Yesterday during a press briefing, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley was adamant from his podium when he proclaimed: “There was nothing that I or anyone else saw that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days.” WATCH (25 secs):
Unfortunately for General Milley, today reports are surfacing that 23 State Department staff at the Kabul embassy informed Secretary of State Anthony Blinken of exactly that…. Kabul will fall quickly to the Taliban:
[Via Wall Street Journal] … “The cable, sent via the State Department’s confidential dissent channel, warned of rapid territorial gains by the Taliban and the subsequent collapse of Afghan security forces, and offered recommendations on ways to mitigate the crisis and speed up an evacuation, the two people said.
[…] In all, 23 U.S. Embassy staffers, all Americans, signed the July 13 cable, the two people said. The U.S. official said there was a rush to deliver it, given circumstances on the ground in Kabul. The cable was sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Director of Policy Planning Salman Ahmed.
Mr. Blinken received the cable and reviewed it shortly after receipt, according to the person familiar with the exchange, who added that contingency planning was already under way when it was received, and that Mr. Blinken welcomed their feedback.” (link – paywall)
General Mark Milley will likely be the first, perhaps only, person to get removed. He is positioned as the scapegoat, and that statement he read was almost certainly given to him to read by people with full knowledge of the State Dept. warning.
The crisis is not accidental. They knew this was coming. This crisis is intentional to create cover.
General Lee Derp.
How do you know Milley doesn’t?
I expect his preference is little boys.
The Afghans are the same.
Wow! A US general lying!! Say it ain’t so.
Smoke and mirrors. Obfuscation, lies,and deception. The Evil Empire of DC is doing the dirty work for their Evil Oligarch masters.
“I Made the Decision. The Buck Stops with Me!” – Joe Biden Admits It Was HIS DISASTROUS DECISION to Delay Evacuation of Kabul
I’m worried about our technology being handed to ccp. Can’t Miley be court marshalled for gross incompetence? On second thought, what court would care? Too busy attacking President Trump and any one who shook his hand.
Joe delivered Afghanistan and its between $1 and $3 trillions worth of copper and rare earth metals to China, because he has a special arrangement with them – don’t release those videos of me and my nearest and dearest doing unspeakable things with children, and we’ll call it quits.
What’s left of that man should be publicly hanged.
Being a general is like being the tallest building in Kansas City…impressive to locals, not so much to those in the bigger cities. He thought he was part of the liberal leadership “in crowd” with his pandering re: “white rage” and CRT training. In actuality he was being played and now he will take the hit because, unbeknownst to him, he was never part of the chosen few but only a useful tool and dispensable patsy. He back stabbed Trump so now he is gets to know how it feels…Karma on full display.
You mean “Thoroughly Modern Milley”. Or, even better, Millie Vanillie, the inf amous lip-sinkers of 1980’s fame. Millie Vanillie was found out and now has disappeared. Hopefully, our Thoroughly Modern Millie will also disappear……but the bastard will still get $500k per year.