Afghana . . . What? I'll Bet Mike France Remembers How to Say It

Not all that long ago, August of 2021 to be specific, President Biden snapped at George Stephanopoulos for asking about the debacle in Afghanistan - you know, panic at the airport, people falling off . . . . That happened four or five days ago, Biden snapped. (That George is so annoying!) When pressed later in August on the topic by another reporter, Biden confided that he wasn’t allowed to take questions. Nice to know. A few days later, twelve Marines and a Navy corpsman died in Kabul. Eighteen more were wounded.

I kinda think that although President Joe Biden lost interest a long time ago, a lot of us can still pronounce Afghanistan. In fact, it’s a good bet that those who left some blood on the ground and their families are still muttering it. The Americans still trapped in Afghanistan - maybe missing a hand, a family member or two, or recovering from a brutal attack - probably are doing a lot of thinking while on the run or in hiding.

At home, all we got was a halfhearted congressional investigation into Afghanistan that produced nothing of substance and back to business as usual. Nationwide, Democrats rule the roost and still have done next to nothing. I guess they’re happy not to have to worry about whether to say KA-Bul or Cobble. Language really trips them up.

So what about Connecticut’s leaders? At this point, I’m resigned to the fact that Joe Courtney is the pleasant kid whose parents send him into the living room with a plate of goodies to pass around while they cook up something in the kitchen. ( Let’s not take off the pot lids to look in - you know something nasty is bubbling in there.)

Joe, put down the tray, say goodnight to the guests, wash up, and go to your room. We want Mike France to go to Washington instead of you. Connecticut needs someone who can formulate clear, thoughtful, nuanced answers to difficult questions. Anyone who hasn’t heard Mike do that, listen in to Lee Elci’s radio show in the morning, and you will. Mike is refreshing spring water after all of Joe’s cloying sugar.

Oh, and did I mention that before France served in his town and in the state legislature, he served in the US submarine force and has a degree in electrical engineering? Nit picky subject, I know, but electrical engineering demands analytical reasoning to find the right, or best in some cases, answers. Somebody has to do it. Lawyers like Courtney - and Richard Blumenthal - certainly won’t. They’re trained to argue a case to win, not to find the truth, and they argue for their party, not the people.

And the truth is this: twelve men and women died at the Kabul airport, because of disastrous decisions that were political, not strategic, and thousands more Americans and Afghans are either dead or awake at night wondering what it was all about. You don’t seem to know, either, Joe. It’s time for the party rubber stamp to go home.