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.
I have emailed my senator..Biden must be impeached and the damn joint chiefs fired with no pension…actually I recommended drawn and quartered…but stepped it back to fired no pension..
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And… then Kamala Harris will be fronting for the Obama/Soros cabal. Changing what.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E8x8wBSXIAkbGQQ?format=jpg
“Did I say “90 days”? I meant 90 minutes.”
Another textbook example of “military intelligence”! How do you go from 90 days to 72 hours in a 4 day period? What a woke joke. I’d bet many veterans are ashamed of these jerks.
Put me down as a yes vote twice, once each for my two DD214’s.
I think this was done purposely. This way the Taliban, Jihadists, whomever, can be supplied with equipment, weaponry, etc with cover.
Bolshevik Ba_t_r_ds
Has all the hallmarks of an Obama operation.
Intel community, lol. Clowns!
The were too busy trying to find white supremacists in the US; which according to Milly is the most deadly force ever to walk this Earth.
Now if they could just find one?
Or maybe they were too busy trying to hack Mike’s conference exposing how they stole the election and put Pedo Joe in ‘charge’?
Probably many of the “white supremacists” are on their way to Kandahar right now to save Americans.
Our government is really effed up.
Disgusts me that “Chief of Staff” Milley is in charge anyone or anything taller than a maggot. He’s a disgrace to all loyal military personnel.
I remember the Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979. I was a kid back then, but the whole nation was shocked, with yellow ribbons all over the place and demonstrations of solidarity in all of the schools.
But I think if the same thing happened today, most of the population would see it as a good thing: 52 Deep Staters getting what they deserved.
The members of the so-called Intelligence Community lack intelligence. This IC should be eliminated from having any role in our govt.
Who could have seen this coming?
https://twitter.com/akt7860/status/1426632413027909641?s=20
10% for the Big Guy
Beijing’s man in DC comes through big time.
I wonder if China will take a spin at the wheel of the ‘Stan.
The chicoms saw it coming when they bribed the DC corruptocrats and war-gamed the release of their coronavirus in 2019.
Don’t forget the POPPY’s.
Everything— Every move by the OBiden Administration seems to benefit China.
It’s undeniable.
Well he is a bought and paid for unregistered foreign agent of the CCP along with most of his staff.
And the DOJ, Supremes, Congress could not care less.
Many of them have the same CCP gig.
“Biden sends 1,000 more additional troops to Kabul”
With instructions to ask people their pronouns first?
Bannon was in the meetings when Mattis and McMaster lied to President Trump about measured exit strategy. Enough is enough.
I heard Bannon saying this is Vietnam repeating itself. Makes sense to me.
Biden had at least a minor role in the Vietnam collapse as well.
Our intelligence agencies are far too busy hunting for “white supremacists” to figure the real problems and threats to America.
Just as their chicom bribe-masters ordered.
This tells me the military has zero chance against the American people.
Every General should be court martialed and expunged.
Immediately
I’ll bet you any amount of $ you want:
The Taliban will NOT ban Poppy Production again like they did in 2000.
I bet that was the cornerstone of the Deal they made to get US/UN Troops out.
The Bankers + Financiers will not have to face the loss of that LUCRATIVE traffic again….
…..guaranteed….
Is there anyone still thinking these clowns have any idea what they’re doing? It would be funny if it wasn’t so serious!
God help us ?? ?
They know exactly what they are doing. The people ruling this country hates it! Everything that it stands for.
They want total humiliation, and a demoralized military.
I’ll go a step farther: Not only do they want total humiliation and a demoralized military, they want America destroyed. Completely. That process is now well underway and I fear we haven’t even seen the worst of it. We’re experience a cascade of unthinkable things in a very short span of time. Extrapolate from there, keeping the unthinkable in mind.
I’m following you, just look a the open border. People from all over the world are just entering and once in, they get VIP treatment and distributed all over the country.
This is what the swamp wants and they are making it happen. There’s no good reason. They want this country invaded fast.
One world government. No borders.
Excellent summation of the situation.
The FUBAR speed sure feels like it’s increasing.
No clue. Lib, far-left millennials.
God is the only one that can. All we can do is to keep our own house in order.
Praying in Jesus’ Holy name Amen Amin.
Who has been the biggest foul up in D.C. when it came to foreign policy and for 50 years? Joe B.
Given its just been 200 days, the amount of faliure per day is certainly an all time record.
And there are still democrats who genuinely think he’s doing good.
Yes – thank God! No mean tweets!/s
He – Biden, and they – the criminal government and all its assorted agencies and minions, are not failing but succeeding specularly.
DCs’ goals and those of the American people are directly opposite.
“Unprecendented!” as the left loves to proclaim!
“Unprecedented!”
