An Afghan national has been charged in a brazen ambush that left two National Guard members shot just blocks from the White House, and Americans deserve straight answers about how he got here in the first place. This isn’t the kind of isolated crime the left wants to pretend; it’s a glaring national security failure with real victims and a broken vetting system to blame.
Prosecutors say the suspect, identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, reportedly drove across the country to carry out the attack and now faces the most serious charges, including murder after one guard tragically died. The image of a foreign national walking into our capital and shooting our troops should set off alarm bells in every house of Congress and every agency with responsibility for border security.
This man came to the United States under Operation Allies Welcome in 2021, a program rushed and applauded by the Biden administration despite known gaps in vetting, and federal investigators are treating the incident as a possible act of terrorism. Appeasing advocacy groups and moving people in bulk without rigorous screening is not compassion — it’s negligence that puts American lives in danger.
On Sunday, Rep. Darrell Issa rightly ripped into the Biden-era vetting system on Fox News, warning that too many admitted under political pressure “aren’t who they say they are.” Issa’s straightforward rebuke should be a rallying cry for lawmakers who still answer to duty rather than political correctness; we need accountability, not excuses from officials defending a disastrous withdrawal.
At the same time, President Trump has taken a hard line abroad, ordering that the airspace above Venezuela be considered closed amid rising tensions and a campaign against narco-trafficking, a stance that sends a clear signal that American strength will be used to protect our interests. Weakness abroad invites chaos at home; when our leaders show resolve against regimes that traffic drugs and threaten regional stability, it helps choke off the criminal pipelines that flow into our cities.
The lesson is simple: open-door policies and rushed evacuations with insufficient background checks are incompatible with keeping Americans safe. Congress and the administration must immediately pause vulnerable migration channels, institute full re-vetting where failures are suspected, and restore strict deportation and enforcement mechanisms so that crime and terror have no easy path into our communities.
Our fallen soldiers were sworn to defend the republic — and the republic must repay that oath by defending them and every American. No more platitudes, no more political theater; demand investigations, hold officials accountable, and secure our borders and vetting systems now so that hardworking families can sleep safely at night.
