August 21, 2021
82nd Airborne commander tells Brits to stop rescuing stranded nationals because they're making the U.S. look bad?
By Monica Showalter
So much for the U.S.-U.K. alliance.
The commander of the 82nd Airborne, in a story I hope is wrong, has reportedly told this to the Brits, according to the Washington Examiner's Tom Rogan:
I understand that the commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division has told the commander of the British special forces at the Kabul airport to cease operations beyond the airport perimeter.
Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue has told his British Army counterpart, a high-ranking field-grade officer of the British army's 22nd Special Air Service Regiment, that British operations were embarrassing the United States military in the absence of similar U.S. military operations. I understand that the British officer firmly rejected the request.
more
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/82nd_airborne_commander_tells_brits_to_stop_rescuing_the_stranded_because_theyre_making_the_us_look_bad.html
I checked this morning, and the Communist News Network has stopped covering the Afghanistan mess and has pivoted to the "out of control" COVID "outbreak."
As expected. That's why Biteme gave the confusing speech about COVID Wednesday.
Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
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54m
Only six U.S. Air Force transport planes able to fly out of Kabul yesterday due to pause in operations. 1,600 total evacuated: Pentagon
47 non-U.S. military aircraft were able to fly out yesterday, official adds.
Pat Ward
@WardDPatrick
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President Biden will no longer be traveling to Wilmington, DE, White House tells traveling press pool
Avoid the airport. If you want out of Afghanistan, start hiking.
Trish Regan
@trish_regan
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Biden is ill-equipped to be President.
And world now knows it.
Betsy Klein
@betsy_klein · 2m
Maj. Gen. Hank Taylor: “In the last 24 hours, 6 US military C-17s and 32 charters departed Kabul.
I don't think this is true..Fox reporting Biden staying in DC
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1429085020241661958
ian bremmer
@ianbremmer
Kabul airport today. Rumors that the Americans will take anyone that gets through so tens of thousands have arrived.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/1428792030415753216
The Delaware trip was cancelled, probably due to the fact that Henri is supposed to hit New York by tomorrow night. The White House has a basement, too.
Alyssa Farah
@Alyssafarah · 1h
It’s almost as though we needed a plan beyond “get to the airport.” Heartbreaking - this tragedy is squarely on Biden.
You are misreading what I wrote. I did not say Pelosi is automatically the VP! According to the 25th Amendment, a President must appoint a VP. When Spiro Agnew resigned, Carl Albert (then the Speaker of the House) didn't get to be VP, Nixon appointed Gerald Ford, who was the Minority Leader of the House at the time.
If there is no VP, and a President Harris doesn't get a Nominee Confirmed, the the rules of succession says the Speaker will be the new President.https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,445986.msg2480355.html#msg2480355
If Harris can't get her pick for Veep confirmed by both Houses of Congress, then that office would remain open and Pelosi would be first in line.
https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,445986.msg2480229.html#msg2480229
@Cyber Liberty - I am responding on thread 2 to this post by you:
I believe you are incorrect as Pelosi does not fill the VP spot if there is a President and no VP can be confirmed.
There is no requirement that Pelosi become VP if that office remains vacant and there is a sitting President.
BTW, locking threads made this kinda difficult to respond back to you
Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
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BREAKING: U.S. embassy Kabul warns of "potential security threats" outside Kabul airport. "We are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time."
Sorry, that lock was necessary for housekeeping.Ok, I see what you meant. What I read in your post was that Pelosi was the next in line for VP, when I know that is incorrect. You meant next in line for President if there is no VP
You still miss my point. Pelosi does not have to be the VP to succeed to the office of President, because if the VP seat is vacant she's already next in the line of succession. This is the way it was before the 25th Amendment that allows a President to nominate a replacement VP. Gerald Ford was the first VP to have been not elected, and Rockefeller was the second.
LBJ had no VP between November '63 and January '65 because the 25th had not yet been Ratified.
Ok, I see what you meant. What I read in your post was that Pelosi was the next in line for VP, when I know that is incorrect. You meant next in line for President if there is no VP
posting the correct titleYeah, sorry, I messed up!
@Cyber Liberty - I am responding on thread 2 to this post by you:
I believe you are incorrect as Pelosi does not fill the VP spot if there is a President and no VP can be confirmed.
There is no requirement that Pelosi become VP if that office remains vacant and there is a sitting President.
BTW, locking threads made this kinda difficult to respond back to you
Sorry, that lock was necessary for housekeeping.
You still miss my point. Pelosi does not have to be the VP to succeed to the office of President, because if the VP seat is vacant she's already next in the line of succession. This is the way it was before the 25th Amendment that allows a President to nominate a replacement VP. Gerald Ford was the first VP to have been not elected, and Rockefeller was the second.
LBJ had no VP between November '63 and January '65 because the 25th had not yet been Ratified.
@Bigun replying to https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,445986.msg2480353.html#msg2480353
The only line of succession for President within the Constitution following the VP becoming President is this
In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
This to me indicates that the current Congress is the deciding entity that provides for the removal of a President/VP as well as what Officer shall act as President.
To me, this means the current Congress is not bound by a past Congress or a law in selecting the acting President, as a law by Congress can not supersede the Constitution, the latter being always the deciding factor.
What am I missing?
Richard Grenell
@RichardGrenell
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John Kirby dismisses attacks on Americans because it isn’t widespread.
“Some physical violence has occurred” towards Americans trying to get to the Kabul Airport.
But he says it isn’t a lot.
Weijia Jiang
@weijia
· 3h
From @CBSNews colleague @AhMukhtar: A former Afghan interpreter who tried to get into the airport today – for the fifth time- said Taliban outside the airport told people that ISIS is planning an attack.