NO diff than how the USA is being managed. Tell me an area of the nation, economy that hasn’t ranked in 6 mos. Groc have spiked, gas has spiked, steel & lumber have skyrocketed!! Why did we think foreign policy would be any diff.
USA is there for the taking. Military is woke, pc & pronoun proper. With leaders like Milley, you expect military superiority?
Russia, China, NKorea, are laughing!
They’re not laughing. They’re salivating.
“…salivating…” and plotting, strategizing, and coordinating. More attacks to come in many forms, I am guessing. G-d give us strength.
Daniel Greenfield’s piece from yesterday, which already feels like light year’s ago.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/08/biden-sends-3000-troops-offers-taliban-bribes-daniel-greenfield/
Ha! Anyone think corrupt military is something new? During the Civil War Union Officers took delivery of barge loads of cotton shipped up to below Nashville by Confederate Officers. Hey they might of fought each other but they went to West Point togather and there was money to be made.
Mail-in ballots were part of a plot to deny Lincoln reelection in 1864.
Rest in the Vine: The NY Times and Washington Post Agree: Mail-In Voting Was Rigged
From The Very Beginning By Corrupt Democrats
To Deny The Civil Rights Of Republicans and Keep Black Americans In Chains!
Stay tuned for the bug out at the airport.
Just like Saigon 1975.
Apologize if this was poster earlier:
‘Daily Wire reported Joe Biden’s administration has reportedly instructed embassy staff in Kabul to destroy American flags to minimize the embarrassment the administration will face through propaganda produced by the Taliban as the extremist group has rapidly seized large swaths of the country…’
https://www.waynedupree.com/2021/08/biden-kabul-american-flags/
Is this a legit source? Thanks
Embarassment?
Wait till the cavemen start holing the runways and nobody can get back out.
This does not end well.
TDW posted it.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-instructs-kabul-embassy-to-destroy-american-flags-as-it-braces-for-global-embarrassment
And just posted this update:
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-taliban-seizes-key-city-leaving-kabul-effectively-surrounded
Not to worry, this time they have big tech to suppress all independent reporting. We will see nothing and no nothing of it!
The Biden plan. Not a withdrawal or even a collapse, but a kick start to a new hot war?
Only if China tells him to.
“Had our 2020 Presidential Election not been rigged, and if I were now President, the world would find that our withdrawal from Afghanistan would be a conditions-based withdrawal. I personally had discussions with top Taliban leaders whereby they understood what they are doing now would not have been acceptable. It would have been a much different and much more successful withdrawal, and the Taliban understood that better than anyone. What is going on now is not acceptable. It should have been done much better.
Joe Biden gets it wrong every time on foreign policy, and many other issues. Everyone knew he couldn’t handle the pressure. Even Obama’s Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, said as much. He ran out of Afghanistan instead of following the plan our Administration left for him—a plan that protected our people and our property, and ensured the Taliban would never dream of taking our Embassy or providing a base for new attacks against America. The withdrawal would be guided by facts on the ground.
After I took out ISIS, I established a credible deterrent. That deterrent is now gone. The Taliban no longer has fear or respect for America, or America’s power. What a disgrace it will be when the Taliban raises their flag over America’s Embassy in Kabul. This is complete failure through weakness, incompetence, and total strategic incoherence.”
Perfectly stated.
Look at the disgusting image of Bloated Bill Barr behind the Trumpster’s right shoulder.
That do-nothing RINO “AG” should now be swinging from a lamp post.
Didn’t Obama once say,
Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to F it up?
File that under, it takes one to now one.
Truest thing he ever said!
Thank you for posting this.
I’ll argue that “getting it wrong” is intentional.
The world that jumps off the page for me is “collapse.”
FTA: Our entire system of government is one long collapsing mess.
Every aspect of our society is (or has) collapsing – judicial, Congress, SCOTUS, IC, FBI/CIA, healthcare, agencies, banking/monetary (is/will be), our freedoms, and confidence in government.
When is all ends up in a big heap, what then?
We the People will take our country back from these parasitic traitors and rebuild.
Imagine what we could minus this weight holding us back.
I have a buddy, joined the Marines right after high school.
He was there in South Vietnam for the bug out. Crew chief on a huey.
Unbelievable its happened again.
please thank him for his service.
seeing pictures of the door gunners hanging out the sides of a huey gives me chills.
to this day, i don’t know how – or even if – they were secured inside.
good post here the other day, sorry can’t attribute it, but made an excellent point.
to our service personnel: you did YOUR job, and did it well.
to our current regime: you completely screwed up your job and everybody else’s.
hope all our people make it out ok.
Yes. I don’t recall who wrote that comment, but it stuck with me, as well. It was perfect in its truth and heartfelt sentiment. Stuck with me. Glad you reminded us all about it w/your post.
