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Embassy in Kabul instructs US citizens to shelter in place amid reports airport is under fire
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Posted on 08/15/2021 9:53:21 AM PDT by navysealdad

The security situation in Kabul is changing quickly including at the airport. There are reports of the airport taking fire; therefore we are instructing U.S. citizens to shelter in place," the embassy said in a statement on Sunday.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; afghanistandebacle; again; bidenadm; bideneffect; bidensfault; kabul
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1 posted on 08/15/2021 9:53:21 AM PDT by navysealdad
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To: navysealdad

If true, airplanes are grounded. Only way out is by chopper.


2 posted on 08/15/2021 9:54:25 AM PDT by DownInFlames (G)
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To: navysealdad

Democrats desperately putting together a narrative to blame Trump if everything goes really south and Americans are killed there by taliban


3 posted on 08/15/2021 9:56:12 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: DownInFlames

What chance does some american who cooks for the embassy or some engineer who worked on boilers for some american contractor have of getting out? Its gonna be the embassy upper class and the military brass who matter. If shots are ringing out around the airport already those Joe blow americans and journalists who remain are completely screwed.


4 posted on 08/15/2021 9:57:45 AM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: DownInFlames

maybe some of those shoulder launched rockets we left behind will be put into action, then what.....

This poop storm seems to be getting worse by the hour.


5 posted on 08/15/2021 9:58:26 AM PDT by srmanuel (`)
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To: DownInFlames

I think a SAM will take down a choppeer


6 posted on 08/15/2021 9:58:28 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: Bob434

They’ve had 6 months to empty the embassy and return people from the area.
The chaotic ineptness of the DC regime can’t handle this or the border crisis!


7 posted on 08/15/2021 10:00:08 AM PDT by doc maverick
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To: Bob434

“Democrats desperately putting together a narrative to blame Trump if everything goes really south and Americans are killed there by taliban”

Americans will be taken hostage and ransomed. If the ransom isn’t paid, they will be executed with live streaming. That’s the kind of culture they have. As an aside, raping men and women hostages is common...actually, the amazing thing will be if they aren’t raped.


8 posted on 08/15/2021 10:00:20 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Th)
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To: Bob434

Trump needs to take responsibility for 4 years of management of this slow motion failure. But Biden was part of an administration that didn’t do any better for 8 years, and he has known since he took office that this deadline was approaching. I read last night that 4000 employees remained in the embassy as of Friday evening. Why are so many people still there?


9 posted on 08/15/2021 10:00:30 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: srmanuel

What about the Blackhawk helicopters we’ve left behind?


10 posted on 08/15/2021 10:00:59 AM PDT by Spirit of Liberty (~Truth does not mind being questioned. A lie does not like being challenged.~)
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To: DownInFlames

https://twitter.com/kazmiwajahat/status/1426949011748032519?s=21


11 posted on 08/15/2021 10:01:06 AM PDT by halo66
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Of course tge airport is under fire

Geeze I could have told them that from here sipping coffee on the porch on the Jersey Shore


12 posted on 08/15/2021 10:01:48 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Spirit of Liberty

5he enemyn,enemy, has them, but by golly at .east they don’t have our flags, current our faux CIC has ordered them all burned nOw


13 posted on 08/15/2021 10:03:55 AM PDT by Bob434
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Dead Americans equals more guaranteed dem votes.

Getting to blame Donald is a bonus.


14 posted on 08/15/2021 10:04:22 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: navysealdad

If I were the Taliban, I’d make the airport too dangerous for planes and helicopters and capture and torture the foreigners to tweak the noses of the inept leaders that have got the intestinal fortitude of Jello which in my opinion means pretty much all of them, especially ours.


15 posted on 08/15/2021 10:05:08 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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16 posted on 08/15/2021 10:05:40 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: navysealdad

Wow, I sure would hate to be reliant on the US State Department for anything these days, let alone my very life.

Those poor souls trapped in Afghanistan will most likely get captured, and either killed or imprisoned/ransomed thereafter.

If mortar, missile, and rocket fire impact the airport (and I’m certain it is or soon will be), then no jet pilot will dare fly in or out of there.

The Taliban will soon control that airspace, and may God be with anyone trying to get out alive.

The US-NATO ground troop footprint at the airport is probably mostly clerks and other REMFs right now. That “5,000 Infantry” discussion is probably still an ongoing movement, not an actual on-site presence.

What a complete and total nightmare.


17 posted on 08/15/2021 10:06:02 AM PDT by Prole ( )
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To: navysealdad

Just negotiating for more ransom money.


18 posted on 08/15/2021 10:06:05 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: navysealdad
Boy oh boy! Nobody but Joe Biden and the Democrats could choreograph such a spectacular s**t show. Of course the Dems are "lucky" enough to have Jimmy Carter as their mentor. This fiasco reeks "Democrat" from top to bottom.

19 posted on 08/15/2021 10:06:13 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ("Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration." — Thomas Edison)
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To: Steven Tyler

Didn’t Joey blab and a certain chopper bought it later?


20 posted on 08/15/2021 10:06:22 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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