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Austin, Milley to address Afghanistan retreat in Pentagon speech Wednesday
Washington Times ^ | Aug 31 | By Mike Glenn

Posted on 08/31/2021 1:01:04 PM PDT by RandFan

America’s two most senior military leaders are expected to address on Wednesday the completion of the U.S.-led evacuation effort at Kabul airport and the end of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan.

Both Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, served combat tours in Afghanistan during their long military careers.

“As we look back as a nation on two decades of combat and struggle in Afghanistan, I hope that we will do so with as much thoughtfulness and humility as we can muster,” Mr. Austin said in a statement released after the evacuation was complete

The U.S. lost 2,461 troops over the past two decades - including 13 killed in last week’s suicide bomb attack at the airport - while thousands sustained wounds both seen and unseen.

“We must remember our Gold Star families and the support that we owe them,” Mr. Austin said in his statement. “We must remember the wounded and the family members and the caregivers who still tend to them.”

Mr. Austin said he was proud both of the men and women who led him and those whom he led in Afghanistan

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


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What would you like them to say ?
1 posted on 08/31/2021 1:01:04 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Is Nancy the Real Brain behind this disaster ? LOL


2 posted on 08/31/2021 1:02:01 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: RandFan

Goody. More lies.


3 posted on 08/31/2021 1:02:12 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (I do not recognize Biden’s authority.)
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To: RandFan

No honor, these guys.


4 posted on 08/31/2021 1:04:17 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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To: Not A Snowbird

Maybe they’ll choke on all the LIES


5 posted on 08/31/2021 1:05:53 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

I lost count of the whoppers Biden just told, in between yelling at everyone and once again reminding us about his departed son Beau.

He tries to sound tough but comes off sounding like a crazy old man screaming “get off my lawn!”


6 posted on 08/31/2021 1:07:05 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (I do not recognize Biden’s authority.)
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To: RandFan

The only thing I want to hear from those 2 is their resignation.


7 posted on 08/31/2021 1:07:05 PM PDT by Durbin
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To: RandFan

They think we are stupid. They redirect and assume we will say “yes we see your point”

NO! Nobody argues that the war should be ended. It was how the inept and incapable did it.


8 posted on 08/31/2021 1:07:45 PM PDT by McGavin999 (biden is not my president )
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To: RandFan

I want them to spill the beans on Biden, save their reputations (what’s left) and resign on the spot.


9 posted on 08/31/2021 1:08:20 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: RandFan; mosaicwolf; NKP_Vet; null and void; LS; Jane Long; bevperl; ZULU; rodguy911; DarthVader; ..

https://choiceclips.whatfinger.com/2021/08/30/top-10-memes-duty-honor-country-watch-maga/

The reality of what is coming!!

Please share this viral and post online.

https://www.brighteon.com/a7fdcabf-86a7-473f-a887-a6c7fd3e010b

Milley, et al. should announce specifically when they plan to commit Hari Kari!


10 posted on 08/31/2021 1:09:22 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: RandFan

I want them both to resign in SHAME


11 posted on 08/31/2021 1:10:25 PM PDT by MagUSNRET ((" I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of he night"))
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To: RandFan

We resign immediately


12 posted on 08/31/2021 1:11:41 PM PDT by silverleaf (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: Not A Snowbird

Just don’t give him Torino and an M-1 Garand.


13 posted on 08/31/2021 1:13:01 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Bonemaker

“to spill the beans on Biden, save their reputations (what’s left) and resign on the spot.”

I want the drugs you are on./s


14 posted on 08/31/2021 1:13:41 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: Bonemaker

They should throw tomatoes at them.


15 posted on 08/31/2021 1:14:18 PM PDT by refermech
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To: RandFan

It will a faux acceptance of responsibility and a major head fake in the direction of What A Great Job We’re Doing.


16 posted on 08/31/2021 1:19:10 PM PDT by Quentin Quarantino (,)
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To: RandFan

id like them to say we resign immediately and plead guilty to criminal negligence causing this disaster..


17 posted on 08/31/2021 1:25:27 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: RandFan

Both Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, served combat tours in Afghanistan during their long military careers.

I’m sure both of them were highly decorated DESK drivers.


18 posted on 08/31/2021 1:28:50 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: RandFan

I’d like to see them commit ritualistic seppuku live on TV.


19 posted on 08/31/2021 1:30:12 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

3 year old stranded

https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1432775678030585856?s=20


20 posted on 08/31/2021 1:30:35 PM PDT by combat_boots (Hi God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her. Merry Christmas! In God We Trust! )
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