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.
“Our entire system of government is one long collapsing mess.”
Empires die slowly, then all of a sudden.
Slide #2 from the WEF’s 2030 Grand Vision Of A Just And Sustainable New World Order (aka You Will Own Nothing And Be Happy)…
“The U.S. won’t be the world’s leading superpower”
No coincidences.
“Fundamental Change” and the band played on at the Vineyard last weekend.
And the rest of us hear “Waltzing Matilda”….
JV Team Biden executing the Foreign Policy according to the Whitehouse motto.
“If it ain t broke, try, try again”.
Actually its foreign policy is probably going exactly as planned.
That’s what I’m wondering. What looks like incompetence keeps turning out to be a “feature not a flaw”.
Disorderly retreat. What a defeat. Parade on 9/11/2021.
It’s so nice to have such capable Commander In Chief who doesn’t send mean Tweets.
“Capable”. Now there is a word that has never been evident in Biden at any time during his adult life…..and likely in his youth as well.
Obama is laughing his head off
It is Obama’s baby. He did the same in Yemen, Iraq, now Afghanistan.
You got that right. His third illegitimate term is going just as planned.
When you see a tornado go through and leave destruction behind it, then you see what it is like to follow Biden’s career.
DD
“All that we have has come from people who are answerable only to themselves.”
Deming, W. Edwards
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Untold lives lost and blood spilled over 20 years with $88 billion spent by those who said they only needed more time, and those trained forces folded like a cheap suit while Sleepy Joe is sleeping and his nitwit VP hides.
Meanwhile, his own administration is openly expressing frustration that he is hiding.
Saying I told you so to leftists just never works.
At least Never Trumpers no longer have to read mean tweets or point out their latest outrage at their perceived vulgarity.
We have zero elected leadership in this country. The leader we had was tossed aside.
88 billion… that’s probably another lie. I think is way more and most unaccounted for.
Trillions over 20yrs not billions.
This is how the Clowns In Action continue to fund their dark projects on the lives of America’s children.
Just think of it as good jobs at good wages………….
The government is the Enemy. I would not rely on it to fulfill a single promise / responsibility to its citizens.
We can’t even get it to just leave us in peace.
“growing frustration”—-should that be taken to mean they are just now figuring out that their boss is both corrupt and incompetent?….and now they need someone to tell them what to do??? Spare me.
Joe is having a very good day, I would imagine. He doesn’t have to (and is not able to) spend any time actually thinking about this. Joe is the little kid with chocolate all over his face telling mama he didn’t take any of the candy. He’s not suffering. He’s not even aware.
Why does this man always look like he’s about to cry?
Because at some level, even an empty-suit nitwit like Milley knows that he has sold his soul…..
Chyna has announced it will recognize Taliban as official government.
So by default Chyna Joe gives Xi more US Tech—what a guy.
Maybe they will have a position available for Hunter.
I am sure they will have a need for “artwork” when they redecorate our vacated embassy! Quid Pro Joe.
They bought and stole that tech a looonnng time ago. Nice to have a little extra, though.
And access to a lot of raw materials. Afghanistan has 8 of the 9 strategic materials (no oil) needed for modern civilization and warfare.
We were spending American blood and treasure in Afghanistan for 20 years.
China was harvesting Rare Earth precious metals there.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/chinas-dominance-in-rare-earth-metals/
My cousin, Pepe, was out there with the military many times. I think he’s a spook now- he just said he’s leaving for “vacation”. So I’m praying for him and all Americans involved (and their loved ones). ?
Tiffthis,
I have an American Flag
(given to me by an old Friend) which once flew above Camp Leather Neck.
They, too, have gone on “Vacation”.
God be with them ALL!!
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My account has been suspended on Twitter for responding to this. Some daffodil at Twitter was likely triggered.
Oh well, it finally got me to look into GETTR.
We left all the equipment because we are going to build back better. But just like everything else we have to destroy it first.
$700 million dollar US embassy should come in handy for the taliban.
JoeMaobama only says what he is instructed to say. Doubt he could point to Afghanistan on a map.
Whatever he says in days past is not relevant beyond the hour and day he makes it. His statements have a “best if used by” time measured in hours, if even that.
Doubt he could pronounce Afghanistan.
