Biden's Afghanistan

[Juicer66]

----------------------------. Acting like a coward is just making himself look that much worse.

He'll be "unfit for office" when the Democrats decide he is.

You overlook other possible scenarios :-

1 He is acting but privately takes orders from the Justice Socialists

2 Acting but takes orders filtered through Schumer and Pelosi . More likely, imo .


3. Acting but takes orders from others :-

This might be from a 'new' Deep State faction that is preparing for a big shift and when he will disappear .

Or , it could be from theMilitary because of the hold they have over him re various criminal conspiracies , possibly linked to China and Ukraine with bulk standard family

corruption for good measure .

But it seems unlikely that Sleepy has any semblance of control over what he does or says . He is simply serving as a useful short term door stop .

But for whom ? Obummer , Trump , Kerry , AN Other ?

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

I hate to say this, but Biden does have one legit point: The President did flee and the troops abandon their equipment and run. I don't think many of us even considered that happening. I didn't. That IS f-d up.

Does not cut it. Biden and his handlers making excuses.
Why wouldnt the afghan soldiers bug out after seeing the big bad US military do that--overnight?
The way the military bugged out-- inspired that same reaction from the homegrown force left behind--
and it did not help that all the vehicles were left for the enemy to use to speed its takeover-- speed its forward march!!!!
Who did not see that happening?
The problem is the running away was political- instead of it being a judicious retreat with proper destruction of useful military assets.

For an example one only needs to remember -

how soon we forget--Tyr

https://www.britannica.com/event/Bat...k-to-the-coast

Fighting back to the coast
On November 29 Almond, having met with MacArthur in Tokyo, acknowledged that the X Corps could survive only if its dispersed divisions headed for the nearest port. Most headed to Hŭngnam and were evacuated to Wŏnsan—a decision that reflected the Eighth Army’s defeats in the west. Moreover, the Truman administration soon discarded the policy of unifying Korea by force, though it still wanted to save the Republic of Korea. Preserving the UNC for this mission (its original one) dictated that the X Corps escape the grasp of the CPVF Ninth Army Group. To achieve this aim, Almond took a worst-case position: the Yudam-ni and Hagaru-ri garrisons would rally at the latter perimeter and then fly out, abandoning the division’s heavy weapons, vehicles, and supplies. The rest of the division would march back down the MSR from Kot’o-ri to Hŭngnam. Smith, however, refused to abandon his division’s equipment. Instead, he argued that the Yudam-ni–Hagaru-ri movement was the critical one. Once the two groups had united at Hagaru-ri, they could absorb ammunition and replacements by air and evacuate the worst wounded and frozen casualties. At that point the division could turn and fight its way to the coastal plain—“advancing in a different direction,” as Smith phrased it. Almond conceded that such a withdrawal by the 1st Marine Division would attract Chinese divisions and thus allow the rest of the X Corps to retreat without real danger.

Men of the 5th and 7th regiments, U.S. 1st Marine Division, receiving an order to withdraw from their positions near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, November 29, 1950.
Men of the 5th and 7th regiments, U.S. 1st Marine Division, receiving an order to withdraw from their positions near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, November 29, 1950.
Sgt. Frank C. Kerr/U.S. Marine Corps
On December 1 the 1st Marine Division began the movement that eventually took its rear guard inside the perimeter established by the 3rd Infantry Division near Hŭngnam. In the course of this escape, the division rendered three more Chinese divisions ineffective in addition to the four that had already been ruined at Yudam-ni and Hagaru-ri. The Yudam-ni group, the first to move out, did not stop until it reached Hagaru-ri on December 4. The 5th Marines walked the road to protect the vehicle train, while the 7th Marines plodded through the hills to break up Chinese “fire sacks” and relieve the Tŏktong Pass defenders. Their two artillery battalions, meanwhile, moved by bounds to ensure continuous fire support, and Marine and navy fighter-bombers were on call during daylight to strike any suspected ambush. The arrival of the 5th and 7th Marines at Hagaru-ri ensured that the airfield would not be closed by Chinese fire. Marine and air force transports brought in critical ammunition and gasoline and took out 4,500 casualties. The fuel was critical: one Marine artillery battalion lost half its guns north of Hagaru-ri when its tractors ran out of diesel fuel.

