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Angry Finger-Pointing Among Factions in the Biden Administration in Aftermath of Afghanistan Debacle
This story's by Fusion Nat. There seems to be at least a three-way fight between the State Department, the woke military, and the woke intelligence community over who should be blamed for their mutual complete failure.Factions within the Biden administration are embroiled in a blame game over why the US government didn’t act sooner to withdraw American citizens and Afghans who helped the US over two decades of war, leading to a rushed and dangerous evacuation. Military officials have said that for weeks they urged the State Department to move faster in evacuating its diplomatic personnel. State Department officials have said they were operating based on intelligence assessments that suggested they had more time, but intelligence officials insist that they had long reported the possibility of a rapid Taliban takeover. An intelligence assessment produced within the last month assessed that the Taliban were pursuing a total military victory in Afghanistan, a source familiar with the intelligence said, despite ostensibly negotiating for peace in Doha and even as the administration continued to express confidence in those talks. ... Some officials insist that Biden got bad advice from some of his top military and intelligence advisers. One White House official pointed to Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley's comments from three weeks ago, when he suggested the Afghan forces had the capacity to fight for and defend their country, and that a Taliban takeover was not a foregone conclusion. "Utter bunk," the official said. Military officials, in turn, have said they were actually prepared for the worst and had been urging the State Department for weeks to begin withdrawing embassy employees in Kabul. Pentagon officials used the words "frustration" and "sh*tshow" to describe their feelings about Washington and Kabul. The officials said they had warned the State Department that a last-minute emergency evacuation--if needed --would be more difficult the more staffers remained. ... A State Department official acknowledged there had been real friction with the Pentagon in recent weeks as the department resisted the military's advice to close the US Embassy in Kabul sooner. A senior administration official, however, said they were operating off the intelligence community assessments that the fall of Kabul was not imminent. The State Department, therefore, felt it was making appropriate decisions, the official said.There are five to ten thousand Americans still in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, waiting to become hostages. At least one American has already been taken hostage by the Taliban.
The Taliban already has one US hostage. And they are roaming the streets looking for westerners. US citizens in Kabul are telling us they are scared for their lives. We have to believe them and then rescue them.
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) August 17, 2021
This is the alert the tweet linked to: “You must complete this form even if you’ve previously submitted your information to the U.S Embassy in Kabul by other means… This form is the only way to communicate interest in flight options.” pic.twitter.com/xkZtvfkvqX
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) August 17, 2021
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at August 17, 2021 12:09 PM (z5Vrg)
Posted by: alexthechick at August 17, 2021 12:10 PM (mf5HN)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 12:10 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 12:10 PM (XvPQV)
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Embrace the power of and. You know you want to.
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2021 12:10 PM (wTcTC)
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 12:10 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at August 17, 2021 12:11 PM (UK6no)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2021 12:11 PM (T7iTv)
Somewhere there's an OrangeManBad who is flipping them all the bird.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2021 12:11 PM (bDqIh)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2021 12:11 PM (pOHui)
Posted by: dingbat at August 17, 2021 12:11 PM (kRf3k)
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Any updates on the tranny soldier that was left behind to fend for xirselves?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at August 17, 2021 12:11 PM (UK6no)
Interesting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 12:10 PM (LvTSG)
Hell, by this time next week, no-one's even going to be talking about this.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 17, 2021 12:12 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 17, 2021 12:12 PM (M+Lyo)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2021 12:12 PM (o2MD2)
How about interest in not being raped and beheaded with a dull knife not necessarily in that order options?
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2021 12:12 PM (wTcTC)
I'm leaning towards the Political appointees at State.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 17, 2021 12:12 PM (jOcSX)
Posted by: Shenanigans at August 17, 2021 12:12 PM (ZR7kf)
Posted by: Governor Murder Rings at August 17, 2021 12:13 PM (wTcTC)
Chad said, "fuck it, we're doing it live!"
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 17, 2021 12:13 PM (jOcSX)
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at August 17, 2021 12:13 PM (a/dOO)
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 12:13 PM (Zz0t1)
How about some Congressional hearings?
This seems to be a bigger mess that the 1/6 riots.
Do we have a body count yet?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2021 12:13 PM (bDqIh)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 12:10 PM (XvPQV)
The abandoned US citizens in Afghanistan.
