The Briefing Room
General Category => World News => Topic started by: mystery-ak on August 18, 2021, 01:13:27 pm
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(Link to Live Thread part 1, https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,445714.0.html .)
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What was wrong with Live Thread 1?
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The West's empty promise: Kabul evacuation flights take off EMPTY as Taliban close off airport and US general warns 'overwhelming force' will be used if fighters interfere with evacuation - as women beg soldiers for help through gates
CHRIS PLEASANCE | PUBLISHED: 03:17 EDT, 18 August 2021 | UPDATED: 09:05 EDT
Evacuation flights out of Kabul are taking off almost empty despite tens of thousands of Afghans trying to flee the country after the Taliban formed a ring of steel around the airport and barred most people from reaching it.
One Australian Hercules C-130 aircraft with room for 120 people took off with just 26 on board today, the government has confirmed, while a German Airbus A-400M with room for 150 was carrying just seven people when it departed yesterday.
That is despite there being around 50,000 Afghans gathered at the airport who have been promised sanctuary by western nations. One particularly harrowing piece of footage showed women pleading with US troops that 'the Taliban are coming for me'.
America, Britain, Canada, and Germany are among those who have pledged to take tens of thousands of Afghan refugees each as part of a 'big-hearted' response to the collapse of their country that has failed to materialise.
However, according to a British Ex-Pat and former Royal Marine, British and other foreign nationals are struggling to get through into Kabul airport, and are even being turned away. . .
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9904031/Afghanistan-evacuation-Chaos-Kabul-airport-women-beg-troops-help.html
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:bkmk:
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Taliban Reportedly Kills Woman Not Wearing Burqa After Promising To Respect Women’s Rights
An Afghanistan woman was allegedly shot and killed Tuesday by the Taliban for not wearing a burqa, according to Fox News.
A graphic photo exclusively obtained by Fox News reportedly shows a woman lying in a pool of blood in the Taloqan district as her parents and other individuals huddle around her. The woman was allegedly killed because she left her house without a burqa, Fox News reported. The Taliban allegedly continues to patrol Kabul, searching for activists and government workers, while gunshots have reportedly been heard as the fighters make their way through the capital, according to Fox News.
more
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/18/taliban-reportedly-kills-woman-burqa/
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What was wrong with Live Thread 1?
Getting a little heavy..not everyone here has high speed internet
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The West's empty promise: Kabul evacuation flights take off EMPTY as Taliban close off airport and US general warns 'overwhelming force' will be used if fighters interfere with evacuation - as women beg soldiers for help through gates
CHRIS PLEASANCE | PUBLISHED: 03:17 EDT, 18 August 2021 | UPDATED: 09:05 EDT
Evacuation flights out of Kabul are taking off almost empty despite tens of thousands of Afghans trying to flee the country after the Taliban formed a ring of steel around the airport and barred most people from reaching it.
One Australian Hercules C-130 aircraft with room for 120 people took off with just 26 on board today, the government has confirmed, while a German Airbus A-400M with room for 150 was carrying just seven people when it departed yesterday.
That is despite there being around 50,000 Afghans gathered at the airport who have been promised sanctuary by western nations. One particularly harrowing piece of footage showed women pleading with US troops that 'the Taliban are coming for me'.
America, Britain, Canada, and Germany are among those who have pledged to take tens of thousands of Afghan refugees each as part of a 'big-hearted' response to the collapse of their country that has failed to materialise.
However, according to a British Ex-Pat and former Royal Marine, British and other foreign nationals are struggling to get through into Kabul airport, and are even being turned away. . .
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9904031/Afghanistan-evacuation-Chaos-Kabul-airport-women-beg-troops-help.html
We have no honor! IF there is anyone in the world anywhere who still trusts us it will surprise me.
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Psaki asked about Bowe Bergdahl prisoner exchange, defaults to ‘thousands’ of Taliban released by Trump
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/18/psaki-asked-about-bowe-bergdahl-prisoner-exchange-defaults-to-thousands-of-taliban-released-by-trump-1120482/
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Today's White House Schedule
9:30 AM
Official Schedule
The President receives the President’s Daily Brief
The White House; Closed Press
11:00 AM
Press Briefing
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and public health officials
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
12:00 PM
Pool Call Time
In-Town Pool Call Time
The White House; In-Town Pool
2:15 PM
Official Schedule
The President and The Vice President receive a briefing from members of the White House COVID-19 Response Team on the COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccination program
Oval Office; Closed Press
4:30 PM
Official Schedule
The President delivers remarks on the COVID-19 response and the vaccination program
East Room
9:20 PM
Pool Report
The President arrives at The White House
The White House; Closed Press
Only three things there involve Biden:
- Receive Daily Briefing
- Receive Covid Briefing
- Deliver Teleprompter reading on Covid
No meeting with his National Security team. No meeting with Secretary of Defense. No meeting with Secretary of State. No meeting with National Intelligence Director.
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https://twitter.com/Murder_Fancier/status/1427814300673007622
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https://twitter.com/Murder_Fancier/status/1427814300673007622
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/08/17/perfect-billboard-skewers-joe-biden-in-wilmington-nc-n428583
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https://twitter.com/MindyBelz/status/1427675445047304202
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https://twitter.com/MindyBelz/status/1427675445047304202
The Iraqi Kurds; another people who made the mistake of trusting us.
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https://twitter.com/alexsalvinews/status/1427989531442225157
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For our visitors: Link to Live Thread 1 (https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,445714.0.html) on the fall of Afghanistan.
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https://twitter.com/alexsalvinews/status/1427989531442225157
Too bad the UAE now hates us because some idiot cancelled their F-35 purchase back at the end of January, all because he wanted Iran to like us more.
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https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1427811783952125952
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Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
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U.S. defense secretary and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to hold first news conference at 3 p.m. ET at the Pentagon.
It will be Austin and Gen. Milley's first public appearance since the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban.
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https://twitter.com/RealMattCouch/status/1427998970857484294
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As Taliban takes over, some swap iconic AK-47s for made-in-America rifles
[img
width=400]https://www.reuters.com/resizer/G3KBArNzPwf_eNiLBKPGh1UcpLM=/1200x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/6EQI2C2E3BLLVIYWBYVQQXDYJU.jpg[/img]
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https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-takes-over-some-swap-iconic-ak-47s-made-in-america-rifles-2021-08-17/
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Today's White House Schedule
Gee, you'd think they might want to squeeze a little something about the progress or plan for retrieving thousands of American citizens from a Terrorist State somewhere in there.
9999hair out0000
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Sullivan Says ‘Fair Amount’ Of US Weapons Have Fallen Into Taliban Hands
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/17/taliban-sullivan-biden-afghanistan-kabul/
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Sullivan Says ‘Fair Amount’ Of US Weapons Have Fallen Into Taliban Hands
Just a few. A couple of pea shooters, maybe a slingshot. Nothing to see here.
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https://twitter.com/Murder_Fancier/status/1427814300673007622
The Taliban has a sense of humor
(https://cdn.summit.news/2021/08/E9BDcDiXMAoz5Jz.jpeg)
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The Taliban has a sense of humor
(https://cdn.summit.news/2021/08/E9BDcDiXMAoz5Jz.jpeg)
yesterday I saw video of Taliban, rags & all, in arcade bumper cars & exercising on treadmills. It was like Monte python.
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yesterday I saw video of Taliban, rags & all, in arcade bumper cars & exercising on treadmills. It was like Monte python.
They should show themselves effortlessly climbing airplane stairs.
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https://twitter.com/alexsalvinews/status/1427989531442225157
Crooks. A good way to lose a war is to support crooks like that.
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$169 million dollars? Not to worry. In very short order that will equal about $10... in Canadian dollars.
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Afghan service members fled to Uzbekistan in dozens of US-supplied planes, helicopters
https://thehill.com/policy/international/568368-afghan-service-members-fled-to-uzbekistan-in-dozens-of-us-supplied
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Remember the term *with a clear eye*....those words are in the rats talking points...Jake Sullivan started it yesterday and now all the kool-aid drinkers in the Admin are using it..
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Taliban Reportedly Kills Woman Not Wearing Burqa After Promising To Respect Women’s Rights
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/18/taliban-reportedly-kills-woman-burqa/
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Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
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“Disaster. The lines are drawn. There’s no going back.” - WH shade war update
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Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
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The WH press millennial just publicly declared they were warned the Taliban was poised for an imminent takeover and doesn't seem to understand the implications of what he has just done
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Remember the term *with a clear eye*....those words are in the rats talking points...Jake Sullivan started it yesterday and now all the kool-aid drinkers in the Admin are using it..
"With a black eye" is how every one else sees it.
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https://twitter.com/adamhousley/status/1428014591313776652
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https://twitter.com/mattczeller/status/1427996919423541263
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https://twitter.com/mattczeller/status/1427996919423541263
Oh, now they're "desperate", they had twenty years to do something about this.
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https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1428032954094211077
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Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
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Susan Rice has been telling allies on the Hill that this is one of the most incompetent national security disasters in American history, said Obama’s “f*** up” quote is an understatement now
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https://twitter.com/RepStefanik/status/1428034512055934976
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https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1428032954094211077
Shaking from laughter.
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Congressman Byron Donalds
@RepDonaldsPress
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Blundering Biden is clueless, & our national security & stature on the world stage have gone under.
Joe, what's your plan?
How will the U.S. get Americans out of Afghanistan?
How many Americans do we have left in the country?
How are you this bad at being commander-in-chief?
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https://twitter.com/laralogan/status/1427974204020994049
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Unlike bidet, hellary is taking calls from PM Trudeau.
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https://twitter.com/DeptofDefense/status/1428023620505411592
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https://twitter.com/DeptofDefense/status/1428018615471820804
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Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani surfaces in the United Arab Emirates
Ashraf Ghani has emerged in the United Arab Emirates Wednesday after fleeing Kabul on Sunday.
"The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation can confirm that the UAE has welcomed President Ashraf Ghani and his family into the country on humanitarian grounds," the country said in a statement.
Posted by Greg Norman
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https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam/status/1428041195607973891
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Ali Özkök
@Ozkok_A
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‘I do not intend to escape. I am in Emirates (UAE) for now to avoid bloodshed (in Kabul),’ Afghanistan’s Ashraf Ghani says in 1st video statement since he left country
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https://twitter.com/EenaRuffini/status/1428051280895873027
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https://twitter.com/cmarinucci/status/1428053407437185029
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Axios
@axios
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CIA director Bill Burns was on a 6-day Middle East trip when Kabul fell. The fact that he was on an overseas trip suggests the CIA didn’t think a collapse was imminent.
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Sean Davis
@seanmdav
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The Biden admin looked at the horror of Benghazi—Americans abandoned by their own government and forced to fight for themselves—and decided to export that model to America’s entire presence in Afghanistan.
Trump was impeached over a phone call. Why does Biden still have a job?
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Sean Davis
@seanmdav
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The Biden admin looked at the horror of Benghazi—Americans abandoned by their own government and forced to fight for themselves—and decided to export that model to America’s entire presence in Afghanistan.
Trump was impeached over a phone call. Why does Biden still have a job?
Do we still have a congress with the stones to answer such a question? I think not!
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VIDEO – HORROR IN KABUL: Taliban Begins Home Searches, Public Beatings, Women Scream for Help Outside Airport Gate, Traitors Beaten in Street as Up to 40,000 Americans Remain Trapped in Country
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/video-horror-kabul-taliban-begins-home-searches-public-beatings-women-scream-help-outside-airport-gate-traitors-beaten-street-40000-americans-remain-trapped-country/
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Massive US cargo planes are taking off with just 100 passengers from Kabul - despite ability to carry 600 - as Taliban close off airport making entry impossible for Afghans - amid fears thousands of westerners will end up HOSTAGES
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9904031/Afghanistan-evacuation-Chaos-Kabul-airport-women-beg-troops-help.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline
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'There is no help here': US puts just 100 passengers on Afghanistan evacuation planes that can take 600 as stranded Americans say they can't get to airport and Taliban becomes more violent
18 US Air Force C-17 cargo jets were used overnight to remove 2,000 people from Kabul
The planes each can carry around 600 people and one took 640 out of Kabul on Sunday night
But on Tuesday, one had just 300 people on board - it means the remaining 17 took 1,700, an average of 100 per flight
The UK, Italy, Germany and Australia are also sending planes away half-empty while thousands beg to be let in at the airport gates
No one can get through to the airport to board the flights because of the chaos in the streets outside
The only guarantee of safety is coming from the Taliban, who are already becoming more violent
There has been no word from Joe Biden since his statement on Monday claiming he did the right thing
There are thousands of people waiting to be saved by the West after its decision to leave the region
The White House is refusing to take responsibility for the shambolic effort or offer any more help
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has turned up in Dubai after fleeing 'in a helicopter with cash'
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
By Jennifer Smith For Dailymail.com
Published: 11:14 EDT, 18 August 2021 | Updated: 14:31 EDT, 18 August 2021
more
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9904833/Pentagon-press-briefing-disastrous-Afghanistan-rescue-mission.html
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https://twitter.com/TomRtweets/status/1428066567284305929
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As Taliban takes over, some swap iconic AK-47s for made-in-America rifles
[img
width=400]https://www.reuters.com/resizer/G3KBArNzPwf_eNiLBKPGh1UcpLM=/1200x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/6EQI2C2E3BLLVIYWBYVQQXDYJU.jpg[/img]
more
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-takes-over-some-swap-iconic-ak-47s-made-in-america-rifles-2021-08-17/
Yep.Biden gave the Taliban the Rifles Americans can't buy (made post-1986).
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https://twitter.com/hughhewitt/status/1428057307922018307
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VIDEO – HORROR IN KABUL: Taliban Begins Home Searches, Public Beatings, Women Scream for Help Outside Airport Gate, Traitors Beaten in Street as Up to 40,000 Americans Remain Trapped in Country
40,000? Yikes. We'd been hearing 10,000, which was bad enough.
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https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1428065959236022272
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Mercedes Schlapp
@mercedesschlapp
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This state dept press briefing is mind-boggling. The Deputy Secretary emotionally spoke about the Afghan women yet it was the Biden administration that will end the progress and freedoms of Afghan women and girls.
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Eligibility Requirements:
U.S. Citizenship or proof of LPR status with documents: The U.S. Embassy will prioritize U.S. citizens and LPRs and their spouses and unmarried children (under age 21). All intending passengers should bring identity documentation to the best of their ability (U.S. passport, LPR card, even if expired).
U.S. Citizenship or proof of LPR status without documents: We will help those without U.S. documents as described above to the best of our ability.
Any documentation required of the first 600 or so they piled onto our Air Force planes?
Jack Posobiec
@JackPosobiec
Not one refugee should be settled while there are Americans trapped behind enemy lines
2:48 PM · Aug 18, 2021
This.
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Shem Horne
@Shem_Infinite
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Ah yes, blaming the American citizens stuck in Afghanistan for not leaving when Joe Biden went on TV and told them all they would be safe staying there. Pathetic response from this disaster of an administration.
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'There is no help here': US puts just 100 passengers on Afghanistan evacuation planes that can take 600 as stranded Americans say they can't get to airport and Taliban becomes more violent
18 US Air Force C-17 cargo jets were used overnight to remove 2,000 people from Kabul
The planes each can carry around 600 people and one took 640 out of Kabul on Sunday night
But on Tuesday, one had just 300 people on board - it means the remaining 17 took 1,700, an average of 100 per flight
The UK, Italy, Germany and Australia are also sending planes away half-empty while thousands beg to be let in at the airport gates
No one can get through to the airport to board the flights because of the chaos in the streets outside
The only guarantee of safety is coming from the Taliban, who are already becoming more violent
There has been no word from Joe Biden since his statement on Monday claiming he did the right thing
There are thousands of people waiting to be saved by the West after its decision to leave the region
The White House is refusing to take responsibility for the shambolic effort or offer any more help
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has turned up in Dubai after fleeing 'in a helicopter with cash'
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
By Jennifer Smith For Dailymail.com
Published: 11:14 EDT, 18 August 2021 | Updated: 14:31 EDT, 18 August 2021
more
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9904833/Pentagon-press-briefing-disastrous-Afghanistan-rescue-mission.html
A little tidbit tucked away (buried) in the linked DM article:
Kirby also claimed the effort was 'working', despite US troops resorting to firing their weapons at the military entrance to the gate on Tuesday night to control the increasingly desperate crowds.
Both the Taliban and the US are firing on the people to keep them out of the airport.
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AFP News Agency
@AFP
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#BREAKING Taliban violating promises on Afghans' access to airport, says US State Department No. 2
I'm shocked!
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Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
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56s
You know things are bad when they only person willing to step forward is Wendy Sherman
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https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1428068625949368321
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https://twitter.com/charliespiering/status/1428069306194092037
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Sean Davis
@seanmdav
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5m
The Biden admin looked at the horror of Benghazi—Americans abandoned by their own government and forced to fight for themselves—and decided to export that model to America’s entire presence in Afghanistan.
Trump was impeached over a phone call. Why does Biden still have a job?
If Biden can't do his job then shouldn't Harris be stepping in?
This is beyond horrific!!
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AFP News Agency
@AFP
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#BREAKING Taliban violating promises on Afghans' access to airport, says US State Department No. 2
I'm shocked!
The whole State Department is nothing but a bunch of No. 2.
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https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1428069695580561412
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https://twitter.com/JonathanTamari/status/1428070544256208897
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Kelly O'Donnell
@KellyO
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7m
.@SecDef
says there have been no "hostile interactions" with the Taliban as the US works to "keep it safe" at Kabul airport. "Our goal is to increase our capacity" every day for more evacuations
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Matt Gaetz
@mattgaetz
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Imagine taking advice from CRT Generals Milley and Austin.
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Matt Gaetz
@mattgaetz
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Imagine taking advice from CRT Generals Milley and Austin.
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https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1428071893421248512
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John Harwood
@JohnJHarwood
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Jt Chiefs Chairman Milley on situation US troops face in Kabul as they attempt large scale evacuations: "the situation is very dangerous, very dynamic and very fluid. there'll be many post-mortems on this topic. but now is not that time"
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Kristina Wong 🇺🇸
@kristina_wong
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Milley said there was nothing that he saw that indicated things would collapse in 11 days.
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Natasha Bertrand
@NatashaBertrand
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Gen Milley says that intel assessments showed the rapid collapse of the Afghan government and security forces was a possibility, but they ranged from weeks to months to even years following US departure. Nothing he or others saw indicated a collapse could happen in just 11 days.
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Lloyd Austin is the new Alfred E. Newman.
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Natalie Brand
@NatalieABrand
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Gen. Milley says currently the security situation at the airport is stable. but notes there are threats they are closely monitoring
"..if at any moment we can identify a specific threat we will take immediate military action without any hesitation"
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I'd be willing to bet that the Biden administration is paying the Taliban to let our people leave.
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Kristina Wong 🇺🇸
@kristina_wong
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Milley said there was nothing that he saw that indicated things would collapse in 11 days.
You cannot see what you refuse to look for!
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https://twitter.com/kristina_wong/status/1428073419250098180
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Kristina Wong 🇺🇸
@kristina_wong
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Milley: DOD has already evacuated approx. 5,000 people.
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https://twitter.com/DanLamothe/status/1428073485277011977
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Rosie memos
@almostjingo
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Imagine the Taliban watch Gen Milley try and sound tough when a few weeks ago he was too busy studying white rage
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https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1428073340896522243
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Kristina Wong 🇺🇸
@kristina_wong
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Milley said there was nothing that he saw that indicated things would collapse in 11 days.
