The number of Americans trapped in Afghanistan is actually unknown. According to Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby, somewhere around 5,000 to 10,000 are known, but the number could be 20,000. Those U.S. citizens are not at the airport in Kabul, and need to reach the airport in order to be evacuated.
Several media reports outline that the Taliban have checkpoints around the airport presumably looking for people who were aligned with the former government. Unfortunately, given the nature of media bias and previous propaganda, it is challenging to determine the level of risk or threat to any American. There have been no reports of Americans killed or taken hostage. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby outlines the current priority is to secure the airport, that’s what the additional troops are intended to do. WATCH:
…”Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f**k things up“… ~ Barack Obama
There is no such thing as “idiot proof.” As soon as you think you’ve developed an “idiot proof” system, you will discover Joe Biden.
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Full Press Briefing from today:
AP: “A U.S. defense official on Monday confirmed the Taliban’s sudden accumulation of U.S.-supplied Afghan equipment is *** enormous.*** The official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and so spoke on condition of anonymity. The reversal is an embarrassing consequence of misjudging the viability of Afghan government forces — by the U.S. military as well as intelligence agencies — which in some cases chose to surrender their vehicles and weapons rather than fight….”
> viability of Afghan government forces
BULL. They weren’t told, bases and materiel were abandoned in the middle of the night.
July 6, 2021
U.S. forces reportedly left Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield during the night Friday without telling the location’s new Afghan commander, according to Afghan military leaders.
“We [heard] some rumor that the Americans had left Bagram … and finally by seven o’clock in the morning, we understood that it was confirmed that they had already left Bagram,” Gen. Mir Asadullah Kohistani, Bagram’s new commander, said Monday, according to The Associated Press.
https://www.westernjournal.com/afghan-commander-accuses-us-abandoning-main-air-base-without-notice/
Thanks for the link, one for you:
https://michaelyon.locals.com/post/964894/all-the-kings-horses
Remember all the equipment Saddam Hussein’s men left when they ran away.
I remember the equipment that the US trained and armed Iraqi army left when it was confronted by ISIS. Hussein was long gone by then though.
That is correct and the individual person responsible for that is Buck Fiden!
Have they announced plan “B’ yet? If the B stands for Biden I don’t want to hear it.
Keep in mind the lesson learned by clients of the US democrat party after Iran fell, do not supply the intended victim client state with equipment it cannot easily replace.
No major US weapons were left…it was all Russian designed equipment purchased by the DoD and US State Department.
Nearly ALL the equipment of the Iraqi Army at the time and the ex-Afghan Army NOW is of Soviet design and purchased from China Inc. using US tax dollars since 2001.
It can all be easily replaced and put back into operation by China Inc. and Russia.
A few armored trucks and 2 1/2 ton trucks and HMMWV are hardly major systems. Major systems include the like of: tanks, aircraft, helicopters, artillery, nearly all the infantry heavy weapons, etc.
You want helicopters? See the second photo
LA Times https://archive.is/CIONn
Taliban has Bagram airbase
Those are Russian designs by the way (Mi-8)…so what is your point??
The BIGGER loss based on the picture is the INFRASTRUCTURE left intact, as in support equipment, buildings and run way that lands the largest military jets one cares to name.
Your dismissiveness is astounding.
He’s agreeing with you. He’s saying that Democrats purposefully gave the Afghanis Soviet and Chinese equipment so the Russians and Chinese could keep it usable for the Taliban
Now they won’t have to come here to learn how to fly but not land.
By the way the Afghans were flying MIG’s and Sukoi’s.
But the simulator is bad enough as it has actual F-15E flight software.
Iran already produces a knock off Javelin and Stryker stuff is NO loss.
