Posted on 08/15/2021 1:38:28 PM PDT by Enlightened1
Another Saigon moment: chaotic scenes at Kabul International Airport. No security. None.
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Biden and the media blame Trump.Don't forget the never-Trumpers.
Mr. Blinken said don’t you DARE compare this to Saigon!
I've no doubt about that, none.
Greta will lead them.
Way more than Americans still in Kabul.
Not to mention Afghanis who have been working with the Americans the past 20 years.
An eyewitness described the scene at Kabul airport to the BBC:
The departure hall turned into chaos after people said boarding passes were being printed secretly for officials and high-profile people who showed up at the airport.
I saw three former MPs, a few deputy ministers and some celebrities queuing up. Some didn’t even have a booking. We waited for almost eight hours, until airport staff started leaving their desks - first the check-in counters and then the migration and passport desks… different rumours created chaos. Some escaped from the airport and some rushed towards the gates.
No-one was in any of the passport check cabins and the QR scan doors were destroyed. There wasn’t a security check before getting to the gates.
We walked through and saw that the big glass doors between the gates and the airplanes were shattered. People ran towards the last plane (it seems the first plane, which was ours, was filled by officials and took off) and there was a second flight which people started to board.
It was almost a stampede.
We walked back and saw many hopeful passengers just sitting under the airplane near the runway. People were shocked and didn’t know what to do, running from one plane to the other.
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We then walked towards the exit to get in the car. Armed men in plain clothes were guarding the airport.
People were very desperate, some were running towards the airport, some were escaping. In order to stop people from getting into the airport, the guards opened fire into the air.
When I was getting out, there was a guy shooting in the air. A few minutes away on the airport’s road, I saw several police vehicles left alone on the road with doors open.
I can still hear sporadic gunshots and helicopters.
Taliban to declare ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’ soon – report
The Taliban, who have rampaged across Afghanistan in recent days and earlier today entered the capital, Kabul, are on the verge of declaring that they have taken control of the country and that it is now the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, according to Press Association reports citing a Taliban official.
How many of us are funding that MSM propaganda with our TV subscriptions?
Liz Cheney is doing a public service. Any time I get weak and think a positive thing about Bush or Cheney she opens her mouth and I am instantly reminded about how much I loathe those lying sacks of excrement.
CNN will have a 30 min expose detailing why it is Trump’s fault.
Not I, certainly.
I blame it on Liz Cheney’s Dad.
Throughout the night and today U.S. personnel were evacuated from the embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. The U.S. flag has been removed. The airport in Kabul is no longer safe and flights have been suspended. Afghanistan President Ghani has fled the country. The Taliban are on the streets of Kabul as fighting around the airport continues.
U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken is a stuttering and stammering mess as he appears on television attempting to obfuscate the complete FUBAR that is unfolding. Joe Biden is being kept hidden in his bunker. U.S. personnel who did not make it to the airport have been told to shelter in place and await rescue. Some reports of negotiations with Taliban leadership for safe passage for Americans. The embassy is being abandoned.
Why the rapid collapse? “In the wake of President Biden’s withdrawal decision, the U.S. pulled its air support, intelligence and contractors servicing Afghanistan’s planes and helicopters. That meant the Afghan military simply couldn’t operate anymore. The same happened with another failed American effort, the South Vietnamese army in the 1970s, said retired Lt. Gen. Daniel Bolger, who commanded the U.S.-led coalition’s mission to train Afghan forces in 2011-2013.” (WSJ link)
Now it is a mad scramble to protect the remaining Americans and evacuate everything. The U.S. diplomatic presence in Afghanistan has been withdrawn. Remaining U.S. personnel are receiving the following instructions from the State Dept.:
(Via Daily Mail) – The US Ambassador to Afghanistan and some of his staff were seen fleeing their Kabul workplace with the stars and stripes flag Sunday – signaling that the US embassy has closed as the Taliban invades the city.Ambassador Ross Wilson and the flag were both seen arriving at Kabul Airport, as other Americans still in the country were ordered to shelter in place, with shots being fired at the city’s airport. Embassy staff will be evacuated within the next 72 hours, as the Taliban makes stunning advances into the Afghan capital city, which worst-case scenarios estimated lasting at least 30 days after the US withdrew from it.An official security alert was issued by the US government after shots were fired at the airport, sparking fears American jets could be shot down as they try to flee the country, which the Taliban have vowed to rename the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. (read more)
Tapper Confronts Blinken: Biden Said Taliban Taking Afghanistan Was “Highly Unlikely, He Was Wrong”
Notice how well the strategic withdrawl American forces, Diplomats, support staff, and Afghan contract staff was planned? Yep, Joe had it all figured out.
Kray kray! Wait til tomorrow! 😣
Look, the Taliban per se is not our enemy. That's critical. There is not a single statement that the president (Obama) has ever made in any of our policy assertions that the Taliban is our enemy because it threatens U.S. interests. If, in fact, the Taliban is able to collapse the existing government, which is cooperating with us in keeping the bad guys from being able to do damage to us, then that becomes a problem for us.
Tomorrow it will be Taliban International.
OMG. They won’t need a manpad. Just a suicide bomber.
I’m only surprised they don’t also blame Bush.
Actually, I do kinda blame Bush. Not for this particular disaster, but the entire weak thing.
These half invasions are stupid. We do that in Lebanon and Gaza.
Either don’t try to hold country and just kill the bad guys you are after or destroy the place Hiroshima style. Nothing in between works.
>>>Tomorrow it will be Taliban International.<<<
—Or the Bin Laden Jetport.
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