Posted by: golfman at August 17, 2021 12:14 PM (H6twj)
Posted by: pahound at August 17, 2021 12:14 PM (ZBI3u)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 17, 2021 12:14 PM (M+Lyo)
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at August 17, 2021 12:14 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 17, 2021 12:14 PM (ySQBZ)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at August 17, 2021 12:14 PM (UK6no)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at August 17, 2021 12:09 PM (z5Vrg)
NBC is releasing a 4K boxed set of Cheers?
Posted by: spindrift at August 17, 2021 12:14 PM (h5TKJ)
Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 12:14 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Thoroughly Post-Modern Milley at August 17, 2021 12:14 PM (9vQJW)
Nothing to see here. Nothing at all.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 12:14 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 17, 2021 12:14 PM (ySQBZ)
That's a terrible thing to say.
Posted by: Governor Murder Rings at August 17, 2021 12:14 PM (wTcTC)
The Biden-Harris regime, which was never legitimate to begin with, has now abandoned its constitutional obligations in every way possible. It has failed to protect us from enemies foreign and domestic; it has failed to promote the general welfare. And it increasingly seems incompetent to do so, even if it so desired.
The individual states need to begin taking things into their own hands, starting with border security and continuing into as many activities as they dare. Those of us in red states need to start writing our governors to that effect.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 17, 2021 12:15 PM (bhRsz)
Posted by: dingbat at August 17, 2021 12:11 PM (kRf3k)
171,000 pounds of carrying capacity, at 200 lbs per person you can carry 855. Close enough.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at August 17, 2021 12:15 PM (z5Vrg)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2021 12:15 PM (Irn0L)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 17, 2021 12:12 PM (M+Lyo)
Over my dead body.
Posted by: Dr. Jill at August 17, 2021 12:15 PM (H6twj)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 12:15 PM (3p5uk)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at August 17, 2021 12:15 PM (UK6no)
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:15 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2021 12:15 PM (wTcTC)
Posted by: dingbat at August 17, 2021 12:15 PM (kRf3k)
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Well, they're pretty evenly spread out, as long as you didn't have to do any serious banking or climbing on the ascent. If you did, then you might have a bit of a shift in the load. Still, do 600 people equal near the weight of two MRAPs?
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at August 17, 2021 12:15 PM (a/dOO)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 17, 2021 12:12 PM (M+Lyo)
I think that he really is. The globalist managerial class are obsessed with status and public image. It's why they are all social media addicts, watch the same shows, etc: they need to be seen as part of the in-crowd and have approval of their peers.
The Afghanistan debacle is a complete humiliation for them. They aren't going to forgive Biden for that.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 17, 2021 12:16 PM (jOcSX)
Let me know who loses their job/head over this.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 12:10 PM (XvPQV)
The abandoned US citizens in Afghanistan.
Posted by: golfman at August 17, 2021 12:14 PM (H6twj)
Yeah. Pretty much this.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 12:16 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: golfman at August 17, 2021 12:16 PM (H6twj)
Posted by: BignJames at August 17, 2021 12:16 PM (AwYPR)
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Embrace the power of and. You know you want to.
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2021 12:10 PM (wTcTC)
Fusion Nat didn't get these sources over a matter of months; this takes a long time to cultivate.
Makes you wonder what she's been fed by these people over the last few years.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 17, 2021 12:16 PM (mdjgu)
They knew all they had to do was wait and plan for us to leave. The Afgan civil government was not competent or respected, they had no ideology to counter the Taliban. Committed Islamic drug gangsters were always going to win in the end because we fucking suck at administration.
The goatfuckery is in not being ready for this and for the fuckery in how fast it all collapsed.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 12:16 PM (XvPQV)
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 17, 2021 12:16 PM (ySQBZ)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 12:16 PM (3p5uk)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 17, 2021 12:16 PM (csEWM)
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the best solution is to equip everyone with the weapons of their choice, put them all down in Death Valley with food and water, and agree to pick up the one winning faction in a week. This way we eliminate two thirds of the most immediate problem right away.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2021 12:16 PM (pOHui)
This is fine.
Posted by: Fool Otto at August 17, 2021 12:16 PM (DB16e)
44,850 Americans on the wall
Fly One Out
44,849 Americans on the wall
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:16 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: pahound at August 17, 2021 12:17 PM (ZBI3u)
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Little realized fact. Biden has been done for a long time. He hasn't files reelection paperwork, which is typically automatic in the first 60-90 days in office.