To be fair, he was too busy planning the next drag queen show to notice.
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Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
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3m
U.S. military's top officer announces there are now U.S. Special Operations forces on the ground in Kabul
That's good to know you F'king idiot
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I'd be willing to bet that the Biden administration is paying the Taliban to let our people leave.
Paying off hostage-takers, in other words.
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Tom Cotton
@TomCottonAR
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3h
As Bob Gates said ten years ago, Joe Biden has been wrong about nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue for the last four decades.
Make it five decades now.
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Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
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3m
U.S. military's top officer announces there are now U.S. Special Operations forces on the ground in Kabul
That's good to know you F'king idiot
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Kristina Wong 🇺🇸
@kristina_wong
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Austin, on whether the military will help Americans, others reach the Kabul airport: "The forces that we have are focused on security of the airfield."
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Sara A. Carter
@SaraCarterDC
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1m
There are Americans and many others with documentation outside Kabul airport that can’t get in ...
It’s a nightmare created by failure of the Biden admin
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https://twitter.com/gregkellyusa/status/1428074975571886088
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https://twitter.com/nedryun/status/1428074719887052804
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Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
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1m
Very frank admission from the defense secretary about the limit of U.S. forces on the ground in Kabul: “We don't have the capability to go out and collect large numbers of people,” Austin says
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Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
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36s
The Biden Regime has abandoned thousands of Americans in a foreign country.
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Kristina Wong 🇺🇸
@kristina_wong
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1m
This absolves military leadership of any blame.
Milley on the Afghan forces: "They had the training, the size, the capability. This comes down to will and leadership."
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https://twitter.com/adamhousley/status/1428076053906419716
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Kathryn Watson
@kathrynw5
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5m
Defense Secretary Austin, on whether the U.S. will send U.S forces beyond the airport to help Americans and Afghans get there: "the forces that we have are focused on security of the airfield"
The U.S. is relying on the Taliban to facilitate safe passage of American citizens.
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John Cardillo
@johncardillo
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1m
DOD should close shop and hide under a rock in embarrassment.
Austin must resign.
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https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1428076505884672016
He admits he is incompetent
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This presser isn't going well for these two idiots
rrthree
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Kristina Wong 🇺🇸
@kristina_wong
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Austin on folks that can't get to the airfield: "We cannot afford to not defend that airfield."
"I don't have the capability to go out and extend operations in Kabul."
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Kristina Wong 🇺🇸
@kristina_wong
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1m
This absolves military leadership of any blame.
Milley on the Afghan forces: "They had the training, the size, the capability. This comes down to will and leadership."
If Milley had any honor, he'd off himself.
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Kaitlan Collins
@kaitlancollins
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6m
Asked if they have the capability to go out and collect Americans in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Austin says, “We don’t have the capability to go out and collect up large numbers of people.”
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I have a feeling Special Ops are there to get people to the airport...naturally idiot Milley let it slip that Special Ops were on the ground...he should be fired...
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Adam Housley
@adamhousley
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40s
Women. Children. Those that fought for women's rights. Those that supported the west. Those that supported the Afghan government. They all...will be dealt with by the Taliban. Very sad.
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Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
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36s
If the United States Government can't guarantee the safety of American citizens trapped in Afghanistan what makes you think they actually care about your safety when they try and trap you in your own home
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Kristina Wong 🇺🇸
@kristina_wong
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1m
This absolves military leadership of any blame.
Milley on the Afghan forces: "They had the training, the size, the capability. This comes down to will and leadership."
They had been trained in combined arms tactics. (Fix the enemy in place with your ground forces, and call in air strikes.) Only their aircraft started being grounded for maintenance issues when the contractors who maintained them were pulled out on June 29th, so those planes were likely not available to perform air strikes. If Milley wasn't aware of this, heads should roll, if he was, he's just not telling the truth.
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https://twitter.com/RealMattCouch/status/1428078243173867524
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https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1428078457054023685
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Kelly O'Donnell
@KellyO
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7m
.@SecDef
says there have been no "hostile interactions" with the Taliban as the US works to "keep it safe" at Kabul airport. "Our goal is to increase our capacity" every day for more evacuations
A probable lie.
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Kristina Wong 🇺🇸
@kristina_wong
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1m
This absolves military leadership of any blame.
Milley on the Afghan forces: "They had the training, the size, the capability. This comes down to will and leadership."
And a supply chain that ceased to exist you F'n idiot!
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Now you know why these two idiots were picked by this Admin...mindblowing
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It's a Train Wreck in slow motion.
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.naturally idiot Milley let it slip that Special Ops were on the ground...he should be fired...
Fired out of a cannon.
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A probable lie.
Like everything else they say IMHO.
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It's a Train Wreck in slow motion.
A wind turbine self destructing
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https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1428076505884672016
He admits he is incompetent
this is our military leader?
China will have a field day seeing this.
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Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
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1m
Very frank admission from the defense secretary about the limit of U.S. forces on the ground in Kabul: “We don't have the capability to go out and collect large numbers of people,” Austin says
that is the contingency plan Biden bragged about?
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Lloyd Austin is the new Alfred E. Newman.
he is the new poster child of enforced EEO advancement
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Like everything else they say IMHO.
Let us not forget the Leaker in Chief: Shortbus Joe exposed Seal Team Six as the assassins of bin Laden, shortly thereafter their helicopter was shot down.
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Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
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44s
The Biden Regime just broadcast to the entire world that we do not have the capability to save American citizens.
There has never been a more humiliating and despicable moment in our nation's history. Biden needs to resign immediately.
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Tom Rogan
@TomRtweets
·
48m
Milley confirms UK SAS/SBS on the ground in Kabul.
He should be fired!!!!!
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Congressman Byron Donalds
@RepDonaldsPress
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23m
The inmates are running the asylum in the Biden-Harris Administration.
This Pentagon briefing is a mess. After listening to Sec. Austin and Gen.Milley, I have more questions than answers, and that is very unsettling.
Our nation is in a very vulnerable state. We need leadership.
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Kelly O'Donnell
@KellyO
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7m
.@SecDef
says there have been no "hostile interactions" with the Taliban as the US works to "keep it safe" at Kabul airport. "Our goal is to increase our capacity" every day for more evacuations
No, it is easier for the taliban to rape, torture and murder unarmed Americans on the streets of Kabul trying to make it to the airport than to take on armed and trained military at the airport, you idiot.
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https://twitter.com/ArthurSchwartz/status/1428082271240785926
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Let us not forget the Leaker in Chief: Shortbus Joe exposed Seal Team Six as the assassins of bin Laden, shortly thereafter their helicopter was shot down.
I haven't forgotten anything! In fact, my mind is full to overflowing with things I haven't forgotten.
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Cernovich
@Cernovich
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1m
The regime is imploding before our eyes.
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Amy Mek
@AmyMek
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Aug 17
Bangladesh has turned down Joe Biden’s request to provide shelter to Afghans.
Note to the west: Islamic Country are refusing to take Muslim refugees from Afghanistan. They are closing their borders and building walls!
What are our leaders doing to protect our countries?
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https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1428086341821104131
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E9GU8GAVcAADIY7?format=jpg&name=900x900)
Eric Winger
@eric_winger
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1m
Replying to
@redsteeze
Kamala is giving the bird
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Cernovich
@Cernovich
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1m
The Taliban is more competent than the Biden Administration.
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8888crybaby
https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1428087245047795726
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Mark Geist
@MarkGeistSWP
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1m
Gen Millie making excuses regarding using Bagram Air base. Instead of flying in troops this we could have had secure months ago. Moved the embassy to Bagram over a period of a couple months.
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https://twitter.com/JGilliam_SEAL/status/1428087677010780161
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https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam/status/1428084967175774212
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https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1428088108956979211
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:bkmk:
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8888crybaby
https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1428087245047795726
this is the military I know...Yo USAF...
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JJ Pesavento
@rdrhwke
·
46m
Where is Oprah? Jane Fonda? Alyssa Milano? Hillary? Debra Messing? The Squat? The View? Where are all these blowhards who are always so quick to scream sexism and misogyny when it comes to the women in Afghanistan? I hear crickets. Cowards & hypocrites.
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Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
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41s
Joe Biden just went live and delivered a harsher message to "the unvaccinated" than the Taliban terrorists holding American citizens behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. Disgraceful.
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https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1428092504650420226
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Charlie Spiering
@charliespiering
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22s
"Quite frankly, it's a tragedy,” Joe Biden says referring to the 85 million Americans who remain unvaccinated
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Get ready boys and girls ...
this is not going to end well.
Biden is a Chinese fool ... and well no more than that needs to be said.
Hold on to your hats ... this is going to be a wild ride.
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Sean Davis
@seanmdav
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4m
Tens of thousands of Americans are stranded in Afghanistan right now, and Joe Biden’s priority is declaring war against not the Taliban, but Republican governors who oppose mandatory mouth burqas.
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Julie Kelly Flag of United States
@julie_kelly2
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38s
HOLY SH*T HE SAYS NOTHING ABOUT AFGHANISTAN
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Philip Melanchthon Wegmann
@PhilipWegmann
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52s
Biden walked out of the East Room just now. He never mentioned Afghanistan. He didn't take a single question.
God help the poor people in Afghanistan..
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Morgan Chalfant
@mchalfant16
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1m
Biden leaves the East Room and takes no shouted questions.
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House Judiciary GOP
@JudiciaryGOP
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1m
He didn’t take questions about Afghanistan. Again.
Joe Biden is a COWARD.
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The Gormogons
@Gormogons
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8m
CZ I remember no expense was spared "rescuing" Bowe Berghdal who eagerly deserted to join ISIS.
But Americans in Afghanistan are not as important.
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Julie Kelly Flag of United States
@julie_kelly2
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1m
Replying to
@julie_kelly2
He just went after US governors, scolded unvaccinated Americans, threatened to use feds to go after GOP leaders, rambled about boosters and WALKED OUT
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Charlie Spiering
@charliespiering
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22s
"Quite frankly, it's a tragedy,” Joe Biden says referring to the 85 million Americans who remain unvaccinated
The tragedy is the fool standing behind that mike!
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https://twitter.com/ltthompso/status/1428083236228501512
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https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1428096454782951435
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House Judiciary GOP
@JudiciaryGOP
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48s
Can you imagine if President Trump didn’t take questions while thousands of Americans were trapped in Afghanistan?
The media would lose their minds.
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Julie Kelly Flag of United States
@julie_kelly2
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1m
Replying to
@julie_kelly2
He just went after US governors, scolded unvaccinated Americans, threatened to use feds to go after GOP leaders, rambled about boosters and WALKED OUT
Americans will be ridiculing the memory of this cretin for decades. He’ll deserve every bit of it.
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Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
· 12m
BREAKING: Biden says he will use federal govt to go after governors trying to block school mask mandates.
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Steven Portnoy
@stevenportnoy
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9m
Biden also bristles in ABC interview at mention of chaos and death at Kabul airport.
"That was four days ago, five days ago!" he says.
(It was two days ago.)
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https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/1428093775298142211
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Sean Davis
@seanmdav
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33m
If you believe what the Biden administration is currently claiming, the U.S. intelligence community had time to spy on Tucker Carlson, unmask him, and leak his communications to reporters, but it didn't have the time or ability to figure out what the Taliban was up to.
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Ryan Saavedra
@RealSaavedra
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1m
Biden is a national embarrassment.
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Bill Melugin
@BillFOXLA
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7m
Once again, President Biden ends his press conference by walking off without taking a single question from the media. Didn’t even address what’s happening in Afghanistan.
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Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
·
1m
Is Joe Biden mentally unable to answer questions on Afghanistan or does he just not care?
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Emerald Robinson ✝️
@EmeraldRobinson
·
3m
Biden won’t take questions because he can’t take questions. They fly him back and forth now but the fiction has failed.
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https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1428098910422147073
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Monica Alba
@albamonica
·
1m
ABC: So you don’t think this could’ve been handled better?
Biden: "No. I don’t think it could’ve been handled in a way that--we’re going to go back in hindsight & look but the idea that somehow there was a way to have gotten out w/o chaos ensuing, I don’t know how that happens."
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Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D.
@RepGregMurphy
·
3h
How is it possible that the Commander-in-chief has no plans to ensure the safety and security of Americans abroad?
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https://twitter.com/ltthompso/status/1428083236228501512 (https://twitter.com/ltthompso/status/1428083236228501512)
War is not some kind of 'joke'
There are real actual people going to war losing limbs and dying.
American politicians think it is a TV show or a joke to them.
A more clueless bunch of "Leaders" I cannot imagine.
Milley should kill himself in shame.
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https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1428097659395616775
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Shem Horne
@Shem_Infinite
·
30s
The fact that Joe Biden can't even take questions from the DNC propaganda outlets hand selected to be a part of the White House Press is stunning. He really is mentally incapable of being President. He should resign immediately.
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Tomi Lahren
@TomiLahren
·
1m
We don’t have a president, we have an old man who barely knows where he is being controlled by far left globalist wackos. The world is laughing, especially our enemies.
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Brian Phillips
@RealBPhil
·
34s
We've heard from State, Defense, and the President today and none of them have shown any leadership whatsoever.
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https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/1428101079997296648
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Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
·
4m
Biden just told ABC that the Afghanistan withdrawal couldn’t have been handled better
There are thousands of American citizens trapped behind enemy lines as he speaks
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https://twitter.com/gregkellyusa/status/1428096472189390850
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Jonathan T Gilliam
@JGilliam_SEAL
·
19s
It’s pretty amazing how all of the leftist trolls and bots farms have seemingly shut down on Twitter over the past few days. That’s how bad of a screwup #Afghanistan is for the left.
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toddstarnes
@toddstarnes
·
21m
WH staffers realize that Biden is not competent or cognizant enough to take unscripted questions from the press.
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https://twitter.com/charliespiering/status/1428102768221372416
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Lying to ABC News
https://twitter.com/stevenportnoy/status/1428094814671839233
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Charlie Spiering
@charliespiering
·
1m
The White House has called a lid on Biden’s activities for the day - so rumors about him going back to Delaware tonight are unlikely to be true.
But the lid can always be lifted
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https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1428103559892160515
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My theory. Biden will resign, Kamala will name Hillary VP and then Kamala steps down.
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My theory. Biden will resign, Kamala will name Hillary VP and then Kamala steps down.
The butcher of Benghazi back in the saddle again!
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Ryan Saavedra
@RealSaavedra
·
1m
Biden is a national embarrassment.
Ryan...you misspelled "Global"
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My theory. Biden will resign, Kamala will name Hillary VP and then Kamala steps down.
...but Justin Trudeau needs her for advice on Afghanistan
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Get ready boys and girls ...
this is not going to end well.
Biden is a Chinese fool ... and well no more than that needs to be said.
Hold on to your hats ... this is going to be a wild ride.
Yep. We haven't even felt the fallout yet.
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Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
·
1m
Is Joe Biden mentally unable to answer questions on Afghanistan or does he just not care?
Charlie...Charlie...Charlie... you KNOW the answer. Don't be coy.
He's under STRICT orders to not open his yap except to read what's on the screen. (Yes, I can spell 'teleprompter') :laugh:
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Joe wants to go home. He needs his blankie:
Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec · 42m
Biden telling staff he wants to go back to Delaware. Hasn't been sleeping well this week. Thinks he will be more functional if he stays over at home in Wilmington.
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My theory. Biden will resign, Kamala will name Hillary VP and then Kamala steps down.
A real actual open for the public "coup d'état".
Well, at least they are out in the open about it, instead of all these sneaky 'voting tricks' the Democrats are famous for.
When Hillary becomes President she names her Communist Fascist mentor Pelosi to be VP.
If that ever happened, Hillary would be dead in a month.
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Joe wants to go home. He needs his blankie:
Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec · 42m
Biden telling staff he wants to go back to Delaware. Hasn't been sleeping well this week. Thinks he will be more functional if he stays over at home in Wilmington.
Bidie needs some basement time!
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A real actual open for the public "coup d'état".
Well, at least they are out in the open about it, instead of all these sneaky 'voting tricks' the Democrats are famous for.
I'm wondering why that nance Trudeau called Hillary for ‘advise on Afghanistan’ today. That would explain it.
But I don’t think that’ll go over very well with anyone besides the rat dead-Enders.
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Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
·
56s
You know things are bad when they only person willing to step forward is Wendy Sherman
Anybody heard a word out of Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence?
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Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
·
3m
U.S. military's top officer announces there are now U.S. Special Operations forces on the ground in Kabul
That's good to know you F'king idiot
Their family members are prohibited from telling anyone their whereabouts, but some desk officer blurts it out to the entire world.
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Hillary, 'tan rested and ready'.
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Paying off hostage-takers, in other words.
Giving them money first, and then asking afterwards if they will let our people through.
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Their family members are prohibited from telling anyone their whereabouts, but some desk officer blurts it out to the entire world.
Yeah! Ain't it wonderful! And the dumbass that did that still has his job!
:3:
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My theory. Biden will resign, Kamala will name Hillary VP and then Kamala steps down.
Hillary was ill while she was campaigning against Trump; several videos of her stumbling, falling up the stairs, bobbling her head, she was late for interviews and rallies. She's now 4 years older and I doubt she's well enough to take on the presidency. She didn't even bother to put her name in the arena of candidates this past election.
Kamela's VP IMO will be very telling and the real person in charge. My guesses; Jarret, Rice or Obama (Michael).
Where in the hell is the call from EVERY GOP for Joe to step down? That in itself is troubling.
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Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
·
1m
Very frank admission from the defense secretary about the limit of U.S. forces on the ground in Kabul: “We don't have the capability to go out and collect large numbers of people,” Austin says
No, you freely surrendered the capacity to go out and collect large numbers of people.
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Kathryn Watson
@kathrynw5
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5m
Defense Secretary Austin, on whether the U.S. will send U.S forces beyond the airport to help Americans and Afghans get there: "the forces that we have are focused on security of the airfield"
The U.S. is relying on the Taliban to facilitate safe passage of American citizens.
Now you know why there's a rule against allowing a military person to run the Defense Department.
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Joe wants to go home. He needs his blankie:
Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec · 42m
Biden telling staff he wants to go back to Delaware. Hasn't been sleeping well this week. Thinks he will be more functional if he stays over at home in Wilmington.
More functional?? I didn't know that he was functional! I haven't seen any indication since he took the oath of office that he was fully functional. Quite the opposite.
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Now you know why there's a rule against allowing a military person to run the Defense Department.
Or an ass kisser like him.
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Hillary, 'tan rested and ready'.
And probably drunk.
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And probably drunk.
We all thought that bag hanging from her hip was for waste extraction. New info indicates it is an IV feed. 80 proof alcohol and saline drip/pump.
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If Milley had any honor, he'd off himself.
You got that right.
(https://assets.catawiki.nl/assets/2020/10/7/5/3/4/53455f8a-f76c-4a27-8895-5e124a85c5d7.jpg)
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Amy Mek
@AmyMek
·
Aug 17
Bangladesh has turned down Joe Biden’s request to provide shelter to Afghans.
Note to the west: Islamic Country are refusing to take Muslim refugees from Afghanistan. They are closing their borders and building walls!
What are our leaders doing to protect our countries?
The latest plan is to round up as many Afghanis as they can and drop them off in Northern Mexico. That is the easiest way to avoid all that red tape.
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Charlie Spiering
@charliespiering
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22s
"Quite frankly, it's a tragedy,” Joe Biden says referring to the 85 million Americans who remain unvaccinated
↑ ↑ ↑ ↑
T H I S
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Where in the hell is the call from EVERY GOP for Joe to step down? That in itself is troubling.