Pretty sure you are correct!
I’m sorry if I flagged you. I’m scrolling on the phone.
Doubt he could point to Delaware.
It’s a total intelligence failure.
That’s a double, triple, or possibly, a quardruple entendre.
Oh great, we will get to see a repeat of the fall of Saigon.
Just another humiliation for the people of the U.S. to endure, after all of the blood and treasure spent there.
Mark Milley will CTR our way out of this.
God! Why didn’t I think of that? Require the Taliban to be taught CTR. It was just too obvious. Problem solved!
Send in Liz “Neocon” Cheney, Adam”Ant” Kinzinger and Dan “Duplicitous” Crenshaw.
Get ready for the flood of Muslim refugees.
I don’t think there will be any Afghanis getting out of that Hell On Earth any time soon.
You would be surprised how fast this admin can act to get more of them here.
They already are.
Blinkin says they’ve already started bringing the Afghans here to the US.
But only a few thousand, at first. Of course they get to bring their families too. Lol
But don’t worry, Blinkin says that they will be rigorously vetted.
I saw Pierre DeLecto has already tweeted about getting refugees over here.
Back to Muslim invasion again.
I prefer radical muslims over our woke left.
Both will try to be the death of us.
Honor killings and such incoming
Wasn’t the Mountain Meadow Invasion (Massacre) enough for him and his ancestors? Nothing like filling the “Latter’s” coffers with refugee resettlement dollars, just ask fellow “magic underpants” Evan McCuckin (McMullin).
“here” should be at mitt’s house – he has plenty of room. Socialism starts at home – he should take a lead role.
Thank you Bush, The Cheneys, Obama, and especially you Dear Leader Joe Biden.
Yeah, hello miss Liz Cheney. Proud of your family yet?
Don’t forget that the poppy business will move right along.
Ohh and It’s gets worse…
Israel forced the Vaccines on every able bodied person in the country. Today many are very sick.
Global planned genocide.
Who didn’t see that coming?
Zombie plague in time for the 2022 elections.
And Kamala will take over any day now.
And get at the “root cause” of all our troubles.
Because she can read her teleprompts better and won’t go wandering off talkin, or walkin’.
Much easier to control.
Now about that laugh. /s
The regime’s overseas concerns are not mine. I don’t give a rat’s behind if Afghanistan falls.
Well, we collapsed the Taliban in 3 weeks with about 20 guys, in 2001. So this should be interesting.
“We’re back in business!” – the Permanent War Party
…the people needing evacuation, any way to know if they are woke idiots?
I would say, if so, leave them there.
Likely the first ones out are going to be all of the IC embeds within the embassy staff.
The Generals are the woke ones and they avoid being near a war zone especially at the end of the war.
You are right, and that is sad.
They monitor, communicate and control all military activity via Zoom, Twitter and Instagram from the comfort of the Pentagon. No reason to go anywhere near an active conflict these days. /s
Taliban is thanking our commander in chief and his military advisers for giving them their pullout schedule. The Chicoms are looking at this failed venture by our esteemed woke military and vastly experienced commander in Chief that got 80 million votes because he was going to be a great unifier. The diversion in the Middle East will not offset what the Chicoms have in store for the world. The globalist string pullers are doing the Chicoms a favor by having installed Biden. The worst is yet to come and it will take place sooner than we think.
Should get interesting when the Biden/taliban pipeline gets completed.
Wonder how much the big guy is in for. Lol
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/biden-kills-pipelines-at-home-but-promotes-them-for-the-taliban
I understand The Big Guy’s share of graft is on a sliding scale from 15 to 30% and a set fee occasionally. /s
“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.”
Biden Math.
1,000 + 3,000 +1,000 – 2,500 = 2,500
It’s like we never left.
I thought that all weapons, vehicles, etc. were already in the hands of the Taliban. Are all these troops that are going back bringing all new equipment with them? And then leaving the new stuff behind as well?
My head is exploding just trying to make any sense of this buffoonery. Shouldn’t the organ grinder behind this train wreck presidency be smarter than the monkey?
“Shouldn’t the organ grinder behind this train wreck presidency be smarter than the monkey?”
A most excellent question.
It’s impossible to make sense because there IS no sense, from our perspective, to what this administration does. But we can be sure it has its plans, none of which bode well for us. As intended.
