Afghanistan Live Updates: Last Government-Held City in North Falls to Taliban

[Crtcl Rice Theory 2,432]

[Crtcl Rice Theory 2,432]

[seekingthetruth 1,219]

12 minutes ago, Crtcl Rice Theory said:

I agree that announcing September 11 as a final date is just stupid, for 2 reasons.  First, announcing any date is plain stupid, and second, using September 11 would tempt our enemies to make it a spectacular anniversary!

 

If Trump botched the final exit as badly as Biden has, I would not hesitate to jump on him.  He would probably be impeached again.  Doddering old Biden is getting some heat from his normally adoring press, but they would have crucified Trump.  You would see the bodies falling from the plane, over and over, a million times.

[TBoneTX 43,339]

4 hours ago, Crtcl Rice Theory said:

Why those countries?

They're nearby, predominantly Muslim, and presumably receptive.

[Dashinka 23,330]

8 hours ago, Crtcl Rice Theory said:

Interesting post.  I guess everyone should give up posting in social media.  I know you favor total government control, but people can still have informed opinions that are not government/FB/IG/T approved.  Look at how the Ivy League educated idiots running the government are doing.

[Crtcl Rice Theory 2,432]

8 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

They're nearby, predominantly Muslim, and presumably receptive.

I dont feel being Muslim excludes you from applying for refugee status in the US or our Allies.

[Dashinka 23,330]

Biden IGNORED Mark Milley's request to keep 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, Lloyd Austin's warning withdrawal wouldn't provide any assurances against a Taliban takeover and Pentagon fears of Afghan soldiers folding, report claims

 

President Joe Biden ignored Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mark Milley's request to keep a force of 2,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan and warnings about the stability of the country from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in the run-up to the Taliban's takeover this week. 

The Wall Street Journal reported that Biden had heard about many of the risks of a full-scale U.S. pull-out from Afghanistan, but went ahead with it anyway - leading to chaotic scenes at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport this week as Americans and Afghans alike tried to flee. 

CNN's Clarissa Ward reported Wednesday that the scene around the Kabul airport continued to be 'extremely chaotic' with Taliban fighters screaming at people and threatening them with guns. 

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9904819/Biden-IGNORED-Milleys-request-2-500-troops-Afghanistan.html

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2 hours ago, Crtcl Rice Theory said:

I dont feel being Muslim excludes you from applying for refugee status in the US or our Allies.

You DO realize there's this pesky little thing about applying in the first country you come to outside of the country from which you are escaping, right?  I haven't looked at one of those map thingies in a while now, but I don't think we share a border with Afghanistan.

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19 hours ago, LIBrty4all said:

You DO realize there's this pesky little thing about applying in the first country you come to outside of the country from which you are escaping, right?  I haven't looked at one of those map thingies in a while now, but I don't think we share a border with Afghanistan.

You want them to walk through the mountains to Iran?

[Dashinka 23,330]

47 minutes ago, Crtcl Rice Theory said:

You want them to walk through the mountains to Iran?

Apparently Old Joe and his State Department do.  Btw, wouldn't our consulate in Afghanistan destroy any passports and visa that were in their possession when they abandoned the building?

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[Nature Boy 2.0 8,327]

Biden says 'no one's being killed' in Afghanistan, can't 'recall' advisers telling him to delay withdrawal

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-no-one-being-killed-in-afghanistan-advisers-withdrawal

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,327]

This is CNN

Biden's presidency is under scrutiny as never before over Afghan chaos

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/19/politics/joe-biden-presidency-under-scrutiny/index.html

 

[LIBrty4all 3,749]

52 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

This is CNN

Biden's presidency is under scrutiny as never before over Afghan chaos

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/19/politics/joe-biden-presidency-under-scrutiny/index.html

 

I am SO WORRIED now.  If you are looking at CNN for "news" this much NOW, what will happen after you get your third booster vax???

[LIBrty4all 3,749]

5 hours ago, Crtcl Rice Theory said:

You want them to walk through the mountains to Iran?

I guess you missed the bulletin, but Afghanistan just got an airport and some planes the other day.  Pretty sure it takes a lot less gas to get to Iran than Mexico or Canada.

[Dashinka 23,330]

14 minutes ago, LIBrty4all said:

I am SO WORRIED now.  If you are looking at CNN for "news" this much NOW, what will happen after you get your third booster vax???

At least we know now that Old Joe plans to get the booster.