U.S. Marines unloading a transport plane at Hagaru-ri, North Korea, during the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, December 5, 1950.
U.S. Marines unloading a transport plane at Hagaru-ri, North Korea, during the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, December 5, 1950.
Photo by Cpl. McDonald/U.S. Marine Corps/National Archives and Records Administration
The reassembled 1st Marine Division reorganized, tried to eat and sleep in warming tents, and prepared to fight south to the coast. On December 6 the “attack in a different direction” continued, destination Kot’o-ri, 18 km (11 miles) distant. The real challenge was Funchilin Pass below Kot’o-ri, where the Chinese had destroyed a bridge over a chasm. The solution was to assemble a bridge that was air-dropped in sections, enough of which survived to allow vehicles to pass. The Chinese contested the withdrawal at this chokepoint, but the Marines fought through the trap, although the rear guard had to abandon seven tanks. The final potential barrier, another pass to the south, had been cleared by the 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, in a nighttime attack in temperatures as low as −34 °C (−30 °F). A battalion of the 3rd Infantry Division stopped two attacks on the final Hŭngnam perimeter on December 3 and 15. By the latter date the 1st Marine Division, its rear guard having reached Hŭngnam on December 11, had been loaded onto their waiting transport ships. Resistance by the Chinese had become almost token, their troops ruined by cold, starvation, and relentless X Corps firepower.

Korean War: Battle of the Chosin Reservoir
Korean War: Battle of the Chosin Reservoir
Elements of U.S. 1st Marine Division marching along the main supply route south of Hagaru-ri, North Korea, during the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, December 6, 1950.
Photo by Sgt. Frank C. Kerr/U.S. Marine Corps/National Archives and Records Administration

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Why 'Chesty' Still Inspires the Marines
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Military.com | By Sean Mclain Brown
Lt. Gen. Lewis "Chesty" Puller was a Marine’s Marine. A bonafide badass leatherneck with the scars to prove it. But this badass had one soft spot—his fierce loyalty and care for his men. Puller’s leadership is one of the reasons why to this day, Marine Corps officers in the field never eat until the enlisted men have been served.


Born June 26, 1898 in West Point, Virginia, Puller grew up hunting and listening to tales of the Civil War told by his relatives. He also had a heavy appetite for reading, pouring through countless books of military tales and history. He would go on to become a well-known figure in Marine Corps folklore, with both true and exaggerated tales of his experiences being constantly recounted within the Corps.

Here are 5 reasons why Puller became a Marine Corps legend:


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1. Lead by Example, Lead Like a Marine

Puller’s motto “Lead by example” is not an empty slogan. He lived with his men. There were no officers' messes in Puller's outfit and he fell in line with the privates, carrying his own mess gear. In combat, he rigidly refused comforts unattainable for his men, and in training, he carried his own pack and bedding roll while marching at the head of his battalion.



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I back in the 70's I worked with a guy that was there, that fought. A damn fine Marine.
They were rearguard and Chesty Puller order that his men must bring along the vehicles and other assets the Army left behind-- as he put it --so the commie bastards get no use of those fueled and load trucks/weapons, etc. The Marines brought it back stateside -they did not leave it to be used by the damn enemy. The Army later begged for that equipment back after the war but Chesty Puller refused and the Marines used it for target practice on the range- so the tale goes.

One must ask why Biden and his idiot advisors saw fit to leave tens of billions dollars in assets -in useable condition to aid the enemy..
Simply does not compute...
To me there is no explaining that, as we are not simply talking about small arms...
Remember the standard -when retreating, burn and destroy what must be left behind- so the damn enemy gets no ffing benefit from it!
Look what Stalin, the ruskies did when fleeing the german advance in WWR
What was done when fleeing Napoleon ..
No sir, either it was indeed a terrible blunder or it was a damn deliberate gift- a bribe perhaps.
Neither choice is anything but a negative on the ffing assclown in charge of this nation now, imho.