I think they may be of the same mind as I - as bad as Joe is, Kamala is worse, and there are even worse choices out there yet.
We are in a rock and a hard place on leadership right now.
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You got that right.
(https://assets.catawiki.nl/assets/2020/10/7/5/3/4/53455f8a-f76c-4a27-8895-5e124a85c5d7.jpg)
A failed general running a FAILED war. But at least he can dye his/herself green and come out openly.
I love Democrat far-:e. I am all in believer in all their bullshit.
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Adam Housley
@adamhousley
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37m
We don’t know how many Americans are left in Afghanistan.
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Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
·
48m
Would we even know what is really going on in Kabul without social media as the White House continues lying to the world?
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Tim Murtaugh
@TimMurtaugh
·
7m
This @ABC
interview is a disaster for Biden and the White House is tweeting out clips from it.
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Get ready boys and girls ...
this is not going to end well.
Biden is a Chinese fool ... and well no more than that needs to be said.
Hold on to your hats ... this is going to be a wild ride.
Biden is China's puppet. With the events taking place over in Afghanistan; I have little doubt this was why he was put in place.
I just saw a TV clip of a child who had been beaten by the Taliban, he was being carried and his head covered in blood .... I am in tears. That blood and all the impending deaths are on Joe's hands. 888mouth 888mouth 888mouth
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https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/1428101079997296648
This will be Exhibit A at Biden's Nuremberg-style trial.
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A failed general running a FAILED war. But at least he can dye his/herself green and come out openly.
I love Democrat far-:e. I am all in believer in all their bullshit.
Admiral Kimmel during the attack on Pearl Harbor had a bullet scrape his uniform. His response was, "It would have been merciful had it killed me."
They don't make 'em like that, anymore.
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My theory. Biden will resign, Kamala will name Hillary VP and then Kamala steps down.
MERDE! 9999hair out0000
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Adam Housley
@adamhousley
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37m
We don’t know how many Americans are left in Afghanistan.
A direct contradiction to their claim that they sent out warnings everyone a month ago to get out. You would think they would have a list of everyone they warned, right?
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A direct contradiction to their claim that they sent out warnings everyone a month ago to get out. You would think they would have a list of everyone they warned, right?
Exactly--and who had left already.
But math is hard.
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U.S. Embassy Kabul Announces ‘First Come, First Serve Basis’ for Stranded Americans at Airport
https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,446066.new.html#new
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Pentagon: 2,000 Passengers Flown Out of Kabul, Just 325 Americans
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/18/pentagon-2000-passengers-flown-out-kabul-just-325-americans/
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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.
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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.
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Will the Chinese treat the native Hawaiians the way the native Hawaiians treat whites?
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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.
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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!
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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.
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I dedicate this Country song to bidet:
Chris Knight - It Ain't Easy Being Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wvMNu15Uwo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wvMNu15Uwo)
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Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
· 12m
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
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He forgets it was the states who created the feds to serve the states, not visa versa
And he has plenty of company!
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https://twitter.com/EmeraldRobinson/status/1428088668313554944
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https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/1428101079997296648 (https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/1428101079997296648)
Just ask Putin... he did it..
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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.
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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.
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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 (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.”
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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.
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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.
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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/
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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https://twitter.com/RespectIsVital/status/1427973132044972034
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https://twitter.com/RespectIsVital/status/1427973132044972034
Good information.
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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?
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Reagan's America is no more.
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Reagan's America is no more.
America is still here, in some ways more than ever, but it's going to be hard for it to be heard over the idiots in Washington DC and the Media.
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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.
some people deserve what is coming to them.
Don't call me because FOOK you!
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I haven't been able to follow the entire threads here on this topic, so pardon me if this point has already been made.
But it is pretty clear to me that the Resident is just following the plan as developed by his CCP masters.
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https://twitter.com/EmeraldRobinson/status/1427992352472408070
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https://mobile.twitter.com/EmeraldRobinson/status/1428066601824358403
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I haven't been able to follow the entire threads here on this topic, so pardon me if this point has already been made.
But it is pretty clear to me that the Resident is just following the plan as developed by his CCP masters.
Agree @art.prout
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https://mobile.twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1428067939132002307
https://mobile.twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1428088829794267143
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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.
It will not be a woman. Two women at same time does not project strength to anybodyyyyyyy
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UK paratroopers are rescuing trapped British civilians…
Citizen Free Press, Aug 19, 2021
Daily Mail — State Dept tells all remaining Americans in Afghanistan to go to the airport NOW because troops can’t collect them and insists the Taliban will let them through
This is the gauntlet they face outside the airport…
Meanwhile, UK is taking care of business…
(https://citizenfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/british-troops-patrols-kabul.jpg)
More: https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/uk-paratroopers-are-rescuing-trapped-british-civilians/
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It will not be a woman. Two women at same time does not project strength to anybodyyyyyyy
Do you seriously believe that they give a damn about projecting strength? These are the same people who gave us "lead from behind" as if that were a positive quality.
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Taliban Militants Have Burnt Down An Amusement Park A Day After They Were Enjoying Rides
Indiatimes (https://www.indiatimes.com/news/world/taliban-militants-have-burnt-down-an-amusement-park-a-day-after-they-were-enjoying-rides-547477.html)
Updated on Aug 18, 2021, 16:15 IST
Taliban militants have allegedly burnt down an amusement park a day after they were seen enjoying rides following the capture of Kabul.
The Taliban militants, some of them with weapons in hand, were seen enjoying a ride on the electric bumper cars in the videos. In another video, Taliban militants can be seen riding small merry-go-round horses. ...
In the latest video doing the rounds on social media, an entire amusement park is seen burning with massive flames covering the area at night. ...
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E8r3bnkXMAk6kte?format=jpg&name=small)
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E9BDcDiXMAoz5Jz?format=jpg&name=small)
Unbelievable: Taliban Troll Biden On TWITTER By Posing With Ice Cream
Americans trapped in Afghanistan told ‘you’re on your own’
https://summit.news/2021/08/18/unbelievable-taliban-troll-biden-on-twitter-by-posing-with-ice-cream/
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(https://citizenfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/british-troops-patrols-kabul.jpg)
This is why I couldn't be a military officer. If I'm an 82|AB commander, I am taking matters into my own hands by cooperating with UK commanders to rescue Americans and allies trapped throughout the city, knowing it will be the last orders I will ever be allowed to issue before getting court martialed. Clearly, the US officers depicted in the exchange above are not willing to disobey the atrocious orders they are being handed.
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Do you seriously believe that they give a damn about projecting strength? These are the same people who gave us "lead from behind" as if that were a positive quality.
No they do not, but even demented Dems realize they cannot get away with that type of optics. Congress would not confirm that match under the circumstances we are now under.
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https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1428346163711852551
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https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1428346163711852551
'That was 4, 5 days ago" Joe Biden
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https://twitter.com/JeffSchogol/status/1428341641174265863
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https://twitter.com/MailOnline/status/1428349802048262144
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Biden Says Taliban ‘Going Through Sort Of An Existential Crisis,’ Credits Them For Giving Americans ‘Safe Passage’
President Joe Biden said the Taliban is “going through sort of an existential crisis” and credited the group for giving Americans “safe passage” to get out of Afghanistan, during an interview that aired Thursday.
Biden sat down with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos in what marked his first time answering questions from the press since the Taliban overtook Afghanistan. Stephanopoulos asked the president whether he believes the Taliban has changed, prompting Biden to declare “no” before clarifying his answer.
“Let me put it this way,” the president said. “I think they’re going through sort of an existential crisis about do they want to be recognized by the international community as being a legitimate government. I’m not sure they do.”
more
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/19/joe-biden-taliban-existential-crisis-safe-passage-afghanistan-abc-news-george-stephanopoulos/
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Afghan blame game deepens: While Biden points his finger at Trump and the Pentagon and CIA turn on each other, will ANYONE take responsibility for this deadly debacle?
Joe Biden on Monday said the Afghan army had failed to defend their country
Biden's comments were echoed by Lloyd Austin, the Secretary of Defense
Biden also said that he had 'inherited' the plan from Donald Trump
Trump blamed Biden for the chaos, and said he would have been smoother
On Wednesday General Mark Milley said a failure of intelligence was to blame
Yet intelligence sources told The New York Times they warned of the dangers
Within the State Department, fingers were pointed at the Afghanistan experts
Some said the Biden administration had simply not wanted to anger the GOP
They argued that fears of a backlash against evacuations prevented a plan
By Harriet Alexander For Dailymail.com
Published: 22:19 EDT, 18 August 2021 | Updated: 01:17 EDT, 19 August 2021
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9906919/Biden-points-finger-Trump-Afghan-army-Pentagon-CIA-aim-other.html
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I sailed wrote:
"It will not be a woman. Two women at same time does not project strength to anybodyyyyyyy"
If two women do not project strength, how can ONE woman "project" any "strength"?
Your original statement illustrates why women should NEVER be permitted to hold a position of power in government, at almost any level.
How many women do we see in the taliban?
Who WON over there? Against "the greatest armed forces in the world"?
Call me a misogynist. I don't care what you think.
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HELP ME; A little Afghan girl is lifted over the wall to U.S. soldiers amid chaos and crowds Kabul airport. 8-19-2021
https://rumble.com/embed/visaxr/?pub=4
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https://twitter.com/JeffSchogol/status/1428341641174265863
Has Biden had a comment on this?
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Afghan women defy the Taliban on second day of protests as thousands take to the streets waving the national flag to mark Afghan independence day - after Islamists killed three demonstrators yesterday
Afghans defied Taliban by flying national flags instead of Islamists' white emblem to mark independence day
Women led marches through Kabul, as demonstrations took place in Khost, Kunar and Nangarhar provinces
Taliban responded with beatings and shootings that left at least one hurt, despite pledge to be 'moderate'
Comes a day after three were shot dead by the Taliban for waving national flags as a symbol of resistance
By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline
Published: 10:21 EDT, 19 August 2021 | Updated: 10:21 EDT, 19 August 2021
(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/08/19/15/46862703-9908641-image-a-1_1629381845758.jpg)
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9908641/Women-lead-resistance-Taliban-Afghan-independence-day.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline
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https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1428364402131042313
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This is why I couldn't be a military officer. If I'm an 82|AB commander, I am taking matters into my own hands by cooperating with UK commanders to rescue Americans and allies trapped throughout the city, knowing it will be the last orders I will ever be allowed to issue before getting court martialed. Clearly, the US officers depicted in the exchange above are not willing to disobey the atrocious orders they are being handed.
@Hoodat
I am not certain the ruling party has the stones to court-Martial a 82nd Abn Div Colonel deployed on what THEY stated was a rescue mission because he actually gave orders to rescue people.
Chances are they will quietly "allow" him to retire once the smoke clears and he is back in the US. Which is a deal he WILL take because he knows he will never have another troop command,or ever get promoted again.
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https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1428346163711852551
Looks like someone built a wall to prevent people from crossing over. How effective.
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https://twitter.com/kayleighmcenany/status/1428174134677225472
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Afghan blame game deepens: While Biden points his finger at Trump and the Pentagon and CIA turn on each other, will ANYONE take responsibility for this deadly debacle?
@mystery-ak
Absolutely NOT! They didn't become successful Pentgram or Capitol Hill bureaucrats by taking the blame for ANYTHING. They became successful career bureaucrats by SHIFTING the blame to anyone they saw as a threat to their careers.
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Biden Says Taliban ‘Going Through Sort Of An Existential Crisis,’ Credits Them For Giving Americans ‘Safe Passage’
President Joe Biden said the Taliban is “going through sort of an existential crisis” and credited the group for giving Americans “safe passage” to get out of Afghanistan, during an interview that aired Thursday.
Biden sat down with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos in what marked his first time answering questions from the press since the Taliban overtook Afghanistan. Stephanopoulos asked the president whether he believes the Taliban has changed, prompting Biden to declare “no” before clarifying his answer.
“Let me put it this way,” the president said. “I think they’re going through sort of an existential crisis about do they want to be recognized by the international community as being a legitimate government. I’m not sure they do.”
more
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/19/joe-biden-taliban-existential-crisis-safe-passage-afghanistan-abc-news-george-stephanopoulos/
This should help, Joe ....
https://mobile.twitter.com/johncardillo/status/1428343990743617549
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I sailed wrote:
"It will not be a woman. Two women at same time does not project strength to anybodyyyyyyy"
If two women do not project strength, how can ONE woman "project" any "strength"?
Your original statement illustrates why women should NEVER be permitted to hold a position of power in government, at almost any level.
How many women do we see in the taliban?
Who WON over there? Against "the greatest armed forces in the world"?
Call me a misogynist. I don't care what you think.
@Fishrrman
I have two words for you.
"Margaret Thatcher".
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Report Claims Multiple Fatalities After Taliban Open Fire at Afghan Independence Rally
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/08/19/report-claims-multiple-fatalities-after-taliban-open-fire-at-afghan-independence-rally/
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https://mobile.twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1428188039851937795
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@Fishrrman
I have two words for you.
"Margaret Thatcher".
Its not necessarily the gender of leadership per se, but the qualities of the leaders - masculine vs feminine.
Each has its proper place, but feminine traits dominant in relations with enemies governed by masculine ones invites disaster.
Cap't obvious, but the obvious seems to takes a backseat often these days.
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Its not necessarily the gender of leadership per se, but the qualities of the leaders - masculine vs feminine.
Each has its proper place, but feminine traits dominant in relations with enemies governed by masculine ones invites disaster.
Cap't obvious, but the obvious seems to takes a backseat often these days.
@skeeter
That is a little confusing to me. You seem to be taking both sides.
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@skeeter
That is a little confusing to me. You seem to be taking both sides.
Not really, I'm following your point. A purely masculine government you end up with the Taliban. A feminine dominant one you end up flying gay pride flags from your foreign embassies. Maggie Thatcher's style was very masculine IMO.
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HARRISFAULKNER
@HARRISFAULKNER
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Breaking Headline from Pentagon Briefing
Reporter: Do you know how many Americans are in Afghanistan?
Pentagon Spox: NO.
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sneakypete wrote:
"I have two words for you.
"Margaret Thatcher"."
She is "the exception that proves the rule".
Because EVERYONE will name her after a post such as my #281 above.
She doesn't count, Pete.
Name somebody else.
Hmmm.... Joan of Arc?
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https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1428375551149023232
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skeeter wrote:
"Not really, I'm following your point. A purely masculine government you end up with the Taliban. A feminine dominant one you end up flying gay pride flags from your foreign embassies. Maggie Thatcher's style was very masculine IMO."
You're exactly right, skeeter.
They didn't call Mrs. Thatcher "The Ice Lady" for nuthin'...
She was "one in a million" ... no... "one in one hundred million".
We will not see the likes of her again.
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Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
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Pentagon: Of the 2,000 evacuated from Afghanistan in the past 24 hours 300 are Americans, Kirby says
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https://twitter.com/DailyMail/status/1428375177981747203
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sneakypete wrote:
"I have two words for you.
"Margaret Thatcher"."
She is "the exception that proves the rule".
Because EVERYONE will name her after a post such as my #281 above.
She doesn't count, Pete.
Name somebody else.
Hmmm.... Joan of Arc?
Golda Meir.
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Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
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ABC: your top military advisors warned against withdrawing on this timeline. They wanted you to keep about 2,500 troops?
BIDEN: No, they didn't. It was split. Tha-- that wasn't true. That wasn't true.
ABC: They didn't tell you that they wanted troops to stay?
BIDEN: No.
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Guy Benson
@guypbenson
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“The Taliban are arresting and/or threatening to kill or arrest family members of target individuals unless they surrender themselves to the Taliban,” the document, seen by the BBC said. https://bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-58219963
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https://twitter.com/derekahunter/status/1428378269909454851
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Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
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ABC: your top military advisors warned against withdrawing on this timeline. They wanted you to keep about 2,500 troops?
BIDEN: No, they didn't. It was split. Tha-- that wasn't true. That wasn't true.
ABC: They didn't tell you that they wanted troops to stay?
BIDEN: No.
Bottom line: It's is idiocy of the highest order to pull out the troops before evacuating the US Citizens and the local Afghan Allies.
Now we don't even know how many Americans are in country.
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https://twitter.com/InvestWatchBlog/status/1428001393508421633
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HARRISFAULKNER
@HARRISFAULKNER
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Breaking Headline from Pentagon Briefing
Reporter: Do you know how many Americans are in Afghanistan?
Pentagon Spox: NO.
Yet they claim to have contacted each one of them warning them to leave because the US military was about to abandon every post they had in the entire country.
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https://twitter.com/SenSasse/status/1428374203808501764
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Lucas Tomlinson
@LucasFoxNews
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ABC: your top military advisors warned against withdrawing on this timeline. They wanted you to keep about 2,500 troops?
BIDEN: No, they didn't. It was split. Tha-- that wasn't true. That wasn't true.
ABC: They didn't tell you that they wanted troops to stay?
BIDEN: No.
Joe Biden is a lying, two faced CHICOM puppet!
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https://twitter.com/tplynch2/status/1428377221727756289
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Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
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The Biden Regime does not know how many Americans are left behind in Afghanistan, and it seems like they don't care. Why would they? Their priority is to keep our borders wide open and refugees flowing into our nation.
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Rudy W. Giuliani
@RudyGiuliani
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We should not leave our people to the mercy of the barbaric Taliban. We should go rescue them NOW!
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@mystery-ak
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktxCt2114_I&t=28s)
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Mercedes Schlapp
@mercedesschlapp
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Where are the Democrat women leaders? To protect their failed President Biden, they have abandoned the Afghan women and girls who will face Taliban’s oppressive rule.
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toddstarnes
@toddstarnes
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I think even Democrats and Never Trumpers can now agree that it was a mistake to elect a man teetering on the verge of senility.
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toddstarnes
@toddstarnes
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I think even Democrats and Never Trumpers can now agree that it was a mistake to elect a man teetering on the verge of senility.
Teetering on the verge of? We are a long way past that.
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https://twitter.com/Dlw20161950/status/1428386322813759498
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Teetering on the verge of? We are a long way past that.
:yowsa:
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toddstarnes
@toddstarnes
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I think even Democrats and Never Trumpers can now agree that it was a mistake to elect a man teetering on the verge of senility.
"Teetering" my ass! He did a 'Cannonball' into that abyss.
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Nazarene Fund - Here are some people on the ground in Afghanistan working to get people out. It is coming down to this. Average Americans working behind the scenes while our government hides out in Delaware.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpLEVFLp0jE)
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https://twitter.com/SebGorka/status/1428382678827606019
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Afghanistan: Desperate women throw babies over razor wire at compound, asking British soldiers to take them
As every day passes, the relief operation gets more and more urgent and desperate, as the British military tries to move thousands of people out of Afghanistan in just days.
Stuart Ramsay | Thursday 19 August 2021 09:01, UK
You can hear a noise as you approach the high iron gates that are the only way into the compound that is the centre of the British airlift operation out of Afghanistan.
On either side of a narrow road, inside the walls of the compound at Kabul airport, exhausted British soldiers lie in the shade waiting for their turn to head back outside into the burning sun and the chaos once again.
The noise is the sound of shouting, it's the noise of desperation. Thousands of people are flooding towards this innocuous place that will, for some, be the gateway to freedom - and for many others, the end of a dream of escaping the Taliban. . . .
https://news.sky.com/story/afghanistan-desperate-women-throw-babies-over-razor-wire-at-compound-asking-british-soldiers-to-take-them-12384646
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Frank Gardner
@FrankRGardner
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Chilling reports emerging of ongoing #Taliban manhunt with secret lists of former Afghan officials for retribution, at odds with promises given yesterday at Taliban press conference. #Afghanistan
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https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1428397369859530752
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Ryan Fournier
@RyanAFournier
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BREAKING: Twitter has suspended the account of Afghanistan’s elected President…
And have allowed the Taliban to keep their accounts.