The Taliban was gifted that military equipment by the odious obama via ChiCom Joe and Joe doesn’t even know it! When you sleep 12 hours a day at a minimum as Joe does there is really little time left to get up get ready and to be kept current on the affairs of the country let alone foreign affairs. So all that is handled for ChiCom Joe and he does what he’s told or he’ll “get in trouble”! Unbelievable loss of sensitive military equipment! Once again obama gets his way no wonder he’s so arrogant!
Here comes another 9/11! Did they hand over nuke codes too?
Bannon’s Warroom said there are 2 contractors for every 1 military and they are all stuck there. Don’t worry about them though. They are all the skilled tradesmen. I’m sure their uinons will get them out soon.
This explains why you can’t find any in the states. The gubt pays them better. And then we have all the NGOs teaching gender identity, critical race theory and equity.
I have zero sympathy for the POS contractors. Effing sellouts.
Many are working class. The gov pays well so it’s hard to fault them. It’s also an adventure for some.
Who do you think is flying the majority of the helos used to evacuate DoS personnel? I was a one of those “PoS contractors” in Baghdad on the afternoon of 21 October, 2006 who evacuated 4 severely wounded U.S. Army soldiers from the scene of a gruesome IED (EFP) attack on a military convoy. Three survived the attack thanks to the quick reaction of those “PoS contractors”. I landed my helicopter literally on the scene at great risk to myself and my crew and I’m pretty sure the survivors who were evacuated to the CASH were damned glad we did.
Hopefully, a lot of them are CIA.
Don’t think they are. Youngest son of an old friend considered taking a well paying contractor job in Afghanistan last year, in connection with all the infrastructure our government (spit) has been building over there.
Thanking God he did not choose to go, but stayed close to his baby son… greater reward in the long run. But he could have been stuck there. Doubtless many other people who were lured by nicer paychecks are trapped there.
This is deliberate malicious action out of DC. They hate this country and the working people in it
If people cannot see these left behind Americans are the canary in the coal mine for the day ( soon) when their government disappears and says “oh well…” about them, I don’t know what to tell you.
Is there any question we would betray an ally if we
do easily leave follow Americans to the tender mercies as the Taliban?
I’m not saying go back, I’m saying we should at least give a flying f and make an an attempt at some deal.
But no, the government leaves them “sheltering in place”, forgets them and eagerly flies out their apparently more worthy Afghan replacements. You stand in those American’s shoes. It would be wise to advocate for their survival.
I would never be in those Americans’ shoes. I’m not dumb enough to go do contract work in a 3rd world hell hole where fighting, murder, rape, child molestation, and other atrocities are overlooked and ignored.
Only fools go there. And, those people now get to reap that reward.
I’ve been to the middle east several times during my 13-year military career. The first time there a friend and I on liberty decide to visit the gold souk. In 98′ gold was priced well in the ME. I decided to by $300 of gold bullion, my friend $2k worth. The guy who sold it to us had the look of a man who needed to feed his family but would love to pick up the rifle in the back of the tent and kill us both. The look of hatred he had for us…..I’ve never seen anything like it before or since. And, this was supposed to be a friend.
They don’t deserve what’s happening but when you act a fool, you get to die like one.
shipwreckedcrew.substack.com@shipwreckedcrew
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“Just puttin’ it out there:
China owns Joe and Hunter.
China has designs on Afghanistan’s rare earth minerals.
China told Joe “Trump already promised to leave, so get out now”.
Joe said “The Generals say I shouldn’t.”
China said “Leave now.”
Joe said “OK”.
NEXT UP: TAIWAN & UKRAINE take backs.
World Economic Forum Urges Companies To Fire Unvaccinated Employees As Part of ‘Jobs Reset’
https://nationalfile.com/world-economic-forum-urges-companies-to-fire-unvaccinated-employees-as-part-of-jobs-reset-deletes-tweet-after-backlash/
I guess Karl Schwab is our President, not Xi.
WEF can F*** right off!!!!
