.

[sarge43]

30. "I stand with Joe."

So say we all.

[soldierant]

31. AMEN !!!!!!!!

[Stuart G]

34. Joe knows what to do and he will do it.

He will have the help of the finest people in the world. He ain't new. He has seen the best and the worst.

And experienced the same for himself. Joe will unite us all. And, as said it the Original Post........................
"I will trust him do do what is right."

[ffr]

36. Atticus, you're making my eyes get all watery.

Damn straight! So proud and so at ease with whatever Joe does. We are so lucky!!

[Mr. Ected]

37. Me too, at full volume

We have been dragged through the sewage of Hell for four years so anything this man does is sanctified in every conceivable way.

[llmart]

40. I stand with President Biden also.

After four awful years of nothing but tweeting and name calling and lying and immoral and unethical behavior, we now have someone we can trust 100% to do the right thing.

[LakeArenal]

41. Cowardly and selfish. Families left to suffer over their suicide.

Just for a bunch of virgins....

[GB_RN]

44. "Virgins"

Be willing to bet half these guys are virgins themselves. 🙄😂

[LakeArenal]

45. Yeah but going against the Quran seems to be their gig

[BootinUp]

42. absolutely!

[Ponietz]

46. Most succinct comment I've read:

NeuroPsychoPhD
@SethN12
After 4 years of trying to cover a monster as if he was a normal human,

The media is monstrously struggling to cover a normal human…
8:33 AM · Aug 27, 2021

Link to tweet

?s=21

[lees1975]

47. Joe got this right.

We need a president who thinks clearly and won't get us dragged into another conflict with a middle eastern insurgency which is exactly what they want and why they attacked.