Throughout the night and today U.S. personnel were evacuated from the embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. The U.S. flag has been removed. The airport in Kabul is no longer safe and flights have been suspended. Afghanistan President Ghani has fled the country. The Taliban are on the streets of Kabul as fighting around the airport continues.
U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken is a stuttering and stammering mess as he appears on television attempting to obfuscate the complete FUBAR that is unfolding. Joe Biden is being kept hidden in his bunker. U.S. personnel who did not make it to the airport have been told to shelter in place and await rescue. Some reports of negotiations with Taliban leadership for safe passage for Americans. The embassy is being abandoned.
Why the rapid collapse? “In the wake of President Biden’s withdrawal decision, the U.S. pulled its air support, intelligence and contractors servicing Afghanistan’s planes and helicopters. That meant the Afghan military simply couldn’t operate anymore. The same happened with another failed American effort, the South Vietnamese army in the 1970s, said retired Lt. Gen. Daniel Bolger, who commanded the U.S.-led coalition’s mission to train Afghan forces in 2011-2013.” (WSJ link)
Now it is a mad scramble to protect the remaining Americans and evacuate everything. The U.S. diplomatic presence in Afghanistan has been withdrawn. Remaining U.S. personnel are receiving the following instructions from the State Dept.:
An official security alert was issued by the US government after shots were fired at the airport, sparking fears American jets could be shot down as they try to flee the country, which the Taliban have vowed to rename the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. (read more)
https://youtu.be/24KXVfEoesk
Everything the demonrats touch turns to ?
They reap what they sow.
No wonder they fear the Oath Keepers.
I’d say WE reap what THEY sow.
Obama’s resurrection of the Arab Spring
Can’t even fully blame the Democrats. It’s the entire Washington DC Cabal, Republican & Democrat that has partipated in and allowed the theft of the election, and the elevation of these current hacks. All the blood from this, both US and Afghani are on their hands.
NOT ON CNN !!! If you watch CNN everything is wonderful and going as planned. And as Biden’s body is on vacation, which allows it to sync up with his mind, Nancy Pelosi is in charge:
And Nancy Pelosi is laying it out forcefully to the Taliban:
“Any political settlement that the Afghans pursue to avert bloodshed must include having women at the table.”
She has instructed Adam Schiff to use the Trump impeachment bill and fill in “Taliban” in place of Trump to submit to the United Nations immediately!
Deja vu anyone?
Right down to a similar model helicopter and photo angle.
Surely will be used for propaganda efforts soon enough.
Stammer, stutter, lie, lie, lie Blinken….
Anthony Blinken (and John Kirby, Pentagon) as portrayed by William H. Macy (in Fargo):
The look of defeat.
Trust me, soon enough Tapper will pull back and get on board with the narrative the administration puts out.
It’s pretty bad when Tapper makes you look like a moron.
incredible, while Biden is leading the fools, the State Department has learned absolutely nothing. Blinken is a mumbling, blinkin , and irrational hollow suit that is proving he is not up to the task of fixing anything. Sadly, this is of no surprise.
Anyone remember John Kerry saying Afghanistan was the “good war.” Rrrright.
Look at blinken’s face, what do you see? Tells us everything, without a word spoken, doesn’t it?
Blinken has bags under his eyes.. Tapper seemed really annoyed with him..
Blaming PT of course. ?
Sounds like Raggedy Andy.
LOL….Blinkie boy is such a bad liar. This was a real treat.
“We succeeded.” Lying liars.
That’s genius—“Mission accomplished”
Mark Steyn nailed it: just how bad is our humiliation.
https://www.steynonline.com/11598/the-scale-of-humiliation
Excellent article!
Agreed.
Thank you for posting that link. As you say, Steyn nailed it. As usual. The shift in his tenor over the past year or so is palpable as it is for so many of us. You can feel his rage.
Great article.
I’ll have to try and remember this:
crack agents of the highly specialized Federal Unitary Central Kabul Western Intelligence Tracking Service.
