Live Thread 2: The Fall of Afghanistan

[Idiot]

This is incredibly scary.  If I were China I’d go after Taiwan right now.  Great time to attack us as well since there is no adult in charge.

[libertybele]

This is incredibly scary.  If I were China I’d go after Taiwan right now.  Great time to attack us as well since there is no adult in charge.

Yes, I am honestly frightened because there truly isn't anyone in charge right now.  What are our 535 members of Congress doing?? Have they no authority to do anything in this situation?  I am asking because I honestly don't know.

[rustynail]

Will the Chinese treat the native Hawaiians the way the native Hawaiians treat whites?

[dfwgator]

Will the Chinese treat the native Hawaiians the way the native Hawaiians treat whites?

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Well at least the Chinese didn't overthrow the legal Hawaiian Monarchy like we did.

[libertybele]

This is incredibly scary.  If I were China I’d go after Taiwan right now.  Great time to attack us as well since there is no adult in charge.

@mrpotatohead  9-11 is just around the corner.  I keep praying for a miracle for this Republic!

[240B]

Are we being setup?
We all know Milley is a hard core green hair Democrat Activist.
What if he was ordered to take the fall for Biden/Pelosi/Hillary/Schumer?
This stupid Milley fool didn't have anything to do with anything.
He could never make an actual decision on anything at all.
He is just a patsy. Biden (or the people controlling him) made Milley the "fall guy" in their corner.
Nothing but a stupid Leftist fool, who will go down in history as the worst 'general' ever.

[corbe]

   I dedicate this Country song to bidet:

Chris Knight - It Ain't Easy Being Me


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wvMNu15Uwo

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
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BREAKING: Biden says he will use federal govt to go after governors trying to block school mask mandates.

He forgets it was the states who created the feds to serve the states, not visa versa

[Bigun]

He forgets it was the states who created the feds to serve the states, not visa versa

And he has plenty of company!

[Cyber Liberty]

https://twitter.com/EmeraldRobinson/status/1428088668313554944

[EdinVA]

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/1428101079997296648

Just ask Putin... he did it..

[Hoodat]

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/1428101079997296648

I am blown away that ABC chose to air that.  And that's even after editing out all the embarrassing parts.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

My theory. Biden will resign, Kamala will name Hillary VP and then Kamala steps down.

Perhaps, but Hillary is old and do not think the American public would embrace someone who already lost once in an election and has the track record such as Benghazi under her belt.

2 women at the top would not be seen to be much of a threat to China or others, either.

That VP who will step in will be a Hillary-type of clone, competent and evil, but younger and can be seen to provide 'gravitas' to Harris.

It worries me.

[Elderberry]

U.S. and I.M.F. Apply a Financial Squeeze on the Taliban

NY Times By Eshe Nelson and Alan Rappeport

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/business/afghan-central-bank.html

Most of the Afghan central bank’s reserves are frozen at the Federal Reserve. And the International Monetary Fund will block more than $400 million in aid.

Despite the chaotic end to its presence in Afghanistan, the United States still has control over billions of dollars belonging to the Afghan central bank, money that Washington is making sure remains out of the reach of the Taliban.

About $7 billion of the central bank’s $9 billion in foreign reserves are held by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the former acting governor of the Afghan central bank said Wednesday, and the Biden administration has already moved to block access to that money.

The Taliban’s access to the other money could also be restricted by the long reach of American sanctions and influence. The central bank has $1.3 billion in international accounts, some of it euros and British pounds in European banks, the former official, Ajmal Ahmady, said in an interview on Wednesday. Remaining reserves are held by the Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements, he added.

Mr. Ahmady said earlier on Wednesday that the Taliban had already been asking central bank officials about where the money was.

“We can say the accessible funds to the Taliban are perhaps 0.1-0.2% of Afghanistan’s total international reserves,” he wrote on Twitter. “Not much.”

[libertybele]

Perhaps, but Hillary is old and do not think the American public would embrace someone who already lost once in an election and has the track record such as Benghazi under her belt.

2 women at the top would not be seen to be much of a threat to China or others, either.

That VP who will step in will be a Hillary-type of clone, competent and evil, but younger and can be seen to provide 'gravitas' to Harris.

It worries me.

Harris future VP has always worried me...they will ultimately be running the show.  I think you are correct...a younger version of Hillary. Jarret or Rice is my prediction.  Maybe Michael Obama.

[EdinVA]

Harris future VP has always worried me...they will ultimately be running the show.  I think you are correct...a younger version of Hillary. Jarret or Rice is my prediction.  Maybe Michael Obama.

Whoever is chosen has to be confirmed by both the house and the senate and given the 50/50 split in the senate with no VP to cast tie breaker vote, wonder what will happen?  I think extremists in this atmosphere will not make it.

[Hoodat]

Biden State Dept Moved to Abolish Crisis Response Bureau Months Before Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan

Adam Kredo • August 18, 2021 4:00 pm

The Biden State Department moved in June to cancel a program overseeing the protection and evacuation of American citizens stationed overseas in the case of an emergency, just as the Taliban was taking over Afghanistan, according to an internal State Department memo obtained by the Washington Free Beacon and multiple sources familiar with the matter.

The Biden State Department moved to dissolve the Trump-era crisis response program, according to an internal State Department memo and sources familiar with the matter. That memo, which was marked sensitive but unclassified and was signed by Deputy Secretary Brian McKeon, approved the "discontinuation of the establishment, and termination of, the Contingency and Crisis Response Bureau (CCR)," a new State Department entity created during the Trump administration to coordinate emergency response services overseas.  .  .  .

https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-state-dept-moved-to-abolish-crisis-response-bureau-months-before-taliban-takeover-of-afghanistan/

[corbe]

Whoever is chosen has to be confirmed by both the house and the senate and given the 50/50 split in the senate with no VP to cast tie breaker vote, wonder what will happen?  I think extremists in this atmosphere will not make it.

   It will come down to the classic race struggle~clintons/obummers

[EdinVA]

I am still trying to figure out if biteme told any of our allies what he was going to do or did he leave them in a lurch.

[Free Vulcan]

Problem with Kamala is that she's absolutely mentally unstable, worse than Biden in some ways.

I don't want her as President any more than I want Skeezy Joe.

[libertybele]

I am still trying to figure out if biteme told any of our allies what he was going to do or did he leave them in a lurch.

With the response Merkle gave I think he left them in a lurch.

[Hoodat]

https://twitter.com/RespectIsVital/status/1427973132044972034

[libertybele]

https://twitter.com/RespectIsVital/status/1427973132044972034

Good information.

[sneakypete]

We have no honor! IF there is anyone in the world anywhere who still trusts us it will surprise me.

@Bigun

WE don't trust "us" anymore. Why should a foreigner?

[DB]

Reagan's America is no more.