Hopefully by the end of next week, the State Department will issue a statement on this.
Hopefully by the end of next week, the State Department will issue a statement on this.
I am 100% sure there will be statements issued by the State Department. All of them will conflict with the rest, resulting in more of the crap we've been seeing the past 6 days.
Hopefully...I don't place a who lot of hope right now. Is anyone truly watching our backs?? I wouldn't doubt ISIS is already across the border, has been across the border and is well positioned to strike in every major city. I hope that I am wrong. With the caravans that come across during the Trump administration and those coming over now, I have little doubt that they're already here.
No worries, Joe will come forward and issue one of his reassuring statements. :whistle:
Hopefully...I don't place a who lot of hope right now. Is anyone truly watching our backs?? I wouldn't doubt ISIS is already across the border, has been across the border and is well positioned to strike in every major city. I hope that I am wrong.
I am 100% sure there will be statements issued by the State Department. All of them will conflict with the rest, resulting in more of the crap we've been seeing the past 6 days.
Jacqui Heinrich
@JacquiHeinrich · 1m
Police cars revolving lightBREAKING, thread:
The State Department has been hit by a cyber attack, and notifications of a possible serious breach were made by the Department of Defense Cyber Command.
ISIS Terror Attacks Now Reported to Be Threat to Americans Stranded in Afghanistan, According to New Intel Reports
https://trendingpolitics.com/isis-terror-attacks-now-reported-to-be-threat-to-americans-stranded-in-afghanistan-according-to-new-intel-reports-knab/
CNN’s Clarissa Ward Boards Flight Leaving Afghanistan, Shows The Packed Conditions Inside Plane
https://twitter.com/clarissaward/status/1428836195237236738
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/21/cnn-clarissa-ward-leaves-afghanistan-packed-plane/
Good for Clarissa! I've been following her on Twitter.
Yep. She has done a great job at real reporting. Kudos to her.
https://twitter.com/AsaadHannaa/status/1428875867913138185
China Joe's team left everything behind for the Taliban to succeed.
You are missing the fact that the congress has done exactly that several times. Most recently, in 1947.So the assumption that Pelosi as Speaker is not necessarily the order as per Constitution, as the Congress can change the order any time it wants.
http://fd.valenciacollege.edu/file/ftua/Presidential%20Succession%20Act.pdf
Since the act is NOT an amendment to the constitution, the congress is free to repeal or amend this act at any time but until that happens, The Succession Act of 1947 (http://fd.valenciacollege.edu/file/ftua/Presidential%20Succession%20Act.pdf) remains the law of the land and the order of succession is fixed.
@IsailedawayfromFR
FOREIGN fighters are flocking to Afghanistan to launch a new terror war on the West as the Taliban tears through the country. (https://www.the-sun.com/news/3468810/chilling-map-jihadis-flocking-afghanistan-terror-war/)Biden has created a new base for terror operations and supplied them with advanced weaponry, all the while providing blank visas for the terrorists to use to gain access to the USA.
This was eight days ago.
Biden has created a new base for terror operations and supplied them with advanced weaponry.by the way, has GW Bush had a single word of criticism for his friend Joe Biden? After all, W birthed the Afghanistan baby.
That should be the reading notes of every GOP in Congress.
...and they are coming to the US
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1429192771261378567
DLW
@Dlw20161950
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Tucker Carlson isn’t buying it. Last night on his show, Tucker Carlson issued a warning. He pointed out that they have covered up for Biden since he began his run for President.
Tucker said, “something else is going on here.”
Muslims will be the dominant ethnic group in America and throughout the western hemisphere. They will wage jihad.
@libertybele
As sure as the sun comes up in the east.
Not only that,but as ethnic and religious minorities,they will have hiring preference for city,state,and federal jobs.
Gee,I wonder how much trouble they can cause us from those jobs?
I more worried about Sharia Law being allowed to override the Constitution.
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1429201144677605381
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1429201144677605381
Unfortunately, their opponent has just been handed a considerable and extensive upgrade in weaponry. Thanks to Joe Biden.
Joe Biden didn't have anything to do with this.Exactly!!!
This was all planned out by the Obama Regime. They had at least 8 years to politicize the intelligence and justice departments, and the judges are being seated still as I type.
How do you not ship back or destroy the weaponry, vehicles and ammunition?
This was a strategized pullout...closing the air base on July 2nd, it wasn't a case of "...holy crap let's get the hell out of here!"
They foretold the dates they would be leaving for chrissakes.
Philip Melanchthon Wegmann
@PhilipWegmann · 42m
NEW: Biden to give an update on Afghanistan tomorrow at 4:00pm.
Joe Biden didn't have anything to do with this.
This was all planned out by the Obama Regime. They had at least 8 years to politicize the intelligence and justice departments, and the judges are being seated still as I type.
How do you not ship back or destroy the weaponry, vehicles and ammunition?
This was a strategized pullout...closing the air base on July 2nd, it wasn't a case of "...holy crap let's get the hell out of here!"
They foretold the dates they would be leaving for chrissakes.
Philip Melanchthon Wegmann
@PhilipWegmann
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NEW: Biden to give an update on Afghanistan tomorrow at 4:00pm.