Thank you for that. I love Steyn saying, Blinken and Biden’s slogan is: ‘America Is Back’. (omfg)
Which I guess now refers to “Saigon 1975” soon to be followed by “Tehran 1979”?
Same scheme as zero used after the killings in Benghazi, send out the talking heads to deflect and cast blame on others. While the chief fraud hides out. Every republican in the house and senate better be screaming from the rafters over this, the border, the continued holding of the political prisoners from 1/6, the continued targeting of conservatives by the DOJ and FBI and more I’m forgetting. But I’m not holding my breath for that. There’s enough wrong going on for them to keep raising h*ll until this installed regime is gone.
20 years of blood and treasure flushed down the toilet… and trying to hang it on President Trump. If this doesn’t wake up the masses, maybe we are done!
Terror threat is RAISED: Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Mark Milley tells senators that the US homeland is now at greater risk from terror groups in Afghanistan in major blow to American efforts after 20 years of fighting in the country
Afghanistan fell to the Taliban much faster than President Joe Biden and his top military leaders predicted, a Sunday report from Axios reveals. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley told a bipartisan group of senators during a Sunday call that a past assessment of how soon the terrorist groups will reemerge in Afghanistan will drastically speed up due to the events over the last week.
On the call with Milley, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham asked if they will revise the assessment given to Congress in June that classified a ‘medium’ risk of terrorist group reconstituting within two years of withdrawal.
“If this doesn’t wake up the masses, maybe we are done!”
We are way beyond done.
https://twitter.com/RED_IN_PA_2/status/1426968248826875906
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Sundance: Isn’t that Nancy Pelosi’s desk?
They have her laptop!
Along with one of Hunter’s!
Not a huge feat. Everyone’s got one.
but the Democrats and mealy-mouth Republicans were more concerned about a guy in a Viking hat and people taking selfies in the US Capitol
I have seen several pic of the Taliban and for a group who just took over the country none of them seem very happy..
For reference Liz Cheney, officer Fanone, AOC, Pelosi, Schumer et alia – this is what an insurrection really looks like!
I’m surprised that the Taliban have put together so many people voluntarily congregating indoors and outdoors, to overrun the centers of authority within days. Haven’t they heard about the Delta variant? It’s killing people! ICUs are full!
Biden stays on vacation in a never never land in which he has no effffing idea where he is or what he is doing. And because we let him steal an election, thousands of innocent people around the world will die. Any country that ever trusts us again as an ally is crazy.
And Kamala is in the situation room just pushing back her cuticles and waiting to be dismissed. ???
some idiot commentator on MSNBC opining that President Biden is focused like a laser beam on getting all Americans out of there with as little bloodshed as possible, or something to that effect . . .
I think he (Biden) may be focused like a laser beam on getting as little ice cream on his shirt as possible
The fake peaceful transition of power to the Taliban is about as realistic as Biden winning the 2020 election.
It is a “peaceful” transition of power. There is practically no fighting! The Afghan army was always a paper tiger. The numbers were always overstated and the soldiers never fought without being led by Americans.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meeting with The Taliban in China. July 28th. Are you paying attention yet?
Arranging with the Chinese to sell their women and children as slave labor.
Maybe, but I suspect China has bigger plans than slave labor, way bigger plans.
https://dawsoncountyjournal.com/blog/2021/07/17/escobar-russia-china-advance-asian-roadmap-for-afghanistan/
exactly –
all those children named after George and Laura Bush almost twenty years ago
Thanks for the link.
American politicians have become the “paper tigers”
Bought and paid for.
Every event and Everything Biden Administration does benefits China. Every single move.
China plays the long game. They make nice but underneath they are persuing their agenda cleverly and taking no prisoners. That photo was an fu to the world, but especially to the USA. The Chinese will approach Afghanistan much differently than anyone before them. Biden is a Chinese puppet. Let’s see if the Taliban become puppets of the CCP too.
