Posted on 08/15/2021 7:19:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Hollie McKay, a foreign policy expert and war crimes investigator who covered war, terrorism, and crimes against humanity for Fox News Digital for more than a decade, is reporting today from Afghanistan that the Taliban is paying off military commanders to abandon their posts and surrender their cities.
McKay made the shocking claim during an Instagram interview with SmartHERNews host Jenna Lee Babin, which she posted to our sister site RedState on Sunday afternoon.
She described the conditions in Mazar, prior to its fall on Saturday: “Friday, things had shifted and you could just feel it. There was a sense of fear, people were like, ‘they’re coming, they’re coming.'” McKay at first thought they were exaggerating, as shops were still open and people were milling about in the streets. That quickly changed. “Saturday it was just a ghost town. People were lining up at banks to get their monies out.”
“And then it was gone, just like that” after the Taliban rode in on motorbikes, celebrating their victory. “They came in without any resistance. There was no fight to this. There was very little gunfire that we heard.”
“It was a big celebration throughout the night last night where we could hear them… some of them had gotten ahold of police cars and were enjoying the sirens,” she said.
McKay said corruption was largely to blame for the fall of city after city to the Taliban.
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“I always saw terrorism to be a secondary problem to the corruption,” McKay continued. “Afghanistan is a classic example of that. You have many elements that are pro-Taliban within the government and military factions that will sell off information that hurts the cause.”
They learned from Zer0’s dealings with Iran.
Money talks while honor and integrity walk...just like in DC
“....You have many elements that are pro-Taliban within the government and military factions that will sell off information that hurts the cause.”
Sounds familiar.
That’s what the Chinese are doing to our government officials. Same thing.
> the Taliban is paying off military commanders to abandon their posts and surrender <
The Mafia often gave folks a choice: Take the gold or take the lead.
In other words, accept the bribe or get shot.
SHOCK: according to MTG, there is an unverified rumor that the Biden Administration gave the Taliban large sums of cash to keep the Kabul airport open.
She needs to get the hell out of there immediately.
When they surrender they will be killed.
Another day begins in Kabul, a sea of people rushing into the Kabul airport terminal. #AFG pic.twitter.com/UekpGJ2MWd— Jawad Sukhanyar (@JawadSukhanyar) August 16, 2021
Is anybody really “shocked” that the Third World is as corrupt at Democrat run cities?
The white house is OK with this if they remember to skim off 10% for the “big guy”.
Paying off an Afghani to desert their post? Unbelievable! 🙄
RE: Paying off an Afghani to desert their post? Unbelievable!
The interesting question is this — WHERE DID THE TALIBAN GET THE MONEY TO BRIBE THESE COMMANDERS?
Chinese money
The savagery which once shocked us just sounds like life here in the good ol’ USA these days.
Always heard the Afghans were ferocious fighters making their country the “Graveyard of Empires.”
We are told they beat Alexander the Great. Beat Genghis Khan. Beat the Persian Empire. Ditto British Empire. Beat the Soviet Union. Beat NATO. They actually did beat the Biden Regime.
Strange thing: they couldn't get up the nerve to fight the Taliban tribes. Just threw down their arms and ran away.
Somethin’ ain't right.
Joe’s wondering where his 10% is.
Probably with pallets of money Biden left behind with all the weapons.
Common tactic. In Latin America, they call this “plata o plomo” ... silver or lead, money or bullets, wealth or death.
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