No sir, I believe it was a gift-- it was negotiated by the idiot Biden and crew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nothing else makes sense...imho
And of course they would not want that known ....---Tyr

[fj1200]

If Biden knew anything about leadership, he would just own this and move on. I could at least respect that. Acting like a coward is just making himself look that much worse.

He'll be "unfit for office" when the Democrats decide he is.

He needs some adults in the room and by that I mean anyone with significant foreign policy experience and not most of the chuckleheads around him. A Jim Baker type.

[Gunny]

He needs some adults in the room and by that I mean anyone with significant foreign policy experience and not most of the chuckleheads around him. A Jim Baker type.

I posted an article awhile back about Biden's comments on foreign policy. He stated he loves it and considers it one of his areas of expertise. I didn't know rolling over and kissing ass required "expertise".

He is surrounded by "experts". Political appointees. To include JCS. General officers at that level are more politician than military, if there even is a remnant of the latter. Most are going to tell the President what he wants to hear, not necessarily what he needs to know.

I'm not defending Biden. It's on him. There's nowhere "up" the chain for him to lay the blame and the final decision was his. I'm looking at history though. He might be at the top of the list for incompetent CinC's but he is hardly the first and/or only.

The bar to "relieve him of his duties for cause" (a military term) is extremely high, and requires his own staff he appointed to do it. By design. Or, Congress can impeach him. Neither is going to happen unless the Dem's decide to.

Just my opinion, but the Republicans need to just shut up. Let the Dems do it if anything is to be done. They won't. What would Republicans be if they weren't stepping on their own cranks and snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?

[fj1200]

^ I was thinking about a group going to him quietly and guide him through the next few years to avoid making even more disastrous decisions and keep Harris being even more inept than Biden.

[Gunny]

^ I was thinking about a group going to him quietly and guide him through the next few years to avoid making even more disastrous decisions and keep Harris being even more inept than Biden.

The scary part? I think they think they already are.

[jimnyc]

When he didn't answer anything for a year long campaign, they did or said nothing. So I don't want to hear a single damn complaint from them about him not answering anything now.

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Even White House Reporters Are Calling Out Biden for Not Taking Any Questions

The honeymoon phase between the White House press corps and President Joe Biden seems to finally be over with the president continually refusing to take their questions about the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan.

Biden has held two live events at the White House with members of media present but each time he walked away from the reporters after he was finished speaking. The repeated slights at the press have lead to White House reporters voice their frustrations.







Rest - https://townhall.com/tipsheet/julior...istan-n2594404

[LongTermGuy]

He needs some adults in the room and by that I mean anyone with significant foreign policy experience and not most of the chuckleheads around him. A Jim Baker type.

There are No adults with common sense when it comes to Communist...Joe is to senile and is controlled..

[jimnyc]

More coming out about a classified cable from back in July suggesting that Kabul would be in the hands of the Taliban in a NY second.

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State Department Memo Warned of Afghanistan Collapse Back in July

A classified State Department cable from July suggests that Secretary of State Antony Blinken was warned that Kabul would fall into Taliban hands by the August 31 troop withdrawal deadline, a report from the Wall Street Journal on Thursday revealed’

The Wall Street Journal reported:

About two dozen State Department officials serving at the embassy in Kabul sent an internal memo to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and another top State Department official last month warning of the potential collapse of Kabul soon after the Aug. 31 troop withdrawal deadline, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the cable.

Sent via the State Department’s confidential dissent channel, the memo warned that the Taliban would quickly gain control of Afghanistan and “offered recommendations on ways to mitigate the crisis and speed up an evacuation.”

The WSJ continued:

The cable, dated July 13, also called for the State Department to use tougher language in describing the atrocities being committed by the Taliban. The classified cable represents the clearest evidence yet that the administration had been warned by its own officials on the ground that the Taliban’s advance was imminent and Afghanistan’s military may be unable to stop it.

On July 8, just five days prior to this memo warning of an Afghanistan collapse, President Biden expressly said that Kabul would not be another repeat of Saigon in 1975.

