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Meet Traitor Joe!
It is the name that is associated with one single word, traitor. Benedict Arnold started as a patriot and one who served our revolutionary efforts very well. However, Arnold became bitter when he felt that he had been snubbed for promotion and that others were taking credit for his exploits. George Washington believed in Arnold and gave him command of the highly important Fort at West Point that guarded the entrance into the Hudson River valley. Arnold, unfortunately, decided that he would place his ego over duty and planned to turn the fort over to the British.
The British officer with whom Arnold had been colluding was captured by the American forces. The documents he carried laid out the plans for Benedict Arnold’s handover of West Point to the British. Somehow Arnold found out that his plot had been uncovered and he escaped…to join with the British and fight against his former American brothers. After the war, Arnold went to England, where he was never really accepted. Rightfully so. Who would ever trust a traitor? His life was one of mediocrity and misery, and he died at the age of 60 in Canada.
So, why do I tell this story? Perhaps some of you have connected the title of this missive to the story of Benedict Arnold.
Just recently, there were eight Tajikistan nationals apprehended in New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. They have claimed allegiance to ISIS and were openly discussing bomb-making. This comes on the heels of the Islamic jihadist illegals who were apprehended trying to drive through the barriers at Marine Corps Base, Quantico. These Tajiks had come into our Country illegally over the open southern border. They were released into the Country—yes, single military-age males from a Country just north of Afghanistan. Afghanistan, where we turned that Country back over to the very same Islamic jihadists we fought to remove…courtesy of our very own Benedict Arnold, Joe Biden.
