Posted on 08/14/2021 3:21:16 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
President Biden on Saturday authorized the deployment of 5,000 troops to Afghanistan amid a U.S. pullout that has emboldened the Taliban to take over multiple cities.
"I have authorized the deployment of approximately 5,000 US troops to make sure we can have an orderly and safe drawdown of US personnel and other allied personnel and an orderly and safe evacuation of Afghans who helped our troops during our mission and those at special risk from the Taliban advance," Biden said in a statement.
“I have ordered our armed forces and our intelligence community to ensure that we will maintain the capability and the vigilance to address future terrorist threats from Afghanistan," he said.
Biden on Saturday warned the Taliban that any actions that put U.S. personnel at risk "will be met with a swift and strong US military response."
The United States will, at the same time, pursue a political settlement to the bloodshed, he said.
Ambassador Tracey Jacobson has been placed in charge of the U.S. effort to relocate Afghan special immigrant visa applicants and other Afghan allies, the president said.
"Our hearts go out to the brave Afghan men and women who are now at risk," he said. "We are working to evacuate thousands of those who helped our cause and their families."
The president's actions came as the Taliban captured Mazar-e-Sharif, a key city in the north of Afghanistan.
The first American troops began what the Pentagon described as a limited mission to evacuate American embassy workers.
c’mon, bruh.... we didn’t lose this war, we came in second place. That’s a silver medal in the Olympics!
This is brewing up to be the Jihadi Super Bowl. We need to be flying everybody out ASAP. Total insanity flying in an ad hoc force that will be lacking in heavy equipment and top cover. This won’t end well.
Correct. Another 1k on the way and at least 2k more in reserve. The 2k is ready to go. They are waiting for orders and transportation ... just sitting and waiting ... and waiting ... and waiting.
Obama paid a ransom for Bergdahl
He is crazy! Or malicious. I hope it’s the former.
I’m surprised Rivera ISN’T BUT broadcasting our exact movements.
10-4 thx for the quantitative info.
Joe’s sending in a crack brigade of cross-dressing social workers.
Wait till the Taliban sees the paperwork they need to fill out to take the capital!
Pashtuns actually will be aroused by the cross dressers... may be a good distraction. We need to strap parachutes on several thousands trannies and push them out over Tali positions.
Lol!
Good info, thanks. Any plan to get them OUT?
The country is disintegrating. It’s hard to see the embassy and airport functioning in a day or two. These troops are sitting ducks. Prayers up for them.
Weaponry. Night vision goggles. Drone. Rotary wings
I heard from an old contact about the hand to hand at Benghazi.
Send in the perfumed princes and admin leeches, but bring our men home.
Do we have 5k warriors. Young gentlemen I knew who were going to sign up now have no interest in this twisted military force of wokeness.
In all honesty, it looks like the same plan the 101st had at Bastogne in WWII. But this time there is no reason for it. They are fighting to allow Muslim POSs to immigrate to America. It is a total Charlie Foxtrot. American Embassy staff could have left on Thursday, but instead they sent 1,200 Muslims to Ft. Lee, VA.
Good to see you FRiend!
Kabul Embassy: sources just now — reinforcements coming. Thousands Taliban in Kabul. Our staff burning all sensitives they cannot carry. Trying to get out by Sunday.— Michael Yon (@Michael_Yon) August 14, 2021
He just got his orders from the Military Industrial Complex, Make this a hot war worse than before or else...
Thanks for these posts!!!
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