Posted on 08/15/2021 3:16:11 PM PDT by rxsid
Cnn headline : (what a bunch of liars)
US completes evacuation of embassy in Afghanistan as flag comes down at diplomatic compound
Further down the article
“ Early Sunday, two sources familiar with the situation told CNN that the plan was to pull all US personnel from the embassy in Kabul over the next 72 hours. Hours later, most US embassy staff had been moved to Kabul airport for flights out of the country.
By early Monday morning in Afghanistan, or 5 p.m. Sunday ET, the US had airlifted about 500 embassy staff from Afghanistan out of a total 4,000 employees – US citizens and Afghans – waiting for evacuation in the country, a defense official told CNN. The official said the 4,000 total did not include family members of Afghan embassy employees. The US plan for those family members wasn’t clear and the State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment
Just horrific.
Biden paid the ransom.
He used American taxpayer provided dollars to try and save his ass.
The guy with the two ice cream cones must be Cornpop.
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Taliban are not stupid, right after the State Dept puts on their website that the only way to register to leave is to submit an online form the Taliban will shut off Internet access.
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Internet in Kabul is starting to go down. Taliban may plunge our allies into complete communications blackout. Dark days coming.— Matt Zeller (@mattczeller) August 15, 2021
I guess that would leave only those with a satellite phone with the ability to go online and fill out a request for help, while hiding under a bed (er, "sheltering in place") somewhere.
What about Farsi?
John Kerry needs to take Ilhan Omar and James Taylor with him to Afghanistan and sing “You’ve Got A Friend.”
While I think the US in 20 years could have trained Afgans to defend themselves and equipped them to do so, we still must ask: Why are any Americans still in Afghanistan?
““This is not abandonment”
yes.. yes it is.
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Do you think they’ve already got the monitors and systems set up to block the videos coming out of there? Because if it doesn’t make the news, then it didn’t happen.
Maybe they figured that would be cheaper and have less risk.
Just control the appearances and the narrative, it’s easier and it’s all that matters.
This article states it's source as Western Journal:
Biden Admin Does the Unthinkable with Instructions to Terrified Americans Trapped in Kabul
"However, reflecting the fact that times have changed, the emergency notice posted by the embassy Sunday said anyone with questions should not bother phoning...
“Do not call the U.S. Embassy in Kabul for details or updates about the flight. This form is the only way to communicate interest in flight options.”"
https://www.westernjournal.com/biden-admin-unthinkable-instructions-terrified-americans-trapped-kabul/
“Fill out a form? Hide? Really?”
Hidin’ with Biden
Sure, that is exactly what a typical liberal bureaucrat thinks is the most important thing to do in any situation.
That's why they are so fascinated with vaccine passports, and every other kind of document imaginable.
If you were trapped in a city being conquered by a violent group that may well decide to execute you and take your daughters for sex slaves wouldn't you want to just fill out some web form and wait for a response?
The bureaucrat has done their job. They made a list of where all the people trying to leave are located.
Muhammed Arif Mustafa asked them to fill out the paper work, being mindful of the Emergency Contact and Next of Kin lines, then, having filled out the papers, to move outside along the wall, “Pay no head to the celebratory gunfire,” he added ...
Regarding what part?
Gives the girls in HR a little something to do besides have birthday parties for each other.
How many Americans, civilian and military, still there?
Taliban control Bagram and Hamid Karzai airports.
I’m expecting to see something like a cross between Benghazi, Blackhawk Down and the Iranian hostage clusterfrack.
They were told not to go to the embassy or the airport. How the heck are they going to return these forms? This is insane.
We are going to see videos of Americans being “sentenced” by Sharia Law.
This is going to be disgusting....AND THE MEDIA WILL SPIN ALL OF IT.
They all have blood on their hands.
I vote we send Dr Fauci to fix this mess.
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