Posted on 08/19/2021 2:38:55 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is facing fire from critics circulating what they say was a prophetic warning from the late Sen. John McCain that Bliken was “dangerous,” including for wanting to remove US troops from Afghanistan.
McCain said in 2014 that Blinken, who has largely been missing from public view since the Taliban retook Afghanistan, was wrong to advocate a US withdrawal.
The top foreign policy hawk, who died in 2018, argued that the US should leave “a few thousand” troops to prevent a Taliban takeover.
The Taliban’s rapid reconquest of Afghanistan triggered a chaotic rescue operation at Kabul’s airport, drawing bipartisan alarm at the perceived lack of US preparation. An unknown number of US citizens and former US military employees are stranded in the Afghan capital, unable to reach the airport.
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The take home is, though, that Blinken is MIA.
How can the President and Secretary of State be so awol in a time like this?
They are puppets.
They are all in over their heads. They expected to just coast.
Blinken, the dog that dint bark...
Good point. I've heard it said that 'even a broken clock is right twice a day' - the Blinken thing might have been one of those occasions when The Great Compromiser was accidentally right about something...
;^)
“They are all in over their heads. They expected to just coast.”
Yes.
As conquering heroes.
Why because Blinken didn’t want to get us into WWIII, like McStain did?
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