In July, Biden said Kabul would never fall. Four days ago Biden said it would take more than 90 days for Taliban to reach Kabul, if at all. Today, Biden sends 1,000 more additional troops to Kabul as it is expected to fall within 72 hrs. That is correct. By Monday the Taliban could control all of Afghanistan.
The AP is reporting that emergency evacuations have sped up the timeline to avoid the most embarrassing optics for the Biden administration. An additional 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne are en-route to support the previously announced 3,000 U.S. troops handling the evacuation. That is a total of 4,000 new military troops sent to Kabul to support the previous 1,000. Keep in mind the original Afghan withdrawal was 2,500 troops in total.
(VIA AP) – The Latest developments on Afghanistan, where a weeklong Taliban offensive is now approaching the outskirts of the capital, Kabul, after the insurgents captured most of the north, west and south of the country, just weeks ahead of the final pullout of all U.S. and NATO troops: “WASHINGTON — A defense official says President Joe Biden has authorized an additional 1,000 U.S. troops for deployment to Afghanistan.
That raises to roughly 5,000 the number of U.S. troops to ensure what Biden calls an “orderly and safe drawdown” of American and allied personnel. U.S. troops will also help evacuate Afghans who worked with the military during the nearly two-decade war.
The Pentagon said earlier that 3,000 troops are being sent to Kabul to join the nearly 1,000 already there. Biden’s statement on Saturday didn’t explain the breakdown of the 5,000 troops he said had been deployed.
But a defense official tells The Associated Press that the president has approved Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s recommendation that the lead battalion of the 82nd Airborne Brigade Combat Team assist in the State Department’s drawdown.
The situation in Afghanistan has worsened in recent days with the Afghan government losing control of many parts of the country. (read more)
From CNN the following wagon-circling:
(VIA CNN) The US Embassy in Kabul is instructing personnel to destroy sensitive materials as well as items “which could be misused in propaganda efforts,” according to a management notice sent Friday to embassy staff, seen by CNN and described by another source familiar. […] A diplomatic source told CNN that one intelligence assessment indicated that Kabul could be isolated by the Taliban within the week, possibly within the next 72 hours. (read more)
Perhaps U.S. military leadership emphasis has been on the wrong syllable….
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Listen up, our CTH community has family there and en-route; we do not think this is funny. But the sheer scale of military ineptitude is laughable in the extreme. The Pentagon has known for two years that we were withdrawing from Afghanistan. President Trump instructed them to plan and execute the withdrawal. They did nothing…
Instead of doing what the Commander-In-Chief instructed, the Pentagon supported Lt. Col Alexander Vindman (Trump impeachment), Navy Secretary Richard Spencer (Trump extortion) and Joint Chief’s woke Chairman Mark Milley (Trump attacker). So, at the same time we pray for the safety of our family to execute the mission at hand, we spit toward those flag officers who are insufferably political.
Biden will attempt to blame Trump, that won’t work. Eventually the White House will blame the military – that’s partially deserved. But ultimately the White House should have reviewed the plans -to verify they were actually in place- before doing the currently big stupid.
We all want to see our troops out of Afghanistan, but it doesn’t take a military strategist to see that we are going to have to deal with the multi-billions of heavy weapons we have just handed a bunch of terrorists. Good grief, we even left drones there. Everything about this is FUBAR.
The Pentagon has been rogue, because the same political attitude that exists within the Intelligence Branch writ large exists in the political military. The political Pentagon thinks they are above and beyond civilian oversight… and the political Senate has allowed this to happen.
Why the Senate?
Because the Senate appropriated hundreds of billions to federal defense contractors; private companies. Those private corporations then turn around and (1) hire the family members of the Senators in office; and (2) give money to the campaign coffers of the Senators who funded them.
In the big picture, Afghanistan was nothing more than another big circle-jerk of taxpayer money laundered to corporations and themselves.
Our entire system of government is one long collapsing mess.
The U.S. government gives billions of taxpayer dollars and weapons to terrorists, then the same federal government turns around and labels Americans as terrorists because we don’t like the U.S. government response.
They suck.
As former Secy Robert Gates said: “Biden has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.”
Unfortunately, it would appear that you can be “wrong” on everything and yet still be in power. In any case, can we stipulate that Biden is not in charge of anything. It is Obama and his minions, here and around the world.
Well this explains a lot! ?
“Afghan Jumping Jack Training”
They were the best of the best.
“You… come with me.”
It’s clear to me at this point that China has captured Washington. This is only example number 99. What was the imminent threat that a commanding General has to turn a major command and $3B i weaponry over to the enemy? Treason, pure and simple. The United States has fallen. We are subjects of the CCP. All efforts are to obfuscate that fact until it’s too late. Here’s a thought exercise. If the Democrats turned traitor and began executing all policy under the explicit direction of the CCP politburo with the intent of enabling a global communist superstate, what would it look like? Think of EVERY single thing Biden has done in seven months. How many have hastened the destruction of the United States and the eradication of its influence in the world? How many have been aimed at improving the lives of American citizens and the future prosperity of the US?
Oops! Too late Joe. Lets go to the usual plan B and try to pin the blame on President Trump. After we get that plan worked out, we will give you something to practice reading from the teleprompter. Maybe we can get Barack to say you did the best that could have been done in light of the sorry mess Trump left you with, etc. But first, we will have to burn all the US flags so nobody sees them on the news about the helicopters beginning the emergency airlift from the rooftop of the US Embassy. For now, just issue a statement about the need to protect our military personnel, our some such. Maybe we can find out what they said in Saigon 50 years ago. Tell ICE they need to find a couple of more cities to take in our new Afghan immigrants.
Excellent!
Afghan govt has reportedly surrendered to the taliban
From al jazeera
joe biden has complete faith in the afghan military. this must have been one of the easiest conquests in military history.
Milley is too busy looking for that “white rage” he is sure is out there somewhere………….
The blood of the innocents is on the hands of these illegitimate pure evil morons.
well most of the taliban are white. maybe he is concerned about them.
next Step of the Coup.
bring in “translators” for the 9/11 event to blame on you. NAVMI at its finest.
Dear Joe
A couple of tactical Nuclear artillary round give them a small glass parking lot. This should slow them up then destroy all the poppy fields.
the United States – could spend 80 billion to make a indoor poppy field system in the united states – to kill americans and provide medical.. uncomfortable truths.
does anybody think it might have been a good idea to remove the afghans that helped the united states before we removed our troops? does anybody think it might have been a good idea to remove all of our military equipment before removing the troops? does anybody think it might have been a good idea to remove the embassy personal before removing the troops? if you do now you know why those things weren’t done.
Don’t kid yourself, the Taliban wouldn’t have been able to race around from city to city without all those humvees. All part of the Biden plan
Please pray for these young men and there families.
Especially the wives and children of these men.
I pray they come home very quickly.
We are praying Patrick.
These innocents have been sacrificed by the evil illegitimate biden regeim. Uncontested corruption & evil has consequences.
The Taliban is not a threat to us unless they are brought here or migrate here. Reminder that the 9/11 hijackers were migrants brought to the US 100% LEGALLY!
They use mass immigration as a method to conquer. If the Establishment wasn’t so obsessed with cheap foreign labor and doping us up with opioids, we would have a sovereign, safe, and thriving society.
Secure the southern border, implement a 10 year immigration moratorium, and begin mass deportations of illegals to protect us from hostile foreign enemies.
And the Pedo Joe regime conveniently armed the Taliban to the teeth.
They do Suck!
“We all want to see our troops out of Afghanistan”
What proof do you have of this, SD? As they’ve been there 20 years with no discernible mission, how badly did we want this?