A friend of mine is trapped in Afghanistan at present, a couple of hundred miles from the airport in Kabul.  He can’t get there from where he is.  His only way out of the country is to reach one of its borders, on foot or by vehicle, through Taliban roadblocks and patrols looking for Westerners.  He’s not very confident that he’ll make it out.  (Understatement.)

Bayou Renaissance Man: Pray for those trapped in Afghanistan

And I am afraid this person is not the only one  trapped behind enemy lines (funny nobody in the Media is using this term. I wonder why) and I also fear we will soon start collecting stories of Americans “missing” (read ‘presumed dead’) inside Afghanistan.

If news media had any balls, they would pounce daily pretty much how they did with the Iran Hostage situation. They went as far as reminding people every day how long the hostages had been “Guests of the Ayatollah.”

But today? My guess you will hear less and less about The Missing because they need to scrub the airwaves clean for the Midterm elections. So other than somehow attach all blame to Trump, be ready to add another chapter to the book of Americans in Peril & Forgotten for Political Expediency. As it stands right now, it will take a huge cheating effort to keep both houses of Congress in the hands of the Democrats and probably even  with cheating, the status quo wouldn’t hold.

PS: Apropos of nothing, you need to read this book so you understand how it has been US Gov policy to treat Americans in trouble abroad.