“Mr. President, some Vietnamese veterans see echoes of their experience in this withdrawal in Afghanistan. Do you see any parallels between this withdrawal and what happened in Vietnam?” Biden was asked on July 8. Biden replied:

None whatsoever. Zero. What you had is you had entire brigades breaking through the gates of our embassy — six, if I’m not mistaken. The Taliban is not the South — the North Vietnamese army. They’re not — they’re not remotely comparable in terms of capability. There’s going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy in the — of the United States from Afghanistan. It is not at all comparable.

Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/national-s...-back-in-july/


Deputy NSA Finer: Cable Warning of Afghanistan Collapse ‘Reflects What We’ve Said’ That Nobody Got It ‘Exactly Right’

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Deputy National Security Adviser Jonathan Finer said that a State Department cable that was first reported on by The Wall Street Journal warning about a rapid collapse of Afghanistan’s government after the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country “reflects what we’ve said all along, which is nobody had this exactly right in predicting the government and army of Afghanistan were going to collapse in a matter of days.”

Finer said, “I’ll let the State Department speak to the details of the dissent cable, but I will mention a few key points. One is that the cable, as I understand it, predicted the potential fall of the Afghan government in the aftermath of a U.S. troop drawdown on August 31. Obviously, that all happened even more quickly than the cable — which was quite concerned about this possibility — projected. The second thing the cable asked for was evacuation flights by the U.S. government of Special Immigrant Visa applicants, Afghans who worked alongside our mission in Afghanistan. They asked for those to begin by August 1. We began those flights in July. And so, look, I think what we’ve said all along is that when we are assessing the situation in Afghanistan, we take a number of inputs. We get intelligence. We get diplomatic reporting from our embassies in the field. We read open-source reporting and watch the reports of our news organizations like CNN and we make the best assessment that we can. And I think the cable reflects what we’ve said all along, which is nobody had this exactly right in predicting the government and army of Afghanistan were going to collapse in a matter of days.”

He added that while “a degree of turbulence” is unavoidable when a country collapses like Afghanistan did, “we had a plan in place for this eventuality.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021...exactly-right/


Antony Blinken Delusional About U.S. Withdrawal Insisting Taliban Takeover ‘Unlikely’ as Jihadis Declared Victory

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was consistently wrong about the outcome of the unconditional withdrawal of all foreign forces from Afghanistan, insisting that a Taliban takeover was “highly unlikely” Sunday, as the jihadis swept into Kabul after the collapse of the government.

Blinken was incorrect when he asserted that the unconditional U.S. withdrawal, a concession long sought by the Taliban, would not result in the fall of Afghanistan.

Secretary Blinken assured that the fall of Afghanistan after the departure of U.S.-led NATO troops was a far-fetched notion, even as the Taliban seized territory and U.S. intelligence warnings months before the withdrawal ultimately determined the rapid collapse of the Afghan government and military was probable.

Even the State Department’s own intelligence and research division described the failure of the Afghan forces to prevent the Taliban from conquering territory as a red flag, noting that the deteriorating security conditions could result in the collapse of the Kabul government, the New York Times learned from unnamed Biden administration officials.

Blinken defended Biden’s withdrawal plan to the bitter end. Contradicting his own department’s intelligence, Blinken provided an optimistic assessment even as the Taliban swept into Kabul on Sunday after the collapse of the Afghan government and declared victory.

“The likelihood there’s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely,” Blinken told CNN Sunday.

Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...lared-victory/

[jimnyc]

Only gets odder, weirder and dumber.

After the whole death the America thing, they still claim they are friendly somehow.

Maybe now she will finally get the hint after being chased by armed Taliban after being told to cover their faces.

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CNN Reporter Who Said Taliban ‘Seem Friendly’, Gets Chased By Armed Taliban After Being Told To Cover Face

Clarissa Ward, CNN’s senior international correspondent, gave a report from Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, after the Taliban’s control of the country.

Ward was previously chastised for saying Taliban Insurrectionists were “just chanting ‘death to America,’ but they seem friendly at the same time” in an edited video. Ward said the situation was “utterly bizarre” in the full clip.