When even Blair is against you…
Yep. This is a real tweet from the U.S. Secretary of State:
https://twitter.com/MailOnline/status/1429438175747923971
Pentagon hints troops may begin operations OUTSIDE Kabul airport to rescue US citizens as Taliban leader arrives in Kabul: Biden will address the nation at 4pm and stranded Americans in Afghanistan tell him 'we need help'
Pentagon has hinted that rescue missions may have to occur outside Kabul airport to extract Americans
Embassy in Kabul is now warning US citizens not to try to reach the airport, which is the only way out
Officials declined to discuss security plans in any detail, but until now US operations were limited to airport
UK, French and German forces have been preparing special ops missions to extract their people
American mom trapped in Afghanistan says she has given up hope of reaching the airport on her own
Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived in Kabul on Saturday to begin talks to form a new government
By Keith Griffith For Dailymail.com and Wires
Published: 23:40 EDT, 21 August 2021 | Updated: 03:47 EDT, 22 August 2021
more
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9915747/Pentagon-hints-troops-begin-operations-OUTSIDE-Kabul-airport.html
You don't announce it, you just DO it. Giving advance notice just gives the enemy time to prepare.
So the assumption that Pelosi as Speaker is not necessarily the order as per Constitution, as the Congress can change the order any time it wants.
And that is the point I was making.
We do not necessarily have to adhere to all those succession laws you quoted if Congress chooses to rewrite the law because the succession is not spelled out in the Constitution, the ruling authority, other than saying it is in the hands of Congress.
our country is being run by mental midgets
our country is being run by mental midgets
Men from Afghanistan's secret gay community say they are living through a 'nightmare' and fear that the Taliban will execute them at any moment
https://www.businessinsider.com/afghanistans-secret-gay-community-is-living-in-fear-of-taliban-terror-2021-8?r=US&IR=T
You don't announce it, you just DO it. Giving advance notice just gives the enemy time to prepare.
Maybe the first democrat POTUS that Blair hasn't brought his kneepads for homage.
The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) is telling personnel not to personally assist “friends and former colleagues” stuck in Afghanistan, according to an internal email obtained by the Daily Caller.
“If any Afghanistan national contacts a DCMA employee for assistance with asylum, the employee should in no way suggest or represent that the individual or DCMA is in a position to help,” the email read. “The employee should only inform the Afghanistan national that the State Department is the appropriate organization to contact.”
Taliban Terrorists Abduct 20 Children, Tell Their Fathers to Submit or They’ll Kill The ChildrenAt this point, I believe Biden is fervently hoping that the Taliban completes its Kabul takeover so no more pics and news like this will take place to make him look bad.
by Collin Rugg
(https://trendingpolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/taliban-children-northern-alliance.jpeg)
People in Afghanistan are feeling the rathe of the Taliban terrorists after President Joe Biden allowed them to take over the country.
A new report coming out of the region claims that 20 children are being held hostage and their fathers have four hours to surrender or else they’ll be slaughtered.
“Breaking: The Taliban have attacked district of Andarab again to seek revenge. A local told me: “the war is going on in earnest, that People Resistance group now have the strategic points, but the Taliban had taken their children and women hostage and demand fathers to surrender”,” said reporter Natiq Malikzada on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/natiqmalikzada/status/1429332944221458436
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjowhPUhyh4&ab_channel=HollyDouglas
more
https://trendingpolitics.com/taliban-terrorists-abduct-20-children-tell-their-fathers-to-submit-or-theyll-kill-the-children-crugg/
Garrett M. Graff
@vermontgmg · 1h
A Sunday TV talk show reminder: Effectively everyone the media is trotting out as an “Afghanistan expert” contributed meaningfully to the failed and unsustainable strategies that led us to now. If they had a brilliant solution, they didn’t execute it when it was their chance.
Ian Miles Cheong @ stillgray.substack.com
Chris Wallace to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Afghanistan: "Does the president not know what's going on?"
Blinken: "This is an incredibly emotional time for many of us."
While channel hopping, I caught CNN laying blame on GWB and MSNBC on Trump. The Dems are beginning to circle the wagons. It won't work. Joe Biden's 'presidency' [sic] is effectively over. There is nothing politically that he will be able to accomplish from this point forward.That is the only good news out of all of this I have read
Washington, DC newsrooms like to hide facts that matter:
Susan Rice’s deputies when she was Obama’s National Security Advisor were Anthony Blinken and Avril Haines.
https://twitter.com/Gutfeldfox/status/1428554632285073409
toomas hendrik ilves
@IlvesToomas
Joe Biden's aides 'too afraid' to tell him he was wrong on Afghanistan, say White House insiders
Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
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Jake Sullivan to NBC on decision to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan over objections from top brass: “That is a presidential call, not a call by anyone at the Pentagon or the State Department or the intelligence.”
Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews · 4m
Jake Sullivan to NBC on decision to pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan over objections from top brass: “That is a presidential call, not a call by anyone at the Pentagon or the State Department or the intelligence.”
under the bus888
Restore and Reimagine Partnerships: A Biden administration will do more than restore our historic partnerships; it will lead the effort to reimagine them for the future. This means keeping NATO’s military capabilities sharp, while also expanding our capacity to take on new, non-traditional threats like weaponized corruption, cyber theft, and new challenges in space and on the high seas; calling on all NATO nations to recommit to their responsibilities as members of a democratic alliance;
https://joebiden.com/AmericanLeadership/
Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
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Pentagon: U.S. helped 7,800 people escape from Kabul airport yesterday, largest haul since evacuation flights began
What I want to know is since all Afghanistan's money is frozen, where are the Taliban getting their money?The Biden administration is giving the Taliban money to play nice right now. There is absolutely no doubt about it.
Oil, opium, China, all of the above?
The Biden administration is giving the Taliban money to play nice right now. There is absolutely no doubt about it.He is copying his mentor
How many were Americans? If the recent past is any indication, about 780 were US Citizens (10%). That means we have about 1,000 of us out, about 1/15th of the total US Citizens still in country. About 95% are still screwed.