He has known all along that he will serve one term at most.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at August 17, 2021 12:17 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 17, 2021 12:17 PM (qAR6u)
They impeached Trump over a phone call.
They investigated stolen Russia collusion election for two years (nobody who claimed it was stolen from Frau Clinton was called a terrorist, although antifa terrorized the inauguration).
There will be no recriminations against donks, you terrorist!!!!/s!!!
Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 12:17 PM (ONvIw)
Your safety and that of our employees is of our utmost concern!
Posted by: US Embassy, Kabul at August 17, 2021 12:17 PM (DMQdU)
The failure appears to have been a team effort.
Posted by: gp Attempts To Gain Function, And Fails at August 17, 2021 12:17 PM (qpX6U)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at August 17, 2021 12:15 PM (z5Vrg)
Yeah, and can be assumed to be a uniform load. Not much calculation should be needed.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2021 12:17 PM (o2MD2)
Posted by: Anthony Fauci and Karens Everywhere at August 17, 2021 12:17 PM (9vQJW)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 12:17 PM (w5raC)
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:15 PM (RHGPo)
Lay back and think of England
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 17, 2021 12:17 PM (M+Lyo)
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at August 17, 2021 12:15 PM (a/dOO)
600 @ 200# people is easily under the max payload.
Posted by: golfman at August 17, 2021 12:17 PM (H6twj)
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:17 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (ySQBZ)
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (jOcSX)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2021 12:16 PM (pOHui)
Endorsed. I'd also watch this on pay per view or Twitch
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (XvPQV)
Posted by: Look to the Korean peninsula model at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (Gmk4S)
Nitrous oxide would work.
Posted by: t-bird at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (DMQdU)
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: dingbat at August 17, 2021 12:11 PM (kRf3k)
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I imagine it was more "screw it and go." The load is pretty evenly distributed and unless there's a sudden pretty hard maneuver, the cargo in this case will probably hold itself in place pretty well. I reckon that the pilots were probably sweating bullets the whole time, though.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (3p5uk)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 12:15 PM (3p5uk)
And Afghans will find it much easier to get tp the airport.
Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (ONvIw)
David French: "Yes. The answer is yes."
Posted by: fly gal at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (JGX9O)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at August 17, 2021 12:15 PM (z5Vrg)
No way there is a 200lb average, probably 120
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (M+Lyo)
She just guaranteed there will be lots of hostages
Posted by: kbdabear at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at August 17, 2021 12:15 PM (z5Vrg)
No way there is a 200lb average, probably 120
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (M+Lyo)
But, point taken
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (M+Lyo)
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:17 PM (RHGPo)
But his wife held Conan's sword!
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (w5raC)
Shit gonna burn then. tiny.cc/f90iuz
Posted by: TSgtCiz at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (w0FqZ)
Posted by: golfman at August 17, 2021 12:14 PM (H6twj)
Yeah. Pretty much this.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 12:16 PM (Zz0t1)
No No not pretty much this, EXACTLY this
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (Irn0L)
I know of one plane crash that was caused by all of the passengers moving at once. Some asshole smuggled a crocodile on board and it got loose in the passenger cabin. All of the passengers panicked and ran to the front of the plane, away from the crocodile. The sudden shift in weight threw the plane into a nose dive the pilots couldn't correct against.
https://bit.ly/2VWZwRY
Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (UW2ZS)
Posted by: Ted Koppel at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (I/Sdb)
Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (mbFEM)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (UHVv4)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 17, 2021 12:17 PM (qAR6u)
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A firm warning not to move around too much, and likely some MPs posted to keep order.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (3p5uk)
Posted by: rd at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (Z32m1)
Posted by: Spherical Guatemalans at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (JPtHE)
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM
Just a drop of water from the tip of your finger
Posted by: Fool Otto at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (DB16e)
Posted by: wth at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (v0R5T)
171,000 pounds of carrying capacity, at 200 lbs per person you can carry 855. Close enough.
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Thanks for this...didn't know that. And none of them look like they weigh anywhere near 200 so there's room for more...except for the cube factor.