Can’t make this up.
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https://twitter.com/KellyannePolls/status/1428397507550367744
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Juanita Broaddrick
@atensnut
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Jill Biden knew Joe wasn’t capable of being President. The whole family knew. Their selfish motives for encouraging and allowing this Buffoon on the world stage should haunt them forever.
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https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/1428383059179708416
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Joe Biden has just taken the title away from James Buchannan as worst white house occupant ever.
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‘Serious friction’ between US and UK forces as Brits run rescue patrols through center of Kabul, report
Former Congressional staffer Matthew Russell reported the following:
Serious friction between U.S. and U.K. military commanders at the airport. American forces refuse to leave airport due to deal with T-ban while British paratroopers are still running constant patrols into the city to collect people from safe houses. British forces are rescuing British, Irish, and Afghan Nationals due for evacuation. Any other nationality also picked up if at location. T-ban are aware of patrols and taking no action so far.
U.S. command is unhappy with the Brits as they say it puts their deal at risk. A British paratrooper commander and an 82nd Airborne commander had a screaming match. The Brits are reportedly very unhappy at how Afghans are being treated by American forces.
U.S. rank and file soldiers are infuriated with their command. They are extremely frustrated they can’t join the British paratroopers or use the small army of contractors assembled at the airport to go on rescue missions.
The British Home Secretary Priti Patel has only authorized up to 5,000 Afghan refugees but UK troops on the ground have orders to ‘Ignore numbers and get as many people out as possible.’ They have been told by diplomats that the Home Office can sort out the paperwork later. The Brits have set up a temporary embassy at the Kabul airport. Staff requested to remain so they could help as many people as possible.
After the news that the UK ambassador was at his post working on visas, this news about the Paras shows the best of #Britain is in #Kabul. #afghanistan
— James Durso (@james_durso) August 19, 2021
more
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/19/serious-friction-between-us-and-uk-forces-as-brits-run-rescue-patrols-through-center-of-kabul-report-1121293/
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https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1427456392064032774
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Juanita Broaddrick
@atensnut
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The Clinton Family expresses its appreciation to the Biden Family for taking over the No 1 spot for the “Most Deplorable First Family Ever”.
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DLW
@Dlw20161950
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Rumble — Desperate women are throwing their babies over razor wire fences; asking British soldiers to take them. Hope Joe Biden is watching. This is what HE caused!
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Not really, I'm following your point. A purely masculine government you end up with the Taliban. A feminine dominant one you end up flying gay pride flags from your foreign embassies. Maggie Thatcher's style was very masculine IMO.
I lived in UK during Falklands.
Maggie was more driven and effective than Reagan.
One in generations type woman.
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Bottom line: It's is idiocy of the highest order to pull out the troops before evacuating the US Citizens and the local Afghan Allies.
Now we don't even know how many Americans are in country.
It's not idiocy.
It is cold-blooded murder and should be tried as such before a court of law.
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Not really, I'm following your point. A purely masculine government you end up with the Taliban. A feminine dominant one you end up flying gay pride flags from your foreign embassies. Maggie Thatcher's style was very masculine IMO.
@skeeter
Thanks for the clarification.
I agree.
Hell,I even remember some of the British press writing about "How good it is to have a real man in charge again."
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https://twitter.com/Dlw20161950/status/1428386322813759498
Giving them hi-grade weapons, now supplying them with cash.
What could go wrong?
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Juanita Broaddrick
@atensnut
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Jill Biden knew Joe wasn’t capable of being President. The whole family knew. Their selfish motives for encouraging and allowing this Buffoon on the world stage should haunt them forever.
Jill did it to get the new drapes in she picked out, and for the photo ops.
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Jill did it to get the new drapes in she picked out, and for the photo ops.
don’t forget she got rid of the presidential seal doorknobs trump had installed, too. Mission accomplished. The rest is unimportant.
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sneakypete wrote:
"I have two words for you.
"Margaret Thatcher"."
She is "the exception that proves the rule".
Because EVERYONE will name her after a post such as my #281 above.
She doesn't count, Pete.
Name somebody else.
Hmmm.... Joan of Arc?
@Fishrrman
Well,Joan of Arc was a warrior,not a politician.
There were a couple of English queens that were nobody to fool with,though. I can't remember the names,but one was a tiny little thing that took no crap from anyone.
What we are really talking about is actual leadership,which is something that seems to be punished these days instead of rewarded. And anyone that thinks leadership is exclusive to males is a fool.
Seems like most people want people in charge these days that they can ridicule and feel superior too,even though most of them are inferior to their pets when it comes to being useful.
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Golda Meir.
@Cyber Liberty
Oh,yeah!
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I lived in UK during Falklands.
Maggie was more driven and effective than Reagan.
One in generations type woman.
And waaaay more driven that GHWB: "Now is not the time to go wobbly, George!"
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I lived in UK during Falklands.
Maggie was more driven and effective than Reagan.
One in generations type woman.
I had the pleasure of watching a Vulcan bomber land at Ellington AFB during that conflict.
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Today's White House Schedule
9:30 AM
Official Schedule
The President receives the President’s Daily Brief
The White House; Closed Press
10:00 AM
Official Schedule
The President and The Vice President meet with their national security team to hear intelligence, security, and diplomatic updates on the evolving situation in Afghanistan
Situation Room; Closed Press
12:00 PM
Pool Call Time
In-Town Pool Call Time
The White House; In-Town Pool
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House Armed Services Chair Smith: Biden Admin. ‘Didn’t Listen to the Intelligence’ and ‘Didn’t Plan Better’ on Afghanistan Withdrawal
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hallie Jackson Reports,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) said “the Biden administration didn’t listen to the intelligence more carefully and didn’t plan better” for the withdrawal from Afghanistan, “and we’re now seeing the result of that.” He added, “the planning could have been better. And I don’t think anyone can objectively look at that and reach a different conclusion.”
Smith began by saying, “The decision to get out of Afghanistan, I think, makes sense for many of the reasons that President Biden has said. And to some degree, the rapid collapse of the Afghan National Security Forces and the Afghan government sort of makes the point that we could have stayed another year, another five, another ten, another fifteen, and the result wouldn’t have been different.”
He continued, “The thing that’s really troubling is that the Biden administration didn’t listen to the intelligence more carefully and didn’t plan better. I mean, when we first started doing hearings on the anticipated decision of the Biden administration to withdraw from Afghanistan in January and February, many members on our committee, including me, asked the Pentagon what their plan was to get our supporters out of Afghanistan. And the initial answers that we got from the Pentagon were, well, the State Department is handling that. We were like, okay, but it’s a security thing. They’re going to need you. And we really didn’t get great answers. Now, as you know, we in Congress have been pushing from that time. We passed a couple of pieces of legislation to increase the number of visas. We have been pushing for that plan. And sadly, that’s what was missing from this withdrawal plan, was to make sure that our security forces were there to protect the people that we needed to get out. … So, they did not listen to the intelligence as much as they should have, and they didn’t plan as much for getting the civilians out as they should have. That’s the bottom line, and we’re now seeing the result of that.”
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https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/19/house-armed-services-chair-smith-biden-admin-didnt-listen-to-the-intelligence-and-didnt-plan-better-on-afghanistan-withdrawal/
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Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
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23m
So this is what 48 years of DC experience looks like. Got it.
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House Armed Services Chair Smith: Biden Admin. ‘Didn’t Listen to the Intelligence’ and ‘Didn’t Plan Better’ on Afghanistan Withdrawal
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hallie Jackson Reports,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) said “the Biden administration didn’t listen to the intelligence more carefully and didn’t plan better” for the withdrawal from Afghanistan, “and we’re now seeing the result of that.” He added, “the planning could have been better. And I don’t think anyone can objectively look at that and reach a different conclusion.”
Smith began by saying, “The decision to get out of Afghanistan, I think, makes sense for many of the reasons that President Biden has said. And to some degree, the rapid collapse of the Afghan National Security Forces and the Afghan government sort of makes the point that we could have stayed another year, another five, another ten, another fifteen, and the result wouldn’t have been different.”
He continued, “The thing that’s really troubling is that the Biden administration didn’t listen to the intelligence more carefully and didn’t plan better. I mean, when we first started doing hearings on the anticipated decision of the Biden administration to withdraw from Afghanistan in January and February, many members on our committee, including me, asked the Pentagon what their plan was to get our supporters out of Afghanistan. And the initial answers that we got from the Pentagon were, well, the State Department is handling that. We were like, okay, but it’s a security thing. They’re going to need you. And we really didn’t get great answers. Now, as you know, we in Congress have been pushing from that time. We passed a couple of pieces of legislation to increase the number of visas. We have been pushing for that plan. And sadly, that’s what was missing from this withdrawal plan, was to make sure that our security forces were there to protect the people that we needed to get out. … So, they did not listen to the intelligence as much as they should have, and they didn’t plan as much for getting the civilians out as they should have. That’s the bottom line, and we’re now seeing the result of that.”
more
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/19/house-armed-services-chair-smith-biden-admin-didnt-listen-to-the-intelligence-and-didnt-plan-better-on-afghanistan-withdrawal/ (https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/19/house-armed-services-chair-smith-biden-admin-didnt-listen-to-the-intelligence-and-didnt-plan-better-on-afghanistan-withdrawal/)
Biteme got exactly what the marxists wanted.... to get us out of Afghanistan with enough time for the chaos to settle down before the election so the marxists can claim victory. This was the plan, just not the plan everyone else wanted.
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skeeter wrote:
"Not really, I'm following your point. A purely masculine government you end up with the Taliban. A feminine dominant one you end up flying gay pride flags from your foreign embassies. Maggie Thatcher's style was very masculine IMO."
You're exactly right, skeeter.
They didn't call Mrs. Thatcher "The Ice Lady" for nuthin'...
She was "one in a million" ... no... "one in one hundred million".
We will not see the likes of her again.
You are only saying that because she was on "our side".
There are others out there, as cold, calculating, and evil as any man ever was.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/PoliticalShort/status/1428336077518131214
I hope someone also asks who gave the order to stand down during the attack in Benghazi. : :smokin:
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Biden Pentagon: Unkown How Many Americans Trapped in Afghanistan
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2021/08/19/biden-pentagon-unknown-how-many-americans-trapped-afghanistan/
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Biden Pentagon: Unkown How Many Americans Trapped in Afghanistan
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2021/08/19/biden-pentagon-unknown-how-many-americans-trapped-afghanistan/
Maybe the unknown number would benefit from being called "Undocumented Americans" and given all the rights and cash illegal aliens are entitled to.
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Have 55 bipartisan senators called on Biden to "immediately evacuate" American citizens? :pondering:
https://mobile.twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1428431855213219853
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Biteme got exactly what the marxists wanted.... to get us out of Afghanistan with enough time for the chaos to settle down before the election so the marxists can claim victory. This was the plan, just not the plan everyone else wanted.
This disaster is what happens when you believe your own propaganda and think the Media has your back no matter what.
It is what happens when you are assured the optics will be cheesecaked and airbrushed to produce a centerfold for the next campaign, and someone counts on that rather than accomplishing the task at hand.
Among adults, we get the job done, and let the results do the talking.
But, in this case, this incredible disconnect from the real world of logistics and consequence, some straw contains too much manure for even the gifted Rumpelstiltskins of the MSM to spin it into gold. The monstrous result of the endemic disease of putting the cart before the horse, relying on wishes instead of real world data, and hubris, will rear its ugly head from the depths, scatter the escort vessels of the sycophant media fleet, and make straight for the capital ship of state.
This administration has torpedoed itself, and in doing so has made the Country appear weaker, harmed the cause of freedom on the world stage, and abandoned untold numbers to misery and death.
Rather than putting up another smokescreen, the media should be abandoning this vessel, like fleas jumping from the chilling carcass of a roadkill coyote, and seeking their next host, preferably one with some integrity and not as false as water.
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https://twitter.com/CPAC/status/1428429953847205892
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https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/1428421469260836867
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https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1428421765773074447
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https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1428446963054354442
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Nikki Schwab
@NikkiSchwab
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19m
The @WhiteHouse
called a lid at 3:36 p.m.
No eyes on Biden today.
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https://twitter.com/thejcoop/status/1428447016904966150
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https://twitter.com/Dlw20161950/status/1428386322813759498
Their refusal to answer a simple yes/no question tells everyone that the answer is yes...we ARE paying the Taliban for the fuel for those cargo planes we're flying in and out of the airport.
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Former Afghan National Soccer Team Player Dies Trying to Cling to U.S. Plane
https://twitter.com/ArianaNews_/status/1428281406799626245
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Joe's loses his grip on reality: President claims 'no one is being killed' in the Kabul airport chaos despite 12 confirmed deaths and says he can't 'recall' if he was told to keep 2,500 troops in Afghanistan
KATELYN CARALLE | PUBLISHED: 08:17 EDT, 19 August 2021 | UPDATED: 15:50 EDT
Joe Biden said he can't 'recall' if he was warned to maintain a troop presence in Afghanistan and insisted 'no one is being killed' during the chaos at the Kabul airport in a series of confusing comments in his first interview on the bungled withdrawal and the Taliban's takeover.
He also said he would have still pulled troops from Afghanistan without former President Donald Trump's deal to get everyone out by May 1 in a reversal of his finger-pointing at his predecessor for the chaos.
'Your top military advisers warned against withdrawing on this timeline – they wanted you to keep about 2,500 troops,' ABC's George Stephanopoulos said to Biden in an interview that aired Thursday morning.
'No, they didn't,' the president pushed back. 'It was split. That wasn't true. That wasn't true.'
'They didn't tell you they wanted troops to stay?' Stephanopoulos asked.
'No, not in terms of whether we were going to get out in a time frame – all troops, they didn't argue against that,' Biden reiterated. . .
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9908309/Biden-says-NO-military-advisers-recall-told-troops-Afghanistan.html
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British Paratroopers Bravely Entering Kabul to Save UK Citizens While Biden Does Nothing
https://twitter.com/RespectIsVital/status/1427032724599103488
more
https://trendingpolitics.com/british-paratroopers-bravely-doing-vehicle-patrols-in-kabul-to-save-uk-citizens-while-biden-does-nothing-crugg/
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Joe's loses his grip on reality: President claims 'no one is being killed' in the Kabul airport chaos despite 12 confirmed deaths and says he can't 'recall' if he was told to keep 2,500 troops in Afghanistan
KATELYN CARALLE | PUBLISHED: 08:17 EDT, 19 August 2021 | UPDATED: 15:50 EDT
Joe Biden said he can't 'recall' if he was warned to maintain a troop presence in Afghanistan and insisted 'no one is being killed' during the chaos at the Kabul airport in a series of confusing comments in his first interview on the bungled withdrawal and the Taliban's takeover.
He also said he would have still pulled troops from Afghanistan without former President Donald Trump's deal to get everyone out by May 1 in a reversal of his finger-pointing at his predecessor for the chaos.
'Your top military advisers warned against withdrawing on this timeline – they wanted you to keep about 2,500 troops,' ABC's George Stephanopoulos said to Biden in an interview that aired Thursday morning.
'No, they didn't,' the president pushed back. 'It was split. That wasn't true. That wasn't true.'
'They didn't tell you they wanted troops to stay?' Stephanopoulos asked.
'No, not in terms of whether we were going to get out in a time frame – all troops, they didn't argue against that,' Biden reiterated. . .
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9908309/Biden-says-NO-military-advisers-recall-told-troops-Afghanistan.html
Joe also claimed we don't have troops in Syria (we've got 900 there) and when Steffie asked him about the Afghans falling off the C-17 his only reply was "That was four or five days ago"
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You are only saying that because she was on "our side".
There are others out there, as cold, calculating, and evil as any man ever was.
are you speaking of 'Suicide' Hillary?
Always made me wonder since Bill is no longer a useful tool why she still has him around
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Former Afghan National Soccer Team Player Dies Trying to Cling to U.S. Plane
https://twitter.com/ArianaNews_/status/1428281406799626245
BIDEN: That was four days ago, five days ago.
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British Paratroopers Bravely Entering Kabul to Save UK Citizens While Biden Does Nothing
https://twitter.com/RespectIsVital/status/1427032724599103488
more
https://trendingpolitics.com/british-paratroopers-bravely-doing-vehicle-patrols-in-kabul-to-save-uk-citizens-while-biden-does-nothing-crugg/
Bristow is a true hero. No word on where our ambassador is.
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https://twitter.com/thejcoop/status/1428447016904966150
Dear G-d. What have we done.
https://twitter.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1428449620997414919
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Dear G-d. What have we done.
https://twitter.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1428449620997414919
Will be used to plant trees to offset the carbon used?
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Lance Gooden
@Lancegooden
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52m
From 2017 to 2019, the U.S. gave Afghan forces:
7,035 machine guns
4,702 Humvees
20,040 hand grenades
2,520 bombs
1,394 grenade launchers
211 aircraft
American taxpayers deserve to know how much of this has ended up in the hands of the Taliban.
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https://twitter.com/TheLeoTerrell/status/1428461377602179072
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Replying to
@TheLeoTerrell
Senility.
As long as his tapioca pudding is OK, all is well in his world.
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Ryan Saavedra
@RealSaavedra
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8h
Highlights from Biden's ABC interview:
-Did not "recall" being warned by U.S. Military to not push ahead with his plan
-Did not know U.S. has troops in Syria
-Did not know certain events in Kabul happened this week
-Did not know people were getting killed
Sensing a pattern
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Ava
@MsAvaArmstrong
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1m
Democrats are the most miserable unhappy idiots on the planet.
They hate us and they hate everything America stands for.
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https://twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1428349695231860749
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Sharyl Attkisson🕵️♂️
@SharylAttkisson
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1h
This must be a misunderstanding when it was said, "The US military knew it would get the 911 call from the State Dept. to help evacuate once the military pulled out."
A 6th grader could tell you: you get people out safely before you withdraw military; not after.
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https://twitter.com/alexplitsas/status/1428222164050882561
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https://twitter.com/RespectIsVital/status/1428152913780695042
Even the French are venturing out to rescue people sheltering in place. When did the US become a nation of cowards? Oh, yeah, it was on Jan 20, 2021.
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Lance Gooden
@Lancegooden
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52m
From 2017 to 2019, the U.S. gave Afghan forces:
7,035 machine guns
4,702 Humvees
20,040 hand grenades
2,520 bombs
1,394 grenade launchers
211 aircraft
American taxpayers deserve to know how much of this has ended up in the hands of the Taliban.
Mike, my husband, said the Army and I am sure every branch have instructions on how to destroy equipment like this in case of withdrawing...or being over run...
Hell you can pour sand in the gas tank of the humvees...shoot out the ignition...They had plenty of time to destroy this equipment...
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Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
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3h
Why is it so hard for our leaders to say: "No Afghani refugees in the US until EVERY single American is brought home from behind enemy lines"
It's so simple to put Americans first. Why won't they do it?
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https://twitter.com/kylenabecker/status/1428465804086063109
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https://twitter.com/thegarance/status/1428466510251560960
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Graham Allen
@GrahamAllen_1
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3h
Instead of attacking the Taliban holding Americans hostage…
The White House is going after kids to force them to wear masks!
Disgraceful!!
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https://twitter.com/vmsalama/status/1428466602358493192
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Mike, my husband, said the Army and I am sure every branch have instructions on how to destroy equipment like this in case of withdrawing...or being over run...
