Posted on 10/15/2021 4:38:24 PM PDT by T Ruth
A group of House Republicans sent a letter Tuesday to the U.S. Department of State and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) demanding they expedite the evacuation of all remaining Americans and Afghan allies stuck in Afghanistan.
The letter, first obtained by the Daily Caller, was spearheaded by Republican Georgia Rep. Jody Hice and signed by 10 other Republicans. In it, the lawmakers said they have stayed in touch with Americans and allies still in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. President Joe Biden’s withdrawal left between 100-200 U.S. citizens still in the country.
“Each passing day makes it more difficult to safely evacuate Americans and our allies from Afghanistan as winter approaches and the Taliban tightens their grip over the country,” Hice said in a statement. “It is despicable that the Biden administration abandoned these people in the president’s catastrophic withdrawal, and it is totally unacceptable that they remain trapped behind enemy lines. Unfortunately, to date, the State Department has shown little urgency and no lasting commitment to evacuate our citizens and allies.”
“Even now, our offices remain in contact with U.S. citizens and Afghans alike who have been hung out to dry. The American people have had enough of President Biden’s miscalculations and incompetence. We are presenting a clear list of critical actions that the administration should have undertaken weeks ago, and we demand that they move NOW to complete this evacuation as swiftly as possible,” Hice added.
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The GOP should have Committee hearings about this, and then snooker the Democrats by having surprise tearful testimony from whoever is left from the Afghan family that Xiden blasted remotely. The optix would pwn the #Narrative for days...
No, I mean how would they get the people out of the country? Send in troops? Negotiate with the Taliban? Work with a third country? How?
Your idea is a good one, but I’m not sure that it could happen. I think that since the Democrats are in the majority, all the committee chairmen are Democrats and they control what hearings are allowed and their agendas.
Actually, the “minority witness rule” would permit that scenario in any ordinary House Armed Services Committee meeting. There have only been two such meetings thus far - one classified briefing, and then the late September grilling of Anthony Blockhead.
Thanks.
I’m sure it was sternly written
You must like losing.
I do think that most people, by the time they will have read this far in this thread, will understand what it is about – obviously with a few exceptions.
But just in case some may need yet another repetition, I will reply to your post. How sternly the letter was written is of little importance because the audience for the letter is not the person to whom it is addressed. The press release about the letter is more important than the letter.
In a similar vein, although my reply to your post is addressed to you, you are not the intended audience. If you never see or read this reply, it nevertheless will have fulfilled its purpose.
It was a joke. Team America.
So far they’re steamrolling. It’s a terrifying outlook.
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