This vast number of trapped Americans presents a mammoth income opportunity for the Taliban and Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence Agency (ISI). They could seize the trapped Americans as hostages (Europeans too) and offer them for ransom at a million dollars a pop. That’s an easy $10 billion or more. The Biden administration will do anything to get Americans out, and Europeans already pay such ransoms.
Greatest foreign policy disaster in American History, bar none.
Yep, and I never thought someone would outdo Carter and Iran. But, Joe said hold my blender modified meatloaf.
Stay tuned. The worst is yet to come.
Yessir.
must be why they are so frantically trying to pin this mess on PDJT….
Except maybe the voting into office Barack O’Butthole!
Just a reminder that ~30% of our neighbors support the resident
That 30% was before Sunday’s evernts (per Dr Steve Terley). It will drop even more. Don’t forget. — they are the minority and although they have big mouths, it’s crickets right now.
I remember a kid who worked in TRUMP’s White House that left early in the plandemic to sell face masks. He got a $3 million gubt contract if I remember correctly. He ran into a problem though. He got his masks from the wrong people and the gubt wanted their $$$ back. OOPS.
Time for commander in chief Biden to fly in, to oversee the evacuation “personally”, on the ground with our troops.
Kamala, you’re on deck, then Nancy. Right on down the line of succession until each and every American and service member is safely home.
The buck stops with you Joe.
Can you please include a Congressional visitation to Afghanistan? There are many patriots who would help pay for the flight.
Lindsay Graham.
Mitt Romney.
Mitch McConnell.
Liz Cheney.
If they care, they should be there…
Let’s send in the interagency advisors.
Codels? Excellent idea.
Why not a mandatory draft for members of congress, government employees, and their families. Start with Hunter Biden and the woke grandchildren?
Start with anyone who was on that chartered bus that never made it to Dulles airport because PT wouldn’t let it. The bus just kept driving around and around in circles in downtown D.C. Madame Speaker was quite unhappy.
Let me see if I have this right. Biden had 2500 troops in the country on Jan 20, 2021. He has had over 7 months to move these people out of there using multiple airbases. But now he is going to move 5-10,000 people plus 7,000 troops and equipment out of one airbase in 3 weeks. Surrounded by the enemy. Man, what a plan. This is the most stupid thing I have ever witnessed and I spent 20 years in the military, so I have seen plenty of stupid things.
All because he had to spite Trump.
Whenever you see the US government doing something that makes absolutely no sense, know that it is the will of the CFR and the globalist bankers.
Taliban leader complaints about censorship from Facebook.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/taliban-calls-out-facebooks-censoring-and-lack-of-free-speech/
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/17/pentagon-says-165-americans-evacuated-as-thousands-more-stuck-in-afghanistan/#
“Kirby said at a Pentagon briefing afterwards that over the last 24 hours, seven C-17 aircraft were able to get between 700 and 800 passengers out, including 165 Americans.”
Yup, that ratio sounds about right. Nearly 800 Afgans and only 165 Americans.
The plane’s not headed towards the Pentagon, is it?
I just can’t get it out of my head that there will be a 9/11 Anniversary reenactment this year.
Looks more likely today….. Lord I hope I’m wrong.
Taliban Frees Thousands of Prisoners From Bagram. Al Qaeda Members Were Among Them.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2021/08/16/taliban-reportedly-frees-thousands-of-prisoners-including-al-qaeda-members-n2594185
And how many were already on planes to the U.S.?
Sean Parnell, calling balls and strikes on wasted forever wars and sacrificing our men and women. Powerful statement.
Sean Parnell on Twitter: “My thoughts on those using Biden’s Afghanistan disaster as an excuse for forever wars. https://t.co/CkE42xVaDf” / Twitter
You really have to wonder why all the Deep State media is coming down so hard on the Bidenistas.
Something more than meets the eye.
I’d say they’re burning up Joe on purpose, Chief.
Trying to save their ass and budgets….they are culpable though.
