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."
20 years on...
FUBAR
Have fun, Biden.
Ya think there poindexter?
20 years on...
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And the enormous expenditure of blood and treasure. A monumental tragedy, but we’ll never learn.
What a team. Milley the Woke, affirmative action hire Austin running the Pentagon. Blinken the Blind at State What could possibly go wrong?
In the battle between profits vs principles, the money always wins out.
A second or third plane to carry the loot?
Maybe Kamala Harris can can give the Taliban her Willie Brown treatment.
Yep - I knew we were in deep, deep trouble when W was borrowing from China to finance nation-building.
We should have lay waste to that entire country 20 years ago, rather than waste American lives and trillions of $$$ for nothing. Even still, it didn’t have to end this way. Trump’s strategy would have worked out a lot better, at least in the near term.
US flag and Ambassador have already left the embassy.
The Russians announced they have no need to leave their embassy.
The same can be expected for the Chinese.
Congratulations to the demented perv Biden and Obamunists.
The more important issue is greeting him at his new destination and taking back our treasury. That is if you can fight your way thru the multitudes of Clinton Foundation bag men.......
Let’s send Hillary Clinton over there!
She can fix it!
$100 bet we get Mora-Tora-Bora by Christmas.
SLO JOE GOTTA GO!
SLO JOE GOTTA GO!
9/11/21 will be a very dark day for America. America has been fundamentally changed for the worst as Afghanistan went right back to pre-9/11.
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