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Gen. Milley says Taliban appear to have ‘strategic momentum’
Associated Press ^
| July 21, 2021
| Robert Burns
Posted on 07/21/2021 3:36:33 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The Taliban appear to have “strategic momentum” in the fight for control of Afghanistan as they put increasing pressure on key cities, setting the stage for a decisive period in coming weeks as American forces complete their withdrawal, the top U.S. military officer said Wednesday.
“This is going to be a test now of the will and leadership of the Afghan people — the Afghan security forces and the government of Afghanistan,” Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Pentagon press conference.
The Pentagon says the U.S. withdrawal is 95% finished and will be completed by Aug. 31. And while the Biden administration has vowed to continue financial assistance and logistical support for Afghan forces after August, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the focus of U.S. military efforts there will be countering terrorist threats, not the Taliban.
Speaking alongside Milley, Austin said the U.S. will “keep an eye on” al-Qaida, the extremist network whose use of Afghanistan as a haven for planning the 9/11 attacks on the United States was the reason U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001. …
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KEYWORDS: afghanistan; milley; rop; taliban
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Wonder how much strategic aid Markie and Lloyd have been giving the Taliban . . .
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posted on
07/21/2021 3:36:33 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Keen sense of the obvious, that one.
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posted on
07/21/2021 3:38:06 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Claiming Racism, the antidote to personal responsibility)
To: NonValueAdded
Drop a white supremacist bomb on them on the way out.
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posted on
07/21/2021 3:38:49 PM PDT
by
samadams2000
(Get your houses in order.)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
07/21/2021 3:39:26 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
07/21/2021 3:40:09 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Olog-hai
The Dude is as sharp as a tack...
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posted on
07/21/2021 3:42:09 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(Trump - Make America Great Again / Biden - Make American Grovel Again...)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
07/21/2021 3:44:32 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Olog-hai
The Constitution of Afganistan is inherently Islamic. We should have made it clear we were walking away if they made that the law of the land. Should have left years ago.
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posted on
07/21/2021 3:47:08 PM PDT
by
Nateman
(If the Left is not screaming , you are doing it wrong.)
To: Olog-hai
Momentum they gained while Milley was studying wokeness rather than focusing on his job.
To: Olog-hai
That’s because Milley didn’t have a strategic exit.
To: Olog-hai
It’s probably because the Taliban is more woke than you, Gen. Miley. (sic)
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posted on
07/21/2021 3:54:17 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Who shot Ashli Babbitt?)
To: Nateman
No matter what stance we had when “walking away”, they would have laughed. Because we were walking away.
Dubya had no problem with either them or Iraq having an explicitly Islamic constitution. Undermined the effort right from the start.
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posted on
07/21/2021 3:56:47 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: jersey117
This dude appears to have strategic stupidity!
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posted on
07/21/2021 3:58:01 PM PDT
by
JoeVet
(First rule of holes ... when you find yourself standing in one - stop digging ... unless ur a Dim)
To: NonValueAdded
"....The Taliban appear to have “strategic momentum” in the fight for control of Afghanistan..."
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posted on
07/21/2021 3:58:02 PM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: All
Bet those bigots don’t encourage transgendered men who are menstruating and to join their forces and give them surgery?
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posted on
07/21/2021 3:59:01 PM PDT
by
newnhdad
(Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
To: Olog-hai
Milley the Woke now complaining the enemy is strengthening. Gee, what has Milley been up to the last few months?
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posted on
07/21/2021 3:59:58 PM PDT
by
Vision
(Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
To: Olog-hai
It is likely that the Taliban’s grip on reality is far tighter than Milley’s, and that’s advantage Taliban.
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posted on
07/21/2021 4:01:16 PM PDT
by
jocon307
(Dem party delenda est!)
To: Olog-hai
No shit, Sherlock. You figure that out all by yourself?
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posted on
07/21/2021 4:05:53 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Western civilization is almost done.)
To: All
It’s old, but Biden hasn’t changed in 45 yrs.
To: Olog-hai
So Milley took some time out from romping with his aides to form an opinion on Afghanistan?
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posted on
07/21/2021 4:07:21 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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