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Reps. Moulton, Meijer After Surprise Kabul Visit: ‘We Won’t Get Everyone Out on Time, Even by September 11’
Breitbart ^ | 05.24.2021 | Paul Bois

Posted on 08/25/2021 2:34:23 AM PDT by USA Conservative

Reps. Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Peter Meijer (R-MI) made a secret visit to Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday where they learned that evacuations cannot be completed by President Joe Biden’s August 31 deadline, according to commanders in charge of the situation.

In a joint statement, Moulton and Meijer said their surprise mission was to “conduct oversight on the mission to evacuate Americans and our allies,” arguing that Members of Congress “have a duty to provide oversight on the executive branch.” The two representatives were also clear that they ensured their visit would not take away seats from those in need:

As Members of Congress, we have a duty to provide oversight on the executive branch. There is no place in the world right now where oversight matters more. We conducted this visit in secret, speaking about it only after our departure, to minimize the risk and disruption to the people on the ground, and because we were there to gather information, not to grandstand. We left on a plane with empty seats, seated in crew-only seats to ensure that nobody who needed a seat would lose one because of our presence.

Washington should be ashamed of the position we put our service members in, but they represent the best in America. These men and women have been run ragged and are still running strong. Their empathy and dedication to duty are truly inspiring. The acts of heroism and selflessness we witnessed at HKIA make America proud.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; biden; harris; taliban
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To: nikos1121

They should have taken the 100 animals.


21 posted on 08/25/2021 4:52:37 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: ransomnote

So how many military bases have been seized since just about everyone missed the “mark”.


22 posted on 08/25/2021 5:05:02 AM PDT by joesbucks
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To: joesbucks

So how many military bases have been seized since just about everyone missed the “mark”
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Contracts vary from nation to nation and some don’t have military bases of interest to the Chinese, but money talks. The contracts exposed thus far generalize ‘sovereign assets’ and you have me wondering if this is how China is gaining sovereign ports in the harbors of foreign nations (Haifa, etc.) I wondered how that was happening - why let China have a port near Haifa?


23 posted on 08/25/2021 5:10:59 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: nikos1121

Through it’s storefront, Pfizer, China negotiated intimidating Vaccine contracts that bind nations to surrender sovereign assets if they don’t adhere to exacting standards of vaccine delivery. China included the forfieture of military bases - a sign of their imperialism that matches their current, aggressive silk road initiatives meant to crush economic competition and place it at the top of the world economically in control of all others, including the US.
Their vaccines are a tool to bring about their plans.


24 posted on 08/25/2021 5:24:55 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: nikos1121

Here is a photo.

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/british-plane-marine-wife-kabul-b1905822.html

But remember, those planes cannot stay at the airport for a long time without risk of damage. It is a war zone. Talibunnies are all around the airport and Al Qaeda is present to some degree.

This is not “as seen on TV”


25 posted on 08/25/2021 5:34:55 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: chicagolady

Yep,Biden is an enemy of the USA..
It’s that, prison or war..he will choose war for us .


26 posted on 08/25/2021 6:00:57 AM PDT by aces (and )
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