Instead of simmering down, the crisis in Afghanistan is getting worse by the day. It has been likened to the fall of Saigon but that is not a good analogy. The airport at Saigon was controlled by the US military. In Afghanistan the Taliban control everything thanks to Joe Biden’s galactic incompetence. Biden has been reduced to begging the Taliban for favors. He’s “asking” for their help. He looks pathetically weak and he can’t stop lying.
And that is a real big problem.
He said unequivocally that the timeline and manner of the Afghanistan withdrawal was his decision.
Yet he keeps blaming Trump. His weasels assert that Biden is “deeply engaged” in events but I am not sure what events those are. At his last sort of press conference (during which he took 5 questions and still screwed everything up) he took this position:
- Biden said “we have no indication” that American citizens are having trouble getting to the Kabul airport: “We’ve made an agreement with the Taliban. Thus far, they’ve allowed them to go through. It’s in their interest for them to go through.”
- “So, we know of no circumstance where American citizens … carrying an American passport are trying to get through to the airport. But we will do whatever needs to be done to see to it they get to the airport.”
That was simply untrue.
But ABC’s Ian Pannell reported from Kabul, over audio of gunfire: “For several nights now, we’ve reported on the violence and terror outside Kabul airport, and Americans and Afghans who can’t get through.”
Lloyd Austin, who is committed to rooting out conservatives from the military while seeking to make CRT the main focus at West Point, sheepishly had to disagree
- On a call Friday with lawmakers, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who appeared with Biden at the press conference, acknowledged that the Pentagon is “aware that some people, including Americans, have been harassed and even beaten by the Taliban,” Politico reported.
After repeatedly telling Americans that they had to find their way to the Kabul airport, the Biden geniuses are telling people to stay away:
“Because of potential security threats outside the gates at the Kabul airport,” the embassy advised on their website, “we are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a U.S. government representative to do so.”
Just yesterday Biden said that to the “best of our knowledge – Taliban checkpoints – they are letting through people showing American passports.”
Well, no. It’s just turned very dark
In the latest blow to those running up against the clock, Afghan-Americans on Thursday said that Taliban fighters are now attempting to take their U.S. passports and identification orders in an attempt to stop them from leaving the country.
And Biden?
“We’ve made an agreement with the Taliban,” Biden said. “So we know of no circumstance where American citizens are carrying an American passport for trying to get through to the airport, but we will do whatever needs to be done to see to get more.”
Really, who would doubt that the Taliban would keep their word? Here’s another beauty
Following criticism of the United States’ conduct in their withdrawal, Biden says he has seen “no question of our credibility from our allies around the world.”
German politician Armin Laschet, the heir-apparent to outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel, described the situation even more harshly. “This is the greatest debacle that NATO has seen since its foundation, and it is an epochal change that we are facing,” he said this week.
Thomas Jocelyn:
,@POTUS just claimed that al Qaeda is “gone” from Afghanistan. Not true. In fact, the Haqqani Network, which is closely allied with al Qaeda, is playing a big role in Kabul right now. The Haqqanis are intertwined with al Qaeda.
— Thomas Joscelyn (@thomasjoscelyn) August 20, 2021
Biden actually received a diplomatic cable warning him of the coming collapse of Afghanistan but in his in his typical arrogant and impudent manner dismissed it:
President Joe Biden‘s dismissive remark Friday about a classified diplomatic memo last month warning of Afghanistan’s rapid collapse to the Taliban drew further criticism of his leadership.
“We’ve learned over the past 24 hours that there was a dissent cable from the State Department saying that the Taliban would come faster through Afghanistan,” Bloomberg’s Justin Sink said at a White House press conference. “Can you say why after that cable was issued the U.S. didn’t do more to get Americans out?”
“We got all kinds of cables,” Biden said. “All kinds of advice. If you notice, they range from this group saying – they didn’t say it would fall when it did fall, but saying that it would fall, to others saying it wouldn’t happen for a long time and they’d be able to sustain themselves through the end of the year.