I was thinking that. This collapse is a good way to reinstall us into a hot war….?
Here is some info that came from SIGAR…..Special Inspector Generall for Afghanistan Reconstruction .
They did the financial analysis but then did interviews of hundreds of military and government personnel on overall success in Afghanistan to identify LESSSONS LEARNED.
… It took over 2 years and court cases for the Wash Post to get these documents…. they are brutally damning of the US Governmenta nd the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community …..
It showed they learned nothing from the LESSONS Learned…from Vuetnam…
It was reported in the Washington Post and was actually a balanced review….
Most have never heard or seen this stuff….
It provides an unvarnished picture of 20 years of mismanagement and ignorant inept leadership…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/
It was all about the contracts
The 25th needs to called for.
It will put the Dems in a real political catch 22.
I’m just waiting for the media spin to make this the most wonderful event ever.
“Biden brought our troops home (in bodybags)” that’ll be the narrative.
If you destroy a nation’s standing army, terror org fighting forces/militias, and infrastructure in acts of war – just leave. Stop the stupid nation rebuilding for people who hate you. Blow it up and leave.
Sundance is right.
FUBAR.
Lol, I would pay to hear JP saying that ‘shut up’ out loud to miss Lindsey.
Just when you think this moron has said the most stupid comment yet, He outdoes himself again. If I had lost a family member over there I’d be a bit pissed at this feckless fool..
Graham will most likely be on Hannity Monday night repeating this swill. He’s beyond pathetic.
“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”
Whatever we are paying these people it is too much.
If we pay them nothing it is too much
Do you mean the Afghans or America’s generals? Or both?
December 1967 / January 1968 LBJ, McNamara and the Pentagon said the VC had been so soundly defeated they could not launch an offensive, just a small skirmish or two. And then along came TET of 1968.
And then Walter Cronkite on CBS news told us all we lost. Who could argue with such a wise, venerable trusted media icon. /s
In other words, the very Islamic Taliban of Afghanistan, not the foreign Infidel US Army, won the hearts-and-minds of the very Islamic populous of Afghanistan. Why would anyone have ever thought otherwise? Except the Islam deaf, dumb and blind like George “Islam is Love, not Hate” Bush and the witless arrested development Bourbon Generals. And now, even after 20 years, they have learned nothing.
The staggering levels of incompetence, deceit, waste, graft, grift blow the mind. But remember, this is the business plan. Lots of people get rich. People advance in rank and experience. Credentials are enhanced. Books are written. Movies are produced. Unfortunately soldiers get maimed and die. And the people we were presumably helping/defending get savaged coming and going. Low level thinkers like Bush and cowards like Obama just go along for the ride. The spooks and Generals say “boo!” and they capitulate. Another tragedy for our country.
And tickets are punched (old army lingo).
We are ‘led’ by absolute imbeciles and rank amateurs.
Feel badly for our enlisted troops. They did not sign up to be overseen by idiots and lightweights and MIC chumps.
#Afghanistan situation report
0.41 Central European Summer Time
2 USAF B-52 aircraft in the air, bound for #Afghanistan. Their mission is to bomb the airports where planes and helicopters are being captured by the #Taliban.
https://mobile.twitter.com/EsteveGirbes01/status/1426675392853778435
The death throws of 19+ years of Great Islamic Society Nation Building insanity.
Maybe they could be hacked go off course and bomb FBI, DOJ, CIA and DHS HQ in Washington DC area.
Was thinking last night… ya have to wonder if this Debacle Of A Dumpster Fire Going Over A Cliff is on purpose…
I mean, the Washington MIC’stablishment can say: “See?!? That’s why we needed to stay there!!!”
The question is whether Kabul or the USA will fall first. Or maybe we’ve already fallen.
I’m thinking US elections are probably more corrupt than Afghan elections.
Seems like just the other day when Dubya was talking about winning their hearts and minds. Lol
Well, this is a MAJOR International event with international consequences.
Our MSM can’t spin this. China will not let this crises go to waste, I bet the world is laughing at senile and the ho
yeah but there’s an expression that says people get the governments they deserve. I don’t think the American people come out smelling like roses here either. I’m deeply ashamed at what we’ve become.
