Posted on 08/25/2021 2:59:05 AM PDT by Libloather
President Joe Biden said Tuesday the US is on track to complete its hurried airlift in Afghanistan by August 31, acknowledging he does not plan to keep American troops in the country any longer even as questions remain over who will be able to leave and when.
In late afternoon remarks at the White House, Biden recognized the success of the mission will depend largely on cooperation from the Taliban. He said he's asked military leaders to be ready with contingency options to "adjust that timetable" if it becomes necessary.
"We are currently on a pace to finish by August 31. I am determined to complete our mission," Biden said in a speech that was delayed by hours.
Still, he said meeting that deadline "depends on the Taliban continuing to cooperate and allow access to the airport to those who are transporting out and no disruptions to our operation."
"The sooner we finish the better," Biden said. "Each day of operations brings added risk to our troops."
Earlier in the day, Biden relayed his decision on sticking to the end-of-month deadline in crisis talks with the Group of 7, making clear the decision was in large part driven by persistent security risks.
"It is a tenuous situation," he said in his remarks, describing an "acute" risk of attack from the ISIS affiliate operating in Afghanistan.
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“The Taliban told us to get out.”
And, whoever is truly in control in the US.
There is a lot of ground between calling it ‘finished’ and actually being finished...
The lives that will be subsequently lost will all be on the shoulders of SloJo, the Ho, and thier flying monkey sycophants.
Thank you Joe Biden.
Sincerely,
Jimmie Carter.
I am disgusted at this miserable wuss of an anti-American. The country has had two America-hating jihadi-loving presidents. Traitors. Working for the enemy! They might one day have their pictures on a stamp!
This is to numb our minds, lull us into sleepy oblivion, hypnotize us into accepting the enormous wrong that we see and is too much for some people’s minds to accept.
"Finished" will never be defined and Afghanistan will go from all this evacuation fiasco to .... reporting on the war effort.
Slaughtered Afghani's and Americans be damned
He’d rather sacrifice thousands around the country that we will never hear about, than one incident at the airport on TV. If he had a plan he could have avoided both.
An ISIS attack on our soil is inevitable given our open borders. That will be his legacy.
I'm sadly of the opinion that we've lost our will to kill .... especially if it's our LEO neighbor ... coming to arrest us for owning guns ... or speaking out in social media ... or _______________ (fill in the blank)
It’s called population control, we’re as guilty as the next country.
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