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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin contradicts Biden, says Americans are being assaulted by the Taliban in Kabul
Business Insider via Yahoo ^ | August 20th, 2021 | Grace Panetta

Posted on 08/20/2021 2:36:23 PM PDT by Mariner

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed reports that Americans trying to reach the airport to leave Afghanistan are being beaten and called it "unacceptable" just moments after President Joe Biden said he didn't know of any Americans being blocked.

"We know of no circumstance where American citizens are - carrying an American passport are trying to get through to the airport," Biden said in Friday remarks on the US' chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.

But Biden's claim was almost immediately refuted by his own defense secretary in a briefing with members of Congress, Politico reported.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; airport; california; lloydaustin; nancypelosi; waronterror
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To: Main Street

He’s sitting all alone there because he’s not commanding a damned thing.


21 posted on 08/20/2021 4:07:06 PM PDT by Dogbert41 ("Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled" (Matthew 5:6).)
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To: Mariner

Coughing up Biden , and the top mil brass will continue their mission of CCP controlled destruction of the constitutional republic by destroying our mil
from the top/inside out.

Never forget,
Berry sacked over 240 flag level officers in the first week of his first term.

Www.flagofficers4america.com

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22 posted on 08/20/2021 4:59:49 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Mariner

So if this is true why are we not going out in armored convoys picking our people up?


23 posted on 08/20/2021 5:44:12 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Gotta put a cipher in power by illegal means, help him self-destruct, building popular support for his removal. By "you", I mean, the coup plotters.

24 posted on 08/21/2021 8:23:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Main Street

How long before BrainDead tells this guy to redo his comment?


25 posted on 08/21/2021 8:48:42 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (Free Will. GOD gives you the choice I accept or reject Him! Choose Him. It depends on you.)
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To: Mariner

Good thing the Taliban are also destroying cameras and smart phones, or Joe would be in real trouble.


26 posted on 08/21/2021 11:47:31 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (不要相信中国。中国是个混蛋 "don't trust China. China is azzhoe" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hicC53AhZ6Y)
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To: Mariner

Would that make him “uppity”?


27 posted on 08/21/2021 11:49:57 AM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach onre)
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To: Mariner

The White House seems to be like the Fuhrer bunker in April of 1945.


28 posted on 08/21/2021 12:56:16 PM PDT by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses . Now governed by idiots.)
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To: Mariner

Biden has betrayed Americans and abandoned them to terrorists.

Biden has committed treason.


29 posted on 08/21/2021 1:15:27 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Kamala Harris is spending her time figuring out how to pretend that she isn’t complicit in Biden’s Botch after already stating that she has been the last person with Biden when big decisions have been made:

https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-bragged-she-was-last-person-in-the-room-when-biden-decided-to-leave-afghanistan


30 posted on 08/21/2021 1:20:11 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire
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