Posted on 08/20/2021 1:04:59 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday said "significant progress" has been made in getting Americans and allies out of Afghanistan as the White House continued to grapple with fallout from the chaotic mass evacuation.
The remarks were to cap a week that brought the biggest foreign policy crisis of Biden’s presidency, as thousands of Americans and Afghans who aided U.S. efforts remain trapped in the country. The crisis abroad threatens to upend Biden’s wider agenda, with criticism coming from allies in Congress, foreign leaders and top national security officials from the Obama administration.
Biden has remained defiant in his decision to pull out U.S. troops and sought to deflect blame for the chaotic scenes of the past week.
Yet the president and his top officials have struggled to land on an explanation for what precipitated the rapid unraveling in Afghanistan.
They have argued that the Taliban takeover was faster than anyone had anticipated. But the CIA’s intelligence assessments began to warn in increasingly stark terms about the potential for a rapid, total collapse of the Afghan military and government, current and former U.S. officials have told NBC News.
Biden and top officials have also said chaos was always inevitable once the United States withdrew from Afghanistan and have placed blame on the Afghan military for lacking the will to fight.
“The idea that somehow there's a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, I don't know how that happens,” Biden said in his ABC News interview on Wednesday.
But that assessment conflicts with Biden’s statement just a month ago that it was “highly unlikely” the Taliban would take over the entire country.
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Not a single woman in the bunch.
A bold faced lie in the title of this article. He said MOST Americans home. He never said ALL.
Biden’s reassuring promise of return of all Americans....
I have three promises to make.
Uh, I can’t recall the first. Oh, and I forgot the second. But I promise you if I ever do recall them I will look into someone to blame for this mess.
Unless it’s me, of course.
The southern border is the biggest foreign policy crisis but Afghanistan is the most current.
There are reports from the airport that not one American flight has come in or out in eight hours. The hurdles to get on a flight are absolutely asinine and inhumane unless you are a Afghani who walk right on and fly right out. The f-tard will promise anything for politics and that word is not worth spit.
I want to see pictures of the people on the planes - let’s see if there’s any folks who look ‘other than Afghan...’
Tell us about the Afghans you are bringing in to the USA, joe. How many? Where will they go? Who’s paying for the obamaphones, EBT cards, apartments, free college, monthly stipend? Is this why you defunded the police?
How many must you bring in to fulfill your promise to the taliban? 2 million? How long before they send for their 4 wives and 24 kids?
I know you want us to forget this, so you can go back to your basement. We won’t.
Who pays? OH, I know. You’re going to seize the property of the recently dead. You won’t call it that-you’ll call it a “tax.”
I have been saying that they plan to eliminate us, after taking all our money.
Where is he going to get tens of thousands of small boxes for the skulls?
Terrorist military age men on plane heading to our neighborhoods....
First guy on left: “Look, we left behind thousands of high quality weapons. I assume our comrade sleeper cell Muslims are ready in every city to re-arm us. Some even learned a few phrases in Spanish to pass as border crossers. And make sure your welfare benefits are high enough. We want money and lots of it.”
Your graphics are a hoot!
Thanks!
Photo caption for Xi:
“But I admit I cringed at paying for the lousy Hunter Biden paintings. They’re hanging in one of my limo garages now. The servants can’t even stand to look at them when they back the cars out. Gauguin he ain’t.”
Ya, they’ll return home alright..... in body bags!! F BIDEN!
Lots of uni-brows though
“and have placed blame on the Afghan military for lacking the will to fight.”
Yeah, all 300 of them. Gee, pull all the logistical support, leave them to starve. You could predict what would happen next? /S
There’s a list of Afghans who ‘helped’ us... Dan Bongino mentioned it on his show... I have no problem with those people coming here.
But I’ll bet almost NONE of the people in your plane picture were among them... or are even being checked to see if they’re on the list or if they’re terrorists or just people who are too cheap to pay Mexican cartels to sneak them across the border.
Here’s what should happen: AFTER all Americans are out of the country we need to use the list to find the people who helped us - (and received a paycheck from us the whole time). Protect them at the airport.. Then assist those on the list with getting out. Period.
NO other Afghans. That’s it.
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