Plan A is finished. Imposter going down in flames so all will accept Plan B.
Plan B soon to be implemented. Question is — how?
The media want the people to focus on Biden and Afghanistan and not election audits disclosing fraud. Election fraud outcome could mean GITMO for some. Biden/Afghanistan just means hand-wringing and “Oh My”.
Is it not time that this bumbling, demented old man, and his entourage, be removed from government? There is not a rationally thinking person in the Western world that does not know that this criminal was installed, rather than voted for. While his actions may have been comedic at the very beginning, his impact now goes beyond negative both in the domestic and world stage. This administration is doing serious damage to its citizens and is no longer fit for office.
The Entire DC ruse is also part of the damage
Biden has never been fit for office.
What a Godamned embarrassment. The incompetency of these fraudulently installed fools is limitless. Not to mention the protectionist press, who will not report or show anything that casts Mr. Mumbles and his cackling tart in a bad light. Beheadings galore and pallets of ransom money headed to this hell hole.
Apparently lots of finger pointing and blame casting going on in the illegitimate Biden regime. State blaming the IC, military blaming State, the IC blaming State, and Old Joe going on TV to say “the buck stops here,” but then blaming EVERYONE including the Afghans.
Whatever the endeavor may be, whenever you encounter this kind of circular firing squad after a failure, it is glaring evidence that NO ONE was in charge. This entire operation took place as a bunch of moving and uncoordinated parts with no central overall guidance, no President making decisions and giving instructions to all the players. Most likely, it was a room full of political handlers and “advisors” themselves moving in different directions who were “managing” this, if that word can even be applied to this massive failure.
The buck doesn’t “stop” with Old Joe because there never WAS a “buck.” There was only a pocket full of loose change.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/17/politics/biden-afghanistan-blame-shifting/index.html
Well, if you ‘arrange’ for someone to become ‘president’ then there is no one in charge. ?
Abandoned at Bagram
https://abcnews.go.com/International/photos/abandoned-scenes-bagram-airfield-28030797/image-28031448
At least they have terrible gas mileage.
Over there gasoline is about 10 cents a gallon.
LA Times – What did the U.S. leave behind at Bagram Airfield
https://archive.is/CIONn
Well….that’s all folks.
This was intentional. We just armed these bastards more.
We will continue this circular “war” killing and maiming Americans.
This is TREASON by these politicians, Biden, military industrial complex, etc. TREASON.
where are the B2 strafes?
This is beyond incompetence. Either it is sheer lunacy or it is overtly diabolical (intentional), connected to globalist’s NWO goals.
Very good friend with a 60 year world wide Christian missionary. He has a contact in Afghanistan. We should be very concerned about the intense persecution of Christians in that part of the world. Regardless of nationality, these brothers and sisters are at huge risk of torture and death right now. While we should be concerned about Americans still in Afghanistan, we should be in deep and constant prayer for Christians there.
There is a good chance a majority of Americans over there are of the Libtard variety. Libtards are known for being atheists and baby-killers.
Can there be any doubt now that our diversity is our strength?
I mean we held out against that Army of 70K primitives for 20 years! But then again they had some pretty advanced weaponry; like that Russian semi automatic rifle that was designed in 1947
from Bongino’s twitter feed: audio of a caller (former intel analyst) who claims this entire debacle is a result of a tiff between State & Pentagon.
The intel guy doesn’t identify the “document” not yet delivered to Congress. If identified, I completely missed that. Anyone?
“Idiot-proof”?
It’s proof, but not of idiocy.
A small child could have told you to get civilians out first. It’s pretty clear:
This is a planned failure, an intentional defeat for the United States by enemies both Foreign & Domestick.
Until proven otherwise, I will assume that China ordered this up–not that Shadow Brain Hussein wouldn’t have done it for free.
The only question is will they order Joe to lose a war over Taiwan?
We are thinking same that this is a distraction for Taiwan.
