President Joe Biden defends his unilateral withdrawal from Afghanistan, even amid the Taliban takeover and growing chaos. “I am adamant that we focus on the threats we face today in 2021 — not yesterday’s threats,” he declared.

This is disingenuous. Not only does al Qaeda remain a potent threat in Afghanistan, but the Biden administration also shows no sign that it is prepared to focus on new threats. As China taunts Taiwan, a senior administration official publicly said that the United States will not explicitly commit itself to Taiwan’s defense. Biden, meanwhile, empowered Russia by waiving sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.