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WATCH: Biden Admin Admits It Does Not Know How Many Americans Are Trapped In Afghanistan, Could Be 10,000
The Dailywire ^ | 08/16/2021 | Emily Zanotti

Posted on 08/17/2021 2:49:35 PM PDT by aimhigh

The Biden administration’s Department of Defense spokesperson admitted in an interview with CNN on Tuesday that it does not know how many American citizens remain in Afghanistan. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby told CNN that there are “certainly thousands of Americans … we don’t have an exact count.”

“Best guess … between five and ten thousand that are near Kabul,” he continued. “There was a message put out by the State Department today advising those Americans about how to queue up and how to get to the airport so that now that security’s better, they don’t need to necessarily shelter in place.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; biden; california; nancypelosi; waronterror
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Astonishing. This withdrawal is totally unmanaged.
1 posted on 08/17/2021 2:49:35 PM PDT by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh

Setting the stage for our government to go “there aren’t any POW/MIA remaining in VietnAfghanistan.”


2 posted on 08/17/2021 2:51:59 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: aimhigh

The Dementia Joe regime was too busy terrorizing President Trump voters to really bother much with Afghanistan.


3 posted on 08/17/2021 2:52:01 PM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: aimhigh

He did say about 30,000 Afghans would be “resettled” in the USA. He also said he would not give priority to Americans for evacuation.


4 posted on 08/17/2021 2:52:48 PM PDT by I want the USA back (We have more to fear from our government than from the bug that the chicoms made for us. )
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To: aimhigh

well, they seem to be on top of it.../sarc


5 posted on 08/17/2021 2:52:59 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: aimhigh

They said some are children of Americans, I wonder how many surprised wives there will be.


6 posted on 08/17/2021 2:53:29 PM PDT by Irenic ( )
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To: aimhigh

Five to ten thousand civilians, five or six thousand military personnel. Good going Creepy Joe, they are in effect hostages already. If the Taliban wanted to, they could close the airport and all those people are prisoners. Biden and his handlers can talk big, but the Taliban is in control of the situation.


7 posted on 08/17/2021 2:54:55 PM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: aimhigh

If they knew they number they still have no idea what to do


8 posted on 08/17/2021 2:55:10 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: aimhigh

Maybe they’re all democrats


9 posted on 08/17/2021 2:55:35 PM PDT by bigbob
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Maybe they’re all democrats


10 posted on 08/17/2021 2:55:55 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: aimhigh; bitt

Biden just learned about open borders and closed borders.

Will Joe be going to the funerals? /extremeSADNESS


11 posted on 08/17/2021 2:56:07 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: aimhigh

The only Afghan he knew about was that wrap they put around his shoulders as they fed him his nightly tapioca pudding.


12 posted on 08/17/2021 2:56:13 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON. OR THE MASK)
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I really hope they have masks. I heard the Delta-variant of Covid is spreading in South Asia.

/s


13 posted on 08/17/2021 2:57:41 PM PDT by PGR88
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hummm, anybody traveling to/from, legally, should be on the State lists and State should be able to give a ballpark number to a couple hundred


14 posted on 08/17/2021 2:58:18 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: aimhigh

Amen. I agree we need to get out of Afghanistan, however bye-bye announcing a specific date it basically gave the Taliban time to plan and be ready for that date.

As far as I read, the Trump plan was slowly withdraw over a period of time based on the current conditions. For example, if the plan was to remove X number of troops, equipment, etc. by say July 17th, As long as As specific conditions were met. If Those conditions were met, it would change what was removed, how many troops, etc.


15 posted on 08/17/2021 2:59:25 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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What about those long haired dogs ?


16 posted on 08/17/2021 2:59:35 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Darksheare

How many of these folks were Tru.p supporters?


17 posted on 08/17/2021 2:59:44 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: butlerweave

I doubt they really care.


18 posted on 08/17/2021 2:59:57 PM 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: aimhigh

Dude from “No man left behind” organization, Zeller, I believe, pointed out yesterday that he has provided the Biden admin with a list of some 10’s of thousands of Americans that need to get out, now.


19 posted on 08/17/2021 3:00:15 PM PDT by dware (Americans prefer peaceful slavery over dangerous freedom)
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To: rxh4n1

Exactly. I have no idea about the conditions around the airport, it’s perimeter security conditions, etc. With the speed of the rest of the country was taken over, the Taliban now has a big giant target they could attack and effectively shut down at the whim.

They could easily cut power, water, Communications, etc. Without even having to attack the physical infrastructure to create a massive problem.


20 posted on 08/17/2021 3:00:59 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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