Not just a distraction–meant to signal Taiwan and others that the US is a Toilet-Paper Tiger under
BidenObama.Our military in Afghanistan with American hostages is a great excuse for China to take Taiwan.
Right on cue:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/breaking-china-dispatches-warships-asw-aircraft-fighter-jets-off-coast-taiwan-following-fall-afghanistan/
Jacinda it gets on your feet.
Then it gets between the sheets.
It crawls up your ankles while you sleep.
Before you wake it’s on your neck and on your face.
By blue light you’re another case.
ty, ty very much
He acknowledges that “things are not ideal”.
Well, isn’t that special.
Why does the Pentagon require a press secretary? I already know the answer. Just sayin’…
The biggest problem with all of these clowns in federal govt, elected or otherwise, is that they spend so much time developing lies it never occurs to them they are listening to their own lies.
Dented children of demonrats. Very dangerous time ahead.
John “Kabul Kirby” Pantygone Spokes”person” is a retired Navy Admiral. Can you imagine having to take orders from this clown? The Two Star General in Kabul was asked if there were any plans to “dispose” of the Enormous Piles of weapons and military gear discarded and piling up. ??? Not a clue on what to do. He had No Plans on his own, awaiting “Orders”. Fortified Bagram Airbase Abandoned. Now unfortified and un-defendable Kabul Airport is our last point of departure??? IDIOTS
This hasn’t Even Begun to Get Bad Yet, then after that it’s going to get Awful. What if the American Troops have to Surrender to the Taliban??? Ridiculous? With Idiots like Kirby, Miley, and Biden in charge? Beyond FUBAR.
There was a withdrawal plan. Biden ignored it because Orange Man Bad.
Nope. There was no withdrawal plan.
What happened on November 3, 2020 made any previous withdrawal plan null and void. ?
To the treeper who asked where the Afhan refugees are being taken, here in the U.S.:
Pentagon to provide two more US bases to house Afghans (msn.com)
Must be getting harder and harder to find available bases, what with folks crossing the southern border filling them up like crazy. Pretty soon the military will be sleeping in parking lots as we turn all of our bases into “refugee” camps.
Could that be because the acting US Ambassador left the country two weeks ago?
The British Ambassador is still in-country helping citizens of Britain evacuate.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9902363/Biden-KNEW-Taliban-Afghanistan-security-advisor-Jake-Sullivan-says.html
Time to put every single one of these cowards on a plane so that they can lead from the front, rather than cower from behind a podium. If their plan is to put our brave fighting forces in the middle of a crossfire hurricane, they should at least be willing to join them.
F”CK these Mf*ckers, pardon my French!
Signed,
A proud mother of a courageous Marine that served an extended tour to defend these airbases. Thank you, Lord for bringing him home.
No thanks to the cowering VP in chief.
Well I tried to up-vote more than once, but there’s a built-in noyoucan’tdothat feature.
So here you go: ^^^^^^^^^^
Please extend thanks to your son from a grateful grandmother who values his service.
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Non-military Americans made the choice to stay there, despite plenty of notice that we would be withdrawing. They did it for their own reasons of personal gain. Now they can hire security or just bribe Taliban to see their safe passage.
But there aren’t all that many of these, contractor profiteers and journalists.
This is an engineered fiasco, a psy-op, designed to get you on board with more troops heading indefinitely into the Middle East and hundreds of thousands of “refugees” needing resettlement.
When emotions take over, the left brain shuts down. Don’t let hand-wringing over the “humanitarian crisis” — or the need to “rescue stranded Americans” — blind you to what is really going on.
Translated,
“Dear Bait. Now that we have cast you out far out into the water, please make your way across the dark lake. If you make it back to our pole, we may take you off the hook. But if the hungry fish gobble you up on the way, no worries. While we may not be able to then save you, we will then be justified and allowed to bomb the lake again.”
