Posted on 08/15/2021 10:07:19 AM PDT by Signalman
“That’s it. It’s over.”
Those are the words attributed to a U.S. official as Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, reportedly for Tajikistan, Sunday.
President Ghani's departure as the Taliban entered Kabul overnight follows a number of other government officials who were spotted at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul awaiting flights out of their country.
Ghani's decision to flee the country was followed by reports that the Taliban will move deeper into Kabul as fighters capture the Afghan capital, completing a mission that US intel predicted as recently as this week would take at least one month.
The Pentagon and State Department — along with President Biden himself — have insisted in recent weeks that Afghanistan might be able to prevent a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
Now, the Taliban say they will set up an interim government in Afghanistan for what they characterize as a “peaceful transition” of power despite reports of potential war crimes being perpetrated against surrendering Afghan security forces during the Taliban's bloody offensive.
In the wake of President Ghani's decision to flee Afghanistan, the U.S. Ambassador is reportedly exiting as well as armed Taliban fighters roam the streets of Kabul.
The fate of the U.S. Embassy is soon to be in the Taliban's hands as they complete their takeover. As Katie reported, "many analysts believe it will be burned down on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks."
You mean the anointed one who was obozo’s secretary of state too busy arranging yoga sessions, setting up servers in her home’s closet and wiping her computer files? That one?
Queen of the grifters.
Pat Buchanan warned us in the early aughts. So did Libertarian Harry Browne.
Do you mean being their Bratwurst bun?
It’s not over
It will begin again, soon
There is now an absolute black hole where American credibility once existed
“We assure the people, particularly in the city of Kabul, that their properties, their lives are safe,” Shaheen said, adding that the Taliban also intends to protect the rights of women and media freedom in the country.”
Yay, rights for women! I wonder what rights those are.
Bumpety bump
Joe Biden, 40 years in the Govt, never got it right
Even once
Well earned reputation as the dumbest US Senator
And that was when he still had all his marbles
I’ve read elsewhere that Biden is on “vacation” until Wednesday.
I wonder if he even knows what’s happening over there.
Why? Afghanistan was not our enemy. Reagan actually supplied Afghanistan with weapons during the 1980s. (A smart move -- let the Afghans and Soviets shed their blood, not ours.)
The enemy 20 years ago was Osama bin Laden and Al Quada. We should have done surgical strikes where we suspected them of hiding. Not waste trillions on nation building.
As I recall, we even built a modern, shopping mega-mall in Kabul. I remember photos of Afghan women in shawls walking past Western style boutiques and bistros. The Neocons were saying that this proved the Afghan people wanted our Western style of democratic capitalism.
At this point what the Taliban does is not my concern. Afghanistan had 20 years to do something about them.
9-11 Sheep roast at the former US Embassy
Masking not required
Well, except for wimmen
Who also are not required
As a Vietnam era veteran I have the same feelings now that I had in April 1975. I’m sure these are not the same feelings President Rutabaga has now or had then.
Those are the words attributed to a U.S. official as Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani received confirmation that his physical asset transfers were complete and immediately fled the country, reportedly for Tajikistan, Sunday
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At the rate we are going I fear we'll be saying that about the US before long.
It’s been there for a long long time. With our frequent change of administration, autocrats have long learned that outwaiting the US (or any Western nation) is a guaranteed win.
So: take notes. May be helpful someday.
Yeh women will have the right to remain silent. 😆
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