Like I said yesterday, Benghazi writ large.
Don’t know whether to be sickened or angry by the prospect of “Americans who didn’t make it to the airport.”
Completely avoidable.
Every day there are new outrages, but this tops everything so far except for the mass invasion facilitated by this governmental occupation.
I feel sorry for any children, but State Department employees are getting exactly what they vote for and do to others around the world.
right! and we hear the advisory”
“shelter in place”
like, with a mask?
Those presenting a valid vaccine passport will be evacuated first, in the following order:
Transgenders
Gay/Lesbian
POC
All others.
Unvaccinated please shelter in place until notified by Dr Fauci.
“Embassy staff will be evacuated within the next 72 hours”
72? Who are they trying to kid? This will be over in 8.
It’s over NOW
Planes still leaving
Sadly, I think you are right.
(Ive heard we are still trying to pay them for safe passage. Fools. )
How many people do they have to evacuate that it takes this long?
So, I guess Ambassadors aren’t like Captains on a sinking ship, the last to leave.
Democrats Should never be allowed anywhere near Foreign Policy. Ever.
Subtract the word “foreign” from the sentence above and the statement would remain equally valid.
True, But The Most Damage Done is to our Foreign Policy the last Arab uprising started in Egypt with Obama Leading from behind. Are we seeing another Arab Spring.
Democrats should never be allowed anywhere near ANY policy— foreign, domestic or otherwise.
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They should never be allowed near any form of govt. Ever.
Uh …. the shirt I am wearing says “Made in Viet Nam.”
So, if you want a chance to save your ass in the Afghan Biden left you to die lottery, you have to fill out a guberment form and submit it to someone somewhere. And, please do not call to inquire as all of our operators have fled the country including their boss who remembered what happened to the boss in Bengazi. Another democrat commie run shit show by Hillary and Big Ears.
The Taliban has taken Afghanistan, released Al Qaeda prisoners, captured US military weapons and vehicles … and yet:
US POTENTIAL TERROR THREATS
-Opposition to covid measures
-Claims of Election Fraud, Belief Trump can be reinstated
-9/11 Anniversary and Religious Holidays
Breaking News:
National Terrorism Alert Ahead of 9/11 20th Anniversary
“Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste”
Notice every time a Cabal puppet President arises in the White House that a terrorist organization arises back up in the Middle East… Coincidence? Not…
Such a relief to know that the wide open border with its 1.5 million illegials in and counting is not a problem. Whew, had us worried there for a minute /s
Warm feeling isn’t it? They are already here. Prepare yourself.
Yep and when some of those terrorists make it through what is supposedly a border and launch another 9/11, watch them blame it on patriots first. They were laying the groundwork before President Trump even left office. Domestic terrorism is the greatest threat, don’t ya know.
We are the government’s target.
As much as Biden amplified the ending debacle, it was the Bush nation building delusion that set the stage. The entire premise was a $2trillion exercise in fantasy as foredoomed to fail as all those Arab spring uprisings.
truth
The entire premise was a $2 trillion exercise in the military industrial complex’s war profiteering. There’s money in them-thar guns and bombs and bullets, but only if you discharge the weapons then go buy more. .
I’d like to say this matters to me, but it doesn’t.
We should not have been there. The U.S. soldiers who died and were maimed did so in vain.
I could give two shits about any American stuck there now.
Our own government is illegitimate. The Republic ended on November 3, 2020. And I’m supposed to care about this?
Piss off.
Well, you paid for it (assuming your an American) and your progeny will continue to pay for it for generations. Personally, I’d like to keep track of exactly how bad we got screwed on this deal – but if you aren’t interested, there are other things to do.
My taxes pay for people to stay home and not work. They pay for abortions. They pay for schools that tell my children to hate this country. My taxes subsidize Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg. My taxes pay for fake elections.
Do you want me to go on? Because I can.
We live in clown world.
Yes, it’s a lot to keep track of. Sometimes it’s good to take a breather.
