On Afghanistan, Biden Takes the Wrong Lesson From King Solomon

Biden's decision to seize and split Afghanistan's Central Bank reserves as the nation sinks into poverty has received widespread ire.

Biden giving a speech on Afghanistan in August 2021. Source: The White House.

It was virtually everything. Almost all of it. Nearly every cent. Almost $10 billion of the reserves of Afghanistan’s central bank had been stored overseas. The vast majority of that money, $7 billion, was stored in the United States, where it would always be safe for the Islam…