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Forget the 'forever war' nonsense. People are about to die--right now, about to die--for us, because they helped us, because they trusted us, and these deaths are preventable. We didn't have to 'stay in Afghanistan another 20 years' to evacuate personnel first.

— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) August 16, 2021

Yes, with nominee Donald Trump saying Biden is weak because he didn't tell our troops to shoot them in the legs before they got to the runway. https://t.co/8bu14Ck528

— Fred Will Not Go To Space Today (@LesserFrederick) August 16, 2021

Clarissa Ward, risking her life to report live on the ground where people are yelling "death to America."

Ted Cruz, cowering like a whimpering suckhole when Trump insults his wife and father.

Who's the brave one in this scenario?

— Christian Schneider (@Schneider_CM) August 16, 2021

As if that's the most important thing here: being mad at CNN. Some folks need to locate a grip and then get it. https://t.co/96Pwm69S38

— Jane Coaston (@janecoaston) August 16, 2021

Damn it, Ted. Is this all you’ve got? Afghan women and children are dying because of a withdrawal you cheered when it was Trump’s idea, and the most you can muster is to take cheap shots at CNN’s coverage?

You shouldn’t be a Senator. https://t.co/ofNCWxomDV

— Heath Mayo (@HeathMayo) August 16, 2021

Whoa. The Democrats should hire this person away with a huge pay increase. https://t.co/iV4mUoVNgl

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 16, 2021

More scenes from an unserious nation: A man who looks to be 40ish basically menaces an old lady like he's a delinquent teenager after his first few beers.
This is the country that was supposed to figure out a pandemic and Afghanistan, but can't even ride a subway like an adult. https://t.co/Jh2RdtOCwj

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) August 16, 2021

Every Afghan refugee coming to America--and it would be great if we could help as many as "a couple hundred thousand" to escape--will have done more to help American troops, and American civilians serving our country, than Charlie Kirk every has. https://t.co/CdKZCCm2BO

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 16, 2021

Almost every Afghan refugee will turn out to be so much better an American than Charlie Kirk. https://t.co/CdKZCCm2BO

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 16, 2021

Let one refugee from Afghanistan come here and kill someone with his car and I suspect their sympathizers on the American right will dwindle.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) August 16, 2021

I’ve very concerned about the Taliban overthrowing the government in Afghanistan. But I’m not interested in hearing the grandstanding from politicians that tried to overthrow our own government on January 6th.

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) August 16, 2021

Oh Trump can’t memory hole this. Real Americans won’t forget. Right @DanScavino? You tweeted all the #Afghanistan stuff… https://t.co/oUp3s9nH6i

— Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) August 16, 2021

You are the very last person who should be talking. You started this retreat. You helped invite these barbarians to Camp David on 9/11 & you had to call off the meeting because they began killing people again.

You didn’t deter anything. Your hands are just as bloody. Sit down. https://t.co/ZqSCymkhZE

— Heath Mayo (@HeathMayo) August 16, 2021

Ronna McDaniel, @GOPChairwoman, why did you just delete this from the Republican Party’s website, praising Donald Trump on his deal with the Taliban? pic.twitter.com/Jg08WWZR5i

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 16, 2021

Translation: “The Afghanistan catastrophe is largely on Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld but because I think history doesn’t exist and I prefer propaganda I’ll blame it on the guy who has been president for seven months and pretend the past two decades never happened.” https://t.co/3JBeYSRa1u

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) August 15, 2021

The Biden administration has failed miserably. Inexcusable.

But Trump administration negotiations literally provided the Taliban with battlefield reinforcements. Among its many, many flaws - the deal required the Afghan government to release 5000 Taliban prisoners. https://t.co/32kJkaS1cf

— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) August 16, 2021