By John Kanelis / johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com

President Biden has said the only thing he could possibly say with regard to the Afghanistan government’s collapse and the Taliban takeover in that war-shattered nation.

He said “The buck stops with me” and he takes ownership of the decision to end our involvement in the longest war in our nation’s history. There would be no way on God’s good Earth that he could reverse course, express regret about the decision he made and send tens of thousands of U.S. troops back onto the battlefield.

There would be no way to find a different solution “five years ago” or “15 years in the future,” Biden said.

Fair enough. Our war is over. The suffering in Afghanistan is far from over. The Taliban has marched into Kabul more quickly than anyone expected.

I am terribly conflicted by what is happening. I want our men and women to come home, too. I am tired of our involvement in a civil war that one side — the so-called good guys — was unwilling to fight. Biden said we supplied the Afghan armed forces with billions of dollars, state-of-the-art equipment, the best training possible. President Biden noted correctly, though, that no amount of money could pay for a fighting force that is unwilling to fight.

Thus, the prospect of Afghan women being returned to subhuman status draws my intense ire. However, the Afghan armed forces were ordered to defend against that occurring … and they failed in their mission.

Collin County Judge Chris Hill — a conservative Republican — calls the events a revival of the Jimmy Carter presidency; he calls it “Jimmy Carter 2.0.” No surprise there.

The situation is still unfolding. We do not know how it will play out. I am going to hope for the best.

As for President Biden, this is why we’re paying him the big bucks.