The primary issue we face right now is crowd control. There are thousands of people crowding the gates making it impossible for anyone to get through. A very large number of these people are average Afghans trying to leave the country, but with no attachment to allied forces. These are the people blocking the line.All of this was one of Joe's contingency plans, wasn't it? Along with him knocking on wood.
What is needed here are event coordinators who have experience working with large crowds. They need to set up a process where gates are opened to allow the crowd to start flowing. Anyone coming in that has no visa claim will be moved towards a new 'exit' gate for discharge from the airport. As a flow is established, Americans who have previously failed in their attempt to reach the gate will be able to join the flow with the promise of reaching the entry gate as the flow proceeds.
The key is to get ineligible persons out of the way. I deeply sympathize with them and their expectation that the US wouldn't allow the Taliban to take over so quickly. But as foreign nationals who have made no previous attempt to immigrate to the US, there is really nothing we can do. Route them through a path just inside the perimeter of the airport and direct them out a new exit gate.
The primary issue we face right now is crowd control. There are thousands of people crowding the gates making it impossible for anyone to get through. A very large number of these people are average Afghans trying to leave the country, but with no attachment to allied forces. These are the people blocking the line.
What is needed here are event coordinators who have experience working with large crowds. They need to set up a process where gates are opened to allow the crowd to start flowing. Anyone coming in that has no visa claim will be moved towards a new 'exit' gate for discharge from the airport. As a flow is established, Americans who have previously failed in their attempt to reach the gate will be able to join the flow with the promise of reaching the entry gate as the flow proceeds.
The key is to get ineligible persons out of the way. I deeply sympathize with them and their expectation that the US wouldn't allow the Taliban to take over so quickly. But as foreign nationals who have made no previous attempt to immigrate to the US, there is really nothing we can do. Route them through a path just inside the perimeter of the airport and direct them out a new exit gate.
Men from Afghanistan's secret gay community say they are living through a 'nightmare' and fear that the Taliban will execute them at any moment. Under the previous period of Taliban rule, the militant group executed gay men. One Afghan activist predicted gay people in Afghanistan would be "weeded out and exterminated" by the Taliban. Several gay Afghans spoke to Insider and described how they live in fear for their life after the Taliban's victory. Story at Business Insider (https://www.businessinsider.com/afghanistans-secret-gay-community-is-living-in-fear-of-taliban-terror-2021-8)
(https://i.insider.com/611fe53e1c47770019e6a166?width=1000&format=jpeg&auto=webp)
Najib Faizi, 21, describes himself as the first drag queen of Afghan descent.
Watch: Sec of State Blinken Names Wrong Afghanistan President
Mike Brest
@MikeBrestDC
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Inbox: Fox News has helped evacuate three Afghan nationals who previously worked as freelance associates, and another Afghan colleague, plus their families. 24 people in all, and they’re now in Qatar.
If he was truly focusing on getting people out, would he have not thought harder on doing so BEFORE he helped create this mess?
BLINKEN: My- what- I’m what I’m focused on, what we’re all focused on is getting people out and making sure that we’re doing everything possible to do that. And in this case, it is, I think, a requirement of the job to be in contact with- with the Taliban, which controls Kabul.
Devastating report from the front lines of Biden’s crisis.
https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1429533921084157952But...but...brt...Biden said everything was gonna be fine.
Donald Trump: ‘Vietnam Looks Like Master Class in Strategy Compared to Joe Biden’s Catastrophe’ in Afghanistan
Breitbart, Aug 21, 2021
Former President Donald Trump slammed President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal in Afghanistan during his rally Saturday in Cullman, Alabama.
“Biden failed totally on the pandemic and he’s now overseeing the greatest foreign policy humiliation in the history of the United States of America. This is the greatest humiliation I’ve ever seen,” he told the audience.
Trump added that Biden’s “botched exit in Afghanistan is the most astonishing display of gross incompetence by a nation’s leader perhaps at any time that anybody’s ever seen. Name another situation like this.”
He continued:QuoteVietnam looks like a master class in strategy compared to Joe Biden’s catastrophe. And it didn’t have to happen. All he had to do is leave the soldiers there until everything is out, our citizens, our weapons. Then you bomb the hell out of the bases, we have five bases, and you say ‘bye bye.’ You say, ‘bye bye.’
The scene of those big giant planes taking off with people hanging on the sides and falling off… there’ll never be anything like that. That’s worse than the helicopters. You remember the helicopters taking off the roofs? This blows it away. Not even a contest. This will go down as one of the great military defeats of all time and it did not have to happen that way. This is not a withdrawal, this was a total surrender, a surrender for no reason.
More: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/21/donald-trump-vietnam-bidens-afghanistan/
How many were Americans? If the recent past is any indication, about 780 were US Citizens (10%). That means we have about 1,000 of us out, about 1/15th of the total US Citizens still in country. About 95% are still screwed.
John CardilloGood to remember. Joe's not in charge. Even Jill is not in charge.
@johncardillo
President Barack Obama and VP Susan Rice completely botched Afghanistan and blamed it on a senile old man.
7:43 PM · Aug 22, 2021·
Former UK commander in Afghanistan says Biden shouldn't be impeached: 'He should be court-martialed'
Interview is to be aired tonight on "Life, Liberty & Levin"; FNC, 8:00 and 11:00 PM ET
Exactly what I've been thinking. "Impeachment" has become nothing but a distraction, since William Jefferson Clinton.
Noah Rothman
@NoahCRothman
The most powerful nation on earth cannot allow this. What are we doing?
