What went badly in Afghanistan? Why the hype?

Phantasmal said:
“The Taliban captured an array of modern military equipment when they overran Afghan forces who failed to defend district centers. Bigger gains followed, including combat aircraft, when the Taliban rolled up provincial capitals and military bases with stunning speed, topped by capturing the biggest prize, Kabul, over the weekend.
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.”

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-army-taliban-185017ba2944eb43392a0ad8ffffb25f
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and Biden wasn't stupid at all when he let it happen, was he.......
 
Grokmaster said:

WOW....YOU ARE REALLY GETTING SOME GOOD DRUGS...




Biden Team Makes Infuriating Admission about Americans Trapped Outside Kabul, Says They Don’t Have an Official Plan to Rescue Them



The specific number is unclear, but as many as 15,000 Americans remain outside Kabul and trapped in Afghanistan.

Biden’s disastrous decision-making has cost Afghan lives and seriously compromised the safety of thousands of Americans.

A former State Department contractor told Fox News that Taliban fighters have established checkpoints throughout Kabul and around the airport.

Other sources revealed the Taliban is beating people who are on the way to the airport.

Jake Sullivan, who is President Biden’s national security adviser, told reporters that the Taliban claims they are willing to provide “safe passage of civilians to the airport.”

The U.S. was going to hold the Taliban to that promise, he added.

Due to the Taliban’s long history of extreme violence and cruelty, especially to women and girls, many Americans understandably doubt the truthfulness of the Taliban’s response.

Now there’s worse news: “The U.S. has no plans to evacuate Americans in Afghanistan who are located outside Kabul,” Fox News reports.



~ Officials from various departments — including State and Defense — informed Senate staffers at a Tuesday morning briefing that they do not know of a way to get those Americans through Taliban checkpoints located outside Kabul, the location of the main airport, The Washington Post reported, citing two Senate aides.

Neither the State Department nor the Defense Department immediately responded to after-hours requests for comment from Fox News.

Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton’s office set up a hotline for Americans — including those who are essentially “trapped behind Taliban lines,” The Military Times reported.



That "BAD ENOUGH" for ya???
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If we can get out without losing an American life, I will be very pleased with Biden's performance.
 
tsuke said:
Biden assumes everyone who wants to go to the airport can make it because no one has told him otherwise.

Perfect. Get impeached.
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Biden is in constant contact with the Taliban brass. That is why he thinks that. he also has military intel on the ground. You know who has no real info....you?
 
Nordberg said:
Biden is in constant contact with the Taliban brass. That is why he thinks that. he also has military intel on the ground. You know who has no real info....you?
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Biden is disconnected from reality. You have Americans from Afghanistan directly telling us on the news that they have been having difficulty getting to HK.

And were not even talking about those trapped in other cities. It looks like Biden already gave up on them.
 
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"...Another decision that is almost certain to draw scrutiny from lawmakers is the Pentagon’s decision to close Bagram air base more than six weeks ago, when the mission to evacuate America’s closest allies had barely begun. The sprawling airfield, with two runways, is about 35 miles north of Kabul and would have offered an alternative to the single-runway airport there.

“No one in their right mind would have closed Bagram Air Base while leaving behind thousands of civilians. But that’s what Joe Biden did,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) wrote on Twitter.

Cotton’s criticism was echoed by most military experts with experience in the region. Barno, who commanded all U.S. forces in Afghanistan during the early years of the war, said that in his experience, “Kabul international airport is virtually indefensible.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...fall-of-kabul/
 
"If leaving Afghanistan were easy, it would probably have been done a long time ago. Four presidents have presided over the 20-year war. Three have said they wanted to get out. None, until President Biden, were willing to pull the plug and face the consequences."

It took Brass Balls Biden to nut up!
 
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