Hell you can pour sand in the gas tank of the humvees...shoot out the ignition...They had plenty of time to destroy this equipment...
That was true 50 years ago. But I doubt the message ever got to the Afghan military.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lwzY0bM6i4&ab_channel=DemocratTracking2020
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Mike, my husband, said the Army and I am sure every branch have instructions on how to destroy equipment like this in case of withdrawing...or being over run...
Hell you can pour sand in the gas tank of the humvees...shoot out the ignition...They had plenty of time to destroy this equipment...
Well if the state dept is making evacuees pay for their plane ride, just imagine what would happen to you if you destroyed uncle sugars toys...
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French Embassy still open
The French embassy in Kabul has become an 'internally displaced persons camp'
Tim O'Donnell 1 day ago
The French embassy remains the last operating Western mission in Kabul after the Taliban swept the Afghan capital earlier this week, and hundreds of Afghans have reportedly been camping around the compound over the past three days in the hopes of entering and eventually finding a way out of the country, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The situation reportedly reached a point on Tuesday night at which the embassy ran out of food rations and water to hand out to people, though a convoy of 10 buses made their way to the compound and transferred folks to a French military plane en route to Abu Dhabi. . . .
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-french-embassy-in-kabul-has-become-an-internally-displaced-persons-camp/ar-AANt6qv
So explain to me how the French can drive a convoy of ten buses through the streets of Kabul, load them up with people, and then drive them back to the airport, load them on planes, and fly them out of the country, yet we are sitting there with our thumbs up our asses telling our own people that they are on their own.
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Taliban Going Door To Door Seeking Christians, Searching Through Phones For Bible Apps: Report
"Only God understands how much pain we have and how broken our hearts are."
https://www.dailywire.com/news/taliban-going-door-to-door-seeking-christians-searching-through-phones-for-bible-apps-report
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https://twitter.com/thegarance/status/1428466510251560960
A departing F-U to our Northern Alliance allies.
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https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1428467978463596548
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https://twitter.com/RepDanCrenshaw/status/1428469592465215492
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https://twitter.com/CGTNOfficial/status/1428475554534207490
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https://twitter.com/CGTNOfficial/status/1428475554534207490
That is the plan. Take advantage of the crisis to dump hundreds of thousands of Afghanis into this country.
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toddstarnes
@toddstarnes
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8m
Arming the Taliban with advanced weaponry funded by the American taxpayers will be the highlight of the Biden foreign policy legacy.
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Guy Benson
@guypbenson
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3h
US officials say the most powerful nation on earth lacks capacity to extend operations into Kabul to collect stranded citizens & people we have a duty to protect. But the UK & French governments are reportedly doing exactly that. But we can’t? We can. We are choosing not to. Why?
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Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
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13m
The US citizens stuck in Afghanistan will be forced to pay for their flights back to America.
According to the State Department, flights can be "$2,000 or more"
I wonder how much the thousands of Afghanis had to pay to be flown on US-Taxpayer funded aircraft?
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. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYCw0qfKa3c&t=3s)
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CGTN
@CGTNOfficial
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5m
China state-affiliated media
U.S. President Biden said there are an estimated 50,000 to 65,000 Afghans who are eligible for special immigration status for their efforts in supporting the U.S.
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https://twitter.com/InezFeltscher/status/1428476173646979076
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Jacqui Heinrich
@JacquiHeinrich
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5m
🚨NEW, thread: my colleague @RichEdsonDC
confirms WSJ reporting, that about two dozen State Dept officials in Kabul sent a memo to Blinken, other top officials July 13th, warning of potential Kabul collapse soon after withdrawal deadline, offering recs on mitigation & speedy evac
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https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1428478373634973697
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Jacqui Heinrich
@JacquiHeinrich · 5m
🚨NEW, thread: my colleague @RichEdsonDC
confirms WSJ reporting, that about two dozen State Dept officials in Kabul sent a memo to Blinken
Well there's your mistake right there.
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Jacqui Heinrich
@JacquiHeinrich
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5m
🚨NEW, thread: my colleague @RichEdsonDC
confirms WSJ reporting, that about two dozen State Dept officials in Kabul sent a memo to Blinken, other top officials July 13th, warning of potential Kabul collapse soon after withdrawal deadline, offering recs on mitigation & speedy evac
Sounds very familiar to me. I'm recalling very similar messages from Libia some years ago.
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https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1428483262910013441
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Caleb Hull
@CalebJHull
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16m
I gotta say, I never expected CNN and MSNBC to turn on Biden this fast. That just shows how wildly unpopular his handling of Afghanistan has been. This is going to be his legacy.
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https://twitter.com/RepJimBanks/status/1428458231551102977
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Caleb Hull
@CalebJHull
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16m
I gotta say, I never expected CNN and MSNBC to turn on Biden this fast. That just shows how wildly unpopular his handling of Afghanistan has been. This is going to be his legacy.
And, they want Kamala as POTUS.
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https://twitter.com/RepJimBanks/status/1428398927364169736
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Guards at Kabul embassy told they are ineligible for UK protection
The Guardian by Amelia Gentleman 8/19/2021
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/19/guards-at-kabul-embassy-told-they-are-ineligible-for-uk-protection (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/19/guards-at-kabul-embassy-told-they-are-ineligible-for-uk-protection)
More than 100 guards at the British embassy in Kabul have been told they are not eligible for UK government protection because they were hired through an outsourced contractor, the Guardian has learned.
Most of the 125-strong team of security personnel, employed by the global security firm GardaWorld, have been given informal notice that they no longer have jobs guarding the embassy, several said.
The guards, some of whom had been working for the UK embassy for over a decade, described feeling abandoned by British officials and their employer. Many have been forced into hiding, fearing for their lives.
Meanwhile, more than 100 guards doing the same work for the US embassy, under a separate GardaWorld contract, have been evacuated and others were receiving support from the US embassy, according to a senior Afghan national GardaWorld employee in charge of human resources.
On Saturday night, at the end of a long shift helping British diplomats get to Kabul airport so they could flee after the fall of the Afghan capital to the Taliban, several British embassy guards said they were told by phone that since the embassy was now closed their services would no longer be required. They were asked to hand back computers, body armour and radios.
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Viral Video Allegedly of Afghans Rushing Airport Actually Showed Dallas Cowboys Fans at AT&T Stadium
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/viral-video-allegedly-of-afghans-rushing-airport-actually-showed-dallas-cowboys-fans-at-att-stadium/2722655/ (https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/viral-video-allegedly-of-afghans-rushing-airport-actually-showed-dallas-cowboys-fans-at-att-stadium/2722655/)
https://twitter.com/i/status/1427288501523947526 (https://twitter.com/i/status/1427288501523947526)
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State Dept announced Americans don't have to pay for their flight home....
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TheLeoTerrell
@TheLeoTerrell
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28m
Joe Biden: Keep yourself in the Oval Office until every American returns from Afghanistan. No more trips to Delaware and no more ice-cream: Act like a President and Commander in Chief.
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https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1428504819397009411
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https://twitter.com/TexasTRepublic/status/1428504919242334210
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https://twitter.com/dcexaminer/status/1428503396584144897
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toddstarnes
@toddstarnes
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8m
Arming the Taliban with advanced weaponry funded by the American taxpayers will be the highlight of the Biden foreign policy legacy.
@mystery-ak
Don't hold your breath waiting for the media to mention it without spinning it into something wise.
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Caleb Hull
@CalebJHull
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16m
I gotta say, I never expected CNN and MSNBC to turn on Biden this fast. That just shows how wildly unpopular his handling of Afghanistan has been. This is going to be his legacy.
@mystery-ak
I see this as the beginning of the push by the DNC to remove Biden and replace him with Harris in time to build up her creds and distance her from Biden in time for the elections.
THAT is why she is in VN now. Is it even possible to get further away from Afghanistan than VN?
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Breaking911
@Breaking911
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1m
BREAKING: Biden administration considering launching airstrikes on equipment left behind by US troops in Afghanistan - @Axios
No shit....do it
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Taliban Going Door To Door Seeking Christians, Searching Through Phones For Bible Apps: Report
"Only God understands how much pain we have and how broken our hearts are."
By Jon Brown
Aug 19, 2021 DailyWire.com (https://www.dailywire.com/news/taliban-going-door-to-door-seeking-christians-searching-through-phones-for-bible-apps-report)
Afghan Christians are reportedly fleeing to the mountains in a desperate attempt to escape the Taliban who is going door to door trying to kill them.
An underground church that partners with Frontier Alliance International (FAI) has reported that the Taliban are targeting Christians for death. According to FAI: The Taliban has a hit list of known Christians they are targeting to pursue and kill. The US Embassy is defunct and there is no longer a safe place for believers to take refuge. All borders to neighboring countries are closed and all flights to and from have been halted, with the exception of private planes. People are fleeing into the mountains looking for asylum. They are fully reliant on God, who is the only One who can and will protect them.
The Taliban are going door-to-door taking women and children. The people must mark their house with an “X” if they have a girl over 12 years old, so that the Taliban can take them. If they find a young girl and the house was not marked they will execute the entire family. If a married woman 25 years or older has been found, the Taliban promptly kill her husband, do whatever they want to her, and then sell her as a sex slave.
Husbands and fathers have given their wives and daughters guns and told them that when the Taliban come, they can choose to kill them or kill themselves—it is their choice. ...
More (https://www.dailywire.com/news/taliban-going-door-to-door-seeking-christians-searching-through-phones-for-bible-apps-report)
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Glenn Beck has raised over 12M for the Nazarene fund in the past two days. He's going in and getting Christians out. He's done it before.
He's asking for prayers and fasting...hoping for God's help
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Glenn Beck has raised over 12M for the Nazarene fund in the past two days. He's going in and getting Christians out. He's done it before.
He's asking for prayers and fasting...hoping for God's help
Website here: https://thenazarenefund.org/
Video here: https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,445986.msg2479113.html#msg2479113
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GOP Claudia Tenney Drafts Legislation to Ban U.S. Government from Charging Americans for Evacuation Flights
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/19/gop-claudia-tenney-drafts-legislation-to-ban-u-s-government-from-charging-americans-for-evacuation-flights/
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The State Department Has Abandoned Its CH-46 Helicopters In Afghanistan
Evacuations in Kabul will likely be the last major mission for U.S. CH-46 "Phrogs," which served in this same role in Saigon nearly 50 years ago.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42060/the-state-department-has-abandoned-its-ch-46-helicopters-in-afghanistan
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Taliban going 'house to house' in Afghanistan 'hanging' people who worked with US: source
https://www.foxnews.com/world/taliban-going-house-to-house-in-afghanistan-hanging-people-who-worked-with-us-source
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Biden to address nation tomorrow
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Biden to address nation tomorrow
@mystery-ak
Where did you hear this? I can't find anything on it.
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Biden to address nation tomorrow
Something big is going on here, as everything points to it. The media just doesn't turn on Biden like this, as this is no accident. They are trying to get rid of him. Everyone knows now that Joe is incompetent. Tucker tonight read from the ABC interview transcript that ABC didn't broadcast and it was devastating. Biden got his facts wrong and had to correct himself over and over.....heck you could even see that George saw his incompetence.
Now the news that Biden is going home for the weekend....this is just too weird. I give him a few days if not a few weeks before he's out of there. Just a gut feel, but something doesn't feel right.....
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US Soldier Films Chaos From MRAP Gunner Turret In Kabul
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJkNTLncmWI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJkNTLncmWI)
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Thanks for posting! How incredibly horrible....
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I've obviously gone beyond Political Junkie to Masochist to have read and even participated in this 1.2K post Thread of our Country's demise~on steroids.
Painful as shit!
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I've obviously gone beyond Political Junkie to Masochist to have read and even participated in this 1.2K post Thread of our Country's demise~on steroids.
Painful as shit!
I personally apologized to three foreign nationals today (a Canadian living in UK, and a South African and an Indian living in the US). Not only did we screw over our own people, we screwed over our NATO allies, too.
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I tried to buy another $300 window for my house from the guy I bought 4 from last year, he won't return my calls. My cardio DR. didn't renew my scans for next year after our frank discussion about Covid, I'm even using the self checkout at my local grocery to avoid getting in trouble with interactions with idiots. I'm beginning to see a pattern here, It just may be me, or possibly my tinfoil may be to loose.
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I got a notice from HR today that they are considering adding a surcharge to insurance premiums for unvaccinated people. They are also considering weekly testing for the unvaccinated (but not the vaccinated who are now the main carriers). And finally, a ban on travel for the unvaccinated.
We now have millions of people in this country who have protected themselves with the mRNA jab by blocking the virus from attaching to their cells (for now), but who also lack any antibodies to kill the virus itself. And people wonder why there is now an increase in cases.
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I got a notice from HR today that they are considering adding a surcharge to insurance premiums for unvaccinated people. They are also considering weekly testing for the unvaccinated (but not the vaccinated who are now the main carriers). And finally, a ban on travel for the unvaccinated.
We now have millions of people in this country who have protected themselves with the mRNA jab by blocking the virus from attaching to their cells (for now), but who also lack any antibodies to kill the virus itself. And people wonder why there is now an increase in cases.
Well it stands to reason there are more cases, people are more out and about, crowds are returning, it had to happen sometime, and there was going to be a short-term increase in cases, but I believe it will fade quickly.
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U.N. Report: Taliban Revenge Teams Actively Seeking ‘Targets’
Taliban teams are going door-to-door across Afghanistan looking for people who either worked for NATO forces or the former national government, a U.N. report outlined Friday.
A confidential document by RHIPTO Norwegian Center for Global Analyses, a group sourcing intelligence for the U.N., cautioned the Taliban were now targeting “collaborators.”
Christian Nellemann, who led the team behind the report, told the BBC: “There are a high number of individuals that are currently being targeted by the Taliban and the threat is crystal clear.
more
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2021/08/20/u-n-report-taliban-revenge-teams-actively-seeking-targets/
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https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/1427604317280915479
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Reading between the lines here, I would conclude that Biden will not be taking any candid questions after today's teleprompter reading:
1:00 PM
Official Schedule
The President delivers remarks on remarks on the evacuation of American citizens and their families, SIV applicants and their families, and vulnerable Afghans; The Vice President also attends by 9:00 am]
East Room; In-House Pool and Pre-Credentialed Media Coverage [RSVP here by 9:00 AM]
2:05 PM
Official Schedule
The President departs Washington, DC en route Wilmington, Delaware
Fort Lesley J. McNair; In-Town Travel Pool Coverage
First, the press has to report at 9 am for entry into a 1 pm presser. So there will be extensive prep work going on, possibly coordinating with press to ask certain questions so that responses can be loaded on teleprompter later. Secondly, it is about a 15 min drive from the White House to Fort Lesley McNair. That leaves 50 minutes max for Biden to deliver this remarks and then get into position for the evacuation to Delaware (again). There simply won't be any time for unscripted responses.
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The Taliban has begun seizing personal weapons and indicates individual Afghans "can now feel safe" and no longer need the firearms.
Berlin, 1933
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Biden Team Downplaying Taliban Gauntlet at Airport With Unique Description
https://twitter.com/itsSpencerBrown/status/1428426308351102986
more
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/08/20/biden-team-downplaying-taliban-gauntlet-at-airport-with-unique-description-n429960
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French and Brits Are Rescuing Their Citizens in Kabul, but Here's What Americans Were Hearing
https://twitter.com/guypbenson/status/1428422222658555904
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https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1428587360535552001
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Sasha Ingber
@SashaIngber
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Chaos “at all gates” in Kabul right now. Taliban gunfire, beating people. I’m messaging with an interpreter who is there, trying to get into one of the gates. All gates are closed because the airfield is currently at max capacity, I am told.
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https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1428718396510724102
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https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1428587360535552001
Twitter should have locked Joe Biden's account for spreading disinformation.
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Report: Joe Biden Waiving Coronavirus Test Requirements for Evacuees at Kabul Airport
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/20/joe-biden-coronavirus-test-requirements/
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Sasha Ingber
@SashaIngber
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Chaos “at all gates” in Kabul right now. Taliban gunfire, beating people. I’m messaging with an interpreter who is there, trying to get into one of the gates. All gates are closed because the airfield is currently at max capacity, I am told.
Yet half-empty planes are being flown out as they purchase jet fuel from the Taliban.
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Report: Joe Biden Waiving Coronavirus Test Requirements for Evacuees at Kabul Airport
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/20/joe-biden-coronavirus-test-requirements/
Are you freaking kidding me? They were testing people for Covid before flying them out? So what happens if someone tests positive? Do they have to quarantine for two weeks and then get two negative test results before being allowed to evacuate a war zone?
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Thursday the military has the capacity to remove 5,000 to 9,000 per day but has only evacuated about 2,000 passengers “each of the past two days.” Only 1,762 American citizens and Green Card holders have been saved from the country since August 14.
So we are averaging less than 300 Americans a day. At the current rate, it will require another 38 days to evacuate the estimated 11,000 Americans still stranded behind enemy lines in Afghanistan.
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GOP Claudia Tenney Drafts Legislation to Ban U.S. Government from Charging Americans for Evacuation Flights
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/19/gop-claudia-tenney-drafts-legislation-to-ban-u-s-government-from-charging-americans-for-evacuation-flights/
@mystery-ak
I personally think that anyone who votes for charging Americans for their flights back home should lose their citizenship and be given free one-way tickets to Afghanistan.
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Something big is going on here, as everything points to it. The media just doesn't turn on Biden like this, as this is no accident. They are trying to get rid of him. Everyone knows now that Joe is incompetent. Tucker tonight read from the ABC interview transcript that ABC didn't broadcast and it was devastating. Biden got his facts wrong and had to correct himself over and over.....heck you could even see that George saw his incompetence.
Now the news that Biden is going home for the weekend....this is just too weird. I give him a few days if not a few weeks before he's out of there. Just a gut feel, but something doesn't feel right.....
@mrpotatohead
I agree,and think this has been the plan for weeks,or maybe even months. This is why they send Kameltoe to VN. They wanted to keep her clear of the mess and of the VERY unlikely risk of any US reporter asking her anything about the Muddle East.
Can you say "President Kameltoe by 1 Jan 2022"?
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I tried to buy another $300 window for my house from the guy I bought 4 from last year, he won't return my calls. My cardio DR. didn't renew my scans for next year after our frank discussion about Covid, I'm even using the self checkout at my local grocery to avoid getting in trouble with interactions with idiots. I'm beginning to see a pattern here, It just may be me, or possibly my tinfoil may be to loose.
@corbe
Nah,you have just passed your "best if used by date",where the docs no longer give a Bush because medicare/medicaid just ain't worth their time because they want to spend it with younger patients with better insurance that will live longer/pay longer.
I noticed a couple of years ago that even regular docs are now treating me like VA docs treat me. Mainly,the minimum amount they can get away with. When I do get an appointment these days,it is with a PA,not a real doctor.
Hell,I can't even get any of them to prescribe any pain pills for me anymore. They claim they are afraid I might become addicted. No Biden!
You reach a certain age and have health "bonuses" like cancer,they just don't give a squat anymore. It ain't nothing personal,you are just in their way of treating patients with better insurance that will be long-term income providers.
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Reading between the lines here, I would conclude that Biden will not be taking any candid questions after today's teleprompter reading:
@Hoodat
Has Slow Joe EVER taken any candid questions?
Has the alleged "press" even TRIED to ask him any candid/tough questions at ANY time during his term?
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@mrpotatohead
I agree,and think this has been the plan for weeks,or maybe even months. This is why they send Kameltoe to VN. They wanted to keep her clear of the mess and of the VERY unlikely risk of any US reporter asking her anything about the Muddle East.