We’re used to being shot at with our own stuff. In JSOC we win fights (not wars) despite the best efforts of the five sided clown factory.
For sure. Been there- what a goat rodeo this is turning into. All of it-
#RLTW
Per Instapundit:
We’re sending bombers to destroy the planes we gave the Afghans so the Taliban doesn’t get them and learn how to fly then.
American B-52H bombers are understood to be conducting an attack on the largest Afghan air force base in order to destroy the aircraft based there.
The aircraft are reportedly heading towards toward Mazar-e-Sharif.
“It is highly possible that they bomb the second largest air base of Afghanistan National Air Force now in hands of Taliban. They don’t want A-29B & AC-208B attack aircraft [to] remain in hands of Taliban.”
Woke Milley should be prosecuted.
I guess they couldn’t just fly those plane out of country before the evac all the troops and pilots?
That is not the kind of policy Obama would pursue.
I think the aircraft were for the Afghan Air Force, which fell apart once the Taliban started assassinating pilots
Those heavy weapons and drones will be coming soon to a terrorist event near you, compliments of the deep sh8t state’s obozobots, their chicom sponsors, and their ayatollahole allies.
And just think we paid for them w/our tax dollars.
… again… don’t forget “again”… very important for those keeping score…
Very true.
And they will blame the white MAGA terrorists. I have no doubt those weapons will kill many innocent Americans. The FBI will see to it. Just as they planned the shit farce Jan 6 Capitol event.
We are so screwed………
It’s FUBAR
China is involved! They want the rare earth minerals there!
If these ridiculous generals knew the first thing about military history they would have completely DESTROYED every single piece of equipment and left our enemies NOTHING.
Instead, the focus of our government is to DESTROY everything and leave us with NOTHING. Because everything is upside down, inside out, and backwards. That is the way with evil.
I would give every family a weapon to defend themselves against the Taliban.
Can Patriots hire the tallyban to come here?
Joe Biden: Trump, you are to blame for my mess!
Donald Trump: But Joe, what am I suppose to do about your estimated IQ of 72? I’n not a brain surgeon from the 25th Century.
The lack of masking, in Afghanistan, is Obama party level appalling. Don’t they know they have a much higher risk of death from covid than any combat weapon ? Just ask Fauxchi.
Don’t worry. In a few hours they’ll be masking at a whole new level. Get it while they last. Apparently, according to the note on Amazon, the item “usually ships soon.”
Devastating sights and sounds as they evacuated in Saigon. I was 30 years old and watched it unfold on our black and white TV.
Absolutely devastating sights and sounds this night.
#Winning #Tapioca #CornPopFTW
Bannon emphasized tonight: There will be hostage taking!
Wait for it…
Seems to be headed that way, don’t it?
Oh, I think the CIA hastened the collapse. It’s exactly what they wanted.
Agree.
Only fully vaccinated can be airlifted out, right ?
Yes. As long as they also use the right pronouns.
And are masked & practice social distancing!
So we’re sending 5,000 troops to do a study on how the Taliban feels about Critical Race Theory and Transgender Affirmation? Sounds like a winner.
On the plus side: the Navy ain’t involved… yet.
Saving all U.S. State Department employees in Kabul is not worth the life of one U.S. soldier.
The U.S. State Department makes sure they recruit and hire Leftists out of Leftist universities.
Conservative patriots need not apply to work for the U.S. State Department.
They hate America.
So those that love America are risking their lives to save those who hate it.
I hate to break it to you, but I’m pretty sure our soldiers are also tasked with getting out a whole bunch of Afgans as well. Please pray.
Needless to say Biden is the worst, most incompetent and dumbest President in US History. Obama and Carter thank him for taking their place.
Well, one slight correction. Biden didn’t take Obama’s place. Obama is still very much in place. Biden is just the window dressing (and pretty pathetic even at that).
And he achieved it in a little over 200 days.
This is what happens when you have an unelected president and chairman of the joint chiefs that is a disgrace to the uniform.
^^^THIS^^^
The Taliban are not idiots. They will let the Biden Junta send in thousands, but they won’t let them leave. (They might blow up a few landing aircraft for appearances sake, but they’ll let most land).
The Biden Junta is in panic mode and utterly reactive. The Taliban and their new Chinese advisors are excecuting a plan.
There are very few airfields or landing sites in Afghanistan that can accommodate transport aircraft, and the Taliban are in the position to make every single one unusable.
Those troops are going to have to fight their way out over land while the Chinese disrupt any attempt at radio guided cargo drops.
Exactly.
Wokey Milley has read so many books on social justice, he is so so smart we are in great hands and should not worry about Afghanistan. Dude is woke, the wokest general ever!