The Taliban is mocking the US by wearing US military uniforms
بدري ۳۱۳ قطعه
د ارګ او د کابل ښار د حساسو سیمو امنیت په غاړه لري pic.twitter.com/dSSgnuAUbM— Qari Saeed Khosty (@SaeedKhosty) August 17, 2021
And if that wasn’t enough…
Taliban jihadis in US gear stage mockery of iconic Iwo Jima flag-raising photo https://t.co/iRgtQWaKxd pic.twitter.com/9dr1i50DZi
— Robert Spencer روبرت سبنسر रॉबर्ट स्पेंसर 🇺🇸 (@jihadwatchRS) August 21, 2021
Biden said that there was no way to leave Afghanistan without chaos ensuing.
“I don’t think it could have been handled in a way — we’re going to go back in hindsight and look, but the idea that somehow we could have gotten out without chaos ensuing, I don’t know how that happens,” he concluded.
Seems to me that if you knew that you could prepare accordingly. 47 f**king years in government and he doesn’t know dick. At this moment the Taliban controls Joe Biden.
Think about that. And the Stupid River just keeps flowing
ABC BURIES THE LEDE—The State Department sent out BLANK US visas, which were printed and filled out by just about everyone in Kabul, including the Taliban. They’re flooding the country on purpose—and, like the southern border, they don’t want to know who’s here. https://t.co/3jT8CHAq85 pic.twitter.com/GJAiNgscf0
— David Reaboi, Late Republic Nonsense (@davereaboi) August 20, 2021
As I noted above, this crisis has been likened to the Fall of Saigon but it’s not. It more resembles the Bay of Pigs when JFK failed to provide air cover. Kennedy learned from that mistake. Biden, the chronic arrogant liar, will never learn. Neither will his cadre of weaselly elite incompetent snobs.
They’ve cost this country an immeasurable amount. We’re losing the most important thing we have as a nation- our moral authority.
This is Biden’s Bay of Prigs
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Except for liberals being foolish.
They planned for every contingency… except for the one where the Taliban didn’t cooperate.
Milley, Austin, Harris and Blinken didn’t wear masks at idiot Biden’s last address for COVID protocol. They wore them to conceal their astonishment as idiot Biden rolled out lie after lie after lie. It clearly appears he still thinks, like during the campaign, that he can state any lie as truth, no matter how egregious, and the media will cover him on them. Now, they can’t even fact check him fast enough; another member of the regime will contradict his lie before anyone can check it out.
“Biden actually received a diplomatic cable warning him of the coming collapse of Afghanistan but in his in his typical arrogant and impudent manner dismissed it:”
One thing I notice happening here: LEAKS. As idiot Biden throws organization after organization under the bus to try and excuse his own stupid incompetence, they are beginning to leak information to protect themselves. The left usually enjoys pretty tight security, but idiot Biden is SO incompetent and blaming his incompetency on SO many others that leaks are developing.
When Trump was President, enemies leaked information, such as phone calls between leaders, that was just embarrassing because of the lack of security and confidentiality. There was no illegality involved with the information leaked. However, we have already seen leaks of devastating information exposing idiot Biden, Kamala, Blinken, Milley and Austin as liars or incompetent.
I wouldn’t guarantee that idiot Biden doesn’t survive this, because the power of the left to ignore incompetence and failure is their prime survival trait, but it will be tough. He very well may not. And Kamala is mortally wounded as well.
Deplorable
The media is still covering for Jo.
Their fake criticism is on points that are either irrelevant or so minor as to be immaterial. The press is trying to get Americans to “take our eyes off the ball”! And they are having some success.
Jo’s lies are not being forcefully called out! Media is [rotecting Jo and hiding his lies with a giant smoke screen.
not only the media but the moronic, idiots in the house. Recently from kabul:
KABUL—According to sources, AOC was alarmed after seeing thousands of people desperately trying to escape Afghanistan and come to America.
