Biden's Afghanistan

[jimnyc]

The democrats are pros at the blame game. Surprised it wasn't somehow even "Bush did it".

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Biden Is Playing The Blame Game, But His Culpability In Afghanistan Stretches Over A Decade

President Joe Biden blamed former President Donald Trump and the Afghan government for his administration’s ongoing disastrous withdrawal from America’s longest war, but Biden has been culpable for over a decade.

Biden addressed the nation Monday regarding the Taliban’s overthrow of the Afghan government, which took just a matter of days instead of the months the administration previously predicted. Americans were treated to images of U.S. forces scrambling to evacuate citizens and Afghan allies as the Taliban took over the Afghan capital of Kabul throughout Monday. But while Biden tried to shift blame for the withdrawal, he was in favor of the war in Afghanistan from its outset, and even served as vice president during its apex.



Rest - https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/17/j...ul-withdrawal/

[LongTermGuy]

https://rashmanly.com/2021/08/17/biden-playing-the-blame-game-on-afghanistan/




Imagine what relations must be like between Joe and Kamala in this disaster — you told me to - no - you told me to - don't pin this stuff on me - It must be horrible., Joe being Joe - he's trying to blame President Trump for his own fiasco, Kamala Harris is apparently in open rebellion with Joe - arguing that Joe's trying to pin the disaster on her

[LongTermGuy]

By the way......

[jimnyc]

I don't know about "linked" and certainly not directly. But perhaps should they have done their jobs equivalently this dipshit never gets elected.

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The Media’s Failure to Vet Candidate Biden Is Linked to the Afghanistan Debacle

It was obvious to any sentient observer in 2020. In defending himself on Afghanistan, Joe Biden fumbled his words, made weird comments and generally didn't seem up to the job of being president. And the media pretended there was nothing to see. This week Newsmax host Greg Kelly took the problem head on from a media perspective.

Afghanistan, Kelly observed with accompanying quite vivid video, “is a full blown disaster.” Which is most decidedly true.

After a video montage of Biden doing his bizarre kissing and hair-smelling routines, Kelly zeroed in again on Biden’s competence — and the media.

“The political press, they say they exist so they can vet these people (presidential candidates) for us. To apply pressure, to pressure-test candidates to see how they perform at the presidential level. The thing is, they never really did that for Joe Biden. They backed off big time when Covid started. Then Joe Biden, literally, became untouchable. And of course, they had to do anything to get Donald Trump out. So it was hands-off coverage. And what are we left with? A guy who can’t handle the job. And now babies are subject to this.”

Rest - https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb...nistan-debacle

[jimnyc]

Taliban Sets Woman on Fire for 'Bad Cooking'

There’s more at stake in Afghanistan than U.S. prestige or the future of Joe Biden’s presidency. Millions of women in Afghanistan who were just starting to assert their rights as females are now condemned to being sent back to the Middle Ages under the Taliban’s notion of “women’s rights.”

Admittedly, the Afghanistan version of women’s liberation, even with the presence of thousands of American troops, was unrecognizable to most western women. Strictures placed on female behavior as well as opportunities for employment had been dictated by the Islamic religion. And there are other Muslim countries with almost as severe rules and regulations women must abide by as they will be forced to in Taliban Afghanistan.

But freedom of any kind must be nurtured and encouraged. The Taliban would destroy any hope of a future for Afghan women and girls.

As an illustration of what Afghan women are in for, one activist tells what happened to a woman forced to cook for the Taliban.

Taliban fighters allegedly set a woman on fire for “bad cooking,” as other women in Afghanistan go into hiding and reportedly being forced into sex slavery.

“They are forcing people to give them food and cook them food. A woman was put on fire because she was accused of bad cooking for Taliban fighters,” activist and former Afghan judge Najla Ayoubi told Sky News.

Rest - https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politic...oking-n1471797

[SassyLady]

If the mission is to get the world to hate America this fiasco in Afghanistan is definitely helping. All those who helped us out and got a taste of freedom will fall right into the Taliban, ISIS and Alqueda hate America mindset. I'm sure the Afghan women, if they live, will never forgive us.

[LongTermGuy]

[jimnyc]

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Ronny Jackson: Biden’s Lack of Cognitive Fitness Is Playing out Now, ‘He’s Getting Americans Killed’

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News Primetime,” Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) stated that President Joe Biden’s lack of mental fitness for the office is being “played out on the international stage right now. He’s destroying the reputation of this country. He’s getting Americans killed.”

Jackson said, “I’ve said for year-and-a-half now that this man is not cognitively fit to be our commander-in-chief. And of course, I hoped I was wrong, but I’m not. And we’re seeing it played out on the international stage right now. He’s destroying the reputation of this country. He’s getting Americans killed. There’s bloodshed over now — American blood being shed in Afghanistan again, for the first time in many, many, many months.”

