B-Man Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Afghanistan Rescue Worker: ‘Definitely’ More Americans Left Than Biden Claims A volunteer working to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies from Afghanistan said that many more Americans are still trapped in the country than the Biden administration claims. Jean Marie Thrower, an Army veteran and automotive consultant, is a volunteer with the Afghan Rescue Crew working to extract as many Americans and Afghan allies abandoned by the U.S. in Afghanistan as possible. Thrower appeared on Fox News on Sunday and blasted the Biden administration for its withdrawal from Afghanistan. More at the link: https://www.dailywire.com/news/afghanistan-rescue-worker-definitely-more-americans-left-than-biden-claims-im-appalled 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irv Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Benedict Milley just testified that he recommended to Demented Biden they keep 2,500 troops in Afghanistan and was ignored. The Demented One said he did not recall that recommendation. What incompetence. Tell that to the thirteen brave United States Marines you killed Biden! What A Mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 (edited) I have to admit that I've not listened to much of the testimony, and I'm glad that I haven't....but one has to wonder what these 'leaders' were thinking. When they saw that the Taliban were sweeping across the country over the preceding weeks, why didn't we draw the protected circle around City of Kabal....as opposed to around the airport? Wouldn't that have been a much better strategy? Wouldn't it have avoided this entire mess? Wouldn't it have improved both the optics and the operation? Asking for the US Taxpayers. Edited September 30, 2021 by SoCal Deek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 (edited) the guy that blew up the airport was let go during the withdrawal.. job well done. I wonder if the joint chiefs forgot to suggest we don’t do that too… https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.tbsnews.net/world/south-asia/kabul-airport-bomber-was-freed-prison-government-collapsed-isis-297295%3famp Edited September 30, 2021 by Over 29 years of fanhood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All_Pro_Bills Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 1 hour ago, SoCal Deek said: I have to admit that I've not listened to much of the testimony, and I'm glad that I haven't....but one has to wonder what these 'leaders' were thinking. When they saw that the Taliban were sweeping across the country over the preceding weeks, why didn't we draw the protected circle around City of Kabal....as opposed to around the airport? Wouldn't that have been a much better strategy? Wouldn't it have avoided this entire mess? Wouldn't it have improved both the optics and the operation? Asking for the US Taxpayers. They were all out of the office attending Diversity & Gender Awareness training that week. While they can name 20 to 30 correct gender pronouns none of them have any clue how to execute a successful military operation. And as core competency in military tactics and strategy is no longer a requirement to be a US General their job performance rating remains excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 1 hour ago, All_Pro_Bills said: They were all out of the office attending Diversity & Gender Awareness training that week. While they can name 20 to 30 correct gender pronouns none of them have any clue how to execute a successful military operation. And as core competency in military tactics and strategy is no longer a requirement to be a US General their job performance rating remains excellent. So you're saying we've become......FRANCE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover, 31, of Salt Lake City, Utah Marine Corps Sgt. Johanny Rosariopichardo, 25, of Lawrence, Massachusetts Marine Corps Sgt. Nicole L. Gee, 23, of Sacramento, California Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, California Marine Corps Cpl. Daegan W. Page, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Indiana Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza, 20, of Rio Bravo, Texas Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz, 20, of St. Charles, Missouri Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20, of Jackson, Wyoming Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga, California Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco, California Navy Hospitalman Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss, 23, of Corryton, Tennessee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ALF Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Counting on the 300,000 Afghan military to provide security without US air support and logistics made it a disaster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 1 hour ago, ALF said: Counting on the 300,000 Afghan military to provide security without US air support and logistics made it a disaster. Correction: The President lying to the American people is what made it a disaster. The Afghan military simply was it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaCrispy Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 On 9/30/2021 at 2:58 PM, Over 29 years of fanhood said: the guy that blew up the airport was let go during the withdrawal.. job well done. I wonder if the joint chiefs forgot to suggest we don’t do that too… https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.tbsnews.net/world/south-asia/kabul-airport-bomber-was-freed-prison-government-collapsed-isis-297295%3famp They probably hired the district attorney from Portland... no crime is too big to prosecute...😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 YOUR KINDER, GENTLER TALIBAN: Kabul University Shuts Down as Taliban Ban Women. https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/mitchpicasso/2021/09/30/kabul-university-shuts-down-as-taliban-ban-women-n1520839 . Hundreds of Afghan evacuees are leaving military bases without processing https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2021/10/02/hundreds-of-afghan-evacuees-are-leaving-military-bases-without-processing-n419836 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Elizabeth Warren Praises Afghanistan Withdrawal as ‘An Amazing Undertaking’ https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/10/elizabeth-warren-praises-afghanistan-withdrawal-as-an-amazing-undertaking/ Report: Hundreds of Unprocessed Afghan Evacuees Leaving U.S. Military Bases and Fanning Out Across the Country https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/10/report-hundreds-of-unprocessed-afghan-evacuees-leaving-u-s-military-bases-and-fanning-out-across-the-country/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Thanks Joe Lights at Bagram Airbase Turned On – Chinese Military Planes Reportedly Seen Landing at Abandoned US Airbase in Afghanistan #BidenEffect By Joe Hoft https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/10/china-military-planes-reportedly-landing-bagram-airbase-afghanistan-talks-china-taliban-continue/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All_Pro_Bills Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 (edited) 29 minutes ago, B-Man said: Thanks Joe Lights at Bagram Airbase Turned On – Chinese Military Planes Reportedly Seen Landing at Abandoned US Airbase in Afghanistan #BidenEffect By Joe Hoft https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/10/china-military-planes-reportedly-landing-bagram-airbase-afghanistan-talks-china-taliban-continue/ Hopefully, along with billions in weapons and other gear, our Pentagon leadership has left behind plenty of diversity and inclusion manuals and documentation for the Chinese personnel. While I make light here it will be amazing to most people how all the woke movement's ideology will fade into obscurity and insignificance when the SHTF soon everywhere and in everything. The time is getting closer for all of that. Edited October 4, 2021 by All_Pro_Bills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillStime Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 26 minutes ago, All_Pro_Bills said: Hopefully, along with billions in weapons and other gear, our Pentagon leadership has left behind plenty of diversity and inclusion manuals and documentation for the Chinese personnel. While I make light here it will be amazing to most people how all the woke movement's ideology will fade into obscurity and insignificance when the SHTF soon everywhere and in everything. The time is getting closer for all of that. But didn't we leave those with the Afghan military - that we spent trillions supporting the past 20 years??? As you try pretend 2020 never happened - Trump negotiated our departure and surrender with the Tabliban and NOT the Afghan government.. Like WTF? Trump purposely neutered the United States and our military and deliberately put our country and the next administration at risk with little leverage. Thanks Trump voters. ETTD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 How's that 'thorough' vetting of Afghan 'refugees' into the U.S. going, Joe? By Monica Showalter Joe Biden, who abandoned hundreds of Americans in his disastrous Afghanistan pullout, ended up bringing in tens of thousands of random, unknown Afghans, later called "refugees," with no visas or vetting, into the U.S. instead. But not to worry. Last August, he assured: “Planes taking off from Kabul are not flying directly to the United States. They’re landing at U.S. military bases and transit centers around the world,” Biden said. “At these sites where they are landing, we are conducting thorough … security screening for everyone who is not a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident. Anyone arriving in the United States will have undergone a background check.” “Once screened and cleared, we will welcome these Afghans who helped us in the war effort over the last 20 years to their new home in the United States of America. Because that is who we are, that is what America is,” Biden continued. And now we see the result of all that vetting: Some 700 of them have wandered off the military bases where they were being housed for processing, according to Reuters. Nobody knows where they went. https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/exclusive-giant-can-worms-some-afghans-leave-us-military-bases-before-2021-10-01/ https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/10/hows_that_thorough_vetting_of_afghan_refugees_into_the_us_going_joe.