It’s going to get much worse before it gets better.
I hope soldiers revolt and go after the installed regime in the WH.
Pray that this doesn’t become a Benghazi on steroids.
Then again I remember something a commander in said in the airborne in WW2.
“They’ve got us surrounded again – the poor bastards.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/afghanistan-war-confidential-documents/
The Afghanistan Papers —-Documents from Special IG for Afghanistan Reconstruction as result of FOIA requests….. Reports in Washigton Post… Names names and who said what… Transcripts, some video and audio recordings are included…
Well joebama and his cowardly bff “woke man” milley and the other anti Trump generals and admirals that fought against President Trunp to help him gain peace raw going to reopen old wounds as well as fresh ones!!
In essences due to democratic incompetency we have another shooting war which in all probability will not end well for the U.S. Under President Trump their were not many, if any at all, radical Islamic jihadi bombings here in the U.S which obama – biden caused!!
Lizard Cheney blaming Trump and Biden, without a hint of how she enabled not only the Afghan disaster, but the disaster in the WH.
That’s rich, not a word about daddy.
Crazy Captain Ahab Liz just can’t keep her crazy trap shut.
Warmonger Liz Cheney is probably invested in the US military complex. Daddy’s girl.
Dick Cheney was worthless. I remember when he told senator Leahy to go F himself.
He was on the senate floor in 2004 when he said that.
Both worthless slugs.
Maybe the absolutely stupidest part of our Afghanistan disaster:
Abandoning Bagram AFB in the dark of night, with no notice to the ANA, so that we now have no way to stage and fly military flights into and out of A-stan, other than via Kabul Int’l Airport, now overrun with refugees.
If we still had Bagram, we could use it to handle tactical fighters and troop transports, enough to keep the Taliban at bay until we evacuated Kabul. Taking off, reloading and landing at Bagram.
Without Bagram AFB, we are reduced to flying tactical missions from very long range, hours away. This gives the Taliban an immense OODA loop advantage. The Taliban now has local air assets (ex Russian Hips, ex U.S. Blackhawks), artillery up to 155mm howitzers, etc. This means they can move troops and artillery around much faster than we can respond with air missions from approx. 1,000 miles away.
Now, the Taliban can shut down Kabul Intl’ anytime they choose, using local air, infantry and artillery forces under their control. We are 100% at their mercy. A total debacle. Every general involved should be busted to private and then fired without a pension.
Who could not see this one coming?
This is less a blunder than deliberately leaving an opening for such a scenario.
You can be sure its deliberate.
Abandoning Bagram AFB (defensible and ready for missions, etc) before Kabul (indefensible, the airport jammed with civilian evacuees and refugees) was CRIMMINALY STUPID….. In sane militaries, generals have been SHOT for less.
Imagine what’s going to happen when China invades Taiwan at some point in the next 18 months.
JoeMaobama advises Taiwan not to resist, lie back and enjoy it? And asks China to be gentle. /S
“Every general involved should be busted to private and then fired without a pension.”
And spend the rest of their days in Leavenworth where all expenses are paid. And they could get medical treatment such as one covid injection every 3 months.
That’ll be the day!
More like they should be hanged at dawn.
If the Taliban are smart, and they are as they have been observing our tactics for years along with assistance like Bergdahl, they will cut the runways. Easy. They will have reconnoitered every approach, every hard point, every ingress point. When I was in Baghdad, the fools running the show under the company I was with and Hillary’s State Dept. still had soft spots for infiltration around the perimeter 12 years after we entered. Fools up and down the chain of command in every dept of govt. playing war. Folks that knew what they were doing got pushed out or riffed.
What amazes me is the one they said was “stupid” didn’t have debacle after debacle occur over 4 years, let alone 6 months.
My God, how and when will this insanity stop???
It’s all good! Miley will scold the Taliban for not being woke! That will set them back a day or two. Then Biteme will double scold them for not being vaccinated! That will really undo them. To top it off the dwarf classics major will triple scold them for not wearing masks! They will be undone! Kabul is saved. What a f-ing tragedy!
Maybe he’ll get them on board with CRT training and we can all hold hands and sing together, celebrating diversity while we ride our unicorns into the sunset.
I think it’s in the Farce State now.
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