WEAK, MEEK, INEFFECTUAL, INCOMPETENT, AND CONFUSED.

Yes, that sounds like Friday short Take material, although when we're dealing with the dotard who is officially president of the United States, we ought devote a post to why his critics are writing such things.

As of Saturday, Kenneth R. Timmerman was hoping for the best.

The Pentagon is desperate to avoid a rout that is broadcast live on prime time. They want no helicopters taking off from the roof of the U.S. embassy with desperate Afghans clinging to the skids, as happened in Saigon in 1975. They want no Blackhawk downs, or civilian contractors hung from bridges, all of which could have happened if they had allowed Biden’s retreat to continue as planned.

By Sunday, Miranda Devine saw a pattern. "Joe Biden has the reverse Midas touch."  The editors of National Review concur.  "This is a debacle and, more than most acts of the U.S. government, it is the responsibility of one man — Joseph Robinette Biden."

Glenn "Insta Pundit" Reynolds sees bipartisanship at work. as well. "Remember: The political establishment — including many Republicans — was so eager to rid us of a non-establishment President that they stuck us with this incompetent and his incompetent-buffoon staff. And they said they did it in the name of 'principles' and 'standards' and 'competence.'"

What would we ever do without Expert Competence?