Republicans in Congress are utilizing hypocrisy, as usual, now on Afghanistan.
Donald Trump signed an agreement in late 2020, insuring the end of US involvement by May 1, 2021.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Taliban leadership, and signed the agreement.
Donald Trump spoke as late as late June to a crowd, bragging about the fact that he had arranged for the end of US involvement in Afghanistan.
But now, both Trump and Pompeo, and innumerable others in the Republican Party, are accusing Joe Biden of betrayal.
In late June, 56 percent of Republicans in public opinion polls endorsed getting out of Afghanistan, along with about 70 percent of Democrats and Independents.
Trump signed the agreement to withdraw, and Biden followed up on it, with a delay until August-September 2021.
Biden had been against staying in Afghanistan, while Vice President under Barack Obama, so it is a long standing viewpoint.
This does not mean that Joe Biden is not to be criticized for lack of timely planning to assure the safety and ability of Afghans and their family members who worked with the US military forces, and women who had seen great strides, but wanted to leave, also to be able to flee.
But when Florida Senator Rick Scott, a true scumbag, says the 25th Amendment should be used to remove Biden, one is tempted to say where were you when Donald Trump was demonstrating corruption and incompetence? Why did you NOT vote to convict Donald Trump on impeachment charges as a threat to American democracy?
The issue of Afghanistan is being used simply as a political tool by the conservative right wing, when they could not care less about Afghans who helped us, and Afghan women.
In fact, the Republican Party has no concern for women’s rights, in Afghanistan, or in America!