As Obama’s Middle Eastern policy disintegrates, Islamic extremism regenerates: Taliban militants attacked the U.S. consulate in Afghanistan Friday, complete with a suicide car bombing followed by a firefight with security forces. No Americans were injured, though two Afghans were reportedly killed. Seven jihadis were killed.

The attack is part of a pattern of increased violence as the unstable nation nears Barack Obama’s stupefying and completely arbitrary withdrawal deadline for American troops. Obama once considered Afghanistan the “right war,” but is now abandoning U.S. interests in the nation all for the sake of his own political gain.