Posted on 08/31/2021 12:00:43 AM PDT by weston
stopping ALL wheat, I meant
Biden Was Warned By General In Charge Of U.S. Forces In Afghanistan That Intel Was Bad, Report Says
By Ryan Saavedra
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Sep 15, 2021 DailyWire.com
Gen. Austin Miller, the Commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan from 2018 through July of this year, reportedly warned Democrat President Joe Biden against withdrawing all forces from Afghanistan, and he strongly pushed back against intelligence reports that said the Afghan military could hold off the Taliban for 1-3 years, indicating that they would collapse significantly faster.
Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich said that Miller made the remarks during a classified Senate Armed Services Committee hearing yesterday, according to multiple sources who were present in the hearing.
“According to two members present for the hearing, Gen Miller passed his recommendations through the chain of command — that the US should keep a level of troops on the ground (2500 was the number at the time) in order to maintain stability given the Taliban threat assessment,” Heinrich wrote. “Miller’s view was troops should maintain holding pattern – potentially supplemented by add’l forces from allied nations – given the threat. Miller shared no recommendation on how long forces should have stayed, making clear he didn’t know what the end timeline would be.”
“Miller also said that he strongly dissented with the intel assessment that Afghanistan would fall to the Taliban between 1-3 years, saying he thought it would go much, much faster,” Heinrich continued. “Miller also said once his recommendation was turned down, it became his job to execute on the withdrawal order – and eventually, decisions like abandoning Bagram were made because of constraints and troop caps imposed by the President’s orders.”
A separate Fox News reporter said that Miller repeatedly warned Biden about the situation and about what his recommendation was.
Biden’s pullout from the country was marked by disturbing images and events, including people trying to jump on moving airplanes, falling off of airplanes, 13 U.S. soldiers being murdered in a terrorist attack, hundreds of Americans being left behind after the U.S. Military pulled out, and a seemingly innocent family being killed in a drone strike.
Politico added:
The irony, in a war full of them, is that a commander almost uniquely qualified to fight it was instead ordered to walk America off the battlefield for good. And as helicopters and cargo planes rapidly moved U.S. troops and equipment out of bases in Afghanistan, Scott Miller has been charged with finding answers to the difficult questions the rapid American withdrawal has raised: Can Afghan security forces possibly hold without U.S. military advisers on the ground and U.S. helicopters and warplanes overhead? Can the Taliban be trusted in their promise not to let international terrorist groups like al Qaeda use the country as sanctuary from which to attack the West once again? Have the United States and its allies purchased enough progress in 20 years to avoid a repeat of Afghanistan’s 1990s civil war? With the Taliban on the rise again, what will become of those Afghans who put their faith in the U.S. and NATO enterprise, especially Afghan interpreters and civil society and women’s rights groups? …
Miller is known for a relatively quiet leadership style marked by careful listening, rather than the bluster and swagger of some senior officers. He is also famously well read, especially in military history; he’ll quote from memory General Ulysses S. Grant’s memos to his commanders on the eve of the Battle of Vicksburg, or Henry Kissinger’s musings from his memoir “Ending the Vietnam War.”
Migrant encounters over 200,000 again in August, as border surge continues
The 208,887 migrant encounters mark a 317% increase over last August
By John Roberts , Adam Shaw | Fox News
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There were more than 200,000 migrant encounters at the southern border in August, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed on Wednesday, the second month in a row where the number has been over the 200,000 mark as migrants continue to attempt to enter the U.S.
Fox News first reported that there were 208,887 encounters in August. While it marks the first decrease in migrant encounters seen under the Biden administration, where migrant encounters have been sharply rising for months, it is only a 2% drop over the more than 212,000 encounters in July.
Additionally, the 208,887 number for August represents a 317% increase over last August 2020 which saw 50,014 encounters — and a 233% increase over August 2019, where there were 62,707 amid that year’s border crisis.
In August, 49% of apprehensions were single adults, down 7% from July, and 44% of migrants overall were expelled via Title 42 public health protections put in place under the Trump administration and extended by the Biden administration.
The Biden administration has been expelling single adults and some migrant families under the order, implemented due to COVID-19, but has not been expelling unaccompanied children or migrant families with young children.
There were 18,847 encounters of unaccompanied children in August, down slightly from July, and 86.487 encounters of family units, marking a 4% increase over July. Just 19% of encounters involving family unit individuals resulted in a Title 42 expulsion.
