Chris Wallace says Biden's presidency won't survive a terror attack on the homeland launched from Afghanistan



Fox News' Chris Wallace opined that President Joe Biden could come back from the lethal terror attack on Thursday but his presidency won't survive an attack on the homeland launched from Afghanistan.

Wallace made the comments Friday on "America's Newsroom" on Fox News with Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino.

"It's terrible, and this is the one thing that the administration, even in the mess of the evacuations and the way that this has all played out, was hoping against hope that they would be able to pull it off the evacuations," explained Wallace.

"And they've gotten a hundred thousand people, Americans and Afghan allies, and foreign nationals out of the country," he added, "they were hoping against hope they were going to be able to do this without the loss of any American lives, and of course, yesterday that hope was dashed when 12 American troops were killed."

Wallace said that the attack had weakened the ability of the U.S. to deal with the threat from various terrorist groups.

"We are so diminished in our ability to deal with all the jihadists that are going to come into that part of the world, into Afghanistan, and that's going to raise real questions," he continued.

"As bad as yesterday was, the president can come back from that, but if there is an attack on the U.S. Homeland from Afghanistan after the withdrawal of all of our troops, that could be curtains for the Biden presidency," Wallace concluded.

The ongoing disaster in Afghanistan has hit Biden squarely in the polls, where his favorability has fallen precipitously from above 50% to 41%. Vice President Kamala Harris, who would replace Biden if he stepped down, hasn't fared much better — in a recent poll a majority of Americans said she was not fit to become president.

On Friday an official with the State Department told USA Today that they were in contact with about 600 Americans trying to evacuate Afghanistan safely.

Here's the video of Wallace's comments:

Chris Wallace: This could be 'curtains' for Biden presidencywww.youtube.com

Father of slain Marine rages: ‘Biden turned his back on him. That’s it.’



The devastated father of a young U.S. Marine slain in Thursday's terror attacks at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan vented his anger and frustration Friday, placing some of the blame for his son's death squarely on President Joe Biden's shoulders.

"They sent my son over there as a paper pusher and then had the Taliban outside providing security," Steve Nikoui told the Daily Beast through tears during an interview.

"I blame my own military leaders ... Biden turned his back on him. That's it," he said.

Nikoui, a Trump supporter, added that he wanted to "respect the office" of the president, but found it extremely difficult at the moment.

The grieving father's reaction is a pointed representation of the rage many Americans are feeling as they watch the Biden administration bungle withdrawal and evacuation efforts in Afghanistan. By failing to successfully depart the country before Taliban militants could sweep through, the administration has left many American service members and citizens trapped in the fray.

Nikoui's son, Kareem, was one of the 13 U.S. service members killed Thursday during a suicide bombing attack carried out by ISIS-K terrorists outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. The attack also killed at least 90 Afghan nationals and wounded more than 150 others, including 18 U.S. service members.

Nikoui recalled that he feared the worst when he heard about explosions in Kabul, where his son was stationed.

"I stayed home from work yesterday because there was that attack and I knew he was there," the California carpenter told the Daily Beast. "So all day, I was glued to the TV."

Waiting all day to learn whether his son had survived was "excruciating," he said. Then at around 7:15 p.m. PT, he saw a group of Marine representatives approach his door.

They were "more choked up than me," Nikoui said. "I was actually trying to console them. But at the same time, I just wanted them to get out as soon as possible so that no one from my family came back and saw them. I thought it appropriate that I be able to tell them."

Nikoui added that he is still in shock and hasn't been able to sleep or "grasp everything that's going on." His next step is to go to Dover, Delaware, and pick up his son's remains.

Nikoui reflected on his son's time in the Marines. He noted that Kareem "loved what he was doing [and] always wanted to be a Marine."

Fortunately, too, while stateside, Kareem was station in nearby Camp Pendleton and was able to come home on weekends. Nikoui said that Kareem often brought along "10 or 15 other Marines" with him on visits home.

"My wife and I felt very honored that [since] these other boys weren't around their homes, that we were able to provide some sort of family life for them," he recounted. "He really loved that [Marine Corps] family. He was devoted — he was going to make a career out of this, and he wanted to go. No hesitation for him to be called to duty."

Military officials have not officially published the names of the slain U.S. troops, which reportedly include 10 Marines, two Army soldiers, and one Navy medic.

MSNBC analyst excoriated online over tweet telling Americans to get over terror attack that killed US Marines



An MSNBC contributor faced a brutal backlash online after he downplayed a terror attack in Afghanistan that cost the lives of 11 U.S. Marines.

Malcolm Nance is an intelligence analyst for the left-wing cable news channel but he used his platform to try to quell the outrage over the horrendous suicide bomb attack at the airport in Kabul.

"20 YEARS- FYI there have been terrorist suicide bombers killing civilians nearly DAILY in Afghanistan," the tweet read.

"This ain't new. It's why we are leaving," he added with a hashtag saying "Deal with it."

Reports had said at least 4 U.S. Marines had been killed in the blast by the time Nance sent out his tweet, but Pentagon officials later said that 11 Marines had been killed as well as one Navy corpsman. Dozens of Afghans were killed and 143 were wounded in the bloody attack.

Many were outraged at Nance's flippant response.

"At least 4 US Marines killed and three wounded. Many more Afghans dead and wounded. F*** you," said Marine veteran Paul Szoldra.

"Nothing like a guy who throws out #DealWithIt within an hour of civilians and U.S. Marines getting blown up," responded one critic.

"You are the worst of humans," tweeted another.

"There were a million different ways you could have made your point, and yet you chose the one that makes you an a**hole," replied attorney Ari Cohn.

Nance responded to the furor by claiming that some were sending racial insults at him.

"We have lost 4 of our servicemembers. The reality is this is terrible. The cost could be greater if we don't complete this mission," he tweeted, adding that he was being called an N-word.

Still later he said he was going to delete the tweet.

"HERE IS WHY I'm going to delete this tweet. Today we lost 12 brave Americans & many Afghans. I deeply regret how callous it now sounds. I would never intentionally disrespect my brothers & sisters in arms. I also sincerely apologize to their families, and I pray for them," he tweeted in part.

He claimed that he posted before "serious casualties" had been reported and that he should have waited.

Here's more about the terror attack in Kabul:

Pentagon: Kabul Airport Blast Killed 12 US Service Members, 15 Injuredwww.youtube.com