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Schiff: US ‘very unlikely’ to complete evacuations by Aug. 31
NY Post ^ | 08/24/2021 | Patrick Reilly

Posted on 08/24/2021 6:09:03 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff [D-CA] said it was “very unlikely” that the U.S. completes its evacuation of Afghanistan by the Aug. 31 deadline.

“I think it’s possible but I think it’s very unlikely given the number of Americans who still need to be evacuated,” Schiff told reporters outside of The Capitol on Monday. “It’s hard for me to imagine that all of that can be accomplished between now and the end of the month.

“I am encouraged to see the numbers of people evacuated increasing readily to the point where we evacuated 11,000 people in a single day. Nonetheless given the logistical difficulties of moving people to the airport and the limited number of workarounds it’s hard for me to see that could be fully complete by the end of the month,” Schiff said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: complete; evacuations; schiff; unlikely
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He has nothing between his ears. Dummy.
1 posted on 08/24/2021 6:09:03 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Intelligence and Schiff = Oil and Water


2 posted on 08/24/2021 6:10:39 AM PDT by cp124 (Focus on treatment and not an experimental vaccine/flu shot.)
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“..Intelligence and Schiff = Oil and Water...”

LOL
More like Gasoline and Fire.


3 posted on 08/24/2021 6:12:28 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Then get your donkey over there, Schiff.


4 posted on 08/24/2021 6:14:06 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Pencil neck partisan idiot geek.

5 posted on 08/24/2021 6:16:24 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
This is Biden's way of announcing he will fail to meet his goal. Schiff was told to announce this so it will not be a surprise later.
6 posted on 08/24/2021 6:16:29 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There are three factors at play here:

1. This is the same force that was able to feed Berlin for 323 days when it was blockaded. If you said there were 5,000 Americans in Kabul....every single one of them could be removed in a 24-hour period. I don’t think a single Air Force planner would argue with that.

2. To this date, the embassy staff cannot give a number of how many Americans are in the country. There might be 500...there might be 10,000.

3. The only demonstration I’ve seen in the past two weeks is a full tested situation of competence. On a scale of one to ten...I’d give all of these characters a minus-10. This goes beyond Biden/Harris.


7 posted on 08/24/2021 6:16:55 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: ChicagoConservative27

No sh*t Schiff for Brains.


8 posted on 08/24/2021 6:18:47 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: jeffersondem
"As was discussed at length previously........yadda, yadda, yadda."

Now that's accepted established fact going forward.

9 posted on 08/24/2021 6:19:30 AM PDT by blackdog (Sophisticated so public policy is not applicable. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Taliban has put a line in the sand, saying America must be out before 1 September. Biden says now it can’t be done.

I guess Joe thinks the Taliban will be as malleable as American media, and say “Oh, OK...”


10 posted on 08/24/2021 6:19:35 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Joe Biden is a squinty-eyed turnip brain)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Everything woke turns to Schiff.


11 posted on 08/24/2021 6:21:56 AM PDT by cockroach_magoo
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Adam Schiff [D-CA] said it was “very unlikely” that the U.S. completes its evacuation of Afghanistan by the Aug. 31 deadline

Translation:
We have No Intention of rescuing any more Americans, they are on thier own until they are hunted down and killed by the Taliban...
12 posted on 08/24/2021 6:22:26 AM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: pepsionice

Really, it’s that there is too much money and treasure to launder for enrichment of the Benghazi Political Class, than can possibly clear before 8/31/21. Good prices for good toys. 50% skim on billions yet to be laundered.


13 posted on 08/24/2021 6:23:43 AM PDT by blackdog (Sophisticated so public policy is not applicable. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Just preparing us for the fact that there won’t be enough taxpayer provided money to feed all the Democrat pigs at the trough because we have to pay more ransom to the Taliban pigs.


14 posted on 08/24/2021 6:24:11 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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They are saying over 30k have been evacuated since July. How many of that 30k are actual AMERICANS? Notice the picture above. I'm assuming this is the typical group you will see boarding the many number of planes that arrive every day. How many of this group are Americans? 10% No way!! 5% Nope. 1% not likely. .5% possibly.

15 posted on 08/24/2021 6:24:14 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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The CIA director met with the Taiban terrorists. Anyone care to speculate just how much cash was offered to extend that date. Perhaps the Taliban are charging landing and take off “fees” for every plane that lands and takes off from the Kabul airport. Perhaps Sciff will explain just how those 6,000 brave young Maines and soldiers will be safely withdrawn. If they left behind their generals and the CIA director, would not care.


16 posted on 08/24/2021 6:25:21 AM PDT by allendale
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To: pepsionice

Have they even reported on how many AMERICANS they actually evacuated from Afghanistan so far? I haven’t seen any numbers and trust me I am looking.


17 posted on 08/24/2021 6:25:26 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: ChicagoConservative27


18 posted on 08/24/2021 6:35:43 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Some things are so stupid and idiotic only a liberal could believe them.)
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To: COBOL2Java

The Taliban’s words have a very specific and ominous message: if you stay longer than 8/31, we will take it as an act of war. From the perspective of national sovereignty, superpowers like Russia and China will stand behind Afghanistan for “protecting themselves” (with American ordinance) because the Taliban “warned us.”

Wait and see...


19 posted on 08/24/2021 6:42:20 AM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: Blue Highway

No. I suspect that if they were open about it...for each American brought out via US cargo planes....there’s probably one to two Europeans, and at least ten Afghans. So the math would beg questions over the reason for the ‘rescue’ or airlift.


20 posted on 08/24/2021 6:45:13 AM PDT by pepsionice
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