Why do all your replies end with a snide comment directed to the original poster. In both of yours above, and in nearly all of yours, you make your point and then end with something like
“but if you aren’t interested, there are other things to do.”
or “Sometimes it’s good to take a breather.”
Did someone do this to you as a child? Were your opinions denigrated by a parent?
You’re a smart lady but this habit is quite noticeable and does nothing but shut down opposing views and denigrate the poster.
Stolen Elections have consequences. Ignorance is bliss, willful ignorance is stupidity you can not fix stupid because it is a choice, but if you chose to be stupid you have to be tough because it is going to hurt!
Is this the beginning of the Arab Summer?
Always keep in mind this fact:
Biden is the sponge to soak up the nuclear fallout from the Obama policy objectives. That is his role. He is nothing more than that. We must approach all “Biden failures,” from inflation to Afghanistan, from this angle.
The collapse of the Afghan government was entirely predictable. Maybe the ensuing chaos and political damage were inevitable consequences of any withdrawal, and the decision to unleash the chaos and damage now was made because Biden is expendable. Perhaps there are other reasons why the current crisis has been allowed to explode. I don’t know.
What I do know is that whatever political fallout cannot be contained by the media or deflected, unfairly, to the former administration will be attached to the political ashes of Current Occupant before they are dumped overboard.
Great observation.
I wonder if Doctor Jill is still so proud of herself these days.
I hope everyone is safe and can get out that needs to get out.
That being said the story that unfolds was a given, based on the developments. It could not have gone any other way.
The Taliban are not really taking over Afghanistan, most of the Afghan military has just taken off their uniform and welcoming the Taliban. I am sure there are countries waiting to carry the flag where Russia and now the USA has failed. Hello China! Hope they like getting their shit blown up as well, if history repeats.
You cannot help a people that do not want to be helped. The decision to withdraw air support and drop everything and run, was a rather weak one. The Tabilan sees weakness, and they have taken full advantage of it.
Praying for everyone to get out and for the women and children who dont get the luxury of dying their hair pink and spit on their countries flag, but instead will have their heads removed, raped and their eyes gouged out. There sure are some messed up people in this world.
Don’t forget the Brit experience in Afghanistan.
Yes. Americans over there should have had their radar up and plans in place to leave after the stolen election. PTrump was already transitioning the removal of most troops and ending the war. Not sure what his plan of action was, but every American over there had to be thinking about leaving.
If Americans weren’t ready to go or if they were told lies about how much time they had by the Biden regime, then they were lied to. Still, watching the last 2 weeks with the warnings given, people should have really tried to go ASAP. Maybe they did and couldn’t get ot for whatever reason, but it seems many were caught short and abandoned by Biden and company. This is bad no matter how you try and ignore it.
I’ve been assuming people much more competent than Joe, i.e. the generals, the CIA, the cabinet, were pulling the strings but I’m beginning to wonder – is there any evidence that ANYONE IN CHARGE?
Xi Jinping is in charge. The evidence is everywhere you look.
It’s horrifying but I have to agree with you.
Its because these creatures are vacuously stupid and lazy adolescents. They have not even developed a sense of responsibility let alone an ability to manage and lead. The democrats are still in high school playing the clown for attention subconsciously expecting “someone else” to do the work.
My guess is the military – absent ANY leadership- may just let this play out to further awaken the people to the children who are playing “house” in the US government.
Don’t blame me, I voted for the winner- Donald Trump.
Let’s see…….
1) Won’t leverage US Energy opportunity forcing Americans to pay almost double at the pumps
2) Won’t enforce illegal immigration laws and illegal crossing at the borders leading to more crime, drugs and trafficking
3) Won’t implement policies that restrict or hold back inflation causing near double digit inflation and more pain for Americans.
4) Won’t enforce rule of law allowing people to burn buildings, assault people and steal up to $900 per event of property with no penalty causing stores to raise prices or close.
5) Won’t enforce first amendment and free speech and actually promoting and purposely restricting free speech.
