Author Topic: Live Thread 2: The Fall of Afghanistan (Read 8531 times)

mystery-ak · « **Reply #500 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:37:54 pm »

Ava
@MsAvaArmstrong
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Did anyone wake Biden up from his nap?

Hoodat · « **Reply #501 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:38:15 pm »

Qatar is full. Next option, Diego Garcia? 2,900 miles from Kabul.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #502 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:38:21 pm »

Rep. Ken Buck
@RepKenBuck
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Another US citizen and her child that my office assisted have been flown out of Kabul.

The U.S. military is doing incredible work on the ground. We have to get every American out.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #503 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:39:27 pm »

https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/1428773089467277313

mystery-ak · « **Reply #504 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:40:42 pm »

https://twitter.com/jtLOL/status/1428773537955950597

mystery-ak · « **Reply #505 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:46:18 pm »

PeteS in CA · « **Reply #506 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:47:34 pm »

British and French troops are going out into Kabul to rescue their citizens while the US sticks to the airport

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2021/08/20/british-and-french-troops-are-going-out-into-kabul-to-rescue-their-citizens-while-the-us-sticks-to-the-airport-n410356

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The basic situation in Kabul is that there are still thousands of Americans who need to get out of the country and the only way to do that is to get to Kabul airport where the American military is holding ground. There’s a ticking clock aspect to this because we were supposed to be completely out by August 31 and the White House has sent some mixed messages on whether that’s a firm deadline or not.

Meanwhile, as CNN’s Clarissa Ward has demonstrated for the past several days, getting to Kabul airport is a dangerous and harrowing experience. The area outside the airport is full of Taliban checkpoints and they may or may not care if you have a US passport. Some Americans have turned to lawmakers for help because the US government has made it clear it cannot guarantee your safety getting to the airport. One California Democrat made it explicit during an interview with CNN, “There is no way the American military should use military force to go to someone’s house or some building somewhere to extract people.” He added, “To provide safe passage from parts of a huge city? No way—not sensible.”

But it turns out the British and the French are doing exactly that. Both have sent in troops that are going out into the city to get their citizens and escort them back to the safety of the airport:

mystery-ak · « **Reply #507 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:49:52 pm »

Here we go

catfish1957 · « **Reply #508 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:50:13 pm »

Quote from: mystery-ak on August 20, 2021, 05:46:18 pm

mystery-ak · « **Reply #509 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:50:40 pm »

Ryan Saavedra
@RealSaavedra
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Biden is talking now ... 50 minutes late.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #510 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:50:57 pm »

mystery-ak · « **Reply #511 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:51:44 pm »

Sharyl Attkisson🕵️‍♂️
@SharylAttkisson
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Biden: We are strong. And have done a great job evacuating people.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #512 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:52:17 pm »

Charlie Spiering
@charliespiering
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"This is one of the largest most difficult airlifts in history” says Joe Biden

mystery-ak · « **Reply #513 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:52:49 pm »

Liz Mair
@LizMair
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13,000 over 6 days is not enough. We need to step it up. A lot.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #514 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:53:05 pm »

Sharyl AttkissonMan detective
@SharylAttkisson
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Biden: The airport is open and in good shape. We are standing by our commitment. We've evacuated all the media from NYT WashPost WSJ.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #515 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:53:35 pm »

Susan Crabtree Hennebury
@susancrabtree
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.@POTUS
trying to project U.S. military strength to the rest of the world. "This is one of the largest most difficult airlift in history + the only cntry in the world capable of projecting this much power. On the far side of the world, with this degree of precision is the U.S.A."

mystery-ak · « **Reply #516 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:54:12 pm »

Rory Cooper
@rorycooper
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‘Nobody handles a crisis I created like me.’

mystery-ak · « **Reply #517 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:54:19 pm »

RBe
@RBPundit
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He just went off the rails. He's winging it.

They're panicking.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #518 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:54:51 pm »

mystery-ak · « **Reply #519 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:55:13 pm »

Allie Beth Stuckey
@conservmillen
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“Any American who wants to come home, we will get you home.” It’s taken him way too long to say this.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #520 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:55:39 pm »

Sharyl Attkisson🕵️‍♂️
@SharylAttkisson
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Biden: We're in constant contact with the Taliban (for assistance and coordination)

mystery-ak · « **Reply #521 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:55:57 pm »

https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1428777555016916996

mystery-ak · « **Reply #522 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:56:15 pm »

Rebecca Lanning
@_RLanning
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Replying to
@MZHemingway
In constant contact with the Taliban, our new overlords

mystery-ak · « **Reply #523 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:56:33 pm »

Alyssa Farah
@Alyssafarah
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As a factual matter, he is NOT authorizing "any resource" necessary. The US military isn't authorized to leave the airport to help US citizens get to Hamid Karzai. The French & the Germans have sent their forces in. We haven't.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #524 on:** August 20, 2021, 05:56:49 pm »

Jeffy
@JeffyJFR
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Soooo, now we care about evacuating our people!? Laser Focus...