“It is time to end the forever war.”
So said President Joe Biden in his announcement that, as of Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, all U.S. troops will be gone from Afghanistan.
The longest war in our history, which cost 2,400 dead, 20,000 wounded and $2 trillion, is ending but only for Americans, not Afghans.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured our NATO allies in Brussels that we are all leaving with our mission accomplished:
“Together we went into Afghanistan to deal with those who attacked us and to make sure that Afghanistan would not again become a haven for terrorists who might attack any of us.
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Democratic lawmakers are set to unveil legislation Thursday to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court.
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Reps. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., Hank Johnson, D-Ga., and Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., will hold a press conference on Thursday to introduce the proposal on the steps of the Supreme Court.
Given their control of the White House and the Senate, the legislation could allow them to supersede the current conservative majority by packing the Court with liberal justices.
Spokespeople for the lawmakers’ offices did not return Fox News’ requests Wednesday night for further details.
A Post-Filibuster World Would Be a Nightmare for Progressives
Democrats eager to gut the Senate s 60-vote threshold should remember how it saved them in the past.
Sen. Bernie Sanders in Dec. 2020, when he was filibustering the National Defense Authorization Act, calling for a Senate vote on giving Americans $2,000 in direct payments for Covid-19 relief. | Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images
By RONALD WEICH
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Ronald Weich is dean of the University of Baltimore School of Law. He served as chief counsel to Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Harry Reid, and as an assistant attorney general from 2009 to 2012.
With astonishing speed, it’s become conventional wisdom on the left that the filibuster must go.