We must be cautious in reviewing any/all media articles about the fluid situation in Afghanistan, as both Leftist and NeoCon media are framing the crisis story to fit their preferred narrative. All DC media reporting should be viewed through the prism of cynicism and skepticism.
CNN is reporting the State Dept. Narrative that Taliban have surrounded the Kabul airport and there is no safe way for Americans to reach the evacuation point. However, the Pentagon is reporting that the Taliban is “not interfering in their mission” to facilitate the evacuation of Americans, and Taliban members “are not stopping U.S. citizens with American passports” from traveling to the airport.
When we review a State Department position (DoS) on anything, it should be noted that DoS personnel are, by ideological tribe, very dramatic, tender and pearl-clutching leftists in their worldview. State Department officials are the wokeist of the international woke community. As a consequence of their alignment and role, CNN is almost identically predisposed to the dramatic flair.
CNN takes the DoS bulletin and proclaims that Americans are trapped outside the airport by the Taliban. There is no evidence of this claim being accurate. There’s a difference between “we cannot ensure safe passage”, and “your passage is unsafe.” Yes, things are sketchy and unstable, but there have been no reports of safety incidents with any Americans.
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There is also an effort by media to parse the Biden administration into segments, and position blame according to their ideological unit inside the tribe. Watch for this to appear in the reporting, and we should not allow it.
The U.S. State Department, the U.S. Defense Department, The White House, the National Security Council and all officials in positions of leadership within the entirety of the Biden foreign policy establishment are equally to blame and all attached to this failure.
Their foreign policy ship is sinking and they were all on board.
Do not allow them to reach shore and excuse themselves from their crisis.
U.S. Military leadership was wrong in their claims, plans and risk assessments prior to the collapse. The U.S. State Department was wrong and inept in their planning to secure the Embassy mission in Kabul for all Americans. The White House failed to organize, coordinate and manage the draw-down of military action in Afghanistan. The President made the wrong decisions. Those in political position advising the President were inept.
The Biden administration and foreign policy team is weak, ineffective, ideological and functionally flawed. Everything they do is exactly the opposite of what should be done.
Just like Obama before him, the Biden foreign policy is a joke.
I think it’s likely the Taliban will be fine with letting US citizens leave. They are cunning and evil in my eyes, but they are not stupid. Taking hostages or harming US citizens will result in a lot of bombs dropped on them, Trump made that clear. Even if he’s no longer in charge they heard him and will remember.
Removing western influence is one of their goals, simple easy way to accomplish that is let our folks leave. The difficult part is getting our allies out. The Afghans that worked with us in any way will be ratted out and killed. Simply shot might be the best they can hope for. If we want to salvage any scrap of honor here we need to save those people. I’d go so far as to err on the side of taking too many than too few. There’s no effective way to vet the refugees in a timely manner. And time is critical. If they want out, put them on a plane. I expect we’ll see and hear lots of spilled Afghan blood by the Taliban in the coming days.
As for the women and girls unable to get out of Afghanistan, best we can do is pray.
“Simply shot”? Not really. Beheading will always be the preferred method for the mad fanatics of the Qur’an.
Its a tactical move thats all……
They will let everyone that is American leave…. (limited co-operation)……..and all that have dual passports or those that assisted will be detained…. re-educated or eliminated…….
It is inevitable…………
Whatever CNN is preaching is false and a slight of hand ploy to make you look elsewhere, instead of what is really taking place. IE, the cnn reporter stating the taliban is chanting “DEATH TO AMERICA” but her very next statement is “THEY SEEM FREINDLY”. Wait till she discovers she is disposable.
Tweeted by Ted Cruz:
It’s infuriating that Biden & Harris didn’t plan for contingencies in Afghanistan.
Now it’s emerging they were so committed to blocking & reversing everything Trump did, they canceled a State Dept. bureau for contingency planning in emergencies. Now we’re in the middle of one.