Five weeks ago President Biden said it was highly unlikely Kabul would fall to the Taliban anytime soon. Obviously, he was not just wrong but completely wrong.
He evidently relied on his advisors, particularly those in the intelligence community, since a president can be expected to have no first-hand, on-the-ground knowledge of the current situation in Afghanistan. They gave him embarrassingly bad advice as a result of which he looks a fool.
Alternatively, he ignored their advice and he truly is a fool. If that is the case, they will begin to leak their contrary assessments to the media.
What should happen at this point, assuming Biden knows anything about managing, is firing the top 2-3 layers of administration appointees at the heads of any and all intelligence agencies which gave him the monumentally wrong intel.
He should also reroute into dead-end, meaningless jobs all senior civil servants who were complicit therein. This latter choice is necessary because sadly it is nearly impossible to fire a civil servant for anything short of arson or premeditated murder. Insanely bad judgment won't suffice.
So let's watch for serious turnover at the tops of the various intelligence agencies, and the Director of National Intelligence. If it does not happen, Biden is gaga for sure.
