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Post by used2scrap on Aug 20, 2021 4:49:01 GMT
He really said "bomb the bases into smithereens." Feels like a movie. How would one bring troops out of bases “bombed to smithereens”? Literally not possible And was he suggesting the Afghan army the bases were handed over to should have been “bombed to smithereens”? Without anyone noticing? Let alone calling it war crimes? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2021 9:31:14 GMT
Why does he think he needs to make statements, he's no longer your President. President Bush or President Obama, as far as I know or at least I haven't read any from them, haven't given out statements.
The media including social media needs to ignore him - he's no longer relevant, he's just a has been.
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Post by kiera on Aug 20, 2021 11:26:44 GMT
He loves the attention. He always has.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 20, 2021 12:05:53 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2021 13:51:17 GMT
I can understand them both doing that but Trump is just interfering in matters that has nothing to do with him anymore. Who in their right mind suggest someone bombs the bases into smithereens - that's real helpful that is - not! |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 20, 2021 13:59:27 GMT
Journalists are being sought in Afghanistan.. and some killed.. Berlin(CNN Business)Taliban fighters searching for a Deutsche Welle journalist in Afghanistan shot dead a member of his family and seriously injured another, Germany's international public broadcaster reported. Deutsche Welle said that other relatives of the journalist were able to escape and are on the run. The Deutsche Welle journalist the fighters were hunting now works in Germany. "The killing of a close relative of one of our editors by the Taliban yesterday is inconceivably tragic, and testifies to the acute danger in which all our families in Afghanistan find themselves," Deutsche Welle Director General Peter Limbourg was quoted as saying in an article published on the broadcaster's website on Thursday. *** Washington Post Publisher Fred Ryan emailed White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Monday with an "urgent request" on behalf of his paper, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal for the US military to help evacuate "204 journalists, support staff and families." "They are currently in danger and need the US government to get them to safety," Ryan wrote. "Please advise as to how best to proceed." The New York Times has since said that its workers and their families, 128 people in total, have left Afghanistan. The Wall Street Journal reported that the newspaper had also made progress getting its workers out of the country. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/08/20/media/deutsche-welle-taliban-afghanistan/index.html?__twitter_impression=true |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 20, 2021 17:42:59 GMT
I heard this Congressman yesterday. He wants Biden to stop and send more troops into Afghanistan. He seemed so angry. Now I think I know why... Florida GOP Rep. Michael Waltz has in recent weeks called on President Joe Biden to "reverse course" in Afghanistan and relaunch military operations. But according to a report from The Intercept's Lee Fang, Waltz could potentially financially benefit from a prolonged war in Afghanistan.*** Before his successful run for Congress in 2018, he managed a lucrative defense contracting firm with offices in Afghanistan," Fang writes. "The company was recently sold to Pacific Architects and Engineers, or PAE, one of the largest war contractors the U.S. has hired to train and mentor Afghan security forces. The deal personally enriched Waltz by up to $25 million, a figure made public by a filing disclosed this month." www.rawstory.com/michael-waltz-defense-contractor/Enough said? |
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Post by onelasttime on Aug 20, 2021 18:07:00 GMT
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Post by onelasttime on Aug 20, 2021 18:07:28 GMT
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Post by onelasttime on Aug 20, 2021 18:08:38 GMT
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Post by onelasttime on Aug 20, 2021 18:09:31 GMT
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Post by onelasttime on Aug 20, 2021 19:01:24 GMT
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Post by onelasttime on Aug 20, 2021 19:05:43 GMT
Stephen Miller’s name sure keeps popping up.
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used2scrap
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Post by used2scrap on Aug 20, 2021 19:14:53 GMT
If Trump would have, surely he could have. He had four years...
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 20, 2021 19:38:07 GMT
Ben Domenech husband of Megan McCain ..
I just read the Stephen Miller horror show with the SIVs...
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Post by used2scrap on Aug 20, 2021 19:55:54 GMT
Ben Domenech husband of Megan McCain .. I just read the Stephen Miller horror show with the SIVs... He’s putting his racism right out there STEPHEN MILLER: Not only should we not trust the Biden administration to do so, the simple reality is that we no longer are in control of the central apparatus in Afghanistan to be able to vet anybody. The Taliban has all of the control of the government now. So the notion that people can just show up at a checkpoint and demand resettlement into the United States … is just an impossibility. But there’s a more important, fundamental point that has to be made. Those who are advocating mass Afghan resettlements in this country are doing so for political, not humanitarian, reasons. It is extraordinarily expensive to resettle a refugee in the United States. … For the price that you could resettle a refugee in America, you could resettle 10 times more, 15 times more, in their home region. In this case, primarily in Pakistan. Resettling in America is not about solving a humanitarian crisis, it’s about accomplishing an ideological objective – to change America. |
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Post by onelasttime on Aug 20, 2021 21:34:36 GMT
All you have to do is read that agreement trump & the Taliban signed to know that.
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Post by gar on Aug 20, 2021 21:48:39 GMT
I can understand them both doing that but Trump is just interfering in matters that has nothing to do with him anymore. Doesn’t stop Tony Blair either unfortunately, when the mood takes him 😏 |
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Post by mollycoddle on Aug 20, 2021 22:19:41 GMT
In my neck of the woods, conservatives are baying for blood. “Biden should be impeached,” they cry.
Funny thing is, and maybe I missed it, but were they this upset over Trump abandoning the Kurds?
