text: Biden Makes Good on Threat: U.S. Airstrike Targets ISIS Member in Retaliation for Kabul Bombing – RedState
  Biden Makes Good on Threat: U.S. Airstrike Targets ISIS Member in Retaliation for Kabul Bombing
  By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell | Aug 27, 2021 11:00 PM ET
  On Thursday, President Joe Biden said in his speech condemning the deadly suicide bombing at the Kabul airport which left 13 U.S. service members and countless Afghans dead:
  After many days of disastrous calls and mixed messaging, the American people have lost confidence in Biden's handling of this Afghanistan crisis of his own making.
  Which makes this retaliatory strike all the more surprising.
  This attack plan was set in motion less than two days after the attack at the Kabul airport. Aside from information that the airstrike was launched from parts beyond Afghanistan, the United States Central Command reported that the drone strike was organized in Nangahar province, against an ISIS member believed to be involved in planning attacks against the United States in Kabul.
  CentCom spokesman Navy Capt. William Urban said this individual was killed, and he believed that no civilians were harmed in this strike. Few other details were given, and it is unclear whether this ISIS member was involved in the actual bomb strike at Kabul airport.
  While this strike's intent is to send a message to the ISIS-K leadership who took credit for planning the bomb attack, the U.S. is still at a severe disadvantage in their efforts to evacuate U.S. citizens and Afghan allies still trapped. With the Taliban in full power, they are in control of the country, including Bagram airbase and the Kabul airport.