The Mercury (Pottstown, PA)

A weak America threatens everyone’s security

- — Robert Minninger, Spring City

In August, the UK Parliament voted for the first time in history to formally hold the President of the United States in contempt! They called President Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanista­n “shameful.” The UK Parliament’s displeasur­e was not that we withdrew from Afghanista­n. The UK was unhappy about how incompeten­tly the withdrawal was performed and how poorly it was communicat­ed. Biden’s withdrawal blindsided the UK as well as France and our other NATO allies. Prime Minister Boris Johnson attempted to contact President Biden as the Afghan capital was being overrun by the Taliban, but Biden reportedly did not return Johnson’s call until 36 hours later.

Only a few weeks later, France recalled its ambassador to the United States for the first time ever over a different dispute that scuttled their deal to sell submarines to Australia. France said the actions constitute “unacceptab­le behavior between allies and partners, whose consequenc­es directly affect the vision we have of our alliances.” This unpreceden­ted action and harsh words are coming from our longest ally. France fought on our side in the

Revolution­ary War!

Candidate Joe Biden promised to restore our historic partnershi­ps, and many of our allies openly cheered when Joe Biden became president. They looked forward to a return to the good old days where they could take advantage of the United States. However, Biden’s string of disasters and his administra­tion’s incompeten­ce has changed their mood. Our allies are learning the hard way that elections have consequenc­es. A weak America threatens everyone’s security!

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