Nothing to worry about. (/s) Apparently the administration is in close communication with the Taliban and the Taliban have presumably agreed to allow our people to get out safely. You can be sure that they’re not just saying/doing this out of the goodness of their hateful hearts. No doubt money is involved. And lots of it. As to whether they’ll keep their word, only time will tell. But the big take away is that the United States of America is now relying on jihadists to get our people out safely. Let that sink in.
And, all at the same time, we’re importing Afgans en masse, many (most?) of whom aren’t even vetted. But even if they were, it’s a clash of cultures and values. On top of that, these folks must be pissed. So we’re importing Muslims from a primitive country on the other side of the world who, for a number of reasons, hate us!
So if we made something Biden proof, would someone invent an even better idiot? OTH, does Biden have any idea what “he” planned?
Now if the 5000 to 10,000 could be identified as left wing radicals, that could be a good thing.
We’re at the mercy of the Taliban. Can you freaking believe these spox’s say with a straight face, as if this is normal, acceptable, and ok, that the United States is relying on the Taliban to keep their word to allow us to get our people out.
https://therightscoop.com/biden-nat-sec-advisor-says-the-are-negotiating-with-taliban-to-get-americans-to-the-airport-in-kabul-video/
Excellent piece:
https://nypost.com/2021/08/17/dems-lecture-americans-on-wokeness-then-abandon-our-values-abroad/
The fall of the Humpty-Dumpty presidency of Joseph R. Biden: all the king’s MSM and all the king’s men, can’t put Humpty together again….
From the pictures posted with comments…the absolute biggest loss is NOT military equipment. It is the infrastructure left behind.
The pictures of Bagram, for example:
Hangers
Support Equipment
Repair Shops
Airfield OPS for a major airbase
RUNWAYS long enough to land and take-off the largest military jest in existence.
Kabul Airport was upgraded in a similar fashion.
Think of the major interstate like highways the US which cross the country.
Think of ALL the Military Logistcs bases built with warehouses, warehouse management systems and major repair depots.
This is where the 1.2 Trillion went..NOT weapons.
China Inc. and Russia have long successful histories of using host nation facilities and not interferring with host nation government operations.
The 1.2 Trillion, contrary to the shrill bleating of the MIC fanatics, went to Infrastructure Contractors with very little oversight as to whom was contracted or nation of origin of those contractors. That is also how money was funneled back into the pockets of politicians. The money started out nested in the budgets of the DoD and State Department but was CONTROLLED by the State Department.
By the way most of the support equip is COMMERCIAL and for sale directly from the manufacturers with the appropriately signed off licenses from US State Department and available via overseas subsidiaries.
Time for an open source audit? Follow the trillions and then peacefully deliver a bill to the doorsteps of each and every government critter, their family and friends, who financially benefitted, assigning a cost for the loss of life and treasure?
Treason
All by design
‘They lie to you’: Trump previously held private meetings with Navy SEALs to candidly discuss Afghanistan war
Psaki’s back form her vacation, wearing all black and appearing even more wound tight than normal.
Sounds like our Military doesn’t need the higher-ups. The most competent are the low rank, who actually do all the work
Restructure the whole darn thing and get rid of all political idiots who do nothing but screw up.
Our military grew too big and too political.
Our Gov in general is too big.
Aw. Look. Governor Kemp stepping up to the plate. What a guy!
Not surprising since Kemp has been Obama’s * for years.
Was it all part of Zero’s plan?
Abort.
Leave military equipment to arm MB, AQ, ISIS, Taliban.
Leave behind 10-20K American for public slaughter.
Make the installed imposter the fall guy.
They did nothing to prepare and reliable military reports (sorry, didn’t keep link) said that we have know for weeks they were moving in and overtaking all of the country.
They chose to do nothing. It all played out like it would given all of the above circumstances.
Could there be a bigger IC 4th Branch picture/plan we aren’t seeing?
Then moe to Plan B – heels up.