Yes, he should be court-martialed, but as long as the DEMS retain control, it's never going to happen.
The best chance of getting Joe to step down is the 25th Amendment. I don't know what the heck everyone is waiting for!
It's not about "...getting Joe to step down". Eff that nonsense. It will happen on its own.
It's about JUSTICE! It's about revenge for this deliberate destruction of our Republic.
This isn't incompetence. It's deliberate.
I absolutely agree that this was deliberate. Joe's mental acuity is an excuse -- he was put into play for a reason.
All I am pointing out is that as long as the DEMS remain in control, along with our corrupt DOJ, justice will never be brought to him Obama, Jarrett,Holder, Rice, Clinton, and on down the line.
This was planned long before Trump was even sworn in.
@libertybele
Aww...I'm not challenging you or mocking you. :laugh:
Just call it an 'enhancement' of your post. :beer:
Taliban leader ‘Baradar the Butcher’ lands in Kabul, allegedly eyeing presidency
Taliban leader and co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, known as “Baradar the Butcher,” arrived in Kabul on Saturday to begin talks that will focus on setting up a new Afghan government.
Baradar will meet battlefield commanders, former government leaders, and policy-makers, as well as religious scholars, a Taliban official told Agence France-Presse.
The terrorist leader was arrested in Pakistan in 2010 but was never handed over to the U.S. He was reportedly kept in Pakistan, residing in an official “guest room” of the government before he was transported in 2018 to Qatar at the request of former President Trump so he could lead talks that would potentially result in an eventual U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. It’s now rumored that Baradar is coveting the presidency of Afghanistan.
EXCLUSIVE: Small Percentage Of Afghan Refugees Flagged Through Security Screenings For Possible Ties To Terrorism
A small percentage of Afghan refugees are being flagged through biometric and background checks for possible ties to terrorism, one Pentagon official and a second person familiar with the process of security screenings told the Daily Caller.
The Pentagon official said the number of Afghan refugees flagged for questionable connections, such as connections to attacks against U.S. or coalition forces, is “0.5% or more.” President Joe Biden estimated during an interview published Aug. 19 that between 50,000 to 65,000 Afghans must be evacuated, meaning roughly 250-325 of these could be flagged, if the trend continues.
more
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/22/afghan-refugees-flagged-security-screenings-ties-terrorism-pentagon-biden/
CNN’s Zeleny on Biden’s ‘Bizarre’ Speech — Seems He’s ‘Insulated or Isolated Inside the White House’
Sunday on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” CNN chief national affairs correspondent Jeff Zeleny suggested President Joe Biden’s recent speech about the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan was evidence the president is being “insulated or isolated inside the White House.”
more
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/22/cnns-zeleny-on-bidens-bizarre-speech-seems-hes-insulated-or-isolated-inside-the-white-house/
Anybody who still defends this buffoon is an unserious moron.
Speaking of ..... has he called a 'lid' yet today, or is he posing in an empty conference room somewhere for a photo op?
Anybody who still defends this buffoon is an unserious moron.
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1429829676554506246
Heard today on the Chris Plante Show that Afghanistan was set up digitally to scan passports of all people entering their country...as the U.S.A. does.once they publicly reveal how many are there, they have to account for them.
The passport is scanned upon entering and then upon leaving.
ERGO: They know EXACTLY how many Americans are still inside Afghanistan.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1429825743559839745
9999hair out0000
https://mobile.twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1429845953608044555
https://twitter.com/charliespiering/status/1429838153523806209
https://mobile.twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1429823330710953993
Josh Rogin
@joshrogin
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Kirby won't comment on whether it's true the 82nd Airborne was supposed to go to Bagram to re-open it but the plan was shut down by the White House. Interesting. cc: @PressSec
https://twitter.com/a_newsman/status/1429880148300599303Biden is afraid to upset the Taliban fearing that they could cause us lots of grief as we try to evacuate our people. Plus we are paying them to play nice.
(https://i.imgur.com/CftDgQB.jpg)
What American wants to stay in Afghanistan...they are going to say they haven't heard from or Americans haven't come to the airport so they must want to stay...and this admin will leave them since the Taliband gave them a Aug 31st warning this morning..
Daily Caller
@DailyCaller
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.@PressSec
: "I think its irresponsible to say that Americans are stranded. They are not. We are committed to bringing Americans who want to come home, home."
What did I just say up thread...
Joe Biden
@JoeBiden
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United States government official
Once screened and cleared, we will welcome Afghans who helped us in the war effort to their new home in the United States of America.
Because that's who we are. That's what America is.
https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/1429887065928486927
Psaki and the Admin continues to use the highly legalese-sounding phrase "Americans who want to come home" talking point.
There is a reason why they are using this phrase and I think we as American's need to brace for what's coming.
They are setting the table for justifying why they are leaving Americans stranded in a hostile foreign country once the August 31st deadline passes.
Mark my words...Biden & Co are about to willing leave American citizens to die at the hands of foreign terrorists.
Benghazi taught us how the Dems treat Embassy officials....they could care less..
And it's not just Embassy staff that will get left behind this time.
Weren't half of the Benghazi Four not employees of the State Department?
Weren't half of the Benghazi Four not employees of the State Department?
Tyrone S. Woods and Glen Doherty were CIA contractors
They were ex Navy Seals employed by the CIA as contractors.
Is the CIA part of State? Just curious. I knew they were Seals. They fought like Seals.
Separate organization from State...same cabinet level status though.
Psaki and the Admin continues to use the highly legalese-sounding phrase "Americans who want to come home" talking point.
There is a reason why they are using this phrase and I think we as American's need to brace for what's coming.
