Posted on 08/26/2021 8:59:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Joe Biden declared that the Islamic extremists behind the Kabul attacks that resulted in dozens of American and Afghan deaths will be brought to justice.
Muslim terrorists launched two attacks in Kabul aimed at people trying to flee the country, killing 13 U.S. Marines and one Navy Corpsman and at least 60 Afghan civilians, as well as wounding scores of others.
The White House remained silent for several hours after the terror attacks, with Biden's Press Secretary Jen Psaki canceling the noon press corps briefing until after the president's speech at 5:25 p.m. Eastern time.
At a press conference held in the East Room of the White House on Thursday evening, Biden directly addressed those behind the attacks, believed to be an Islamic State group known as Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K).
The president declared: “we will hunt you down and make you pay.”
“We will not forgive, we will not forget,” said Biden. “I will defend our interests and our people with every measure at my command.”
“[Our commanders on the ground] made it clear that we can and we must complete this mission and we will," the president said. "And that’s what I have ordered them to do. We will not be deterred by terrorists. We will not let them stop our mission. We will continue the evacuation.”
Biden said he has ordered American military leaders to coordinate attacks on ISIS-K, stressing that “we will respond with force and precision." He added that “these ISIS terrorists will not win.”
The president also hailed the U.S. Armed Forces, holding a moment of silence for those who lost their lives. The Catholic politician quoted a line from the Old Testament passage of Isaiah 6:8, “Here I am, Lord. Send me.”
“American military has been answering for a long time. ‘Here I am, Lord. Send me,’” he continued. “Each one of these women and men of our Armed Forces are the heirs of that tradition of sacrifice of volunteering to go into harm’s way, to risk everything; not for glory, not for profit, but to defend what we love and the people we love.”
Biden also said the Taliban has a “mutual self-interest” in getting people out of Afghanistan and defeating ISIS. He said there is “no evidence of collusion” between the two groups, but many military experts disagree.
During a Q&A the president confirmed that the U.S. has indeed given the Taliban a list of Afghan allies, U.S. citizens and green card holders they want to be evacuated, a move that some defense experts fear will lead to the torture and execution of many Afghans.
On Thursday, a suicide bomber carried out the first attack near the Abbey Gate entrance to Hamid Karzai International Airport where Afghans and Westerners are boarding flights to flee the country. Over 104,000 civilians, mostly Afghans, have been evacuated by the U.S. and its allies since Aug. 14.
The second attack was a car bomb near the Baron Hotel, which is near the Abbey Gate and where British troops process Afghans before boarding flights out of the country. It's also where 169 U.S. citizens were rescued last week after they were unable to make it through the Taliban checkpoints.
For its part, the Taliban condemned the suicide attacks in Kabul that occurred because the terrorist group allowed ISIS-K suicide bombers to pass through their checkpoints, enabling them to carry out the mass killings.
“We strongly condemn this gruesome incident and will take every step to bring the culprits to justice,” said Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Many have been critical of the Biden administration’s handling of the evacuation of American personnel and Afghan sympathizers. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., chair of the House Republican Conference, claimed that “Biden has blood on his hands.”
“The buck stops with the President of the United States. This horrific national security and humanitarian disaster is solely the result of Joe Biden’s weak and incompetent leadership. He is unfit to be Commander-in-Chief,” tweeted Stefanik.
In a poll taken after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, the Trafalgar Group found that nearly 70% of likely U.S. voters disapproved of Biden’s handling of the situation.
Biden then went on to say “I’d especially like to bring those suicide bombers to justice. Where are those guys? We must find them”.
Trump, IF he were reinstated right now, would IMMEDIATELY hold a press conference, and look the camera face on and say to the taliban “HUGE MISTAKE! START RUNNING NOW!”- and htis woudl be AFTER he quietly sent the military over there to annihilate ALL the terrorists- al queda, isis, and the taliban- the triangle of terror- holding them ALL responsible
Instead, biden will likely say ““We strongly condemn this gruesome incident! But, we are so sorry we made you do this, p,ease don’t hurt us again, we are trying to get out, per your demands, as fast as we can”
Lol
He’ll do squat, then ask Jill to clean the floor.
The only person on the planet afraid of Biden is Jeb Bush.
Jeb is afraid Biden is actually smarter than him
You’re not gonna do s**t you senile old man. Talk is cheap.
If this came from DJT’s mouth, then I’d believe it.
Crawl back into bed you old man. Hospice is on its way.
First, he boasts and brags about ending the war.
Then claims ready to reignite the war with tough talk.
Why do I feel another strongly worded letter coming?
Biden must think that ISIS is like the Congressional Republicans.
No, Joe, ISIS doesn’t back down like the Republicans do.
Police officers in this country are resigning and retiring in record numbers over the past year or so.
Few people in their right minds would want to be cops, now.
After today, it’s probably going to be the same with those considering military service.
That is what came to my mind.
LMAO. This statement is NOTHING more than Kabuki Theater BS. Meant to mollify the public and give the DNC Propaganda Machine aka, the MSM Talking Points. Dementia Joe has no intention and no ability to exact retribution on any faction in Afghanistan. He may bomb an Aspirin Factory but, it will be a Propaganda Gesture with no real meaningful result.
I wouldn't keep my hopes up.
Isaiah 6:8, “Here I am, Lord. Send me.”
Really?
Is Joe going to Afghanistan?
Is Joe going to be a prophet?
Is God talking to him?
You tell em Joe!
What is Joe going to do next?
...that’s the scary thing.
When you’re gonna shoot, shoot, don’t talk
Woops? Outdated maps due to Woke training instead.
Remember how quiet it got over there after they dropped that MOAB bomb?
Them SOBs knew that Trump wasnt somebody to eff with when that happened.
‘For those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes America harm, know this: We will not forgive, we will not forget.
‘We will hunt you down and grovel to you and give you state of the art weapons which you can use to attack us.’
They are in Hades, and can’t be reached for comment. They are getting more justice now, than they could have ever thought of, in their worst nightmare. Maybe we can get to their handlers, however. 👍
Ole Joe was likely qupting the hymn often used at Catholic liturgies based on Isaiah 6:8. The last pol I heard use that and actually sing part of it was B-1 Bob Dornan. And Dan Schutte the composer did not write this as a call to war but as a call to evangelize by word or deed. It happens to be one of my personal favorites at Mass.
That nails it perfectly. Lol
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