Can you say "President Kameltoe by 1 Jan 2022"?
I think that has been the plan from day one and look for Democrats and SCOTUS to suddenly rediscover the constitutional NBC requirement soon thereafter.
Hello president Pelosi.
@sneakypete
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I think that has been the plan from day one and look for Democrats and SCOTUS to suddenly rediscover the constitutional NBC requirement soon thereafter.
Hello president Pelosi.
They are going to have to call on Bruce Lindsey to get Harris out of office. She ain't stepping down voluntarily. It's gonna take some Vince Foster-level action to get Pelosi in the White House.
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The Forever War Isn’t Over (https://freebeacon.com/columns/the-forever-war-isnt-over/)
The Afghan debacle just marks a new, more murderous phase
I'm now the fourth American president to preside over war in Afghanistan—two Democrats and two Republicans," President Biden said during his speech on August 16. "I will not pass this responsibly on— responsibility on to a fifth president." He needn't have corrected himself. He did indeed irresponsibly bequeath to his successor a terrible situation in central Asia.
The best-case scenario, according to Biden, would look like this: Afghanistan's reversion to Islamofascism fades from the international headlines. The Taliban understands that its continued rule depends on its ability to prevent terrorists from launching attacks from its territory. America goes back to fighting over masks and vaccinations and "building back better," or whatever.
But the best-case scenario is an illusion. Why? Because the war isn't over. Afghanistan is just one front in a global conflict that the United States did not initiate and cannot wish away. The Cold War did not end when the South Vietnamese government collapsed. Nor will the war on terror or the "Long War" or the "Forever War" cease with Taliban control of Afghanistan. When participants in the worldwide Salafist-jihadist movement look at the developments of the last week, they don't see reasons to quit their mayhem. They see the chaos, panic, violence, disorder, and American retreat as a vindication of their ideology and a spur to further action.
It's happened before. North Vietnam's victory over the South did not make communism less expansionist or revolutionary. On the contrary: Laos fell to the Communists, Cambodia was subjected to the barbarism of the Khmer Rouge, Cuba sent advisers to the pro-Communist People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, the Sandinistas overthrew the anti-Communist Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and a pro-Communist insurgency took root in El Salvador. The relentless humiliations that followed America's defeat in Vietnam ended Jimmy Carter's presidency. They did not stop until Ronald Reagan shifted the nation's course.
Or try a more recent example. When America removed its troops from Iraq at the end of 2011 and failed to enforce its red line against the use of chemical weapons in Syria in 2013, the Middle East did not become less violent or pathological or dangerous. It was only a matter of time before ISIS overran the Iraqi cities of Falluja, Ramadi, and Mosul. On June 29, 2014, the terrorist army's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, announced the formation of a caliphate. Then ISIS moved toward Baghdad and enslaved and massacred Iraq's Yazidi population along the way...
Excerpt: Rest at headline link
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Biden Team Downplaying Taliban Gauntlet at Airport With Unique Description
https://twitter.com/itsSpencerBrown/status/1428426308351102986
more
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/08/20/biden-team-downplaying-taliban-gauntlet-at-airport-with-unique-description-n429960
This administration is pathetic.
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This administration is pathetic.
In the "down" department this week, we have seen doubling, tripling, and quadrupling.
How far can the pedo POTUS sink?
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The Forever War Isn’t Over (https://freebeacon.com/columns/the-forever-war-isnt-over/)
The Afghan debacle just marks a new, more murderous phase
I'm now the fourth American president to preside over war in Afghanistan—two Democrats and two Republicans," President Biden said during his speech on August 16. "I will not pass this responsibly on— responsibility on to a fifth president." He needn't have corrected himself. He did indeed irresponsibly bequeath to his successor a terrible situation in central Asia.
The best-case scenario, according to Biden, would look like this: Afghanistan's reversion to Islamofascism fades from the international headlines. The Taliban understands that its continued rule depends on its ability to prevent terrorists from launching attacks from its territory. America goes back to fighting over masks and vaccinations and "building back better," or whatever.
But the best-case scenario is an illusion. Why? Because the war isn't over. Afghanistan is just one front in a global conflict that the United States did not initiate and cannot wish away. The Cold War did not end when the South Vietnamese government collapsed. Nor will the war on terror or the "Long War" or the "Forever War" cease with Taliban control of Afghanistan. When participants in the worldwide Salafist-jihadist movement look at the developments of the last week, they don't see reasons to quit their mayhem. They see the chaos, panic, violence, disorder, and American retreat as a vindication of their ideology and a spur to further action.
It's happened before. North Vietnam's victory over the South did not make communism less expansionist or revolutionary. On the contrary: Laos fell to the Communists, Cambodia was subjected to the barbarism of the Khmer Rouge, Cuba sent advisers to the pro-Communist People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, the Sandinistas overthrew the anti-Communist Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and a pro-Communist insurgency took root in El Salvador. The relentless humiliations that followed America's defeat in Vietnam ended Jimmy Carter's presidency. They did not stop until Ronald Reagan shifted the nation's course.
Or try a more recent example. When America removed its troops from Iraq at the end of 2011 and failed to enforce its red line against the use of chemical weapons in Syria in 2013, the Middle East did not become less violent or pathological or dangerous. It was only a matter of time before ISIS overran the Iraqi cities of Falluja, Ramadi, and Mosul. On June 29, 2014, the terrorist army's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, announced the formation of a caliphate. Then ISIS moved toward Baghdad and enslaved and massacred Iraq's Yazidi population along the way...
Excerpt: Rest at headline link
"I don't like to pay for the same real estate twice" - GEN George Patton.
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In the "down" department this week, we have seen doubling, tripling, and quadrupling.
How far can the pedo POTUS sink?
Hiding in his private residence in Delaware..only coming to the WH to read pre-written scoldings for the camera and not answering the questions the media and the country have of him while American citizens are in harms way in a foreign country.
That's how low this POTUS can sink.
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Hiding in his private residence in Delaware..only coming to the WH to read pre-written scoldings for the camera and not answering the questions the media and the country have of him while American citizens are in harms way in a foreign country.
That's how low this POTUS can sink.
And then you have the Hobbit Snuffynofonous who edits his interview to put Slow Joe in a best light possible. The SOB will never be held accountable as long as the MSM remains intact as it is.
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And then you have the Hobbit Snuffynofonous who edits his interview to put Slow Joe in a best light possible. The SOB will never be held accountable as long as the MSM remains intact as it is.
I read the transcript...there's not enough editing in the world that can make what Biden said sound good...credible or coherent.
Who ever did what they could with what finally went out over the air deserves an Emmy for video editing.
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Biden to speak soon
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Taliban Beat and Gas Australian Citizens Trying to Reach Kabul Airport
https://twitter.com/stephendziedzic/status/1428302957196439556
more
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/08/20/taliban-beat-gas-australian-citizens-trying-reach-kabul-airport/
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State Department Spox Ned Price Hails ‘Unprecedented’ U.S. Rescue Effort in Afghanistan
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/20/watch-state-department-spox-ned-price-hails-unprecedented-u-s-rescue-effort-in-afghanistan/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fi0Ce-Sgx8&ab_channel=TheWhiteHouse
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All flights out canceled due to a mask shortage?
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https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1428763210467794948
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Kyle Becker
@kylenabecker
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13h
Why is ABC News sitting on video of the biggest moment of Biden's presidency?
This never would have been done for Trump. It doesn't make sense from an ethical or ratings point-of-view.
Let's just go through the identifiable lies & half-truths in Biden's interview. [Thread]
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British soldiers rescuing US citizens as Biden spox shrugs, ‘I don’t know’ number of Americans trapped
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/20/british-soldiers-rescuing-us-citizens-as-biden-spox-shrugs-i-dont-know-number-of-americans-trapped-1121554/
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BREAKING: Americans “Beaten Throughout the Night” by Taliban While Biden Worries About His Sleep
Americans are starting to pay for President Joe Biden’s failed withdraw from Afghanistan.
According to a new report on Friday, some Americans were getting “beaten throughout the night” by Taliban extremists as the situation in Afghanistan is “rapidly deteriorating.”
“A source tells me, ‘Situation [in Afghanistan] is rapidly deteriorating… We’ve had Americans get beaten throughout the night,’” Newsy reporter Sasha Ingber wrote on Twitter. “One of them, an American woman, was beaten ‘twice’ even though she was carrying a U.S. passport.”
https://twitter.com/SashaIngber/status/1428676853766795265
more
https://trendingpolitics.com/breaking-americans-beaten-throughout-the-night-by-taliban-while-biden-worries-about-his-sleep-crugg/
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https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1428743992758333444
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https://twitter.com/business/status/1428765758796992514
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:shrug
:Sebastian Smith
@SebastianAFP
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The 1 pm remarks by President Biden on Afghanistan are not happening at 1... No new time announced by White House.
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Brain dead noodle occupying the Oval office, and this will soon be our biggest civlian disaster at the hand of an enemy .
Biden has sealed his legacy permanently.
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Ian Miles Cheong @ stillgray.substack.com
@stillgray
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Biden just canceled his address.
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They are going to have to call on Bruce Lindsey to get Harris out of office. She ain't stepping down voluntarily. It's gonna take some Vince Foster-level action to get Pelosi in the White House.
@Hoodat
Maybe even a company of infantry Marines.
Then who knows how many military and cops to deal with the black riots and attacks on random whites by blacks all over the country?
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Our ability to hold evacuees in Qatar has reached capacity, so flights out of Kabul have been suspended. Apparently, no one in this shortsighted administration considered the next step after Qatar. Those evacuees will have to be moved out before new ones can be flown in.
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Ian Miles Cheong @ stillgray.substack.com
@stillgray
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Biden just canceled his address.
Wow!
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:shrug
:Sebastian Smith
@SebastianAFP
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5m
The 1 pm remarks by President Biden on Afghanistan are not happening at 1... No new time announced by White House.
I'm pretty old, but can tell you that i have never seen this level of incompetency at the WH in my lifetime. WTF is going on?
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Networks still acting like Biden is going to speak. CNN and MSNBC anyway.
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This administration is pathetic.
@txradioguy
Is there something they can take for "Airport Congestion"
A liquid would be ok,but a pill would be better.
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Joe Concha
@JoeConchaTV
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President Biden and VP Harris now 15 minutes late on making his remarks in the East Room.
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https://twitter.com/LizMair/status/1428767607008681985
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This administration is pathetic.
@txradioguy
No more pathetic than the losers that voted for them,or their RINO "Besties" that refused to vote for "rude orange man" because he is lacking in manners and doesn't know when to quit.
I personally hold the "Rino Besties" to be more at fault than the Dims because they are actually stupider than the Dims,plus they are willing to KNOWINGLY betray the country because they didn't like a candidates manners. That takes STOOPID down to an industrial-strength STOOPID. These people should be steralized so they don't have children to pass those genes on to.
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https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1428767218322444288
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@txradioguy
Is there something they can take for "Airport Congestion"
A liquid would be ok,but a pill would be better.
This is the only thing I know that cures 'airport congestion':
(https://cdn1.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1200x800/public/images/methode/2018/08/31/25415d18-ac97-11e8-8796-d12ba807e6e9_1280x720_172533.jpg?itok=i87MKzcV)
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https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1428768070705766403
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https://twitter.com/Alyssafarah/status/1428768545157095427
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This is the only thing I know that cures 'airport congestion':
(https://cdn1.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1200x800/public/images/methode/2018/08/31/25415d18-ac97-11e8-8796-d12ba807e6e9_1280x720_172533.jpg?itok=i87MKzcV)
@Hoodat
THAT would be the best cure because in addition to ending airport congestion,it would cause all the "right people" to stroke out.
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Daily Caller
@DailyCaller
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Somebody wake him up
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Sebastian Smith
@SebastianAFP
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The 1 pm remarks by President Biden on Afghanistan are not happening at 1... No new time announced by White House.
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Kimberly Ross
@SouthernKeeks
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What an incapable coward.
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Sebastian Smith
@SebastianAFP
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The 1 pm remarks by President Biden on Afghanistan are not happening at 1... No new time announced by White House.
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Daily Caller
@DailyCaller
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Somebody wake him up
Waiting for the Adderal to take effect.
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Networks still acting like Biden is going to speak. CNN and MSNBC anyway.
And they will report it as the greatest speech ever.
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Julie Kelly 🇺🇸
@julie_kelly2
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Biden had a 1pm address scheduled. It’s almost 1:30 and no update. Reports that it’s been cancelled without new time scheduled.
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Waiting for the Adderal to take effect.
@Hoodat
Being on the WH staff has to be the ultimate "this job REALLY sucks!" experience these days.
Not that I feel sorry for them. I don't. In FACT,I am celebrating their hearache and sorrow. With any luck at all,some might even become suicidal.
I am crossing my fingers in eager anticipation.
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@txradioguy
Is there something they can take for "Airport Congestion"
A liquid would be ok,but a pill would be better.
@sneakypete
They make pills in 7.62 and 5.56 that would clean out that congestion almost instantly.
And for more severe cases of congestion there's the extra strength 40mm HE pill.
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https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1428770663716827138
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Jake Tapper
@jaketapper
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I’m hearing from someone who is deeply involved in efforts to rescue Americans and Afghan interpreters that their are multiple medical emergencies involving infants and small children outside the airport. The number was 7 as of this morning
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Joe Concha
@JoeConchaTV
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Now 30 minutes late…
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https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/1428771156568518657
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Joe Concha
@JoeConchaTV
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Now 30 minutes late…
(https://external-preview.redd.it/vVt9ZflEQplKefIfk4Ers6pbFFzvBPrPed_3k0f507U.gif?width=560&s=2614e66ea490bbc2fcf7d7b3db7564e709dda73d)
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@sneakypete
They make pills in 7.62 and 5.56 that would clean out that congestion almost instantly.
FDA won't approve. Tests have shown that it can result in lead poisoning.
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https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/1428771156568518657
So, we have passengers, planes and a cleared-off runway? What's the holdup?
Sounds like the Taliban is refusing to sell us more fuel.
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Mike Glenn
@mrglenn
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BREAKING: The Afghan baby who was seen on video being lifted up to a US Marine on the wall at Hamid Karzai International Airport has been reunited with its father and "is safe at the airport," USMC officials said.
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https://twitter.com/CalebJHull/status/1428772604228292612
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Shem Horne
@Shem_Infinite
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Joe Biden is late for his press conference. Did anyone check the bushes outside the White House to see if he got lost again?
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Ava
@MsAvaArmstrong
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Did anyone wake Biden up from his nap?
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Qatar is full. Next option, Diego Garcia? 2,900 miles from Kabul.
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Rep. Ken Buck
@RepKenBuck
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7m
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.
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https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/1428773089467277313
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https://twitter.com/jtLOL/status/1428773537955950597
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E9QHQYPXEAQlRQ8?format=jpg&name=900x900)
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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 (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)
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:
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Here we go
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Ryan Saavedra
@RealSaavedra
·
6s
Biden is talking now ... 50 minutes late.
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Sharyl Attkisson🕵️♂️
@SharylAttkisson
·
21s
Biden: We are strong. And have done a great job evacuating people.
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Charlie Spiering
@charliespiering
·
59s
"This is one of the largest most difficult airlifts in history” says Joe Biden
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Liz Mair
@LizMair
·
25s
13,000 over 6 days is not enough. We need to step it up. A lot.
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Sharyl AttkissonMan detective
@SharylAttkisson
·
43s
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.
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Susan Crabtree Hennebury
@susancrabtree
·
20s
.@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."
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Rory Cooper
@rorycooper
·
48s
‘Nobody handles a crisis I created like me.’
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RBe
@RBPundit
·
1m
He just went off the rails. He's winging it.
They're panicking.
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Allie Beth Stuckey
@conservmillen
·
9s
“Any American who wants to come home, we will get you home.” It’s taken him way too long to say this.
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Sharyl Attkisson🕵️♂️
@SharylAttkisson
·
36s
Biden: We're in constant contact with the Taliban (for assistance and coordination)
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https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1428777555016916996
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Rebecca Lanning
@_RLanning
·
37s
Replying to
@MZHemingway
In constant contact with the Taliban, our new overlords
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Alyssa Farah
@Alyssafarah
·
29s
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.
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Jeffy
@JeffyJFR
·
46s
Soooo, now we care about evacuating our people!? Laser Focus...
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https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/1428777895955206149
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Kristina Wong 🇺🇸
@kristina_wong
·
26s
Biden just now: “I cannot promise what the final outcome will be. Or whether it will be without risk of loss.”
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Matt Whitlock
@mattdizwhitlock
·
1m
"This is one of the largest, most difficult airlifts in history."
-the guy who gave up all the area, assets, and resources that could have made it an easier airlift
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toddstarnes
@toddstarnes
The president is having a difficult time enunciating words in this address.
1:54 PM · Aug 20, 2021·
Julie Kelly
@julie_kelly2
Biden on now, almost an hour late. “We’re in constant contact with the Taliban.” He’s struggling to read the prompter.
1:56 PM · Aug 20, 2021·
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Juanita Broaddrick
@atensnut
·
28s
Does he have any comprehension of what he’s mumbling from the teleprompter?
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https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam/status/1428777926347018241
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Liz Mair
@LizMair
·
25s
Well, at least we got a moment of Comforter-in-Chief but now we’re back to talking about stuff that I don’t remotely trust this guy on. Again, to reiterate, I wouldn’t trust Trump any more than Biden on this, but again, that’s not the requisite standard.
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https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1428778678167687181
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E9QIkGcWUAYe5Hn?format=jpg&name=medium)
who is looking to this idiot to ease their anxiety by making a speech it took a solid week to prepare, after those who wrote it for him had a chance to see how the news developed and how the public reacted to it.
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Charlie Spiering
@charliespiering
·
25s
Biden calls for unity: “Now. Now. I’m focused on getting this job done.”
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Miranda Devine
@mirandadevine
·
1m
Biden talks to the on the ground commanders every day?
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Kyle Becker
@kylenabecker
·
41s
Biden has a roll call of questions. Zeke Miller up first.
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Shem Horne
@Shem_Infinite
·
2m
Joe Biden reads scripted remarks about the horrific images coming out of Afghanistan to try to cover for the fact that we all saw him dismiss those images as being "four or five days ago" during his ABC News interview.
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Ryan Saavedra
@RealSaavedra
·
18s
Biden is only answering questions from pre-selected friendly reporters
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Kayleigh McEnany
@kayleighmcenany
· 4m
Just now, Biden admits what his administration has been burying all week: they have NO CLUE how many Americans are stranded in Afghanistan!
BIDEN: "We want to get a strong number to as to how many people are there, how many Americans, and where they are."
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Joe Concha
@JoeConchaTV
·
21s
Biden again now citing the killing of Bin Laden, which Biden opposed at the time.
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Qatar is full. Next option, Diego Garcia? 2,900 miles from Kabul.
There's always Kuwait. We have the infrastructure and camps in place to handle the influx. Assuming the Kuwaiti's play ball.
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Philip Melanchthon Wegmann
@PhilipWegmann
· 1m
Biden says "I have seen no" questioning of the US by our allies on the world stage. Remarkable. He says he has seen "the exact opposite."
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Reagan Battalion
@ReaganBattalion
·
1m
He is lying again, he was just condemned by the UK in the Parliament
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Philip Melanchthon Wegmann
@PhilipWegmann
· 2m
Biden says "I have seen no" questioning of the US by our allies on the world stage. Remarkable. He says he has seen "the exact opposite."
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I thought harris was in, or one her way to, Vietnam?
