We know that friends and competitors alike are questioning our nation's competence right now.
If our warships pulled in to their port looking like this, would that help or hinder concerns they have - rightfully - after our horrible humiliation in Afghanistan?
Sometimes the first step in solving complex, hard challenges is to respond in a simple, straightforward way.
I'm pondering over at USNIBlog.
Biden and his entire cabal are so incompetent and weak that they are indeed likely to look for some stunt they can pull for a “win” and to “change narrative”. Maybe they will kill some innocent Syrians and miss the Iranians and Russians troublemakers. Joe is a loser, only “win” he has was never having to work in his life.
It's human to feel bad when bad things happen to your tribe, but you can only stay humiliated if you choose to.