“The men and women at CBP continue to step up to meet the demands of high numbers of encounters at our southern border,” acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller said in a statement. “CBP recorded 2 percent fewer encounters in August than July. The vast majority of single adults encountered in August, along with a substantial share of families, continued to be expelled under the CDC’s Title 42 authority.”
The Biden administration has faced fierce criticism for its handling of the crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border, which Republican critics have blamed on the dramatic rollback of Trump-era policies like border wall construction and the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). It has also narrowed interior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) priorities and pushed hard for legalization of illegal immigrants already in the country. It has also been releasing migrants into the interior, processing UACs to sponsors already in the country and releasing migrant families — angering Republican governors and other lawmakers
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/migrant-encounters-august-border-surge-continues
Juanita Broaddrick is in twitter jail!
Jack Posobiec
@JackPosobiec
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BREAKING: Twitter has locked out @atensnut for 7 days
Juanita Broaddrick
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Talk about influential...... @JackPosobiec tweeted about my 7 day suspension and all of sudden I had 1500 more Twitter followers in less than 30 min. Who knew? 😂😂
https://gettr.com/post/pbaitecf66
I have found the same result. It does take about a month for the effects to go away, but your wheat experience echos mine.
China threatens to sail its navy into Hawaiian waters as US and Australia announce defence pact - days after flotilla of four Chinese vessels sail past Alaska
By JACK NEWMAN PUBLISHED: 06:08 EDT, 16 September 2021
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A cruiser, destroyer, auxiliary and intelligence vessel sailed close to US waters
They sailed near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands but maintained international protocol
Tensions are escalating between China and US amid South China Sea moves
A nuclear submarine pact was struck with UK, Australia and US to take on Beijing
China today threatened to send its Navy into Hawaiian waters in the latest round of sabre rattling in the Pacific after Australia, the US and Britain announced a new naval alliance in the region.
Four Chinese vessels have already been spotted sailing off the coast of Alaska this week in a display of naval power amid increasing tensions as a global nuclear submarine pact was signed to take on Beijing.
A Chinese guided-missile cruiser, guided-missile destroyer, general intelligence vessel, and an auxiliary vessel were spotted off the coast of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands during surveillance operations in the Bering Sea.
The Global Times’ editor-in-chief, Hu Xijin, tweeted: ‘Hopefully when Chinese warships pass through the Caribbean Sea or show up near Hawaii and Guam one day, the US will uphold the same standard of freedom of navigation. That day will come soon.’
The US Navy responded to the tweet, saying they have ‘upheld the standards of freedom of navigation longer than the PLA navy has existed’.
Has Milley been calling his counter-part in China to reassure China that he has their back?
Will call them with Biden’s plans?
I’m not sure if he has made any more “perfect” phone calls.
It seems the FBI does more harm than good.
I don’t have a hubby and still have a hard time getting things done. I use my bad back and neck as an excuse.
He plans on eviction tenets that aren’t vaxxed?
Yes, more harm than good.
What is so disgusting about the Larry Nassar investigation is the FBI agent, Abbott, instead of doing anything about it, tried to blackmail his way into a job for his keeping quiet.
FBI didn’t prosecute Abbott but let him retire with full benefits, I kid you not!
They take such good care of their own, just as the 2 lovebirds.
Just heard on the news that 70 more girls have filed lawsuits stemming from when the FBI knew.
They could have stopped the molesting of 70 more children, no telling how many have not come forward.
SICK! SICK! SICK!
Smart baby.
Good morning, Rusty!
You do need to be careful not to exacerbate any problems.🙁
Can I claim “mental illness” for not getting stuff done?
I just “don’t give a rat’s a$$.” Where did I her that recently? 😁
And it’s all Bye-done’s fault.
He really has made me mental, not to be confused with postal but......
That’s what the landlord is supposed to have said, NO VAX NO APT.
Don’t think that will fly in Florida.
“Now that I think about it most of the women were at home during the 60’s as we would get together for coffee cake and coffee in the mornings. I miss those times.”
That does sound nice. Much better than hurrying to get ready to go to work.
By the way how are you feeling? Did you ever get a cough or a temperature?
“That gives me an opportunity to organize stuff...or get rid of.”
I never thought of doing that. Maybe next time! LOL!
But we now have enough toilet paper, paper towels, and canned tomatoes the last through any calamitous event.
LOL!
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