“Oh no! Like, what are they doing?” shrieked AOC at her TV screen. “Don’t they know America is full of systemic oppression? I need to go save them right now!”
AOC then picked up her top-secret squad phone. “Get the squad together,” she said. “We have brown people to save.”
She then assembled the squad in their secret squad jet and flew behind enemy lines to warn the Afghans to stay out of America before it was too late.
“Salam Alaikum my fellow austere religious BIPOCs!” she cried through a bullhorn. “Don’t come to America! It is a trap! There are microaggressions and racisms everywhere, and white people appropriating your culture! Please stay here where you’ll be safe and your human rights will be respected!”
She then ran over to the nearest aircraft and tried to slash the tires but failed, due to her being small and weak with no upper-body strength.
The Taliban then threw her in prison for being outside without a man.
The rest of the squad has petitioned Joe Biden to send in the military to rescue AOC, but so far have been unable to wake him up from his nap.
sooo very true…the Bee
Just got back from my gym. It has 12 tv’s. Both “Meet the Press” and “Face the Nation” blamed the disaster on America’s 2 conservative Presidents! The first was on his deathbed when we invaded. The second just left office 7 months ago.
Blaming Don is a stretch; but not totally unreasonable. But to blame Ronny is FAKE NEWS at its best! Or if you love America its worst!
This entire administration is a complete mess from top down.
CLUELESS: Pentagon ‘Not Aware’ the US Embassy Told Americans Not to Go to Kabul Airport. This is a complete disaster on every single level. –
Google to see video at General Dispatch
On the ground unfiltered reporting.
You can kind of smell the 25th Amendment right around the corner. At this stage, it’s about the only way for the country to save a tiny bit of face. Get rid of Joe and blame the fiasco on his dementia. Hopefully the 65 million or so goofs who voted for him are happy now.
“Tony Blair has blasted US President Joe Biden’s ‘imbecilic’ decision to withdraw American troops from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, calling the scuttle ‘tragic, dangerous and unnecessary’ and claiming the move had ‘every Jihadist group round the world cheering’. ”
Biden, foreign policy expert for the ages.
Ages: 1-5.
Now this retard hot 81 million votes…
No way this retard got 81 million votes.
Sorry about the above…
Joe Biden, foreign policy genius:
“NATO allies have been vocally critical, including Germany’s Armin Laschet, who said that the troop withdrawal is “the greatest debacle that NATO has experienced since its foundation.”
That’s quite an accomplishment, Joe. You are Number 1 in the NATO failure category, congratulations. Just think of the competition you had to beat to deserve this award. And you’ve still got 3+ years to add to your swiftly growing reputation.
Thanks joe, a real foreign policy success, what is next?
Taliban Terrorists Take 20 Children Hostage — Give Fathers 4 Hours to Surrender or the Children Will Be Killed
We Now Know Why Biden Was in a Hurry to Exit Afghanistan – He made several missteps, but on the big picture, he was right
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There was a moment in Tuesday’s Senate hearing on the withdrawal from Afghanistan when it became clear why President Joe Biden decided to get the troops out of there as quickly as possible.
It came when Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, explained why he and the other chiefs—the top officers of the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marines—all agreed that we needed to pull out by Aug. 31. The Doha agreement, which President Trump had signed with the Taliban in early 2020 (with no participation by the Afghan government), required a total withdrawal of foreign forces. If U.S. troops had stayed beyond August, Milley said, the Taliban would have resumed the fighting, and, in order to stave off the attacks, “we would have needed 30,000 troops” and would have suffered “many casualties.”
And yet, as Milley also testified on Tuesday, he, the chiefs, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and other military officers advised Biden to keep 2,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan beyond the Aug. 31 deadline. The difference is that those troops wouldn’t be attached to any “military mission.” Instead, they would “transition” to a “diplomatic mission.”
