Posted on 08/14/2021 3:21:16 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
President Biden on Saturday authorized the deployment of 5,000 troops to Afghanistan amid a U.S. pullout that has emboldened the Taliban to take over multiple cities.
"I have authorized the deployment of approximately 5,000 US troops to make sure we can have an orderly and safe drawdown of US personnel and other allied personnel and an orderly and safe evacuation of Afghans who helped our troops during our mission and those at special risk from the Taliban advance," Biden said in a statement.
“I have ordered our armed forces and our intelligence community to ensure that we will maintain the capability and the vigilance to address future terrorist threats from Afghanistan," he said.
Biden on Saturday warned the Taliban that any actions that put U.S. personnel at risk "will be met with a swift and strong US military response."
The United States will, at the same time, pursue a political settlement to the bloodshed, he said.
Ambassador Tracey Jacobson has been placed in charge of the U.S. effort to relocate Afghan special immigrant visa applicants and other Afghan allies, the president said.
"Our hearts go out to the brave Afghan men and women who are now at risk," he said. "We are working to evacuate thousands of those who helped our cause and their families."
The president's actions came as the Taliban captured Mazar-e-Sharif, a key city in the north of Afghanistan.
The first American troops began what the Pentagon described as a limited mission to evacuate American embassy workers.
Afghanistan update:
•U.S. troops that were headed to Kuwait have been redirected directly to Kabul.
•Kabul is under a complete electrical blackout; No word on who initiated it.
•Fighting has begun in Kabul.
pic.twitter.com/uRKwoDQWHd— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) August 14, 2021
JUST IN - Taliban are approaching #Kabul from the north, south, and west. USAF airstrikes are reported in the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital (Sky/Al Arabiya)— Disclose.tv 🚨 (@disclosetv) August 14, 2021
Al-Arabiya: The Taliban are approaching Kabul from its northern, southern and western axes. Total blackout in Kabul, helicopters heard from above. Can only imagine the terror the civilians must feel right now https://t.co/YpKeyRnjzp— Annika H Rothstein (@truthandfiction) August 14, 2021
Somewhere in a White House situation room Biden is muttering “Steiner. Steiner will counterattack and we will drive the enemy from Kabul!”
Not sure how true this is.
Harun Najafizada
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#BREAKING: President Ghani has recorded a resignation message to be released any moment, Mohib & Fazly confirms to a reliable source.
https://twitter.com/HNajafizada/status/1426458983078973442
quagmire
Biden is senile, demented
So Joe expects an “orderly and safe drawdown.”
Here is his selfish plan——switching from the beach home in Delaware to Camp David.
Axios quote:
“He can relax there, but also has full comms.
People can come and go without detection, and he avoids the optics of a beach vacation amid a mass evacuation.”
Biden will pay the ransom money.
Obama paid the ransom for Benghazi.
I should say WE will pay the ransom money and the Democrat Crime Syndicate will get a cut.
Biden’s an idiot
Total failure by any name.
ONLY way to get out of that chithole is to LEVEL IT~~~~~~~~~~~~
ONLY way to get out of that chithole is to LEVEL IT~~~~~~~~~~~~
It’s called “Operation Two Steps Backward One Step Forward”
As I have written many time previously, our troops are being used to evacuate Afghani nationals. That began on Thursday with 1,200 going to Ft. Lee.
The last time I checked any sane person on FR recognized that we are at war with Islam. It only makes sense not to have more Muslims immigrate to America. This argument about them helping our military is a red herring. We provided Afghanistan with $88 billion in training and arms. Those that helped our military also got paid. Transaction complete. They can join the Afghan military now and use all their on-the-job training.
Just because Afghanis are a bunch of cowards and surrender to the Taliban (more like defecting to the Taliban), doesn't mean we should allow Afghanis to immigrate to America. If anything, it is an argument against immigration. Why in the hell should we facilitate the immigration of pedophile prophet worshiping death cultist cowards to America and at the same time put our troops in harms way? Make zero sense.
Taliban encircling Afghan capital Kabul, prepping final assault through east | FDD's Long War Journal https://t.co/jjnNZEryE0— Lara Logan (@laralogan) August 14, 2021
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JUST IN - Taliban are approaching #Kabul from the north, south, and west. USAF airstrikes are reported in the outskirts of Afghanistan’s capital (Sky/Al Arabiya)
They had better have weapons-free rules of engagement. Kill anybody that gets in the way. Get everybody home.
What if the “Saigon moment” is precisely what some in the U.S. want because it affirms American weakness/failure & most importantly proves that all those who say the U.S. is evil to it’s core are right? This makes the case profoundly for every anti-American in the world. https://t.co/1E58q6C6zP— Lara Logan (@laralogan) August 14, 2021
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