They are setting the table for justifying why they are leaving Americans stranded in a hostile foreign country once the August 31st deadline passes.
Mark my words...Biden & Co are about to willing leave American citizens to die at the hands of foreign terrorists.
I think you're exactly correct!
And I really wish I wasn't.
Speaking of Benghazi...I've heard that the person running this botched op and pulling the strings behind the curtain is none other than Susan Rice.
Two of her assistants from her time in the Obama administration are now the Biden Administration Chief (Blinken) and Director of National Intelligence (Avril Haines)
And there Rice sits as the National Security Advisor.
https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/1429887065928486927
Hate to say this, but I agree with this POV.I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt as Biden’s astounding stupidity caught everyone by surprise.
The Americans inside Afghanistan knew FULL WELL that once Bagram AF Base was abandoned, they had just a couple of weeks at most to get to Kabul and to GET THE HELL OUT OF DODGE!
Of course, there are exceptions, but there's no excuse in my mind why over 10K Americans are scattered across the country at this point in time.
Hate to say this, but I agree with this POV.
The Americans inside Afghanistan knew FULL WELL that once Bagram AF Base was abandoned, they had just a couple of weeks at most to get to Kabul and to GET THE HELL OUT OF DODGE!
Of course, there are exceptions, but there's no excuse in my mind why over 10K Americans are scattered across the country at this point in time.
You're correct. They should have known better than to believe the sweet lies they were being emailed from the State Department. Those of us at home in our living rooms knew about the lies, how could they not?
I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt as Biden’s astounding stupidity caught everyone by surprise.
Yes...I posted that on this thread..someplace...lol
Hate to say this, but I agree with this POV.
The Americans inside Afghanistan knew FULL WELL that once Bagram AF Base was abandoned, they had just a couple of weeks at most to get to Kabul and to GET THE HELL OUT OF DODGE!
Of course, there are exceptions, but there's no excuse in my mind why over 10K Americans are scattered across the country at this point in time.
Hate to say this, but I agree with this POV.
The Americans inside Afghanistan knew FULL WELL that once Bagram AF Base was abandoned, they had just a couple of weeks at most to get to Kabul and to GET THE HELL OUT OF DODGE!
Of course, there are exceptions, but there's no excuse in my mind why over 10K Americans are scattered across the country at this point in time.
Lavern Spicer
@lavern_spicer
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How come every other world leader can get their people out EXCEPT JOE BIDEN?
Hate to say this, but I agree with this POV.I gotta disagree. Most of those folks are over there at the request of our government, security, intelligence, reconstruction etc. If we, the US, asked/told them to go, then we owe them a way out. They were likely never told of the situation, or what they were told was different that what we now know.
The Americans inside Afghanistan knew FULL WELL that once Bagram AF Base was abandoned, they had just a couple of weeks at most to get to Kabul and to GET THE HELL OUT OF DODGE!
Of course, there are exceptions, but there's no excuse in my mind why over 10K Americans are scattered across the country at this point in time.
I gotta disagree. Most of those folks are over there at the request of our government, security, intelligence, reconstruction etc. If we, the US, asked/told them to go, then we owe them a way out. They were likely never told of the situation, or what they were told was different that what we now know.
Psaki and the Admin continues to use the highly legalese-sounding phrase "Americans who want to come home" talking point.
There is a reason why they are using this phrase and I think we as American's need to brace for what's coming.
They are setting the table for justifying why they are leaving Americans stranded in a hostile foreign country once the August 31st deadline passes.
Mark my words...Biden & Co are about to willing leave American citizens to die at the hands of foreign terrorists.
I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt as Biden’s astounding stupidity caught everyone by surprise.
Hate to say this, but I agree with this POV.
The Americans inside Afghanistan knew FULL WELL that once Bagram AF Base was abandoned, they had just a couple of weeks at most to get to Kabul and to GET THE HELL OUT OF DODG
ALL Americans need to come home period.
@Right_in_Virginia
Okay...you're right, although am hard-pressed to visualize anybody here on the forum that wouldn't have made immediate plans to skidaddle out of there once Biden was inaugurated. Yes, I know we're all political junkies, but how tone-deaf can people get? The signs to get out were everywhere.
I know damned well, I would have been out of there, the evening of January 20th, 2021. :laugh:
It’s been a week since the Taliban entered Afghanistan’s capital city and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled.
And the scene at Hamid Karzai International Airport remains frenzied, with seven people killed as crowds try to get out of the country, the British military reported on Sunday.
“Conditions on the ground remain extremely challenging but we are doing everything we can to manage the situation as safely and securely as possible,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement, according to the Associated Press.
On Saturday, troops from several nations tried to control the crush of people pressing to get into the airport, as temperatures hit the mid-90s. Soldiers sprayed water from a hose on those gathered or gave them bottled water to pour over their heads. It wasn’t immediately clear whether those killed had been physically crushed or died from other health conditions.
A NATO official told Reuters on Sunday that 20 people have died in the last week at the airport amid the evacuation.
7 die at Kabul airport, US airlines activated to help evacuationSo the USAF has nearly 500 transport aircraft, C-130, C-17 and C-5.... Is the USAF refusing to fly in and get people? Is that why we are using civilian companies?
American Military News by Michael Collins - TNS August 23, 2021
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/08/latest-from-afghanistan-7-die-at-kabul-airport-us-airlines-activated-to-help-evacuation/ (https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/08/latest-from-afghanistan-7-die-at-kabul-airport-us-airlines-activated-to-help-evacuation/)
That's what I'm sensing, too. When stories start surfacing of Americans trapped in Afghanistan after the last flight leaves, they will simply say, "Hey, we told them to get to the airport. Not our fault."