Posted by: dingbat at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (kRf3k)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (JTpIQ)
I know of one plane crash that was caused by all of the passengers moving at once. Some asshole smuggled a crocodile on board and it got loose in the passenger cabin. All of the passengers panicked and ran to the front of the plane, away from the crocodile. The sudden shift in weight threw the plane into a nose dive the pilots couldn't correct against.
https://bit.ly/2VWZwRY
Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (UW2ZS)
Well they're packed in like sardines there. Shouldn't be too much running around.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (z5Vrg)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (w5raC)
Wel of course, they are in First Class. Never been on a C17? LOL
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2021 12:20 PM (Irn0L)
Posted by: golfman at August 17, 2021 12:17 PM (H6twj)
Well, and looking at them, the average weight is well under 200#. I guess I'm trying to say that I don't see too much concern of a load shift that could cause a crash.
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at August 17, 2021 12:20 PM (a/dOO)
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (jOcSX)
Seems like they will end up with more troop than they were going to pull out
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 17, 2021 12:20 PM (M+Lyo)
I never even wanted to see Logan. Fucking depression bait.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 17, 2021 12:20 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at August 17, 2021 12:20 PM (5p7BC)
The IC and the military got what they wanted.
Sucks to be them.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at August 17, 2021 12:14 PM (5p7BC)
And apparently NATO is pissed Stinkfinger didn't give them a heads-up. To which I say, fuck you, NATO. You had four years to watch Trump's foreign policy and diplomacy and stick up for him, but you sneered, undermined and trashed him at every opportunity. You could have set the record straight when the Dems trotted out Biden as some foreign policy wonk and pointed out that he couldn't even spell "foreign" is you spotted him six letters and let him pick a vowel.
So, again, fuck you, NATO. You wanted "no mean tweets" and you got them.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 17, 2021 12:20 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: dingbat at August 17, 2021 12:20 PM (kRf3k)
No No not pretty much this, EXACTLY this
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (Irn0L)
But don't worry we'll take lots of taliban "refugees" and men who dropped their weapons for cash.
Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 12:20 PM (ONvIw)
There are three ways a war ends. Just three. No more, no less. Three.
1 - Win, 2 - Negotiate a peace, 3- Lose
We've taken Win off the table. Neither Trump nor Biden nor anyone else is willing to take the time, spend money, and spill the blood to win this war. 4/
Trump made a deal. It called for the Taliban to power share and had us withdraw most forces in May. The Taliban broke the deal. They attacked. But Biden did nothing, except lengthen the withdrawal time. He did not enforce the deal. 7/
Biden also took longer to leave than Trump would have, assuming the ridiculous scenario that Trump would continue with the treaty while the Taliban broke their part and not retaliate. So Biden had MORE time to plan and execute a smooth departure. Yet he didn't. 8/
The last alternative is to lose. Biden chose that option. . . .
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2021 12:20 PM (bDqIh)
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2021 12:21 PM (wTcTC)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (z5Vrg)
No but a good opportunity to sneak a few feels maybe?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2021 12:21 PM (Irn0L)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (z5Vrg)
Also looks like no one brought an alligator.
Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 12:21 PM (mbFEM)
Posted by: Biden admin. at August 17, 2021 12:21 PM (aAP3z)
They're all GUILTY
Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2021 12:21 PM (mR6Gs)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (z5Vrg)
Hey Clark, the shitters full
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 17, 2021 12:21 PM (M+Lyo)
Let it burn
Posted by: Fatass Barr, Deep State Stooge at August 17, 2021 12:21 PM (YTBIQ)
Posted by: BignJames at August 17, 2021 12:21 PM (AwYPR)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 17, 2021 12:20 PM (M+Lyo)
If anyone knows about allowing more to come in when you promised to pull out, it's Hunter's father.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 17, 2021 12:21 PM (jOcSX)
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His concern for these people would likely be an unbearable weight on his shoulders.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at August 17, 2021 12:21 PM (UK6no)
The real question is, who is gonna wipe Joe's ass today?
Posted by: Sphynx at August 17, 2021 12:21 PM (rXie1)
Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 12:22 PM (UW2ZS)
Good to know we're getting our money's worth from our IC.
Posted by: pep at August 17, 2021 12:22 PM (ZsR3z)
@BryanDeanWright 11 min
Former US intelligence colleagues are angry and deeply worried at what has happened in Afghanistan.