6) Won’t abide with the Nuremberg agreement whereby no one will ever be mandated or forced against their will with regard to medical injections.
7) Won’t consult with the Trump administration to fully understand and implement a withdraw strategy in Afghanistan until it is too late.
8) Won’t fully open up US businesses but instead continues to pay people for no work when job are a plenty.
Does anybody see anything or any policy by the Biden Administration that is helpful or beneficial to Americans?
They have to win the award for the most incompetent and destructive administration EVER!
Bogeyfree… you are another one of my favorite Treepers… Your comments are insightful and informative!!
86/46 because he ain’t
More proof Obama is in charge
“I was detained in Guantanamo bay camp for several years”, says one of the Taliban leader inside the presidential palace in #Kabul. #Afghanistan
https://mobile.twitter.com/Majd_Khalifeh/status/1426975578431819778
Should have used this picture at the bottom of this post.
I’ll never forget Susan Rice saying on TV that he served with “honor and distinction”.
Just blame Trump. The fake news junkies will believe it.
They may not believe it but they will force-feed the populace with it.
Only forced on to us domestic terrorists who know better which is more then half of the population. That is part of the strategy. To rub it in. To remind us that our government does not belong to us anymore.
Only time will tell if it proves to be devastating. The left has a way of coming back from such things. And can do so quite quickly with the help of the media, big tech, and a brainwashed public willing to consume the pablum they dish out.
I thought he was stricken with Alzheimers, but after seeing that performance, I am sure he has lost his mind. Maybe that’s what he was wandering around in the WH looking for.
They want this to happen. They purposely did the same thing in Vietnam. Why anyone ever trusts us is beyond me.
That’s what my husband said.
At this point, any geo-political entity that believes the US can be their friend for longer than whatever the current President’s term is must be completely off their rocker.
China then and China now . . .
another failure for the United States of America
it is okay with the American politicians who have been told to stand down and let the Chinese take over
It looks like the fall of Saigon and the Iran hostage crisis all rolled into one.
I do wonder what will happen if all of the Americans do not make it out…will this turn into another Iranian-style Hostage Crisis? And what happens then? Joe is even less competent than Jimmy Carter, if such a thing is possible…
Whatever so-called GENERALS in the Armed Forces that allowed this to happen should be CASHIERED—-fired immediately, demoted if possible, loss of retirement and possibly charged under the UCMJ for incompetence or dereliction of duty.
That could include 20 years’ worth of Generals……………..
Especially, Gen. Woke.
AMEN!!! Start with CRT Cheerleader Milley, who has spent the past four years undermining both the Commander-in-Chief specifically and the overall military in general in more ways than we probably even realize!
If you’re American and still in Afghanistan, you’re dead. Benghazi 2.0!!
No, you’ll be held hostage while they embarrass America and haggle for money. Now, you have to expect to be starved and raped at a minimum.
What a potempkin dumba$$ Biden is. On the other hand, if you steal an election I don’t care if these people are shown to be the neoclowns that they are. Bill Krystal must grinning from ear to ear right now.
So we’re any of these current Taliban leaders/generals ever in Gitmo?
And if so do we have pictures of the ones released and who released them?
“I was detained in Guantanamo bay camp for several years”, says one of the Taliban leader inside the presidential palace in #Kabul. #Afghanistan
https://mobile.twitter.com/Majd_Khalifeh/status/1426975578431819778
US citizens wishing to leave must fill out form (with no mistakes) and submit to embassy that is locked down.
In mean time shelter in place, social distance, wear your mask and get CCP flu shot for entry in US.
That is all. Carry on.
:):)
EXCEPT for illegal aliens – “they don’t gotta do nutten” to come in
The incompetence of the BuyDem Maladministration is breathtaking.