This is the Marxist withdraw. Let the oppressed Taliban win against the oppressor. It’s their turn. That is so marxist. Obama has to be behind this.
Yes. It is imperative that the United States (or any Western nation for that matter) be framed as the evil aggressor with past transgressions to atone for.
As of 20 years ago the U.S. Intelligence budget ( known ) was $ 30-100 BILLION , per year.
Yet we keep being sold the talking point …… ” it was an intelligence FAILURE …..” … again and again.
They are incompetent 100% — OR — they know exactly what they are doing to create :
DESTABILIZATION
How did CNN get an interview with Osama-Bin-asswipe 2 months prior to 9-11 , when all intelligence world-wide was looking for him ?
( Another Intelligence ‘ Failure ‘ I suppose …… look it up )
Really Joey (not my president) ? You OWN this Afghanistan debacle! Not my real President Trumps fault!
If this doesn’t get some new whistleblowers to rise up nothing will.
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1426711296368644096
Do you mean like this?
https://gettr.com/post/p7peawc4af
If these people were in charge of fighting ww2 we would all de speaking German or Japanese. The last General that impressed me was Schwarzkopf. Men in dresses and people preaching Marxism do not win wars but they do have the Taliban laughing their asses off. They sure do like the billions of dollars worth high tech weapons, if they could just get Manning back he could show them how to use them.
Reminder: we’re only seven months into this Sh*t Show.
Seven.
What s hot mess.jobama is a disgrace.
So the taliban have a huge trove of weapons that Biden abandoned. So what’s to say the taliban won’t shell the runways or use captured ground to air to shoot down transports. Not a pleasing thought. Taiwan next on the chopping block.
They’ll only do a little bit of this at first. They’ll wait until Biden’s Junta has delivered the next few thousands into their territory before destroying all airfields or strips capable of landing even a C13o and place obstacles on every straight stretch of sealed road.
Walking into traps like this is exactly what you get when allow politics to control military promotion and purge anyone with a brain.
Looks like the Generals in the Pentagon should have spent a little time planning and executing our exit from the Shit-hole country of Afghanistan. They only had nearly 20 years to come up with a good plan, but just when things started coming to a head, our Generals were working feverishly on a purge of their own troops for having the temerity of voting for Trump and believing that the obvious election rigging actually happened. Now, all of the buffoons at the Pentagon will be giving vainglorious medals to the unlucky stiffs who are stuck with doing the second coming of the Saigon airlift. And Obama’s Communists and their bull horns in the media will attempt to blame President Trump for the whole debacle. I won’t be surprised if they try to impeach Trump and throw him out of the office they already cheated him out of. My urgent question: Is this still the United States or not ?
When I look, America is standing there
I can almost breathe her in like summer in the air
When I look at her, America is touching me
I would reach for her, but who can hold a memory?
USAINO
I think this is still the United States and it has been the same as it ever was for quite a while now. Once upon a time, the US would fight a war over seas ,and this a really broad generalization: to free others from what were perceived as real or not, horrid oppressors – Nazi’s, Commies, etc. The US still has troops stationed in Germany and Korea and lord knows where else. We just don’t win a a war and let it go.
Round about Vietnam (and I had graduated from high school by then) I learned LBJ made a ton of money off of contracts in Vietnam. Rumor was there was a LARGE oil field off sea in Vietnam
And lord knows Dick C didn’t make a dime off of the Haliburton fiasco’s in Iraq. And what contractor paid by our taxpayer dollars manages the embassy there? Living large I suppose. Sure are quiet though these days.
Then there’s Afghanistan: the CIA’s wet dream. Oh yeah, we were going to succeed there when the former USSR failed there. That was led greatly to the dissolution of them.
But oh no, the US rallied the troops determined to win. I don’t know squat about the Taliban. They could be made up in the NYT as far as I know.
And yes, as another here posted Afghanistan is an incredibly resource rich country. Its their stuff. Period.
Does anyone else here know that opium poppies are growing in Afghanistan? The Taliban I’ve read has wanted to stop this.
But oh no. This cannot be – says the three letter agency that funds their entire black budget with the profits from this. Just like the covert wars in S. America.
The US will do ANYTHING to keep control of the drugs, oil. any other resource they desire. ANYTHING. US Troops are sent out as cannon fodder and who in the military gives a flying fork over knife?
Saving personnel from the US Embassy really requires 3k troops? Methinks a 3 letter agency just sent out an SOS: “we’re losing control of the resource.”
military command
U.S. Exit Strategy From Afghanistan
Tragic mess in Afghanistan, a completely open and broken Border, crime at record levels, oil prices through the roof, inflation rising, and taken advantage of by the entire world—DO YOU MISS ME YET?