Posted on 08/15/2021 5:46:36 PM PDT by NoLibZone
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s top general said Sunday that the United States could now face a rise in terrorist threats from a Taliban-run Afghanistan. That warning comes as intelligence agencies charged with anticipating those threats face new questions after the U.S.-backed Afghan military collapsed with shocking speed.
Less than a week after a military assessment predicted Kabul could be surrounded by insurgents in 30 days, the world on Sunday watched stunning scenes of Taliban fighters standing in the Afghan president's office and crowds of Afghans and foreigners frantically trying to board planes to escape the country.
Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told senators on a briefing call Sunday that U.S. officials are expected to alter their earlier assessments about the pace of terrorist groups reconstituting in Afghanistan, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
In June, the Pentagon’s top leaders said an extremist group like al-Qaida may be able to regenerate in Afghanistan and pose a threat to the U.S. homeland within two years of the American military’s withdrawal from the country.
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No more red blood for blue cities.
I will not be fooled again
Meanwhile, those that resist vaccines and question stolen elections are classified as terrorists by Homeland Security.
DHS could not give a rat’s ass about the Taliban.
DHS only wants Americans in concentration camps
to me murdered by DNA manipulation, and wants
Americans to DIE BY DISEASE and terror as its
Quarters illegal immigrants and terrorists all
through the HOMELAND it is destroying.
The very day the DHS declared proTrump antiVAX terrorists
was the day the TALIBAN took Kabul.
WOW,What A Shock! or should I say What, A Shock?
“I don’t give a rats ass if they reconstitute Al-Qaeda and nuke New York City and strafe all the survivors.”
I’m not saying you’re a moron, but you are doing a Very Good Impersonation of what one would say.
Homeland Security, aka Sovereign Security, aka SS.
So now Mulley is concerned. Too badges a day late and a dollar short
Nicely played
THE ELECTION WAS RIGGED. This is what happens when you have rigged elections.
My son and DIL just returned from a vacation in Cancun. Took them 2 hours to clear customs in Atlanta. Every bit of electronics had to be removed from bags and placed in separate bins, including ear buds. every piece of carryon was hand inspected.
And lets keep that border open so Taliban can just waltz on in.
Opposition to Covid measures is terrorism?
America’s dumbest general said bla bla bla after he screwed up again.
Gen. Mark Milley has proven himself a failure, a disgrace to his uniform.
There must be a quick and thorough investigation of our intelligence (CIA, NSA, military intelligence)as to how they failed so miserably.
That’s why I don’t fly. Won’t participate in this madness.
Shouldn't he be paying attention to the disaster enfolding right now? What's your plan?
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