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'That's It, It's Over': Afghan President Flees Country
Townhall ^ | 8/15/2021 | Spencer Brown

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."


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: afghanistandebacle; afghanpresident; bidenadm; bideneffect; bidensfault; flees
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To: blueunicorn6

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.


21 posted on 08/15/2021 10:24:15 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot
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To: Starboard

Pat Buchanan warned us in the early aughts. So did Libertarian Harry Browne.


22 posted on 08/15/2021 10:29:01 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: blueunicorn6

Do you mean being their Bratwurst bun?


23 posted on 08/15/2021 10:30:13 AM PDT by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: Signalman

24 posted on 08/15/2021 10:30:34 AM PDT by PROCON (Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
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To: Signalman

It’s not over
It will begin again, soon
There is now an absolute black hole where American credibility once existed


25 posted on 08/15/2021 10:31:16 AM PDT by silverleaf (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: Signalman

“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.


26 posted on 08/15/2021 10:33:48 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods ( comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: AnthonySoprano

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


27 posted on 08/15/2021 10:35:02 AM PDT by silverleaf (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

I’ve read elsewhere that Biden is on “vacation” until Wednesday.

I wonder if he even knows what’s happening over there.


28 posted on 08/15/2021 10:35:14 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: Signalman
LIVE | WION - World is One | Ashraf Ghani leaves Afghanistan | Taliban in Kabul | Breaking News
29 posted on 08/15/2021 10:36:07 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: LIConFem
We should have lay waste to that entire country 20 years ago, rather than waste American lives and trillions of $$$ for nothing. ...

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.

30 posted on 08/15/2021 10:37:11 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: SaxxonWoods

At this point what the Taliban does is not my concern. Afghanistan had 20 years to do something about them.


31 posted on 08/15/2021 10:37:21 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: shanover

9-11 Sheep roast at the former US Embassy
Masking not required
Well, except for wimmen
Who also are not required


32 posted on 08/15/2021 10:37:43 AM PDT by silverleaf (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: Signalman

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.


33 posted on 08/15/2021 10:38:05 AM PDT by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!c)
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To: Signalman
“That’s it. It’s over.”

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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34 posted on 08/15/2021 10:39:36 AM PDT by fso301
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To: Signalman
“That’s it. It’s over.”

At the rate we are going I fear we'll be saying that about the US before long.


35 posted on 08/15/2021 10:40:36 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Signalman
 
 
 
 

36 posted on 08/15/2021 10:42:34 AM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: Signalman
Biden and his top generals should have been busy assessing the military readiness of the Afghan army. Instead, their attention was focused on getting rid of virtually non-existent White supremacists and promoting the gay lifestyle and transgenderism in the ranks.

As horrible as these recent developments are, Biden's poll numbers will remain respectable. As long there are cell phones and video games, the average American will remain fat, dumb, and happy.
37 posted on 08/15/2021 10:42:37 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: AnthonySoprano

38 posted on 08/15/2021 10:47:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: silverleaf

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.


39 posted on 08/15/2021 10:57:04 AM PDT by No.6
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To: SaxxonWoods

Yeh women will have the right to remain silent. 😆


40 posted on 08/15/2021 10:57:21 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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