Did you know? The Patriot Post is funded 100% by its readers. Help us stay front and center in the fight for Liberty and support the 2025 Patriots' Day Campaign.

Right Analysis   /   National Security
Thomas Gallatin / August 19, 2021

Biden on Afghanistan: ‘I Don’t Know How That Happened’

The bigger problem is not the failed exit strategy but his dangerous ineptitude.

Arnold Ahlert / August 19, 2021

Fifty Years of Ideological Bankruptcy — And Counting

The stunning failure of American leadership in Afghanistan perhaps shouldn’t be stunning.

Douglas Andrews / August 19, 2021

Terrorists Have Breached Our Southern Border

The Biden administration’s border malfeasance has been akin to rolling out the red carpet for the jihadists.

Victor Davis Hanson / August 19, 2021

Biden Can’t Escape Blame for Afghanistan Fiasco

If Biden were a Republican, the current Democratic House would have rightly impeached him.

Catherine Mortensen / August 19, 2021

Out of Touch and Out of Town

The Biden White House lost not only Afghanistan this weekend but its credibility as well.

Political Editors / August 19, 2021

In Brief: Crenshaw Debunks the ‘Endless Wars’ Fallacy

The Afghanistan veteran says, “There are a lot of foreign policy options between nation building and giving up.”

GEN B.B. Bell (USA, Ret.) / August 18, 2021

Biden’s Cataclysmic Afghan Failure

A retired General Officer’s assessment of Biden’s abject failure in Afghanistan.

Michael Swartz / August 18, 2021

The Problem With Building a Nation

The challenges are myriad, especially in a country that still resembles the seventh century.

Rich Lowry / August 18, 2021

President Biden’s Man-Made Disasters

The crisis at the border and the stunningly swift defeat in Afghanistan are entirely on Biden.

Roger Helle / August 18, 2021

Biden, What Did You Expect?

The Taliban knew the time was right to go all out. The impossible happened.

Political Editors / August 18, 2021

In Brief: The Afghanistan Accomplice

The debacle in Afghanistan belongs to Biden. But the previous president bears some blame.

Harold Hutchison / August 17, 2021

Setting the Stage for Disaster in Afghanistan

Biden bears ultimate responsibility now, but perhaps not all of it.

Lewis Morris / August 12, 2021

Biden Abandons Afghanistan to Taliban

The lightning-fast offensive by our enemies is an outrageous and disgraceful catastrophe.

Catherine Mortensen / August 12, 2021

National Defense Is About Defeating the Enemy, Not Equality

Conservative lawmakers oppose measure requiring women to register for the draft.

Cal Thomas / August 5, 2021

Invasion by Any Other Name

We cannot sustain a country with what amounts to an open border no matter what it is called.

Who We Are

The Patriot Post is a highly acclaimed weekday digest of news analysis, policy and opinion written from the heartland — as opposed to the MSM’s ubiquitous Beltway echo chambers — for grassroots leaders nationwide. More

What We Offer

On the Web

We provide solid conservative perspective on the most important issues, including analysis, opinion columns, headline summaries, memes, cartoons and much more.

Via Email

Choose our full-length Digest or our quick-reading Snapshot for a summary of important news. We also offer Cartoons & Memes on Monday and Alexander’s column on Wednesday.

Our Mission

The Patriot Post is steadfast in our mission to extend the endowment of Liberty to the next generation by advocating for individual rights and responsibilities, supporting the restoration of constitutional limits on government and the judiciary, and promoting free enterprise, national defense and traditional American values. We are a rock-solid conservative touchstone for the expanding ranks of grassroots Americans Patriots from all walks of life. Our mission and operation budgets are not financed by any political or special interest groups, and to protect our editorial integrity, we accept no advertising. We are sustained solely by you. Please support The Patriot Fund today!


The Patriot Post and Patriot Foundation Trust, in keeping with our Military Mission of Service to our uniformed service members and veterans, are proud to support and promote the National Medal of Honor Heritage Center, the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, both the Honoring the Sacrifice and Warrior Freedom Service Dogs aiding wounded veterans, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, the National Veterans Entrepreneurship Program, the Folds of Honor outreach, and Officer Christian Fellowship, the Air University Foundation, and Naval War College Foundation, and the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. "Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one's life for his friends." (John 15:13)

★ PUBLIUS ★

“Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!” —George Washington

Please join us in prayer for our nation — that righteous leaders would rise and prevail and we would be united as Americans. Pray also for the protection of our Military Patriots, Veterans, First Responders, and their families. Please lift up your Patriot team and our mission to support and defend our Republic's Founding Principle of Liberty, that the fires of freedom would be ignited in the hearts and minds of our countrymen.

The Patriot Post is protected speech, as enumerated in the First Amendment and enforced by the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, in accordance with the endowed and unalienable Rights of All Mankind.

Copyright © 2025 The Patriot Post. All Rights Reserved.

The Patriot Post does not support Internet Explorer. We recommend installing the latest version of Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome.