Posted on 08/14/2021 6:03:01 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON — The last-minute decision to send 3,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan to help partially evacuate the U.S. Embassy is calling into question whether President Joe Biden will meet his Aug. 31 deadline for fully withdrawing combat forces.
The vanguard of a Marine contingent arrived in Kabul, the capital, on Friday, and most of the rest of the 3,000 are due by Sunday.
Stephen Biddle, a professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, said in an interview the announcement that 3,000 U.S. troops are heading to Kabul to help pull out American diplomats and embassy staff likely made Afghan morale even worse.
“The message that sent to Afghans is: ‘The city of Kabul is going to fall so fast that we can’t organize an orderly withdrawal from the embassy,’” Biddle said. This suggests to Afghans that the Americans see little future for the government and that “this place could be toast within hours.”
There are a little over 4,000 personnel still at the embassy; the State Department has not said how many are being pulled out in the next two weeks.
The Biden administration warned Taliban officials directly that the U.S. would respond if the Taliban attacked Americans during the stepped-up deployments and evacuations.
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Pathetic, ignorant, incompetent, and corrupt.
And now China says they will support the Taliban. Perfect.
“little over 4,000 personnel still at the embassy”
The taliban are within artillery /mortar range of the airport, I guestimate. God help the military in harm’s way.
Trump would have pulled out with the Taliban staying calm and controlled and everyone would have pretended that anyone could have done it as easily (like all his med East deals etc). The media would barely even mention it.
What in the world do these people do..? They can't possibly need that many IT people-
CIA most likely. Kabul was used to spy on Iran and Pakistan.
Suck taxpayer monies. There’s no reason why we should have that many government doofuses in that embassy.
They’re there to serve all the American tourists that go there.
Please go back to your basement for the good of the country.
4,000 people? That’s not an embassy. It’s a small town.
L
With these bumbling idiots this will have a worse outcome than Saigon, Libya and Benghazi.
And when this blows up in their face some leftist will resurface with hashtag “bring back our girls” Then the media will shed tears to show how caring they are.
These are the same morons that will readily accept the world leader who will emerge promising world peace. It’s coming soon.
Daniel 9:24-27
1 Thessalonians 5:2-4
King James Version
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Those of us who are truly Born Again have a better hope and a better Resurection...
Hebrews 7:
19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
Paul, the chosen Apostle unto the Gentiles reitterated that hope over and over again. For we are saved by faith not of works:
Ephesians 2:7-9
King James Version
7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Joe , “ who is this Biden that’s removing our troops from Afghanistan?”
“ And now China says they will support the Taliban. Perfect.”
I guess that of China supports them, Biden must do so, too.
“Biden is doing great work!”
-quote attributed to Satan
Hmmmm. Is it a supply run to offer up more captured booty to the taliwhackers when the overrun the embassy? Do some of the weapons systems need the latest upgrades? But, according to those “in the know”, the real concern, it seems, is them rascally domestic terry wrists.
“coders”
Liberalism is a debilitating, chronic, no-cure, mental disease.
In their diseased pea brains they think that they’re sooooo much smarter and better than everyone else while the reality is they’re dumber than a box of rocks...and that comes with an apology to rocks.
Islamists, armed to the teeth with weapons left behind by the cowardly and sympathetic Afghan Army, rush to “last call for killing the infidels”.
It’s a tragedy of epic proportions.
My condolences to all who have served.
“...whether President Joe Biden will meet his Aug. 31 deadline for fully withdrawing combat forces....”
I thought the withdrawal date was 9/11/21...another slap in the face for the American people.
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