There is one thing that Members of Congress do well: Showboating. If there is a camera, those nimrods will be in front of it emoting (I am looking at you, crying Adam Kinzinger). None of us should be surprised that Reps. Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Peter Meijer (R-MI) went next level showboating with their trip to Afghanistan. The boneheads went, without permission, to Afghanistan and did nothing and brought no one back with them. Classic and classy.

Former military personnel, and personalities like Glenn Beck, are arranging extraction for as many people as they can. If two congressweenies are going to go in country, one would think they might arrange for an extraction or two. One would be way wrong. Moulton and Meijer, both military veterans themselves, issued the following joint statement:

“As veterans, we care deeply about the situation on the ground at Hamid Karzai International Airport,” their statement said. “America has a moral obligation to our citizens and loyal allies, and we must make sure that obligation is being kept. Like many veterans, we have spent the last few weeks working without sleep to try to get as many people as we could through the gates and to safety.

“As members of Congress, we have a duty to provide oversight on the Executive Branch. There is no place in the world right now where oversight matters more. We conducted this visit in secret, speaking about it only after our departure, to minimize the risk and disruption to the people on the ground, and because we were there to gather information, not to grandstand. We left on a plane with empty seats, seated in crew-only seats to ensure that nobody who needed a seat would lose one because of our presence.”

Here is the part that sent my blood pressure up:

The congressmen added: “After talking with commanders on the ground and seeing the situation here, it is obvious that because we started the evacuation so late, that no matter what we do, we won’t get everyone out on time, even by September 11. Sadly and frustratingly, getting our people out depends on maintaining the current, bizarre relationship with the Taliban.”

Gee, no shite, Sherlocks. You took taxpayer dollars and put other people at risk to find out something that even the potato at CNN knows? Get out of Congress. There has got to be a port-a-potty somewhere that needs cleaning.

Drinker Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi rolled up her newspaper, whacked them both on the nose and said, “Bad congresscritters”. Besides, San Fran Nan is way too busy putting your great-great grandchildren in debt and taking Constitutional powers away from the States to really get her knickers in a twist.

Jim Geraghty, in the increasingly weird National Review, wrote in support of Moulton and Meijers:

Democratic Representative Seth Moulton and Republican Representative Peter Meijer found a way to get to Kabul International Airport in the past few days. According to the two congressmen, they visited in secret – and against U.S. government restrictions – to reduce risks and impact on the mission.

And they came back with a somewhat surprising conclusion – that as much as they wanted the U.S. to leave the country on its own terms, and disregard any Taliban-imposed deadlines, the best and safest option appears to be maximizing cooperation with the Taliban, at least for now.

“Surprising conclusion?” My dude, your cornbread is not done in the middle. What is surprising about that conclusion? They could have stayed home and watched MSNBC and known that. Everybody can see that the Taliban is in control and Creepy Joe Biden is bending the knee to them. And, the Department of Defense gave a briefing to members of Congress, including my bro-crush Congressman (Colonel) Michael Waltz.

Meijer and Moulton were flat out showboating.

And, Moulton went even further. Moulton, who served in the Marine Corps from 2002 to 2008, wrapped himself in the bravery of our troops:

“Washington should be ashamed of the position they put our troops in, but they represent the best of America?” You dishonor the uniform you wore, Moulton. The late Chesty Puller, the most decorated Marine ever, is shaking his fist at you. Peter Meijer, I am not going to bother with. He dropped out of West Point. Enough said.

We all know that the current retrograde (defeat and retreat) by the Biden Administration is a clusterf**k. While people all over the world are going to great lengths to extract their citizens and Afghan partners. Moulton and Meijer chose showboating. They forgot our American ethos and left their compatriots behind. They are as bad as the Biden Administration and that’s a fer piece to go.

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