President Biden owns this unfolding chaos – Jon Sopel, BBC Asia
Arguments can be made about the US policy to pull out – there is a strong feeling that US involvement couldn’t continue ad infinitum. But the manner of the withdrawal has been hapless, with a mass of miscalculation, warnings ignored, and – critically – a wild over-estimation of the capability of the American-trained Afghan armed forces.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-58219963 Article Time 18:17
Biden officials admit miscalculation as Afghanistan’s national forces and government fall
The rapid fall of Afghanistan’s national forces and government has come as a shock to Biden and senior members of his administration, who only last month believed it could take months before the civilian government in Kabul fell — allowing a period of time after American troops left before the full consequences of the withdrawal were laid bare. Now, officials are frankly admitting they miscalculated.
https://kion546.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2021/08/15/top-republican-on-foreign-affairs-committee-slams-biden-over-unmitigated-disaster-in-afghanistan-2/
Miscalulated my ass. They knew exactly what they were doing. If not, the military leaders should all be tried for dereliction of duty, and murder.
Yes. USA should have left. No question but the plan to leave under PTrump was much more organized. This fiasco was either deliberate or these enemies of the state in our own military and govt.are truly stupid. Or both. What a frightening thought.
Just posted the tweet up the thread
Obama/Biden sprung him from Gitmo …o
What are the chances it was one of the five traded for Bowe Bergdahl?
Wow…this is so heartwarming..
How many are being sent here now to walk across our open borders and ‘get even with the Ugly Americans’?
Who is going to guard the C.I.A. poppy fields ?
Heroin is so yesterday, now the new thing is fentanyl, see US southern border for details..
And now that China is moving into Afghanistan, how much fentanyl will be coming over with the heroin?
When you have lost Jake Tapper…
So, does this force Biden to resign and if so, isn’t Kamala even worse? Or will the media revert to form and try to ignore this? Can they?!!!!
Trust me, Tapper’s not lost. It’s just a blip on the radar. He’ll come roaring back in short order replete with all the left’s narratives.
Everyone of America’s Afghani allies who remain will be hunted down and killed, likely along with their families. Also, prolly going to be a repeat of the last fall of the country when the USSR pulled out…The Taliban castrated the installed Afghan president, and hung him from a flagpole.
Can we trade Biteme for the installed Afghan President?
Good to see our competent government has everything well in hand. I can see now how Uncle Joe and the American Communist Party won the 2020 election in such a landslide. They are clearly the most competent and strategic thinkers our nation has ever known. CLEARLY.
God help those people abandoned in Kabul.
In a 2014 book, former SecDef Robert Gates said that Biden had been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issues over the previous forty years. He’s just keeping the string alive.
Just checked all of my local news (MSM) web sites. The only one that has anything at all about Afghanistan is, amazingly, CBS.
Where’s Mad Dem Mattis? Liz Cheney says Trump must answer for Afghanistan.
Tell lizzy that President Trump will not hesitate to answer and turn it around on her in a heartbeat.
She is really dumber than a blonde joke.
We had peace under Trump. And he never got an ounce of credit for that monumental accomplishment. And for all the left loves to clamour about being anti-war, they don’t say a word about the havoc the left has wreaked in recent years, in the Middle East under Obama, and now in Afganistan, again, under Obama, Susan Rice, and all the rest. When will people wake up and realize these people are aligned with the enemy????
There really REALLY should be a law passed that requires at least one close relative of every DC lawmaker, must serve in a war zone during their term in Office.
As if any of them give a crap about their children.
The emperor has no clothes, but he has ice cream.
I don’t know how much longer I can live in a country with so many stupid people in positions of power and so many stupid sheep to go along with them .
Good luck finding a country to go to that isn’t as bad or worse. Fight for this one and maybe we can get some of it back.
Where are the frickin masks? Send Fauxchi over there immediately.
Don’t worry, biden asked that the tolly-bon not hurt the embassy.
This was the Biden plan in April, anyone know if these 16,000 plus contractors and spec ops folks are remaining still?
https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/79734/biden-isnt-ending-the-afghanistan-war-hes-privatizing-it-special-forces-pentagon-contractors.html