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Miranda Devine
@mirandadevine
·
2m
“I have seen no questioning of our credibility from our allies around the world.” Has he been listening to British parliament?
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Jeremy Diamond
@JDiamond1
·
3m
Every time Biden faces questions about the way the US withdrawal was executed, he pivots to his rationale for the withdrawal -- not HOW it was executed
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Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
·
45s
Is Joe Biden unable to answer questions from anything other than a pre-approved list of friendly reporters?
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Noah Rothman
@NoahCRothman
·
57s
“The threat from terrorism has metastasized.” – Biden on why we need to surrender Afghanistan to the Taliban.
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Guy Benson
@guypbenson
·
1m
If he truly thinks this debacle has had zero impact on American credibility around the world, he is delusional.
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TheRightWingM 🇺🇸
@TheRightWingM
·
9s
Biden going by a handpicked list of reporters to call on.
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Noah Rothman
@NoahCRothman
·
27s
“I think we can get it done by then, but we’re going to make that judgement as we go.” – Biden on the Aug 31 deadline.
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Raheem J. Kassam
@RaheemKassam
·
54s
Even CNN ain’t impressed.
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Biden is even more addled than we realize if he thinks the Taliban will play nicely where women and children are concerned because they want $$$$ from other countries.
Bottom line...the Taliban don't give a (bleep) about things like that. And we are fooling ourselves if we think otherwise.
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https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1428780559514443816
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Ryan Saavedra
@RealSaavedra
·
25s
There is no new information coming out of Biden during this news conference.
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Charlie Spiering
@charliespiering
·
25s
"We got all kinds of cables. All kinds of advice,” says Joe Biden re the State Department dissent cable.
“I made the decision. The buck stops with me.”
And then blames “consensus” of intelligence divisions
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He's lying again. There is video evidence of American journalists being harassed and prevented from getting to the airport.
Aussies are being beaten and gassed trying to get in.
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Tim Young
@TimRunsHisMouth
·
1m
Biden just got a real question and avoided it.
The journalist was correct, if we couldn't predict and control what happened in Afghanistan, Americans have no reason to trust the Biden administration to protect us from other terrorism.
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Richard Grenell
@RichardGrenell
·
27s
Why are the White House reporters so quiet, well-behaved, dutiful and waiting their turn?
Good lord.
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https://twitter.com/CalebJHull/status/1428780758995456010
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Jeremy Diamond
@JDiamond1
·
6m
Biden says he is committing to getting Afghans who helped the US out, just as he has committed to getting all Americans who want to evacuate out
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Reagan Battalion
@ReaganBattalion
·
33s
WHAT??? WHAT??? WHAT???
@JoeBiden
: “We have no indication that they haven’t been able to get trough Kabul to the airport.”
This is a shameless bold faced lie! Thousands of Americans and Afghans who worked with us are stranded all throughout the city.
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Ryan Saavedra
@RealSaavedra
·
42s
Biden does not commit to sending troops into Kabul to rescue Americans trapped by the Taliban.
Biden claims there is "no indication" people have not been able to get to the airport.
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Allie Beth Stuckey
@conservmillen
·
9s
“Any American who wants to come home, we will get you home.” It’s taken him way too long to say this.
But only if they can get inside the airport.
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Charlie Spiering
@charliespiering
·
45s
Joe Biden says that sending troops out to retrieve Americans could lead to “an awful lot of unintended consequences."
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Shem Horne
@Shem_Infinite
·
53s
Joe Biden is reading off a list of pre-selected reporters.
Those reporters are reading questions off of their phones.
This is a giant, pathetic work.
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Elise Stefanik
@EliseStefanik
·
1m
The President of the United States says there are no Americans who are unable to get to the airport in Kabul❗️❗️❗️❗️
WHERE ARE THE INTREPID MEDIA FACT CHECKERS?!?
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https://twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/1428781541958770688
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https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1428781994184527872
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Reagan Battalion
@ReaganBattalion
·
3m
WHAT??? WHAT??? WHAT???
@JoeBiden
: “We have no indication that they haven’t been able to get trough Kabul to the airport.”
This is a shameless bold faced lie! Thousands of Americans and Afghans who worked with us are stranded all throughout the city.
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https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1428782294467325954
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Lisa Boothe
@LisaMarieBoothe
·
40s
Biden is in cognitive decline. He’s clearly not mentally sharp. It’s time to stop pretending otherwise.
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https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428782427766415369
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Finally, a question...
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Charlie Spiering
@charliespiering
·
33s
Joe Biden literally says “knock on wood” regarding the evacuation plans in Afghanistan
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https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1428782517281345538
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NPR goes off script.. Biden tells NPR what question they meant to ask.
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House Judiciary GOP
@JudiciaryGOP
·
34s
Who cares about the Taliban checkpoints?
Go get our people home!
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Tim Miller
@Timodc
·
25s
Biden’s best argument was the case he made just now against the “stalemate” saying that if he had broken the Trump deal about departure the tenuous situation would’ve collapsed.
It’s academic & doesn’t address the particulars of exit chaos but it’s important to broader context.
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Joe Concha
@JoeConchaTV
·
1m
Biden stares at what appears to be notes on the podium for a good 5 seconds before going to his next thought.
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Tim Young
@TimRunsHisMouth
·
1m
DAMN... YOU KNOW IT'S BAD WHEN NPR IS CALLING BIDEN ON HIS BULLSHIT.
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https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1428782775298109441
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The 300? Dang Persians
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Biden again lays blame on the 300-man Afghan Army.
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Ryan Fournier
@RyanAFournier
·
29s
The overwhelming consensus is that we are screwed.
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Debra J. Saunders
@debrajsaunders
·
57s
I am in no way reassured by Biden presser
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Kristina Wong Flag of United States
@kristina_wong
·
12s
“Why do you continue to trust the Taliban?” a reporter tells as Biden departs.
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John Cardillo
@johncardillo
·
28s
Pure cowardice on global display
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I'm guessing Peter Doocy won't get a chance to ask a question today...unfortunately.
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Elise Stefanik
@EliseStefanik
·
1m
Joe Biden is not well.
Americans are in harm’s way behind enemy lines because the President of the United States is unfit for office.
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Liz Mair
@LizMair
·
1m
We’d better hope to God that as with Dunkirk, individual Americans with skills and resources do the necessary to evacuate everyone. The US govt is looking not terribly more effective than the British Navy at the point that it was sending in big ships to load up, get sunk by Nazis
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Graham Allen
@GrahamAllen_1
·
1m
Best question as Biden walked away as a COWARD again…..
Why do you continue to trust the Taliban?!?
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French MP: "We thought America was back."
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Allie Beth Stuckey
@conservmillen
·
1m
It seems VP & Blinken hold their breath every time Biden speaks
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Joseph J Flynn
@JosephJFlynn1
·
2m
This gets worse by the second
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Matt Zeller
@mattczeller
·
4m
Would someone please teach @POTUS
- Afghani is their currency, their people are called Afghans. Calling an Afghan an Afghani is like calling an American a Dollar.
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Caroline Simon
@carolinesimon66
·
16m
Asked whether the he will make the same commitment to evacuate Afghan allies as he has made to evacuate American citizens, Biden says "yes."
"This is just beginning," he says.
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Beverly Hallberg
@BeverlyHallberg
·
3m
Once the NPR reporter went off script Biden ended the briefing.
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Biden again lays blame on the 300-man Afghan Army.
Come and get me, you Taliban Bastards....
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Reading their questions off their phones...is this why the presser was 45min late..did they have to submit their questions in advance..you bet they did!
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Noah Rothman
@NoahCRothman
·
3m
"To hear the president talk about still having an over-the-horizon capability… that would have required partners on the ground… we don’t have partners. We don’t have eyes and ears.” - @JenGriffinFNC
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https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1428784795937611781
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https://twitter.com/LizMair/status/1428784980449189899
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TheLastRefuge
@TheLastRefuge2
·
40s
Biden says he has seen no evidence of NATO allies criticizing his poor decisions on Afghanistan withdrawal... WTF?
Have the people managing Biden him kept the comments from the U.K., Parliament, France and Germany from him?
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Charlie Spiering
@charliespiering
·
25s
"We got all kinds of cables. All kinds of advice,” says Joe Biden re the State Department dissent cable.
“I made the decision. The buck stops with me.”
And then blames “consensus” of intelligence divisions
Yep. Not his fault. He went by what everyone else wanted to do. The exact opposite of 'leadership'.
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https://twitter.com/BrianCraigShow/status/1428785121474326535
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TheLastRefuge
@TheLastRefuge2
·
40s
Biden says he has seen no evidence of NATO allies criticizing his poor decisions on Afghanistan withdrawal... WTF?
Have the people managing Biden him kept the comments from the U.K., Parliament, France and Germany from him?
We can't expect him to attend or listen to the daily briefing now, can we?
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https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1428785469253472258
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Richard Grenell
@RichardGrenell · 27s
Why are the White House reporters so quiet, well-behaved, dutiful and waiting their turn?
Good lord.
They have been there since 9 am rehearsing this. Almost all already know that they won't be given a turn. The ones that will have already had their questions vetted.
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Reading their questions off their phones...is this why the presser was 45min late..did they have to submit their questions in advance..you bet they did!
They have to submit their questions in advance so that his communications team can craft answers for the 5x7 cards he carries or that he can still memorize.
His staff need him to stay on a specific script and say what he's told to say....because otherwise he starts showing us how many steps he's lost.
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Matt Mackowiak
@MattMackowiak
·
38s
.@gen_jackkeane
on Fox News after Biden’s remarks: “It’s a very unusual thing for NATO allies to criticize America. And the President doesn’t know that?”
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Rep. Doug Lamborn
@RepDLamborn
·
6m
Joe Biden is either lying to the American people, or he is so disconnected from reality he doesn't understand the situation in Afghanistan.
Both are equally concerning.
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https://twitter.com/IWV/status/1428785480846479361
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Ryan Saavedra
@RealSaavedra · 42s
Biden does not commit to sending troops into Kabul to rescue Americans trapped by the Taliban.
Because the Taliban asked us not to.
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Shem Horne
@Shem_Infinite
·
9m
The Washington DC Press Corp sat silently as Joe Biden read through a list of pre-selected reporters giving him pre-selected questions and then at the very end all shouted in unison at him as he walked away, so as not to appear like they were all a part of this giant con job.
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Shem Horne
@Shem_Infinite
·
2m
I have seen hundreds of White House Press Briefings before and never have I witnessed anything like I saw today. That was bizarre, third world dictator and government controlled press type stuff.
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https://twitter.com/RepJimBanks/status/1428784332324356102
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Mary Katharine Ham
@mkhammer
·
1m
Clarissa Ward's description of the trip to the airport facing Americans Biden says are not having trouble getting there is very different from Biden's.
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https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1428785757410430985
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Raheem J. Kassam
@RaheemKassam
·
1m
Replying to
@RNCResearch
Why are Americans outside a wall in a crowd of people, in the first place? Why didn’t they plan for this? Why did they cancel Trump’s program to evacuate Americans?
Hint: it ain’t incompetence. It’s intent. Beijing Biden is coming thru for his CCP bosses.
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Liz Mair
@LizMair
·
1m
Victor Blackwell asks Clarissa Ward if she’s seen Americans having difficulty getting to the airport and she says that SHE’S had difficulty getting to the airport.
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DUH!
JT Lewis
@thejtlewis
·
10m
After a reporter asked Biden a question, Biden looked at his notes and said, “I thought the question was…”
Is Biden being given questions from the media beforehand?!
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Christian Datoc
@TocRadio
· 2m
White House just called a lid
2:30pm
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Noah Rothman
@NoahCRothman
·
27s
Clearly, someone told Biden he had to display his trademark empathy toward the conditions he precipitated. Does anyone tilt their head and coo over Biden’s commiseration with the Afghans and Americans he himself put in danger?
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Miranda Devine
@mirandadevine
·
4m
Gen. Jack Keane: “Wishful thinking to a fault”. Telling us to our face there’s no AQ left in Afghanistan… “This over the horizon thing... We lost our eyes and ears”. False impression we’ll be able to track the AQ. “He’s clueless”.
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https://twitter.com/DanScavino/status/1428562204794699782
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https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1428786157404446726
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We are so screwed.
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Josh Rogin
@joshrogin
·
4m
Biden says he is not aware of any Americans having difficulty getting to the Kabul airport. He should turn on CNN.
@clarissaward
: "WE had difficulty getting to the airport... It's very difficult... and it is dangerous."
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https://twitter.com/FDRLST/status/1428787854105264131
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Miranda Devine
@mirandadevine
·
4m
Gen. Jack Keane: “Wishful thinking to a fault”. Telling us to our face there’s no AQ left in Afghanistan… “This over the horizon thing... We lost our eyes and ears”. False impression we’ll be able to track the AQ. “He’s clueless”.
We know for certain there are at least five:
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Joey Jones
@Johnny_Joey
·
3m
I’m not mad, I’m not outraged, I’m not partisan.
Today I’m a Marine, an American, and a tired, hurting war Veteran.
Today, I’m sad, I’m heartbroken, and for the first time in my life I have no belief that I am safe or secure living in the country I love.
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Anders Hagstrom
@Hagstrom_Anders
·
2m
President Biden turned his back to shouted questions for the third time this week.
Minutes later, the White House calls a lid at 2:30pm.
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https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1428789340105289733
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Reagan Battalion
@ReaganBattalion
·
18s
ATTENTION: If you are an Amercian stranded in Afghanistan and can’t get to the airport or can't get in touch with the US Embassy, please reach out to us in the DM’s & we‘ll try to put you in touch with ppl who can possibly help you.
No guarantees but we will do whatever we can.
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https://twitter.com/SirajAHashmi/status/1428778305512251398
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Abcdef1234
@1234_abcdef1234
·
42m
Replying to
@SirajAHashmi
The relationship between the Taliban and ISIS in Afghanistan is complicated. They are mostly bitter rivals, since they have the same base of supporters, but can also cooperate at times if their interests align.
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Sudharsan R
@sudharsanmit
·
21m
Replying to
@SirajAHashmi
Exactly, President is trusting the Taliban way more than his own military or NATO allies.
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https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1428789340105289733
First POTUS I have seen that the MSM accepts a bald faced lie. Even Clinton and Obama were challenged occasionally.
These pukes are sticking with the script, and are giving cover to this crimimal President.
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The only hope that any of these people have is to get to the airport wall and have someone inside vouch for them. If you are in the US and are communicating with an Afghan who is trying to get out, you literally have to be on the phone with a soldier inside the airport, get that soldier to locate your person outside the wall, and bring them over.
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Rich Kelsey (#LGM)
@RichKelsey
·
27m
CNN's female reporter on the ground seems to think it is harder to get to the airport than the President.
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https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1428791505079177216
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https://twitter.com/SenThomTillis/status/1428794200582238216
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Richard Grenell
@RichardGrenell
·
1h
Joe Biden doesn’t give us any confidence.
Nor do the two people wearing masks next to him.
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Taliban Executes Journalist’s Family Member After Door-To-Door Search
The Taliban executed the relative of a journalist and seriously harmed another after a door-to-door search for the reporter in Afghanistan.
The unnamed journalist, who works for German state-owned broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW), is one of several reporters the Taliban have hunted in the aftermath of the Afghan government’s collapse, the media outlet reported. The journalist is reportedly safe and currently living in Germany.
“The killing of a close relative of one of our editors by the Taliban yesterday is inconceivably tragic, and testifies to the acute danger in which all our employees and their families in Afghanistan find themselves,” DW Director General Peter Limbourg said in a statement.
more
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/20/taliban-journalist-execution-kabul-airport/
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@sneakypete
They make pills in 7.62 and 5.56 that would clean out that congestion almost instantly.
And for more severe cases of congestion there's the extra strength 40mm HE pill.
@txradioguy
@sneakypete
They make pills in 7.62 and 5.56 that would clean out that congestion almost instantly.
And for more severe cases of congestion there's the extra strength 40mm HE pill.
@txradioguy
Or even MY personal favorite for extra heavy concentrations,the FAE delivered by B-52's. Guaranteen to get the Taliban high-stepping back to the mountains.
Kinda like killing roaches with a grenade,but useful in small deposits in areas where you catch them out in the open.
For current applications,maybe a few Spooky gun ships,just to remind them who they are messing with?
Update! It just occurred to me that most of you don't know what a "FAE" is. It is a big-ass bomb filled full of a jellied gas that explodes at a predetermined height above ground,and flat sucks all the oxygen out of the air before the burning fuel even hits the ground.
In short,crispy critters all over the damn place.
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Taliban Executes Journalist’s Family Member After Door-To-Door Search
The Taliban executed the relative of a journalist and seriously harmed another after a door-to-door search for the reporter in Afghanistan.
The unnamed journalist, who works for German state-owned broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW), is one of several reporters the Taliban have hunted in the aftermath of the Afghan government’s collapse, the media outlet reported. The journalist is reportedly safe and currently living in Germany.
“The killing of a close relative of one of our editors by the Taliban yesterday is inconceivably tragic, and testifies to the acute danger in which all our employees and their families in Afghanistan find themselves,” DW Director General Peter Limbourg said in a statement.
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https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/20/taliban-journalist-execution-kabul-airport/
If only Germany had an ally to work along side them and partner with them to guarantee the safety of all their people.
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Liz Mair
@LizMair
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Well, at least we got a moment of Comforter-in-Chief but now we’re back to talking about stuff that I don’t remotely trust this guy on. Again, to reiterate, I wouldn’t trust Trump any more than Biden on this, but again, that’s not the requisite standard.
@mystery-ak
I have no idea who Liz Mair,but she is too stupid to be allowed to post anywhere.
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Reagan Battalion
@ReaganBattalion
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WHAT??? WHAT??? WHAT???
@JoeBiden
: “We have no indication that they haven’t been able to get trough Kabul to the airport.”
This is a shameless bold faced lie! Thousands of Americans and Afghans who worked with us are stranded all throughout the city.
@mystery-ak
Is he and his staff REALLY so disconnected they don't realize we are seeing proof that is a lie every day on CBS,ABC,and NBC?
How the HELL do they think they can get away with THAT lie?
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@mystery-ak
Is he and his staff REALLY so disconnected they don't realize we are seeing proof that is a lie every day on CBS,ABC,and NBC?
How the HELL do they think they can get away with THAT lie?
Its what happens when one spends years dealing with a compliant, friendly press who have cheerfully conveyed his previous lies.
He's not coherent enough to see, at long last, they are not really with him on this one. Its not that the've suddenly decided to be honest, but events have moved too fast for them to get their story straight.
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https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1428786332185341960
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https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1428805653464748046
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https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1428805789637128194
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https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1428805986618417153
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https://twitter.com/TimMurtaugh/status/1428806113873567745
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https://twitter.com/themarketswork/status/1428806304340930561
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Ari Fleischer
@AriFleischer
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Biden’s news conference was frightening. It showed how clueless he is. He said there was no criticism from foreign allies. There has been substantial criticism, especially in the UK. He said no Americans have had difficulty getting to the airport.
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https://twitter.com/JayCaruso/status/1428806416345800709
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Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
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NEW: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a briefing call with House lawmakers just now said Americans have been beaten by the Taliban in Kabul, according to multiple people on the call. Austin called it “unacceptable.”
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https://twitter.com/peterjhasson/status/1428799524101820426
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https://twitter.com/susancrabtree/status/1428807545301311490
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https://twitter.com/Shem_Infinite/status/1428807983639707654
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Clarissa Ward
@clarissaward
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The fourth bird we were supposed to get on just got pulled. Going to be a long night here, especially for those we are talking to who have been here since yesterday evening. A woman just asked me for a blanket so I gave her my scarf.
