The Taliban declared that no more Afghans should go to the Kabul airport, that those already there should leave and then they shut the main airport road. For all practical purposes, those words and actions ended the mercy mission of getting our ­allies out. 

And Biden didn’t object. Not even a whimper, just silent ­acceptance.

Even more unforgivable, by agreeing to the Taliban’s demand that he stick to his own initial deadline of Aug. 31 for the withdrawal of all troops, Biden shows he is willing to strand thousands of Americans behind enemy lines. 

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/goodwin-biden-groveling-572.jpg?quality=80&strip=all 1024w, nypost 512w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" > President Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room on the continuing situation in Afghanistan on August 22, 2021. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

Exactly how many Americans will be left behind is unknown, but most estimates put it in the thousands. They are now hos­tages to Biden’s fear and failure.

Their fate is uncertain, but the fate of the tens of thousands of abandoned Afghans who helped us and whom we promised to rescue is almost certain death.

This is extraordinarily callous and will ricochet around the world as evidence that America is no longer the home of the brave. 

As is always the case with appeasement, our allies will be shaken and our adversaries emboldened.

The crisis at the airport has been building for more than a week, but Biden still had a chance to adapt by moving the deadline back so the evacuation could be completed. 

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/goodwin-biden-groveling-570.jpg?quality=80&strip=all 1024w, nypost 512w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" > The Taliban celebrated Afghanistan’s independence day by declaring they beat the United States, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. AP Photo/Rahmat Gul

But as word circulated that he would not extend the mission beyond next Tuesday, the White House said the president would make a statement. 

First he was to speak at 2 p.m., then 3:30, then 4:30, delays that gave the impression that policy changes were at least being debated. 

It wasn’t to be. In fact, when he finally appeared shortly after 5 p.m., Biden first started talking about infrastructure and voting-law initiatives working their way through Congress.

The message was clear: I have bad news about Afghanistan and I want to turn attention away from it by feeding my left-wing base and promising the American people more free stuff. 

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/goodwin-biden-groveling-569.jpg?quality=80&strip=all 1024w, nypost 512w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" > Taliban fighters search a vehicle at a checkpoint in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan. AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File

It was pathetic and as such was consistent with Biden’s entire conduct during this crisis. He created it and, as it spins further and further out of control, he shrinks and opts for deception instead of truth and partisanship instead of completing the ­mission.

Because of the hard deadline, the military reportedly has ­already started its drawdown of the nearly 6,000 troops at or near the airport. The move renders as lies Biden’s many promises to get all Americans out of the country. 

The fact that he didn’t repeat that promise Tuesday reveals he doesn’t have the courage to be straight about the implications of his decisions. 

Even his statement that he asked the military for contingency plans if the evacuations weren’t complete rings hollow. By withdrawing the troops and presumably abandoning the airport, where would any troops added later land safely?

Besides, if such plans were a real option, why are they only now being called for? It would be much easier and safer to stay at the airport longer rather than leave and return.

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/goodwin-biden-groveling-571.jpg?quality=80&strip=all 1024w, nypost 512w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" > Afghans gather on a roadside near the military part of the airport in Kabul on August 20, 2021, hoping to flee the country after the Taliban’s military takeover of Afghanistan. WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images

Coming on the eve of the 20th anniversary of 9/11 , Biden’s bad judgment and poor leadership have undercut the heroes who prevented Afghanistan from again becoming a safe haven for other terrorist attacks on ­America. 

All along, his obsession seems to have been that he would be the president to end the war. He even tried to sell it as a victory by saying the troops would come home on Sept. 11. 

He reversed that piece of ­lunacy, but never adjusted to the changing realities on the ground. Once he ordered the abandonment of our air bases, the Afghan army saw the war was hopeless and collapsed. 

Still, Biden didn’t react until the evacuation became impossible, then he started sending more troops into Kabul. While some 70,000 people have gotten out in the round-the-clock flights, the mission is far from finished. 

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/goodwin-biden-groveling-575.jpg?quality=80&strip=all 1024w, nypost 512w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" > A US Marine provides security for evacuees at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force via AP

But he defends his decision by over and over citing threats of an attack by remnants of the Islamic State terrorists. He talks of “increasing risks … every day we’re on the ground.”

No doubt there is some truth to that, but is the possibility reason enough to run away and abandon our citizens, allies and prin­ciples? 

America’s fighting men and women are brave and resourceful beyond measure. They deserve a commander-in-chief as committed as they are. 

Unfortunately, the one they have has gone wobbly at the most crucial hour.

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With eight calendar days remaining from Tuesday through Biden’s Aug. 31 deadline, and assuming the U.S. is able to continue roughly 350 American evacuations per day, some 5,200 U.S. citizens could be left stranded in the country.

However, the evacuation process is likely poised to slow down soon. Fox News reported Tuesday, citing U.S. officials, that the military has already begun reducing its troop presence in the country.

The U.S. has evacuated and helped evacuate around 58,700 people since August 14 and around 63,900 individuals since the end of July. The number of Americans leaving the country indicates that the vast majority of those leaving the country are not U.S. citizens – and that thousands more remain with under one week to go until the Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline.

President Joe Biden is sticking to the Aug. 31 date, although multiple lawmakers from both sides of the aisle expressed concern that the U.S. can get all Americans out by the date. White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed in a statement Tuesday that the administration is “on pace to finish by August 31st,” despite doubt from lawmakers...

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This will most certainly be the biggest stain on whatever legacy Joe Biden leaves behind! And for the United States as well.

It’s really a sad time for America.  I wore an American Eagle and American flag shirt yesterday that I wore on Independence Day that says “These Colors Don’t Run.” They don’t but Biden does cut and run. 

At least this is a distracting from his southern border crises; inflation; high gas prices; upside down unemployment and job numbers; and the two massive porkulus infrastructure bills slowly dying in the House under his watch.

None of which can actually be blamed on Biden.

All of it can be and is blamed on Biden.  He inherited stability on all fronts and a pathway out of the pandemic from his predecessor.  All he had to do was go on cruise control and be a successful president.  He mucked it all up and over instead.  

Exactly.   So very well said/written.

Yes it can. Like it or not he is still the Commander in Chief and he accepted responsibility when he raised his right hand to take the Oath of Office as President of the United States.

And did so from the get go!

All true and there has not been a single positive result for America from a single one of the Trump policies he’s reversed.  Uniformly all bad, the border and its resulting covid super spreader being the worst of all.  

From stopping the Keystone pipeline on.  One failure after another without end.