Posted on 08/17/2021 9:56:29 AM PDT by elpadre
The scramble to airlift tens of thousands of foreign nationals and Afghan allies from Kabul entered a frantic new stage today - with military chiefs admitting they can only continue as long as the Taliban allows it.
As desperate British and US citizens, and allies who helped Western forces during the two-decade intervention, try to flee reprisals, armed guards from the Islamist regime have surrounded the capital's airport and seized control of all access points.
Underlining the abject humiliation of the West, the Taliban's political chief Mullah Baradar arrived in Kandahar province on Tuesday after 20 years of exile as the group held its first press conference, confirming their grip on power and insisting it would respect women's rights under Islamic law.
Although the atmosphere is less chaotic inside the perimeter than the extraordinary scenes yesterday - when several people plummeted to their deaths after clinging to departing planes and another was crushed to death in landing gear - witnesses on the ground revealed that there is still carnage outside.
Streams of people, some clutching immigration documents, have been queuing under the guns of armed Taliban as Apache helicopters buzzed through the air. Former Royal Marine commando Paul 'Pen' Farthing, who runs an animal sanctuary in Kabul, warned that they were being told to come to the airport but left at the mercy of crowds and Taliban forces who have it under siege.
The clearly distraught veteran, who said he had been separated from his wife, said British military needed to go outside the perimeter and 'rescue some of the people they have been sent to get'. 'People are going to die,' he insisted. (story continues at link)
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Good for him.
it’s not a joke...but no source listed yet by said tweeter so could be just a rumor
I was considering that. Would a rogue Taliban fighter or cell risk pissing off the mullahs by exposing them, or is it just ingrained that they can do anything to the infidels? My understanding is that there’s an unspoken code of “honor” among them (Pashtunwali?).
Looking more and more like Iran redux from the Carter years.
Will Milley do the honorable thing and step down, and if not, will Biden fire him? I think I know the answer...
Yes but that is some psychological warfare going on.
What a feather in your taliban hat to crow how you brought the mighty US to their knees by the anniversary of the bombing.
Plus..it helps jack up the price per person that you will allow out of the country by that date.
You could not write a better scenario for the taliban.
20 years later we are being told by the taliban to get out by Sept.11th.
Trump would have MOAB’d those mf’ers
“Only people who believes that men can get pregnant could possibly be this stupid.”
And/or are focused on white privilage, diversity, inclusivity and all that rubbish. Austin and Milley come to mind.
They probably have the Afghan Personnel and Payroll System database that has everyone’s names, photos and father/grandfather names.
Effectively the US military, US Civilians and Afghan Allies who are in Afghanistan are prisoners, they will only get out if the Taliban allows it....
It’s been over a week since we’ve heard from a family friend who’s in theater. His wife is beside herself.
They could take out a few loaded planes with little repercussions, and the White House would just deflect. .......................... And maybe give them 150B on a palate to get our folks out. Maybe we could also release all the Gitmo folks too while we are at it.
Not just Biden—the Taliban can bleed dozens of governments around the world....
The sun will never set on this Biden fiasco.
DM exposing Biden
“It’s like the Alamo without the competent leadership.”
Or Dien Bien Phu with civilians.
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Our political and national security and Pentagon and JCofS leaders...
,, along with DHS, DOJ, FBI, CDC, HHS, DOE, EPA, UNIONS
ARE THE ENEMY IN THE WIRE !!!
( and in ccp’s back pocket )
Pray.
Pray again.
Pray harder.
They surrendered Bahgram air base before the evacuation “plan” was implemented. So there is no place to deploy and no place to evacuate the Americans stuck in Kabul. The Taliban control everyone coming in or leaving.
You can’t describe this mess without using the word “cluster”.
The entire Biden Administration needs to resign.
If you are represented by a democrat, you need to call them and demand that they institute immediate impeachment articles against everyone who touched this mess.
Meet the man leading the escape from Kabul: American army led by General Frank McKenzie locks down airport as international rescue mission, including 6,000 US troops and 900 UK soldiers, tries to evacuate more than 50,000 Afghans
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9901233/Whos-charge-escape-Kabul.html
Im sure all the media experts who had a meltdown about taking forces out of Syria have come unglued now about Afghanistan. I don’t have cable TV to see the reports.
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