However, it is extremely unlikely that the Taliban would have observed the semantic distinction. In their eyes, 2,500 U.S. troops would be seen as 2,500 U.S. troops, regardless of whether their mission was officially said to be “military” or “diplomatic.” Therefore, the Taliban would resume fighting, as Milley said they would, and Biden would then have been faced with a horrendous choice—to pull out while under attack or send in another 30,000 troops…
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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/09/biden-afghanistan-exit-troops-milley.html
Now Biden’s Military Blames Afghanistan Mess on the State Department
You don’t get it. Perhaps you lack the mental capacity to get it, or maybe you are simply too chickenshit to admit you have finally gotten it.
The Doha Agreement was null and void. You heard Milley say so himself; the US abided by all aspects of the agreement, but the Taliban had violated it by beginning their attack on the Afghan government and army. So, stop with the Doha Agreement; no withdrawal should have ever been carried out. Instead, the Taliban should have been crushed. Leaving with honor and credibility was more important than simply leaving, a detail lost upon you, idiot Biden, Milley, Austin and McKenzie.
First, the Taliban would not have risen up against Trump. The reason they wouldn’t have is because of what would have happened if they had, which Trump had demonstrated previously: they would have been snuffed out. So, per the Doha Agreement, either Trump would have withdrawn in good order or there would have been no withdrawal.
All but 2500 troops had ALREADY been withdrawn in accordance with the Doha Agreement as of January 20, 2021. The significant gains in territory and influence that the Taliban had ALREADY made because of that DID NOT become “null and void”.
And by some bizarre coincidence, 2,500 troops happens to be the number Milley, Austin and McKenzie recommended to idiot Biden to keep in Afghanistan.
No, stupid liar, the gains had not already been made by the Taliban in January. They don’t fight in the winter, you idiot. They began their offensive in April, after Trump (who would destroy them) was gone. Idiot Biden simply folded up and begged the Taliban to let him leave. Maybe you should have listened to what Milley said instead of trying to make up your own version of reality here.
They were NOT recommending 2,500 troops to serve as a military deterrent. As General Milley clearly stated, effective military resistance against the Taliban would have required an estimated 30,000 troops. 2,500 troops attempting military resistance could have been annihilated. President Biden wasn’t willing to risk them.
No, by that time, idiot Biden had already let Afghanistan deteriorate to the point that the Taliban had taken over 90% of the country. Like I pointed out, Doha had been shredded and was no longer in effect, but unless the US wanted to commit 30,000 troops, like you say, to get back to the point we were when fraud put Trump out of office, the situation was lost.
In other words, you can’t apply the logic of the Doha Agreement to the disaster idiot Biden created. Under Trump, the conditions in Afghanistan would have never degraded to the point idiot Biden had them and a withdrawal taken place.
But, no matter how much you lie, it is absolutely indisputable that the Three Stooges being questioned all confirmed 2,500 was the troop level they felt should have been in Afghanistan when idiot Biden removed them all. Beep, beep, here comes the bus.
Does anyone with a modicum of intelligence believe it was biden who ignored the advice given him by benedict milley, sec def austin or running dog mackensie, really?
biden can not take legitimate questions from reporters. Who, besides soy boy woke greg, thinks even for 10 seconds, biden could process all of the complexities of Afghanistan and ignore advice because he knew better how to handle the situation?
Not that I defend those who are indefensible, but does anyone think the advice given to biden was:
1) surrender the Bagram AF base to the taliban
2) leave as a parting gift to the enemy, 83-85 bliiom of functional military equipment
3) evacuate all military personnel in advance of Americans and SIV qualifiable afghans
Top Generals Contradict Biden; Testify He Was Advised to Not Withdraw All Troops From Afghanistan
Slate
Another bastion of left wing propaganda.
I am sure is was pure genius on Biden’s part to surrender the Bagramw AF base to the enemy
I suppose it was also pure military genius to leave 83-85 billion of fully functional military equipment.
And finally, I am sure all of the military academies also instruct future warriors to vacate military personnel ahead of anyone else.
biden has been wrong on every foreign relations policy since he began in the senate.
