The news regarding the botched evacuation of Afghanistan seems to get worse by the minute. Reports have surfaced that Secretary of State Antony Blinken cancelled the Contingency and Crisis Response unit in June, just weeks before the Afghanistan debacle. That unit was established by the Trump administration to "provide swift and safe evacuation of Americans …
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Over the weekend, the Biden administration ordered American diplomats in Kabul Afghanistan to destroy vast amounts of documents, computers and other US assets at the embassy there, and to evacuate the compound ahead of the Taliban's takeover of the capital city. In what appears to be a total lack of wisdom and leadership, the US …
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Jesus used a parable to teach His followers to "occupy till I come!" (Luke 19:12-13) The point is to invest wisely with the resources He gives us. It also implies that we waste no opportunities. In the parable, a nobleman (think Jesus!) provided His servants (think us!) with valuable resources while He "went to a …
According to an FBI report, the devastating explosion at the Port of Beirut in 2020 was the result of only 1/5 of the ammonium nitrate that was delivered in 2013. Not withstanding the severity of that explosion, the big question now is: where are the other 4/5's of that explosive material? The August 2020 blast …
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