Ward said that she and her crew were “accosted” right outside Kabul Airport, forcing her to conceal her face. She showed footage of a Taliban member approaching her and a producer with the butt of a rifle after showing a Taliban man taking the safety off his AK-47 and running through a group of civilians.

“You can see that some of these Taliban fighters, they’re just hopped up on adrenaline, or I don’t know what,” Ward said. “It’s a very dicey situation.”

She added, “When the fighters are told we have permission to report, they lower their weapons and let us pass.”

Rest - https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/202...ld-cover-face/

[Gunny]

Another Baghdad Bob moment brought to us by CNN

[Gunny]

More coming out about a classified cable from back in July suggesting that Kabul would be in the hands of the Taliban in a NY second.

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State Department Memo Warned of Afghanistan Collapse Back in July

A classified State Department cable from July suggests that Secretary of State Antony Blinken was warned that Kabul would fall into Taliban hands by the August 31 troop withdrawal deadline, a report from the Wall Street Journal on Thursday revealed’

The Wall Street Journal reported:



The WSJ continued:



On July 8, just five days prior to this memo warning of an Afghanistan collapse, President Biden expressly said that Kabul would not be another repeat of Saigon in 1975.

“Mr. President, some Vietnamese veterans see echoes of their experience in this withdrawal in Afghanistan. Do you see any parallels between this withdrawal and what happened in Vietnam?” Biden was asked on July 8. Biden replied:



Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/national-s...-back-in-july/


Deputy NSA Finer: Cable Warning of Afghanistan Collapse ‘Reflects What We’ve Said’ That Nobody Got It ‘Exactly Right’

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Deputy National Security Adviser Jonathan Finer said that a State Department cable that was first reported on by The Wall Street Journal warning about a rapid collapse of Afghanistan’s government after the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country “reflects what we’ve said all along, which is nobody had this exactly right in predicting the government and army of Afghanistan were going to collapse in a matter of days.”

Finer said, “I’ll let the State Department speak to the details of the dissent cable, but I will mention a few key points. One is that the cable, as I understand it, predicted the potential fall of the Afghan government in the aftermath of a U.S. troop drawdown on August 31. Obviously, that all happened even more quickly than the cable — which was quite concerned about this possibility — projected. The second thing the cable asked for was evacuation flights by the U.S. government of Special Immigrant Visa applicants, Afghans who worked alongside our mission in Afghanistan. They asked for those to begin by August 1. We began those flights in July. And so, look, I think what we’ve said all along is that when we are assessing the situation in Afghanistan, we take a number of inputs. We get intelligence. We get diplomatic reporting from our embassies in the field. We read open-source reporting and watch the reports of our news organizations like CNN and we make the best assessment that we can. And I think the cable reflects what we’ve said all along, which is nobody had this exactly right in predicting the government and army of Afghanistan were going to collapse in a matter of days.”

He added that while “a degree of turbulence” is unavoidable when a country collapses like Afghanistan did, “we had a plan in place for this eventuality.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021...exactly-right/


Antony Blinken Delusional About U.S. Withdrawal Insisting Taliban Takeover ‘Unlikely’ as Jihadis Declared Victory

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was consistently wrong about the outcome of the unconditional withdrawal of all foreign forces from Afghanistan, insisting that a Taliban takeover was “highly unlikely” Sunday, as the jihadis swept into Kabul after the collapse of the government.

Blinken was incorrect when he asserted that the unconditional U.S. withdrawal, a concession long sought by the Taliban, would not result in the fall of Afghanistan.

Secretary Blinken assured that the fall of Afghanistan after the departure of U.S.-led NATO troops was a far-fetched notion, even as the Taliban seized territory and U.S. intelligence warnings months before the withdrawal ultimately determined the rapid collapse of the Afghan government and military was probable.

Even the State Department’s own intelligence and research division described the failure of the Afghan forces to prevent the Taliban from conquering territory as a red flag, noting that the deteriorating security conditions could result in the collapse of the Kabul government, the New York Times learned from unnamed Biden administration officials.

Blinken defended Biden’s withdrawal plan to the bitter end. Contradicting his own department’s intelligence, Blinken provided an optimistic assessment even as the Taliban swept into Kabul on Sunday after the collapse of the Afghan government and declared victory.

