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Biden: Afghan Evacuation Has ‘Long Way to Go,’ Much ‘Could Still Go Wrong’
The Epoch Times ^ | August 22, 2021 | Jack Phillips

Posted on 08/22/2021 7:43:05 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

President Joe Biden said on Aug. 22 that his administration is hoping the U.S.-led Afghanistan evacuation will end by the self-imposed Aug. 31 deadline, adding that there is still “a long way to go and a lot could still go wrong.”

Speaking at the White House, Biden said there have been “discussions among” those in the White House “and the military” to potentially extend the operation past Aug. 31. But the “first priority,” he said, is to evacuate Americans, stressing that his administration “is working hard and as fast as we can to get people out. That’s our mission. That’s our goal.”

Over the weekend, the evacuation was marred by more deaths and chaos as throngs of people attempted to crowd into the Kabul airport—one of the few evacuation points in Afghanistan. The UK Ministry of Defense confirmed on Aug. 22 that at least seven people died during the crush, according to The Associated Press.

Since the Taliban terrorist organization took over the country last week, Biden has faced unprecedented criticism from a number of angles on how his administration is handling the pullout and military-led evacuation. In public comments, the president has repeatedly been on the defensive and said it was necessary to withdraw from Afghanistan now, although serious questions remain about the security situation on the ground.

Again on Aug. 22, Biden mounted a defense of his administration and argued there would be no way to “evacuate this many people” without “pain and loss.” So far, 28,000 people have been airlifted out of Kabul since Aug. 14, he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biden; evacuation; kabul; rout; surrender; taliban
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All according to plan.
1 posted on 08/22/2021 7:43:05 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What a shitbird...


2 posted on 08/22/2021 7:44:01 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Looks like: war crimes.


3 posted on 08/22/2021 7:44:38 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

” A lot can still go wrong...”. A rational observer regardless of political beliefs will argue that much will go wrong in Afghanistan in the next two months. The incometence and unforced errors made by the Biden cabal will all but guarentee that many American civilians and deployed military will die. Face it. the Biden cabal has put the US citizens and soldiers at the tender mercies and whims of the Taliban. At their core the Taliban are jihadist extremest. Many of them , who have lost many friends and relatives in this war, want one more crack at the hated Americans and believe that if they die fighting infidels, wonderful heavenly rewards await them. Its fairly certain that “a lot will go wrong”.


4 posted on 08/22/2021 7:53:53 PM PDT by allendale
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The opposite of a cheerleading person in charge who at very least expects some form of victory.
President Eeyore says “Anything BAD can still happen! Know what I mean?”


5 posted on 08/22/2021 7:54:22 PM PDT by lee martell
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Benghazi x10000. When Joe f’s things up, he really goes all out!


6 posted on 08/22/2021 7:57:55 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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Afghan Evacuation Has ‘Long Way to Go,’ Much ‘Could Still Go Wrong’

We know, Joe. Sadly, we expect it.


7 posted on 08/22/2021 7:58:32 PM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Seemsike they’re really hoping for an American to be killed so they have an excuse and support to extend the mission. They probably expected the Taliban to oblige by now.


8 posted on 08/22/2021 8:04:19 PM PDT by wiseprince (Me,)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So basically he’s saying that the cluster-f*ck that has already transpired under his direction, isn’t a result of things going wrong.


9 posted on 08/22/2021 8:04:26 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: FlyingEagle

A former British Colonel who served as a Commander in Afghanistan has said that Biden should be court martialed:

https://video.foxnews.com/v/6268815628001#sp=show-clips


10 posted on 08/22/2021 8:05:17 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I have seen some dumb bastards in my day. But this pig faced son of a b makes all of them look like Einsteins.


11 posted on 08/22/2021 8:06:07 PM PDT by crz
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Is he talking about Afghanistan or the 3.5 years left on His Fraudulency’s Presidential term (inclusive of the Kameltoe regency)??


12 posted on 08/22/2021 8:06:23 PM PDT by No_Mas_Obama
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Yes, alot could and is going wrong

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2021/08/21/taliban-photo-appears-to-mock-iwo-jima-flag-raising-in-latest-propaganda-push/


13 posted on 08/22/2021 8:10:34 PM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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To: allendale

Much went wrong to get him “elected “.
Much has gone wrong to get to where we are now.
Much more is going to go wrong in the near future.
Much, much more is going to go wrong the longer he is there.
I would say, “break out the popcorn”, but with so many American lives at stake and our reputation around the world swirling down the crapper with Biden’s hand on the handle, I’m not much in the mood for popcorn.


14 posted on 08/22/2021 8:11:09 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Well, for starters he has a cabinet that focuses on people plugging other peoples assholes.

That isn’t going to go over well anywhere.


15 posted on 08/22/2021 8:11:31 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: wiseprince

This was done deliberately, as we move forward we will see why


16 posted on 08/22/2021 8:11:35 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (“When the people fear the government you have tyranny, when the government fears the people you have)
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To: mikey_hates_everything

I just hope it doesn’t turn into another Mogadishu.


17 posted on 08/22/2021 8:12:09 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

When it comes to Afghanistan there is a refusal not only by the media and the so called (in name only) democratic party but by Christian leaders like Pope Francis to approach redressing the Taliban for it being a theocracy following the sharia creed which denies free will and is authorized by Our Creator to execute non believers.


18 posted on 08/22/2021 8:12:50 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (mosesdapoet AKA Lee J Keslin posting in the hopes comments get passed around )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Very ‘malaise’ of him…


19 posted on 08/22/2021 8:14:20 PM PDT by swingdoc
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Considering that everything has gone wrong that can go wrong.....nothing else can go wrong. At least biden has that going for him.


20 posted on 08/22/2021 8:15:52 PM PDT by fightin kentuckian
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