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 The Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan is complete for all except U.S. citizens who remain trapped in that country. However, the Associated Press is reporting what they’re framing as good news for those in Kabul. This one comes with a beverage warning: It has to be asked......... Did the Taliban write this? Here’s a choice sentence: Even those who fear them in the embattled city welcome the peace their arrival has wrought. https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2021/10/04/did-the-taliban-write-this-aps-report-about-whats-happening-in-kabul-sparks-a-whole-lotta-eye-rolls/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 To them, women walking freely is lawlessness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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B-Man Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 LA Times: California students still stuck in Afghanistan, you know https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2021/10/06/la-times-california-students-still-stuck-in-afghanistan-you-know-n420571 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 REMINDER: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 Silent disgrace: Where is the national media on abandoned Americans? Just how many Americans — citizens and legal permanent residents — remain abandoned in Afghanistan? The State Department has yet to give any firm figures, and the national media remains completely uninterested. Local news outlets are the only media reporting on it, Jim Geraghty notices today: The sort of headline that shouldn’t just be local news: “43 Connecticut Residents Still Stuck In Afghanistan.” Those knee-jerk Biden critics over at . . . er, the Connecticut affiliate of NBC News report[.] Indeed. Two weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times offered a local news report — via a newsletter — on Californians trapped behind Taliban lines without covering it in its national news section. NBC’s Connecticut affiliate kept its local viewers apprised on 43 state residents still stuck in Afghanistan while its parent news organization ignored the story entirely: More than three dozen Connecticut residents are still trying to leave Afghanistan after American forces withdrew. Elected officials, relief organizations, and veterans groups are trying to get them out. “Their school teachers are calling me asking me where are the students. The 10-year-old student from New Haven who is stuck in Kabul is sending me voicemail messages,” Chris George, executive director of IRIS said. George is talking about some of the 43 Connecticut residents stuck in Afghanistan. “They’re running out of food and yes, they are running out of hope,” George said. Even if the State Department won’t give any firm numbers, Sen. Richard Blumenthal will. His estimate of the number of people his own office is tracking — eight hundred — far exceeds any number that State has suggested. Alex Plitsas, a veteran of Afghanistan working to get people out, tells NBC News’ affiliate that he believes over 1,000 Americans remain trapped, and that the number of Afghan allies we abandoned exceeds sixty thousand. We’ve been out of Afghanistan for 49 days. It’s going to take another two months before the US government puts together a plan to evacuate the Americans and allies it abandoned seven weeks ago. What a disgrace — for Joe Biden, the State Department, the Pentagon, and especially for the national media that has gone out of its way to avoid covering it. https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2021/10/18/silent-disgrace-where-is-the-national-media-on-abandoned-americans-n423134 https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/in-afghanistan-almost-everyone-is-in-danger-now/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 "A dark future is awaiting everyone in Afghanistan, especially female judges." "I lost my job and now I can’t even go outside or do anything freely because I fear these freed prisoners." Said Nabila, a former judge, quoted in "Female Judges in Afghanistan, Now Jobless and in Hiding/They fear that they or their loved ones could be tracked down and killed because of their work delivering justice to women. 'We have lost everything — our jobs, our homes, the way we lived'" (NYT). And there's this, from Susan Glazebrook, a supreme court justice of New Zealand, who is president of the International Association of Women Judges: "They are women who had the effrontery to sit in judgment on men. The women judges of Afghanistan are under threat for applying the law. They are under threat because they have made rulings in favor of women according to law in family violence, custody and divorce cases.... Women judging men is anathema to the Taliban.... These women believed in their country, believed in human rights and believed in the importance of the rule of law and their duty to uphold it... [And because of that, t]hey are at risk of losing their lives.” https://althouse.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-dark-future-is-awaiting-everyone-in.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/world/asia/afghan-judges-women-taliban.html?smid=url-share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 “A LIVING HELL:” ABC features family trapped in Afghanistan … from India? “The good news: ABC has escalated coverage of those abandoned in the Afghanistan collapse and crying out for rescue. The not-so-good news: the family ABC chose for this segment comes from India. Their description of Taliban rule as ‘a living hell’ is compelling, but … what happened to the Americans abandoned by Biden?” https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2021/10/26/a-living-hell-abc-features-family-trapped-in-afghanistan-from-india-n424876 The House of Stephanopoulos is doing their best, but I don’t think they can Memory Hole this issue on Biden’s behalf: The Biden Admin Said It Left 100 Americans in Afghanistan. They Now Admit It’s Far More. In off-the-record call with congressional staff, Biden admin says nearly 400 still stranded. https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/the-biden-admin-said-it-left-100-americans-in-afghanistan-they-now-admit-its-far-more/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Pentagon confirms nearly 450 Americans trapped in Afghanistan by Ronn Blitzer The Pentagon stated Tuesday that nearly 450 American citizens are still in Afghanistan following August’s U.S. military withdrawal, more than the Biden administration has previously claimed. The latest tally came from Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl, after Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., pointed to what he believed were contradictory or at least "confusing" numbers that the administration has presented since the August 31 withdrawal. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-number-americans-trapped-in-afghanistan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 REMEMBER AFGHANISTAN? One thing about news stories that reflect badly on Democrats: they generally disappear from the news quickly, and without leaving a trace. Like our departure from Afghanistan, an epic failure on the part of the Biden administration that resulted in 13 dead Americans (that we know of), hundreds of Americans still marooned in Afghanistan–assuming they are all still alive–and many thousands of Afghans, mostly unknown, in the U.S. or on the way here. Yesterday Senator Josh Hawley published a State Department email that passed on President Biden’s instructions for the evacuation: At the link: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/10/remember-afghanistan.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Just the Beginning: Ten Afghan Evacuees Detained as National Security Risks. https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2021/10/29/just-the-beginning-ten-afghan-evacuees-detained-as-national-security-risks-n1527904 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent Pentagon review has concluded that the U.S. drone strike that killed innocent Kabul civilians and children in the final days of the Afghanistan war was not caused by misconduct or negligence, and it doesn’t recommend any disciplinary action, The Associated Press has learned. https://news.yahoo.com/watchdog-finds-no-misconduct-mistaken-194016496.html?fr=sychp_catchall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 I guess incompetence doesn't warrant discipline. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 On 11/3/2021 at 6:51 PM, Doc said: I guess incompetence doesn't warrant discipline. It will...............in 2024 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 On 11/3/2021 at 4:37 PM, B-Man said: WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent Pentagon review has concluded that the U.S. drone strike that killed innocent Kabul civilians and children in the final days of the Afghanistan war was not caused by misconduct or negligence, and it doesn’t recommend any disciplinary action, The Associated Press has learned. https://news.yahoo.com/watchdog-finds-no-misconduct-mistaken-194016496.html?fr=sychp_catchall its not like they separated them from their families while they were illegally crossing the border or something.. 😒 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 I refuse to believe that someone, Military, State dpt., or any of the last 3 administrations was not aware of this to some degree. Khalid Payenda, Afghanistan’s ex-finance minister, said the Afghan army was actually just 1/6th of what it appeared to be on paper (and in the minds of Pentagon officials) and that thousands of “ghost soldiers” were invented with officers pocketing their salaries: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillStime Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 On 8/30/2021 at 10:00 PM, BillStime said: How many civilians did the Trump administration kill during his one and only term? Hey @B-Man - now why was this kept a secret? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukestreetking Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 On 11/10/2021 at 11:37 AM, B-Man said: I refuse to believe that someone, Military, State dpt., or any of the last 3 administrations was not aware of this to some degree. It's maddening, esp b/c I can assure you w 💯 certainty that everyone knew of this problem. I should add, however, that there were/are some very good combat units, most working b/w/t SoF or other USG organizations. And, believe it or not, alot of these guys were crazy brave, even if incompetent.... could be due to all the hash they smoke! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Squad of Navy SEALs running for Congress blast Biden on Afghanistan, call for ‘mandate’ to ‘rescue our citizens’ by Jon Dougherty Nearly a half-dozen former Navy SEALs who are poised to jump into political races ahead of the 2022 midterm elections have blasted President Joe Biden, asking why he has not mandated that Americans still trapped in Afghanistan be rescued rather than COVID-19 vaccines.The ex-special operators, in remarks to Fox News, were commenting on the deadly, disastrous evacuation in August after 13 U.S. military personnel — 11 Marines, two U.S. Army soldiers, and a Navy corpsman — were killed in a suicide bombing outside the international airport in Kabul. https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/11/14/squad-of-navy-seals-running-for-congress-blast-biden-on-afghanistan-call-for-mandate-to-rescue-our-citizens-1163120/ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Doc Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 (edited) I'm not sure it's foundational, but it's definitely emblematic of the shitshow most people think Joey's Admin has been, Edited November 24, 2021 by Doc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Maybe I should put this in the "Thank You Joe Biden" thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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