He added, “You know what’s about to come back, Jesse? The orange jumpsuits are about to come back. That’s the horrific stuff that we have to look forward to. The Taliban may capture some of these people. Because we’re going to have thousands — at least hundreds of Americans that are going to be stranded over there, and then all of these interpreters. And the Taliban might capture some of the Americans and they might hold them ransom for some money. But ISIS is going to take them and they’re going to put them in these orange jumpsuits and they’re going to behead them on videos that are going to get sent all over the world. That’s what we have to look forward to. And he has destroyed our reputation with our allies. And just like you said, he has sent the wrong message to our adversaries. We are tested every single day in this Biden administration, by other — by our adversaries, and every day Joe Biden fails that test and it’s just going to keep getting worse and worse.”

Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021...ricans-killed/


Taliban Hunting Down Afghans Using U.S. Biometric Data

A report claims the Taliban is bragging about using American-built equipment to identify and hunt down Afghans who assisted the United States and other nations in the war-torn country.

Zenger News reports via the New York Post:

Nawazuddin Haqqani, one of the brigade commanders over the Al Isha unit, bragged in an interview with Zenger News that his unit is using US-made hand-held scanners to tap into a massive US-built biometric database and positively identify any person who helped the NATO allies or worked with Indian intelligence. Afghans who try to deny or minimize their role will find themselves contradicted by the detailed computer records that the US left behind in its frenzied withdrawal.

The existence of the Al Isha unit has not been previously confirmed by the Taliban; until now the Haqqani Network, a terror group aligned with the Taliban, has not admitted its role in targeting Afghans or its use of America’s vast biometric database.

The U.S. National Counterterrorism Center has referred to the Haqqani Network as “the most lethal and sophisticated insurgent group targeting US, Coalition, and Afghan forces.”

“Now that Kabul is taken, operational work has taken a back seat and we’ve turned our focus on counterintelligence,” Haqqani said in an interview with Zenger. “While most of the brigade is now resting in different madrassas [Islamic religious schools], the Al Isha group is now the principal agency handling this [biometric] data project.”

Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/national-s...iometric-data/

[SassyLady]

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[Gunny]

They cannot be dishonorably discharged for refusing the vaccine. They can be administratively given a general discharge.

Depends on how the CO wants to play it. When it came to anthrax, they busted the Sgt one stripe at a time for refusing to obey a lawful order, not refusing to take a shot. That "lawful" order was given by SecNav. I didn't care about the shot. I DID care I was being ordered to take it by a suit that didn't have his sleeve rolled up setting the example.

[jimnyc]

I think they knew the likelihood of this taking place in Afghanistan, and they just said fu** it and went with it anyway and ignored the fallout. ANd that fallout is still growing.

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Pentagon Claims Kabul Airport Clear amid Reports of Taliban Beating Women and Children

Gen. Frank McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), released a statement Tuesday that said Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul has been secured and is once again open to civilian air traffic.

McKenzie warned the Taliban not to interfere with U.S. evacuation efforts and threatened to respond to any attack with “overwhelming force.” Reports nevertheless flooded in of Taliban fighters blocking access to the airport and brutalizing men, women, and children who tried to get past their checkpoints.

McKenzie said he personally evaluated the situation at the airport and is satisfied with “the work our forces are doing to efficiently operate the airfield while ensuring the safe movement of civilians and diplomats who are leaving Kabul.”

The CENTCOM chief said it was safe to resume civilian operations at the airport, with due caution, and warned Taliban leaders not to interfere:

U.S. military air traffic controllers and ground handlers are rapidly scaling up operations to ensure the smooth flow of military reinforcements to the airport and the evacuation of U.S. and partner civilians in coordination with our State Department colleagues.

Currently, the airfield is secure and now open to civilian air traffic operating under visual flight rules.

In meetings with Taliban senior leaders in Doha on Sunday, I cautioned them against interference in our evacuation, and made it clear to them that any attack would be met with overwhelming force in the defense of our forces.

Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/national-s...-and-children/


We Told Him: Deep State Intelligence Turns on Joe Biden After Afghanistan Failure

Intelligence agencies are pushing back Wednesday against the White House narrative that the sudden fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban caught the administration off guard.

The New York Times reports intelligence sources who claimed by July their reports seriously questioned the Afghan military’s ability to resist the Taliban, even as Biden was telling reporters at the White House that it was unlikely that the government would fall.

“The likelihood there’s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely,” he said July 8th.

While even the intelligence agencies could not have predicted the nearly immediate collapse of the Afghanistan government, Biden failed to acknowledge growing concerns from analysts in the Summer.

A White House official pushed back against the intelligence narrative, noting Biden and his team never got a “high confidence” level warning of a complete military collapse in Afghanistan.

Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...istan-failure/

[Gunny]

Note the use of syntax. The McKenzie says the airport is clear. The beatings and such are happening on the way to the airport.

McKenzie does NOT say the way to the airport is clear.

He's probably planning on running for office when he retires

[LongTermGuy]

The Big Picture...Done!,,,Now hides and runs from questions of reporters..

[Juicer66]

Note the use of syntax. The McKenzie says the airport is clear. The beatings and such are happening on the way to the airport.

McKenzie does NOT say the way to the airport is clear.

He's probably planning on running for office when he retires

Please explain what that has got to do with the price of Raspberries .

[Gunny]

Please explain what that has got to do with the price of Raspberries .

Try reading the OP.