So the USAF has nearly 500 transport aircraft, C-130, C-17 and C-5.... Is the USAF refusing to fly in and get people? Is that why we are using civilian companies?
So the USAF has nearly 500 transport aircraft, C-130, C-17 and C-5.... Is the USAF refusing to fly in and get people? Is that why we are using civilian companies?It takes a lot of time to reconfigure those aircraft from cargo to pax. Besides, I'm not sure if there are enough seats for all of those aircraft combined. Faster to use civil aviation.
It takes a lot of time to reconfigure those aircraft from cargo to pax. Besides, I'm not sure if there are enough seats for all of those aircraft combined. Faster to use civil aviation.
Did you ever think you'd even consider the possibility that something like that could happen?
Did you ever think you'd even consider the possibility that something like that could happen?
Lisa BootheThis is how progressives feel about their fellow Americans. Their default position is all Americans are inferior yokels. Except them, of course. They're enlightened.
@LisaMarieBoothe
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The Biden administration choosing Afghan refugees over Americans is a disgrace. They are going to leave Americans there. Joe Biden doesn’t care about his own citizens. Despicable man. Anti-American.
Mark Meadows
@MarkMeadows
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Joe Biden just caved to the Taliban’s August 31 deadline.
If President Trump were there, the ‘deadline’ would’ve been the day every single American is home—and not a second before. And you can bet there would’ve been repercussions for the Taliban otherwise.
God help us all
Lisa BootheBiden has to chose afghans over Americans. If he got all the Americans out first, then no one would pay attention after that....
@LisaMarieBoothe
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The Biden administration choosing Afghan refugees over Americans is a disgrace. They are going to leave Americans there. Joe Biden doesn’t care about his own citizens. Despicable man. Anti-American.
Dan Crenshaw Responds to the Taliban’s ‘Red Line’: ‘Go F*** Yourself’Stolen elections have consequences, Dan.
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) responded to the “dirty savage” Taliban terrorists saying the August 31 deadline to withdraw all the troops is a “red line” telling them to go bleep themselves.
more
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/24/dan-crenshaw-responds-to-the-talibans-red-line-go-f-yourself/
My sentiments exactly!
This is how progressives feel about their fellow Americans. Their default position is all Americans are inferior yokels. Except them, of course. They're enlightened.
Stolen elections have consequences, Dan.
Yes, I'll never forget his hearty "F*CK YOU" to the people trying to audit elections.
WOW
https://twitter.com/thejcoop/status/1430221258722062342
I was wondering how the Big Speech went. I guess we'll have to wait some more to see what lies and lectures spill forth.
None of this has anything at all to do with Biden.
Rice Blinken and Haines don't care about our allies.
China Joe needs to be taken to the airport in Kabul to assess the situation. wink777
Richard Grenell
@RichardGrenell
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It’s time for Anthony Blinken to resign.
The State Department leadership is in chaos.
cbsMcCormick
@cbsMcCormick
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Both Pentagon and State Department afternoon briefings now cancelled
Any word on the Biden lie-fest? Still on for 4.30?
I'm sitting her in utter shock and disbelief at what I'm seeing unfold in Afghanistan.
I have no words...
Haven't seen otherwise...surprised Psaki is having a presser
Philip Melanchthon Wegmann
@PhilipWegmann
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The @PressSec tells reporters at the White House that if they have the contact information of Americans still on the ground in Afghanistan, pass along their contact information and the administration will get in touch.
I'm sitting her in utter shock and disbelief at what I'm seeing unfold in Afghanistan.I bet you don't.
I have no words...
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1430259350799519751
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1430259350799519751absolute delusional "But he's got nothing on" stuff
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1430259350799519751Hutzpah ain't gonna cut it this time, sweetie.
https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1430260275186438152
I'm sitting her in utter shock and disbelief at what I'm seeing unfold in Afghanistan.
I have no words...
Who would ever join the American military today?The US now has decided to play war by arming their enemies first so the US can be either be defeated in battle or to surrender without firing a shot.
Who would ever ally themselves with America in any future conflicts?
America has made themselves toxic internationally (and domestically) with this display of chaos and cowardice.
Korea, Vietnam, Iraq/Afghanistan have shown to the world that America is a paper tiger and will never win any war.
American leadership is focused at conducting war on their own citizens much more than they are concerned with any foreign real actual enemy. They are proud of this. They brag about it. Because in their warped tiny pea sized brains they think hating America while sympathizing with the real enemies of America makes them 'superior' and of course 'enlightened'.
I'm sitting her in utter shock and disbelief at what I'm seeing unfold in Afghanistan.
I have no words...
As am I. I have family members who are career state department - rank-and-file, not political appointees - and they are aghast at what is going on.
aren't you glad you retired..I am happy that my son and husband are out... :crying:
Who would ever join the American military today?
Who would ever ally themselves with America in any future conflicts?
America has made themselves toxic internationally (and domestically) with this display of chaos and cowardice.
Korea, Vietnam, Iraq/Afghanistan have shown to the world that America is a paper tiger and will never win any war.
American leadership is focused at conducting war on their own citizens much more than they are concerned with any foreign real actual enemy. They are proud of this. They brag about it. Because in their warped tiny pea sized brains they think hating America while sympathizing with the real enemies of America makes them 'superior' and of course 'enlightened'.
Richard Grenell
@RichardGrenell
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Since August 23, Embassy Kabul says 483 Americans have been evacuated and 6,425 Afghans have been evacuated.
Despite what I just said to Myst...I'd suit up tomorrow if I could.