And, he was wrong on this one.
You think ANY outlet that doesn’t support Loser Trump’s lies and bullshit is “a bastion of left-wing propaganda”. This is why you reflexively reject ALL responsible journalism and ALL sources of reasonable, fact-based argument and opinion.
You’ve been methodically conditioned to do that. Now even FOX News isn’t crazy and insular enough for you.
Why did biden ask the Afghan president to lie on his behalf?
Because idiot Biden always lies and needs others to lie to back him up.
To delay the inevitable collapse of the Afghan government and army while we evacuated. Figuring that out shouldn’t be so difficult.
Trump’s cult members seem to have a lot of trouble figuring out many things that should be totally obvious–Trump’s true nature being the first glaring example.
Why did biden ask the Afghan president to lie on his behalf?
Comrade Greggie’s response:
“To delay the inevitable collapse of the Afghan government and army while we evacuated.”
So to scumbag Comrade Greggie, who has accused Trump of lying for years, now makes excuses not only for Biden lying, but for Biden asking others to lie for him to cover his demented ass. Lying is A-OK with Comrade Greggie as long as it is a Democrat doing the lying.
The problem is “we” didn’t evacuate. The U.S. military did, but we left thousands of citizens, SIVs and green card holders behind.
You see, Marxists like Biden and Comrade Greggie are heartless b*stards who only care about holding power, not the lives of fellow citizens.
Joe Biden armed the Taliban terrorists with $85 Billion in US weapons and supplies when he surrendered to the Taliban and fled Afghanistan in 2021
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Joe Biden supplied the Taliban terrorist organization and their Islamist accomplices with billions of dollars worth of US weapons, armed vehicles, helicopters, ammunition, and piles of cash.
According to FOX News, over 75,000 vehicles, more than 600,000 weapons, and 200 aircraft were left behind for the Taliban terrorists by the Biden regime.
Here is a more complete list of US-supplied and left-behind equipment list now controlled by the Taliban:
2,000 Armored Vehicles Including Humvees and MRAP’s
75,989 Total Vehicles: FMTV, M35, Ford Rangers, Ford F350, Ford Vans, Toyota Pickups, Armored Security Vehicles etc
45 UH-60 Blachhawk Helicopters
50 MD530G Scout Attack Choppers
ScanEagle Military Drones
30 Military Version Cessnas
4 C-130’s
29 Brazilian made A-29 Super Tocano Ground Attack Aircraft
208+ Aircraft Total
At least 600,000+ Small arms M16, M249 SAWs, M24 Sniper Systems, 50 Calibers, 1,394 M203 Grenade Launchers, M134 Mini Gun, 20mm Gatling Guns and Ammunition
61,000 M203 Rounds
20,040 Grenades
Howitzers
Mortars +1,000’s of Rounds
162,000 pieces of Encrypted Military Comunications Gear
16,000+ Night Vision Goggles
Newest Technology Night Vision Scopes
Thermal Scopes and Thermal Mono Googles
10,000 2.75 inch Air to Ground Rockets
Recconaissance Equipment (ISR)
Laser Aiming Units
Explosives Ordnance C-4, Semtex, Detonators, Shaped Charges, Thermite, Incendiaries, AP/API/APIT
2,520 Bombs
Administration Encrypted Cell Phones and Laptops all operational
Pallets with Millions of Dollars in US Currency
Millions of Rounds of Ammunition including but not limited to 20,150,600 rounds of 7.62mm, 9,000,000 rounds of 50.caliber
Large Stockpile of Plate Carriers and Body Armor
US Military HIIDE, for Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment Biometrics
Lots of Heavy Equipment Including Bull Dozers, Backhoes, Dump Trucks, Excavators
Michael’s primary contention revolves around being charged an exorbitant amount for military equipment he was ordered to abandon during the tumultuous withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. The charges, totaling $3,561, come as a shock to the soldier, especially considering the circumstances under which the gear was left behind.