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https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1428809223350243330
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Tim Murtaugh
@TimMurtaugh
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Biden has a lot of problems in dealing with the Afghanistan catastrophe he created, but one of the biggest is credibility.
Over and over again, what he says is almost immediately contradicted by his own military leaders and reporters on the ground in Afghanistan.
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There is only one correct reaction to Biden's "press conference" ---
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Caleb Hull
@CalebJHull
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Joe Biden is either straight-up lying about the situation in Kabul or he legitimately doesn't know the truth.
I don't know what's worse.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1428664712535973893
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Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
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NEW: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a briefing call with House lawmakers just now said Americans have been beaten by the Taliban in Kabul, according to multiple people on the call. Austin called it “unacceptable.”
So what does he plan to do about it? His Commander-in-Chief stated before the world that US troops weren't allowed to venture outside the wire per the Taliban.
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At some point, Jill Biden is going to have to intervene and tell the world her husband isn't up to the task as she announces his retirement.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/RepKatCammack/status/1428809786678824964
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Listening to a sound bite from John Kirby saying the military doesn’t have a count on the numbers of Americans in AFG. He’s lying. When we have American civilians in foreign countries we know where they are at in case we have to evac them. It’s called a NEO.
NEO stands for Non-combatant Evacuation Operation. All branches have plans on how to execute it depending on who is the primary branch of service in that region. So for Kirby…a retired Navy officer to say that is completely dishonest.
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At some point, Jill Biden is going to have to intervene and tell the world her husband isn't up to the task as she announces his retirement.
IMHO she’s the one demanding he stay in office.
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IMHO she’s the one demanding he stay in office.
BINGO!
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IMHO she’s the one demanding he stay in office.
She's hanging on to that First Lady title with her ragged fingernails.
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@mrpotatohead
I agree,and think this has been the plan for weeks,or maybe even months. This is why they send Kameltoe to VN. They wanted to keep her clear of the mess and of the VERY unlikely risk of any US reporter asking her anything about the Muddle East.
Can you say "President Kameltoe by 1 Jan 2022"?
@sneakypete I could be wrong but I don't see old Joe making it that long. I'm usually wrong though...lol.
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Its what happens when one spends years dealing with a compliant, friendly press who have cheerfully conveyed his previous lies.
He's not coherent enough to see, at long last, they are not really with him on this one. Its not that the've suddenly decided to be honest, but events have moved too fast for them to get their story straight.
@skeeter
I understand that,but he has had handlers working behind the scenes all this time to cover for him,and now it SEEMS like nobody is really trying anymore.
Have all these Dim Rats abandoned the Sinking Ship Biden?
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She's hanging on to that First Lady title with her ragged fingernails.
And Joe has been hanging onto her while he was married and she was 15 years old
(https://img2.thelist.com/img/gallery/the-stunning-transformation-of-jill-biden/jill-biden-met-her-future-husband-joe-biden-on-a-blind-date-1597863323.jpg)
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Listening to a sound bite from John Kirby saying the military doesn’t have a count on the numbers of Americans in AFG. He’s lying. When we have American civilians in foreign countries we know where they are at in case we have to evac them. It’s called a NEO.
NEO stands for Non-combatant Evacuation Operation. All branches have plans on how to execute it depending on who is the primary branch of service in that region. So for Kirby…a retired Navy officer to say that is completely dishonest.
He does not want the count as then he does not have to account for that number being evacuated.
There will be many grisly murders and rapes 'under the radar' and Joe can go scot-free on being responsible for the uncounted.
Once Taliban executes all the journalists and the government sympathizers, Afghanistan will go dark aka North Korea and anything that happens will not be reported. At that time, Joe will be safe from criticism 'Out of sight, out of mind'.
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Tim Murtaugh
@TimMurtaugh
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Biden has a lot of problems in dealing with the Afghanistan catastrophe he created, but one of the biggest is credibility.
Over and over again, what he says is almost immediately contradicted by his own military leaders and reporters on the ground in Afghanistan.
Or himself, His contingency plan is knocking on wood.
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Congressman: U.S. Embassy ‘Destroyed’ Afghan Allies’ Passports Amid Chaos, Leaving Them Trapped
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/20/congressman-u-s-embassy-destroyed-afghan-allies-passports-amid-chaos-leaving-them-trapped/
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@skeeter
I understand that,but he has had handlers working behind the scenes all this time to cover for him,and now it SEEMS like nobody is really trying anymore.
Have all these Dim Rats abandoned the Sinking Ship Biden?
Thats what happens when Joe answers questions extemporaneously.
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https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1428799546243522560
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IMHO she’s the one demanding he stay in office.
By what authority??? She is married to the president, that doesn't give her any authority to do anything. Meanwhile the VP and Congress sit silent. WHY????? I am absolutely appalled at this administration!
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Joe has to be the one to say he's leaving. In his current state, is he really capable of making that decision? It's up to Jill, and she doesn't want to go anywhere.
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No, azzhole this was the way your predecessor ran an airlift, properly.
(https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.YruAeN7ciOOmfelvyuAnLAHaFT?pid=ImgDet&rs=1)
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Joe has to be the one to say he's leaving. In his current state, is he really capable of making that decision? It's up to Jill, and she doesn't want to go anywhere.
Why is it up to Jill? What am I missing here?
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Jill, hellary, Comealot, Micheal, pelousi and AOC and her compadres bringing up the Bridal train.
The dnc is definitely more fu*ed up than even the gop, that's fer sure.
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Flights out of Kabul resuming. Now they are being flown to Ramstein AB. Total Distance 3,230 miles.
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By what authority??? She is married to the president, that doesn't give her any authority to do anything. Meanwhile the VP and Congress sit silent. WHY????? I am absolutely appalled at this administration!
She doesn’t need “authority”…by God she is the FIRST LADY and when she speaks it’s like the President is speaking. /s
She’s always been position/power hungry. First time I ever heard “Second Lady” was when she was on every other AFN commercial with Mooch while I was in Germany.
Biden being President…IMO was more important to her than it was to him.
Kamala won’t say anything because she’s lucky to be where she’s at given her job thin resume and Congress doesn’t care because Pelosi is running the show and Biden is a means to an end when it comes to pushing a Liberal agenda.
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She does rent need “authority”…by God she is the FIRST LADY and when she speaks it’s like the President is speaking. /s
She’s always been position/power hungry. First time I ever heard “Second Lady” was when she was on every other AFN commercial with Mooch while I was in Germany.
Biden being President…IMO was more important to her than it was to him.
Kamala won’t say anything because she’s lucky to be where she’s at given her job him resume and Congress doesn’t care because Pelosi is running the show and Biden is a means to an end when it comes to pushing a Liberal agenda.
Agreed. Joe is simply doing what he's been instructed to do and I don't think has the cognitive ability to decide things on his own.
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hellary may have seanced with Elanor but jill is living it on color tv.
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And to think the dnc needs to keep this azzhole alive and coherent for just a year longer.
To me He's already on the corner of 'Satan and St. Paul'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5teMqHsThI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5teMqHsThI)
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US general tells British special forces: Stop rescuing people in Kabul, you're making us look bad
by Tom Rogan,
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/us-general-tells-british-special-forces-stop-rescuing-people-in-kabul-youre-making-us-look-bad
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Helicopters used to bring Americans to Kabul airport from nearby hotel -official
August 20, 20215:48 PM CDTLast Updated 3 hours ago
Asia Pacific
Helicopters used to bring Americans to Kabul airport from nearby hotel -official
Reuters
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The United States military used three military helicopters to bring 169 Americans to the airport in Kabul from a building just 200 meters (656 feet) away, the Pentagon said on Friday.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said a decision was made to use the helicopters on Thursday because the Americans were unable to get to the gate of the airport. They were picked up from the nearby Hotel Baron.
Kirby said these were the 169 Americans rescued that President Joe Biden mentioned in his speech earlier on Friday.
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Why is it up to Jill? What am I missing here?
I'm not saying she has authority, it's just that he isn't competent. We generally expect family to have input in such matters and that would be Jill. Joe won't step down on his own accord.
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I think that has been the plan from day one and look for Democrats and SCOTUS to suddenly rediscover the constitutional NBC requirement soon thereafter.
Hello president Pelosi.
@sneakypete
I have had the feelings her tentacles are in the midst of a lot of this, but she has equally demonstrated how out of touch she is with the American people ($13/pint! ice cream?) and continues to do so by praising the Administration. She may end up caught up in any move to dump the rest. Watch Chuckie, though, he's staying out of the limelight right now and may 'step in to save the party'...
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US general tells British special forces: Stop rescuing people in Kabul, you're making us look bad
by Tom Rogan,
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/us-general-tells-british-special-forces-stop-rescuing-people-in-kabul-youre-making-us-look-bad
I can guarantee you Britain would care less on what that general thinks.
And whatever general said that should immediately be removed and court-martialed.
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I think that has been the plan from day one and look for Democrats and SCOTUS to suddenly rediscover the constitutional NBC requirement soon thereafter.
Hello president Pelosi.
@sneakypete
Educate me on what this is.
As far as Pelosi being President, it is my understanding that happens only if both the Pres and VP suddenly die, removed or incapacitated.
That could happen if Biden dies tomorrow while Harris is out of the country.
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Educate me on what this is.
As far as Pelosi being President, it is my understanding that happens only if both the Pres and VP suddenly die, removed or incapacitated.
That could happen if Biden dies tomorrow while Harris is out of the country.
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.
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Educate me on what this is.
As far as Pelosi being President, it is my understanding that happens only if both the Pres and VP suddenly die, removed or incapacitated.
That could happen if Biden dies tomorrow while Harris is out of the country.
Being out of the country does not qualify as being incapacitated. In the event the President died, the VP would be brought to Washington and sworn in as President. The Speaker can only become the President if there is no President or Vice President (death, resignation, or removal after impeachment).
Now think about this. What if the Vice President invokes the 25th Amendment and has the President removed, then the Vice President becomes acting President. But then what if the VP/acting-President dies? Then what? Pelosi becomes acting President. But if the removed President wants to declare his/her ability to resume office, there will be no Speaker to petition. So as long as there is no Speaker, the removed President has no way to assume office. And with no Vice President, there is no way to prevent the removed President from regaining office. And finally, if the former-Speaker/Acting-President is replaced, that person does not become Vice President, but will be out of a job.
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Jill, hellary, Comealot, Micheal, pelousi and AOC and her compadres bringing up the Bridal train.
The dnc is definitely more fu*ed up than even the gop, that's fer sure.
@corbe
And THAT is taking in some depraved and crooked territory!
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And to think the dnc needs to keep this azzhole alive and coherent for just a year longer.
To me He's already on the corner of 'Satan and St. Paul'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5teMqHsThI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5teMqHsThI)
@corbe
You a John Fullbright fan,too?
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US general tells British special forces: Stop rescuing people in Kabul, you're making us look bad
by Tom Rogan,
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/us-general-tells-british-special-forces-stop-rescuing-people-in-kabul-youre-making-us-look-bad
@mystery-ak
Yeah,I am guessing THAT brain fart worked out well for him.
Seems like someone in his chain of command would have tipped him off that the SOS/SBS are British,and don't come under his command. I am guessing the SOS General politely reminded him of that little factoid.
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@mystery-ak
Yeah,I am guessing THAT brain fart worked out well for him.
Seems like someone in his chain of command would have tipped him off that the SOS/SBS are British,and don't come under his command. I am guessing the SOS General politely reminded him of that little factoid.
The fact this SOB put optics above human life ought to have him strung up by his balls.
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The fact this SOB put optics above human life ought to have him strung up by his balls.
What’s sobering is that this guy is in charge of our troops.
Imagine having these people in their positions from the President to the Generals and secretary of defense during World War II?
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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.
I think they will force Kamala to take Hillary as VP, and she would be easily confirmed.
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E9QHQYPXEAQlRQ8?format=jpg&name=900x900)
THings that make you go Hmmmm.....
(https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/cf4/a80/79ad03249954a1f3dc77bd57eeecf724d6-03-clint-eastwood-rnc.rsquare.w330.jpg)
At least Clint Eastwood was there to talk...
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Caleb Hull
@CalebJHull
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Joe Biden is either straight-up lying about the situation in Kabul or he legitimately doesn't know the truth.
I don't know what's worse.
I do. He seems to think that he controls the narrative. That shows a real disconnect with reality.
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Anyone in uniform
These Democrat Communist Fascists are going to kill you.
That is really actually one of their Chinese goals.
Get out now. Leave Resign Desert ... just go somehow.
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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.
I don't understand that logic, as the VP office is immediately open when the VP assumes the Presidency. I see no timeline in the Constitution as you infer either, nor do I see Pelosi as the heir apparent for anything.
Can you point me your reference?
Here is the relevant passage:
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.
Twenty-Fifth Amendment
Section 1
In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
Section 2
Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
Section 3
Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.
Section 4
Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
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I don't understand that logic, as the VP office is immediately open when the VP assumes the Presidency. I see no timeline in the Constitution as you infer either, nor do I see Pelosi as the heir apparent for anything.
Can you point me your reference?
Here is the relevant passage:
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.
Twenty-Fifth Amendment
Section 1
In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
Section 2
Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
Section 3
Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.
Section 4
Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
Section 2. The elevation of a Nominee to VP has a process that includes Confirmation by both Houses of Congress. What if, for example, Harris nominates Hillary Clinton. There is a good chance she would not be confirmed, and until someone is Nominated and Confirmed, the office remains empty, as it did before the 25th Amendment was ratified. The elevation to VP is not instant.
The Confirmation is the sticky wicket, considering what a leftist wacko Harris is.
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Educate me on what this is.
As far as Pelosi being President, it is my understanding that happens only if both the Pres and VP suddenly die, removed or incapacitated.
That could happen if Biden dies tomorrow while Harris is out of the country.
If heals up were to be ruled ineligible after Xiden is removed Pelosi becomes president. @IsailedawayfromFR
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If heals up were to be ruled ineligible after Xiden is removed Pelosi becomes president. @IsailedawayfromFR
That would be the fast way, but I think it's unlikely because the time to contest her would have been before the Election of 11/3. Look at all that effort expended protecting the Kenyan. Nobody on the planet would be deemed to have Standing.
It's more likely Pelosi gets it because Confirmation of a replacement VP would be stymied in the House. Speaker Pelosi would easily stall that forever.
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If heals up were to be ruled ineligible after Xiden is removed Pelosi becomes president. @IsailedawayfromFR
Point to me where the Constitution actually says the Speaker ascends.
I cannot find it.
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That would be the fast way, but I think it's unlikely because the time to contest her would have been before the Election of 11/3. Look at all that effort expended protecting the Kenyan. Nobody on the planet would be deemed to have Standing.
It's more likely Pelosi gets it because Confirmation of a replacement VP would be stymied in the House. Speaker Pelosi would easily stall that forever.
She WAS contested but, as usual, no one had "standing" I'll bet Pelosi does. @Cyber Liberty
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Section 2. The elevation of a Nominee to VP has a process that includes Confirmation by both Houses of Congress. What if, for example, Harris nominates Hillary Clinton. There is a good chance she would not be confirmed, and until someone is Nominated and Confirmed, the office remains empty, as it did before the 25th Amendment was ratified. The elevation to VP is not instant.
The Confirmation is the sticky wicket, considering what a leftist wacko Harris is.
The part I am questioning is how do you assume Pelosi gets in as VP if Harris's nominee is unduly delayed being confirmed? I don't see an automatic ascension after __ amount of time.
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Point to me where the Constitution actually says the Speaker ascends.
I cannot find it.
The order of succession is not in the Constitution, it's in the enabling Statutes. It's still the law that must be followed. This conversation is entirely academic, BTW.
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The order of succession is not in the Constitution, it's in the enabling Statutes. It's still the law that must be followed. This conversation is entirely academic, BTW.
Do you know where those are located and how they supersede what the Constitution says?
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Point to me where the Constitution actually says the Speaker ascends.
I cannot find it.
Order Of Succession
The order of U.S. Presidential succession is outlined in the Constitution of the United States, and further refined in the Presidential Succession Act of 1947. The Act outlines both the order of succession and the requirement for one to qualify to be either the president or acting president of the US. To be eligible, one must be a natural-born citizen of the US, 35 years or older, and must have lived within the US for the last 14 years. The first in line for succession is the vice president followed by the House of Representatives’ Speaker, then the President Pro Tempore of the US Senate, and finally the Cabinet officers in the order of the department’s creation.
History Of Presidential Succession
The first succession legislation was passed in 1792, with the Vice President placed first in the succession line, followed the President Pro Tempore of the US Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. They were to occupy the office in an acting capacity until a president was elected in November of the year the vacancy occurred. In 1886 the 1792 act was revised removing the President Pro Tempore of the US Senate and the House of Representatives’ Speaker from the line of succession and replacing them with the Cabinet Secretary of State as the second in line after the Vice President. The Succession Act of 1947 reintroduced the President Pro Tempore of the US Senate and the House of Representative’ Speaker who were included in the 1792 act. The 1947 act remains the order used today except for the removal of the position of the Postmaster General in 1971 and the addition of the position of the Secretary of Homeland Security in 2006.
What Is The Line Of Succession To The U.S. Presidency?
Order of Succession to the U.S. Presidency Executive Office
1 Vice President
2 Speaker of the House of Representatives
3 President Pro Tempore of the Senate
4 Secretary of State
5 Secretary of the Treasury
6 Secretary of Defense
7 Attorney General
8 Secretary of the Interior
9 Secretary of Agriculture
10 Secretary of Commerce
11 Secretary of Labor
12 Secretary of Health and Human Services
13 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
14 Secretary of Transportation
15 Secretary of Energy
16 Secretary of Education
17 Secretary of Veterans Affairs
18 Secretary of Homeland Security
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-the-line-of-succession-to-the-u-s-presidency.html
http://fd.valenciacollege.edu/file/ftua/Presidential%20Succession%20Act.pdf
@IsailedawayfromFR
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The part I am questioning is how do you assume Pelosi gets in as VP if Harris's nominee is unduly delayed being confirmed? I don't see an automatic ascension after __ amount of time.
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.
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Presidential Succession Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Succession_Act (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Succession_Act)
The United States Presidential Succession Act is a federal statute establishing the presidential line of succession.[1] Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the United States Constitution authorizes Congress to enact such a statute:
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.[2]
Congress has enacted a Presidential Succession Act on three occasions: 1792 (1 Stat. 239), 1886 (24 Stat. 1), and 1947 (61 Stat. 380). The 1947 Act was last revised in 2006.
Although none of these succession acts have ever been invoked, an invocation was a distinct possibility on several occasions. However, the future likelihood that a person in the line of succession beyond the vice president will be called upon under normal circumstances to be acting president has diminished greatly due to the Twenty-fifth Amendment's provision for filling vice presidential vacancies.[3]
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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.
You missed a step. If Harris becomes President, and no Nominee is Confirmed for VP, then Pelosi will continue to be Speaker and the VP Slot will remain unfilled. Harris would have to be removed from being President for the Speaker to ascend to the Presidency.
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You missed a step. If Harris becomes President, and no Nominee is Confirmed for VP, then Pelosi will continue to be Speaker and the VP Slot will remain unfilled. Harris would have to be removed from being President for the Speaker to ascend to the Presidency.
100% correct. The Speaker remains Speaker until the Presidential seat becomes empty, and the Speaker becomes President immediately if there is no sitting Veep.
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We now have a Thread 3, so I'm locking this one and we can continue this discussion here:
https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,446273.0/topicseen.html