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Aug 20, 2021 23:18:33 GMT
Last night I listened to an episode of The Daily and they were talking to interpreters in Afghanistan and the soldiers who are trying to get them out. It was heartbreaking to hear how badly the soldiers felt that we are breaking the promise that was made to the interpreters. And you could hear the desperation in the voices of the interpreters. One said, "You can only guarantee your life for the next 10 minutes." They also said that some of the interpreters have been working on getting their SIV for several years and would go for quite some time without getting a response, or be denied several times. I don't understand that, and it frankly makes me question the competence of the military in general. It is really disturbing that we have let them down in that way--not just now but over the years.
I don't know that we should be taking ALL Afghan citizens who are leaving now. But I do think that we should be bringing the people who worked with us here, and many more.
I am also a little confused about why the American citizens in Afghanistan didn't leave sooner on their own?
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 20, 2021 23:24:26 GMT
Last night I listened to an episode of The Daily and they were talking to interpreters in Afghanistan and the soldiers who are trying to get them out. It was heartbreaking to hear how badly the soldiers felt that we are breaking the promise that was made to the interpreters. And you could hear the desperation in the voices of the interpreters. One said, "You can only guarantee your life for the next 10 minutes." They also said that some of the interpreters have been working on getting their SIV for several years and would go for quite some time without getting a response, or be denied several times. I don't understand that, and it frankly makes me question the competence of the military in general. It is really disturbing that we have let them down in that way--not just now but over the years. I don't know that we should be taking ALL Afghan citizens who are leaving now. But I do think that we should be bringing the people who worked with us here, and many more. I am also a little confused about why the American citizens in Afghanistan didn't leave sooner on their own? They were screwed by Stephen Miller, former and Pompeo.... The racists they are!!! Deliberately slowed the paper work! 17,000 SIVs were waiting processing when Biden came into office.. former decimated the State Dept... Covid shutdowns in 2020 didn't help either. |
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Post by onelasttime on Aug 21, 2021 1:05:23 GMT
Good! And no they don’t have to broadcast it before or during operation.
A random reply…
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Post by onelasttime on Aug 21, 2021 1:26:06 GMT
So the trump administration deliberately broke the visa system for not only Afghans that helped the US but Iraqis as well. Waited until the last possible minute before working with the Biden Administration during the transition period. And because of Ted Cruz’s little snit he is holding up Senate approval for State Department appointees. Which means we don’t have a fully functioning State Department.
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Post by onelasttime on Aug 21, 2021 1:39:11 GMT
From Politico ……
“Trump officials pressing to slash refugee admissions to zero next year”
By TED HESSON 07/18/2019 09:04 PM EDT
The Trump administration is considering a virtual shutdown of refugee admissions next year — cutting the number to nearly zero — according to three people familiar with the plan.
During a key meeting of security officials on refugee admissions last week, a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services representative who is closely aligned with White House immigration adviser Stephen Miller suggested setting a cap at zero, the people said. Homeland Security Department officials at the meeting later floated making the level anywhere from 3,000 to 10,000, according to one of the people.
The proposal for a near-shutdown of the refugee program is alarming officials at the Department of Defense, who don’t want to see a halt in admissions of Iraqis who risked their lives assisting U.S. forces in that country. The possible move comes after the Trump administration cut refugee admissions by a third this year, to 30,000.
If the administration shuts down refugee admissions, it would give President Donald Trump a powerful talking point as he makes immigration restrictions a centerpiece of his reelection campaign.
At the same time, it would strand thousands of people already far along in the process and damage the ability of resettlement agencies to process refugees in future years, according to advocates tracking the issue.
“In the long-term, it would mean that the capacity and the ability of the United States to resettle refugees would be completely decimated,” said Jen Smyers, a director with Church World Service, one of the nine U.S. resettlement agencies.
The State Department declined to discuss the possible cap. The departments of Homeland Security, Justice, Defense and the National Security Council, which had representatives at the meeting, did not respond to requests for comment.
The meeting of roughly 20 officials last week, which took place in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, represents a preliminary step in the annual process of setting the admissions cap, according to those with knowledge of it.“
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Post by onelasttime on Aug 21, 2021 1:41:06 GMT
It’s going to take years before we fully understand the mess trump made of our government.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 21, 2021 1:44:42 GMT
We already know State, DOJ, Pentagon, DHS, and many more buried former loyalists...
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used2scrap
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Post by used2scrap on Aug 21, 2021 3:22:52 GMT
Last night I listened to an episode of The Daily and they were talking to interpreters in Afghanistan and the soldiers who are trying to get them out. It was heartbreaking to hear how badly the soldiers felt that we are breaking the promise that was made to the interpreters. And you could hear the desperation in the voices of the interpreters. One said, "You can only guarantee your life for the next 10 minutes." They also said that some of the interpreters have been working on getting their SIV for several years and would go for quite some time without getting a response, or be denied several times. I don't understand that, and it frankly makes me question the competence of the military in general. It is really disturbing that we have let them down in that way--not just now but over the years. I don't know that we should be taking ALL Afghan citizens who are leaving now. But I do think that we should be bringing the people who worked with us here, and many more. I am also a little confused about why the American citizens in Afghanistan didn't leave sooner on their own? The military isn’t the entity that has held up the SIV. Trump’s State Dept has been slow rolling the SIVs for years. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2021 8:22:15 GMT
I can understand them both doing that but Trump is just interfering in matters that has nothing to do with him anymore. Doesn’t stop Tony Blair either unfortunately, when the mood takes him 😏 I agree, he has a lot to answer for. His silence over the last week or so has been deafening! |
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Post by gar on Aug 21, 2021 8:46:52 GMT
I don't know that we should be taking ALL Afghan citizens who are leaving now. The US isn't the only country taking Afghan refugees. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 21, 2021 15:13:17 GMT
US Embassy warns Americans not to go to the airport unless instructed.
Gen Taylor(Pentagon) says Americans will be processed at the gate.
In the last 24 hours three flights have landed at Dulles.
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