Come This Far with Chris Taylor

Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic medicine that won the Nobel Prize in 2015 for breakthroughs in treating common parasites ravaging poverty stricken populations in Africa and across the World. It’s also effective for deworming cattle and horses. How has it become associated with Covid-19 and the related politically motivated and hotly debated nonsense?

The secret arrangement between the U.S. Special Operations Forces and the Taliban to operate an underground railroad type of operation to evacuate the highest priority Americans from Afghanistan.

Enough is enough, 12 US Marines were killed in today's attack. Biden must act immediately and deploy the 82nd Airborne Brigade Combat Team Global Response Force that has been staging in Kuwait to secure the Kabul Airfield and probably even another Brigade of Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade out of Italy. This stage of the debacle now stands firmly on Biden's shoulders. He must remedy the situation now.

I attempt to tackle the issue I face of genuinely wanting to understand the thought process behind anti-vax individuals.

I break down President Biden's remarks on the crisis in Afghanistan.

As Kabul falls today it’s important to take a sober and objective look at what went wrong. To immediately seek perspective to deter and hinder the effectiveness of the political spin and posturing from both sides full of cartoonish politicians that seem to have all the influence over the public these days.

Here is the hard truth:

The Bush administration faltered when they decided to pivot entirely to Iraq during the early days of operations in Afghanistan. They failed when they set the precedent of never planning forward past a 1-year strategy. That blunder would then be repeated every year for 20 years. We didn’t fight a 20-year war. We essentially fought a 1- year war 20 times in a row.

The Obama administration including General McChrystal failed when they caved to Hamid Karzai’s pressure to impose crippling rules of engagement in 2009 that tied both hands behind the backs of our forces and allowed the Taliban to strengthen just as we had our boots on their necks at the brink of their destruction.

The Trump Administration failed the second they began negotiating with the Taliban while excluding the Democratically elected government of Afghanistan from the talks. Effectively delegitimizing their lawful claim to power and significantly reducing their standing with their own citizens and the world.

The Biden Administration failed when they abruptly withdrew all forces on a predetermined date. Refusing to listen to experts that urged them to keep at least 2,500-3,000 troops as a deterrent to a hostile takeover. Don’t let any side start pointing fingers. The incompetence on display over the last 20 years is shared equally with the left and the right. The Republicans and Democrats. We learned nothing in Vietnam, we better learn something from this.

My Father suffered defeat in Vietnam, I now suffer defeat in Afghanistan. I’ll be damned if my son has to experience this anguish 30 years from now in some other faraway land.

The emergence of the Lab Leak Theory and my opinion on the origins of the pandemic. Also, other recent developments including the defense of science and what is in my view finally valid and legitimate criticism of Dr. Anthony Fauci.

My thoughts on the whole Critical Race Theory outrage in general and in relation to the U.S. Military. Also, my response to the viral interaction between national treasure/Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley and national embarrassment/ creepy worm Rep. Matt “Hates” Gaetz. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is equally impressive in his reaction to the Congressweasel from Florida. This and more on the new episode of the Come This Far Podcast with Chris Taylor.

 Links: 

Full Video of Gaetz/General Milley and Sec. Austin.

Full Video of General Barry McCaffrey defending General Mark Milley from disgusting Fox News attacks.

Since I was 6 years old during the magical 1992-93 NBA season of the Phoenix Suns I have been a diehard fan. In this special episode of the podcast, I honor them as they are 1 win away from reaching just their 3rd NBA Finals appearance in the 53 years of franchise history.

I’ve been fascinated lately by studying great men in the history of the world. Men like the Biblical Prophet-King David of Israel, Abraham and Moses. Men like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Ferdinand Magellan and Christopher Columbus. Men we have been taught to laud as heroes that were chosen of God to accomplish great things upon this Earth. My fascination came about after more than a few acquaintances and friends have recently abandoned their faith in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints of which I am an active and faithful member. The reason they have turned away from a lifetime of belief and fidelity in the Church? Their discovery that the Prophet Joseph Smith, who we believe restored Jesus Christ’s original gospel and priesthood authority, committed major sins. Presumably coming to the conclusion that if he really was God’s chosen Prophet, then he couldn’t possibly have committed some of the sins he is accused of committing. In this episode I dive deep into some of these amazing men in history that fell victim to weakness and human fallibility. Knowing these facts about these men only strengthens my belief that God has always used ordinary, imperfect men and women to bring to pass his greatest purposes. It brings me hope in my own life that I am not defined by the biggest mistakes I’ve made. Every good thing I’ve done is not canceled out when I falter. We all strive to be the best versions of ourselves, we all have divine potential and because we are all human beings, we ultimately fall short. We make major mistakes. Only one perfect man ever lived on this earth and his name was Jesus Christ.