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Biden draws criticism from fellow Democrats over deadly Afghanistan withdrawal
Washington Examiner via Yahoo ^ | 8/16/21 | Kerry Picket

Posted on 08/16/2021 5:49:29 PM PDT by Libloather

Congressional Democrats aren't sparing a president from their own party of criticism over the chaotic U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan as the Taliban seized control of the country and images of fleeing Afghans at Kabul's airport surfaced worldwide.

“There’s no way to hide it. The situation in Afghanistan is another shame on this admin. Withdrawal was never going to be easy but it didn’t need to come to this,” Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, a Texas Democrat and a Foreign Affairs Committee member, tweeted on Sunday. “The US must do everything in its power to help our partners & allies to safety & protect our national security.”

The Texas Democrat, first elected in 2016, was not alone in his criticism of President Joe Biden's administration on the Afghanistan U.S. troop withdrawal. The move ends a 20-year stay in Afghanistan following the Sept. 11 attacks.

Rep. Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democrat and a member of the Armed Services Committee, released a statement on Sunday ripping the administration over its evacuation efforts in Afghanistan.

“To say that today is anything short of a disaster would be dishonest," said Moulton, a retired Marine Corps officer who served four tours of duty in Iraq. "Worse, it was avoidable. The time to debate whether we stay in Afghanistan has passed, but there is still time to debate how we manage our retreat. For months, I have been calling on the Administration to evacuate our allies immediately - not to wait for paperwork, for shaky agreements with third countries, or for time to make it look more ‘orderly.'"

Fellow Armed Services Committee member Rep. Ruben Gallego, an Arizona Democrat, went on a Twitter rant calling for transportation to move Afghan refugees out of the country.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; biden; democrats; withdrawal
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To: spokeshave

My wife looked at those photos and in seconds she commented about the lack of women or very few women in the photos.


41 posted on 08/16/2021 7:14:59 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (If I wanted to live in Australia, China, Cuba, Canada, the UK, or Chicago! I'd move there! )
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To: Libloather

The guy who shot osama wants Milley to resign


42 posted on 08/16/2021 7:20:33 PM PDT by RummyChick (Bagram was the most logical exit point. Stand up and justify your decision (hat tip Larrytown))
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To: Libloather

Biden was Vice President for two terms of Afghan occupation.

He’s just as guilty as the others.....he cannot avoid the blame.


43 posted on 08/16/2021 7:23:05 PM PDT by blackberry1
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To: Libloather

44 posted on 08/16/2021 7:50:21 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: cgbg

Agree!

Look at El Paso....a heavy Dem city....with Ft Bliss.

Between family service members and contract workers, over there, Reps are likely getting earfuls. Rightly so.


45 posted on 08/16/2021 7:52:45 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation.)
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To: Libloather
SUBMIT ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT

KAMEL TOES WILL FOLD AND SPILL THE BEANS ON THE ELECYION

PELOSI WON'T EVEN GET NEAR IT ALL

TRUMP RE-INSTATED

46 posted on 08/16/2021 7:56:01 PM PDT by knarf (qa)
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To: Grampa Dave

the lucky ones


47 posted on 08/16/2021 8:13:49 PM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: WMarshal

LOLOL


48 posted on 08/16/2021 8:27:35 PM PDT by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: WMarshal

I am now living for the moment that I can somehow work this into a sentence.

“Put To Bed With A Shovel”


49 posted on 08/16/2021 8:42:33 PM PDT by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: Salamander
"I am now living for the moment that I can somehow work this into a sentence.

“Put To Bed With A Shovel”

That is one of my favorites - it starts out slow and innocent and then punches hard right at the end.

50 posted on 08/16/2021 8:47:15 PM PDT by WMarshal (The Pleasant American )
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To: Libloather

Footage of an Afghan caught in the landing gear of the C17 that transported civilians out of Kabul earlier today…#heartbroken #kabul #afghanistan #usaf pic.twitter.com/LMs3OHpFgX— Mrgunsngear (@Mrgunsngear) August 17, 2021


51 posted on 08/16/2021 8:53:29 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: WMarshal

You should write a vanity post titled “It is Time for America to Put the Biden Regime to Bed with a Shovel”.

With everything Biden has done in the last six months the post would practically write itself.


52 posted on 08/16/2021 8:53:36 PM PDT by WMarshal (The Pleasant American )
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To: WMarshal

It reminds me of my much missed dad, who would always threaten to write STUPID [or whatever applied, in the given situation] on a shovel and hit me with it.

Hillbillies talk colorful.

:D


53 posted on 08/16/2021 8:55:03 PM PDT by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: Libloather

Biden is an incompetent buffoon. He and Harris OWN THIS DEBACLE OF STUPIDITY. 5 to 7 thousand Taliban prisoners set free at Bagram AFB yesterday. Now thousands of Afghans will be raped and killed. I spent a year there as a US Army Infantryman - all for nothing and we’ll just have to fight these scum again. Biden is such a moron he makes Jimmy Carter look like a genius. Makes me very angry at these idiots.


54 posted on 08/16/2021 8:59:54 PM PDT by Lions Gate
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To: grey_whiskers

55 posted on 08/16/2021 9:10:34 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

The Trump “Bat Signal” is great!


56 posted on 08/16/2021 9:17:11 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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To: Inyo-Mono

LOL! I know, I saw it on some guys Facebook page and stole it! I’m posting it everywhere, even leftist sites. lol lol


57 posted on 08/16/2021 9:19:31 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: spokeshave
This version of the picture of the Afghan evacuees sitting on the floor of the plane has been modified to make the few women in the front extremely large and brightly lit it while the hundreds of men towards the back are tiny. I’ve seen many postings of the same picture where everyone was in proportion.

I am preparing now to see the propaganda media use this exaggerated female presence picture and maybe even leave off most of the people in the back of the plane so it looks like there are lots of women being evacuated.

58 posted on 08/16/2021 11:03:44 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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