“The likelihood there’s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely,” Blinken told CNN Sunday.

Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...lared-victory/

Blinken look as good as anyone to play scapegoat for the Dems.

[jimnyc]

Far too many folks have spoken of talking to, negotiating with or anything to do with the below written terrorists.

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Mark Levin: A Leader Would Tell Taliban ‘You’re Going to Give Us Our People or We’re Going to Crush You’

A true leader wouldn’t negotiate with Taliban terrorists, commentator and “American Marxism” Author Mark Levin said Wednesday.

“When you elect disastrous presidents, you have disastrous consequences,” Levin said in an interview with Fox and Friends, when asked about the news that one of the five terrorists the U.S. released from Gitmo is now a Taliban commander in Afghanistan:

“When you elect disastrous presidents, you have disastrous consequences. Obama released those five, as Obama gave pardon to a number of domestic terrorists. As Clinton gave pardon to a number of domestic terrorists, as Carter gave pardon to a number of domestic terrorists.

“When you show weakness to terrorists and to the enemy, they strike you. And, now, I’m worried about going forward, here. He still won't secure the southern border. That southern border's wide open. Does anybody think our enemies don't know that?”

And, while liberal media claim the U.S. military can just leave Afghanistan, it can’t, because thousands of Americans are trapped there, Levin said:

“And I'm concerned we have thousands of American citizens stuck there. I mean, we have individuals in our country, some on TV, some on radio, who seem to think this is all over, let’s just get the hell out - we can't just get the hell out of there now. We're stuck. We have thousands of Americans there.”

Rest - https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-b...people-or-were


Defense Secretary: US Military Not Currently Able to Go Beyond Kabul Airport to Rescue People

(CNSNews.com) – The U.S. military does not currently have the capability of extending its presence beyond the perimeters of the Kabul international airport, Defense Secretary Gen. Lloyd Austin said Wednesday when asked about people wanting to leave, being prevented from reaching the facility.

Asked at a briefing about people who “can’t get into the airfield,” Austin said, “We’re going to do everything we can to continue to try to deconflict [coordinate with the Taliban] and create passageways for them to get to the airfield.”

“I don’t have the capability to go out and extend operations currently into Kabul,” he said. “And where do you take that? I mean, how far can you extend into Kabul, you know, and how long does it take to flow those forces in to be able to do that?”

Rest - https://www.cnsnews.com/article/inte...able-go-beyond

[Gunny]

Far too many folks have spoken of talking to, negotiating with or anything to do with the below written terrorists.

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Mark Levin: A Leader Would Tell Taliban ‘You’re Going to Give Us Our People or We’re Going to Crush You’

A true leader wouldn’t negotiate with Taliban terrorists, commentator and “American Marxism” Author Mark Levin said Wednesday.

“When you elect disastrous presidents, you have disastrous consequences,” Levin said in an interview with Fox and Friends, when asked about the news that one of the five terrorists the U.S. released from Gitmo is now a Taliban commander in Afghanistan:



And, while liberal media claim the U.S. military can just leave Afghanistan, it can’t, because thousands of Americans are trapped there, Levin said:



Rest - https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-b...people-or-were


Defense Secretary: US Military Not Currently Able to Go Beyond Kabul Airport to Rescue People

(CNSNews.com) – The U.S. military does not currently have the capability of extending its presence beyond the perimeters of the Kabul international airport, Defense Secretary Gen. Lloyd Austin said Wednesday when asked about people wanting to leave, being prevented from reaching the facility.

Asked at a briefing about people who “can’t get into the airfield,” Austin said, “We’re going to do everything we can to continue to try to deconflict [coordinate with the Taliban] and create passageways for them to get to the airfield.”

“I don’t have the capability to go out and extend operations currently into Kabul,” he said. “And where do you take that? I mean, how far can you extend into Kabul, you know, and how long does it take to flow those forces in to be able to do that?”

Rest - https://www.cnsnews.com/article/inte...able-go-beyond

I can't find any fault in Levin's idea.

[LongTermGuy]