These kids are going to need some crusty old types like myself to put some steel in their spines when it all goes pear shaped.
And I think that's gonna happen sooner than later.
TheLeoTerrell
@TheLeoTerrell
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Liz Cheney is on Fox: Just threw President Trump and Mike Pompeo under the bus. She has no credibility. She must be defeated and retired !!!
Fox News has Liz Cheney on, flapping her traiterous mouth. I had to turn it off.
I bet you don't.
All career military are the same.
We have a coward for President and the American people will not soon forget.
I know my husband and son feel the same way...Mike is so disturbed by what is happening...
It isn't just career military but all those who know the sound of bullets whizzing by. God help us!
It's almost 5pm and so far nothing from Biden.He was were originally slated to speak at noon
Biden on..congratulating himself on Build Back Better
ian bremmer
@ianbremmer
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Biden leads his speech with domestic infrastructure, not Afghanistan.
Headlines notwithstanding, that’s the priority of the US voters.
ian bremmerright. Nothing captures the attention of the American voter better than pork barrel spending.
@ianbremmer
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Biden leads his speech with domestic infrastructure, not Afghanistan.
Headlines notwithstanding, that’s the priority of the US voters.
As predicted, the SOB didn't take any questions. He's not capable!
25th Amendment!!
Ryan Saavedra
@RealSaavedra
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Biden just ran away from reporters, refused to take any questions after having another disastrous foreign policy day and being 5 hours late to the press conference
DLW
@Dlw20161950
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Joe Biden once again refused to answer any questions from the press. Biden turned his back and walked away as Fox News Peter Doocy asked about Americans stranded in Afghanistan. “Can you guarantee every American will be out before troops leave?” Doocy shouted, Biden walked away.
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1430283130292916226
Curtis Houck
@CurtisHouck
Awful admission from John Kirby. Under questioning from @ForeignPolicy's @JackDetsch and another reporter, Kirby says their only goal is "to get as many [Americans] out as we can" by Aug. 31 "and so, if we can exceed what our previous expectations were...that's a good thing."
So 'Get every American out' has been downgraded to 'settle for what we can'?
Maybe the Brits and French will rescue our American citizens.. 888mouth
Mark Meadows
@MarkMeadows
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Joe Biden just caved to the Taliban’s August 31 deadline.
If President Trump were there, the ‘deadline’ would’ve been the day every single American is home—and not a second before. And you can bet there would’ve been repercussions for the Taliban otherwise.
CNN Politics
@CNNPolitics
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President Biden says the August 31 Afghanistan withdrawal deadline depends on the “Taliban continuing to cooperate.”
He also says he instructed the Pentagon and State Dept. to create contingency plans to adjust the withdrawal timetable “should that become necessary”
https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1430275568021524492
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1430295968835153927
Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸Amy Tarkanian
@JackPosobiec
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Biden wasn't sure if he should keep the Aug 31 deadline or not but Jill convinced him he should stick with it, per WH official
Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
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Biden wasn't sure if he should keep the Aug 31 deadline or not but Jill convinced him he should stick with it, per WH official
888mouth
https://mobile.twitter.com/RichardEngel/status/1430249556655083522
I know my husband and son feel the same way...Mike is so disturbed by what is happening...
Most embarassing moment of my life for this country. 100X worse than either the fall of Saigon ('75), or failed Iranian Hostage Rescue ('80).
Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸Well I realize Jill's a doctor but I had no idea her major was foreign policy.
@JackPosobiec
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Biden wasn't sure if he should keep the Aug 31 deadline or not but Jill convinced him he should stick with it, per WH official
He gave the Taliban millions of dollars in U.S. equipment, including air power --- Gee ...
CNN Politics
@CNNPolitics · 12m
President Biden says the August 31 Afghanistan withdrawal deadline depends on the “Taliban continuing to cooperate.”
Well I realize Jill's a doctor but I had no idea her major was foreign policy.
That's what I'm sensing, too. When stories start surfacing of Americans trapped in Afghanistan after the last flight leaves, they will simply say, "Hey, we told them to get to the airport. Not our fault."
More seats in some of those aircraft than what you can safely put in the military transports.
It takes a lot of time to reconfigure those aircraft from cargo to pax. Besides, I'm not sure if there are enough seats for all of those aircraft combined. Faster to use civil aviation.
@txradioguy
Not true. Ever seen a C-123/C-130 loaded with paratroopers and pallets of supplies that includes jeeps,weapons,etc,etc,etc for a (training) "combat jump"?
@SZonianYour ignorance of cargo aircraft is noted. The C-130 jump seats are NOT always installed. C17s and C-5s do not have wall mounted seats, they're either palletized or individually installed. You have a nice day now.
Yeah,maybe 3 minutes,if it takes them than long to unlatch the folding seats that are folded up and attached to the walls.
Military cargo aircraft carry a LOT more weight that commercial aircraft because that is what they are designed to do. Load capacity is MUCH more important than speed.
Indeed I have. And you're not going to put as many butts in seats in a C-130 as you are a Boeing 767 or an Airbus A330.
Your ignorance of cargo aircraft is noted. The C-130 jump seats are NOT always installed. C17s and C-5s do not have wall mounted seats, they're either palletized or individually installed. You have a nice day now.
@SZonian...you were wrong then, you're still wrong now. You said it would only take 3 minutes to "flip them down"...kind of hard when they're not there, but now you want to attempt deflection and mockery...being a pigheaded ass must come naturally to you.
Big freaking whoop,causen hit bees SUCH a difcult job ta install dem,huh? Aftur all,dey bees so hi tech yew wood have ta teech sum zoomie to operaite a batterie powered drill.