Here's what I'm hearing, and why there's nearly universal belief that America and the world are in for one of the most dangerous, unpredictable times in modern history. 1/12
Afghanistan has shown the world -- enemies & allies alike -- that our military & intel assets are largely irrelevant because we can't deploy them successfully.
The blame lays at the feet of multiple Presidents. The Generals. The Spies. The Congress.
America's Elites are trash. 2/12
https://tinyurl.com/yk4jbv85
Depressing as hell..
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:22 PM (cF8AT)
Yep - like many others here, it is working properly.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 17, 2021 12:22 PM (mD/uy)
1 - Win
2 - Negotiate a peace
3- Lose
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That's a great thread.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at August 17, 2021 12:22 PM (UK6no)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (JTpIQ)
They're housing them on military bases, plenty at Fort McCoy, IIRC
Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 12:22 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: BignJames at August 17, 2021 12:21 PM (AwYPR)
That Air-BnB deal was to-die-for.
Posted by: Roy at August 17, 2021 12:22 PM (I/Sdb)
Of course, this is rank incompetence coupled with ideological hatred and naked panic. I wonder how many of our people still on the ground in Afghanistan outside of Kabul are going to be taken hostage and/or murdered.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 12:22 PM (3p5uk)
Handcuff them together, like the end of Greed.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 17, 2021 12:22 PM (2JVJo)
not as if everybody does not understand thecshain of command and who the cinc is.
saying anything brings fire in to you and distracts from the white house.
Posted by: confederatefifth at August 17, 2021 12:23 PM (AnQMZ)
Posted by: funsize at August 17, 2021 12:23 PM (Jc5GQ)
Good to know we're getting our money's worth from our IC.
Posted by: pep at August 17, 2021 12:22 PM (ZsR3z)
Man they should be paying me for this hard hitting analysis. I'd charge them half.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at August 17, 2021 12:23 PM (z5Vrg)
Posted by: dingbat at August 17, 2021 12:15 PM (kRf3k)
Flew from Ft. Hood, TX to Germany in a C-141. We had canvas seats that had yo9u straight upright. Foot lockers and duffel bags piled up in the rear. Very uncomfortable.
Posted by: Javems at August 17, 2021 12:23 PM (1tL7+)
The Taliban, now in near-total control of the country, are going door to door in newly conquered Kabul searching for journalists and political opponents, according to multiple outlets on the ground.
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at August 17, 2021 12:23 PM (UHVv4)
"Don't panic, folks! Military-aged men that the Taliban lets thru the crowd, first, women and children by next Tuesday."
Posted by: The State Department Airlift at August 17, 2021 12:23 PM (DMQdU)
Posted by: confederatefifth at August 17, 2021 12:23 PM (AnQMZ)
No one person in charge and so no one to take the blame and bureaucrats are well skilled in covering their asses and blame shifting.
The really bad thing is that NO ONE will pay for this mistake. Not even losing their retirement check.
In fact they'll retire and get jobs with media outlets and government supplier companies as lobbyists.
Posted by: jakee308 at August 17, 2021 12:23 PM (wb4G5)
Hmm, not too many masks there either, so looks like a super spreader event.
Posted by: Dave in Fla (5p7BC) at August 17, 2021 12:23 PM (5p7BC)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2021 12:23 PM (o2MD2)
Ah, we were looking forward to this list being leaked to make it easier for us to find all the kuffar!
Posted by: The Taliban at August 17, 2021 12:23 PM (lQn8Y)
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at August 17, 2021 12:23 PM (2gclM)
So was this a case of head in the sand wishful thinking. We were scheduled to get out of Afg. completely, right? Why so many diplomats and contractors there still?
And why no U.S. pushback of Talibans when they were approaching kabul?
Posted by: Sphynx at August 17, 2021 12:23 PM (rXie1)
Posted by: x at August 17, 2021 12:24 PM (oA+QO)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (z5Vrg)
Also looks like no one brought an alligator.
Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 12:21 PM (mbFEM)
#MoneyPlane
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 12:24 PM (XvPQV)
Posted by: Sphynx at August 17, 2021 12:21 PM (rXie1)
Secret Service Probie.
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 12:24 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 17, 2021 12:24 PM (ySQBZ)
.......
Did anybody remember to grab the Pride Flag?
Posted by: wth at August 17, 2021 12:24 PM (v0R5T)
"Don't panic, folks! Military-aged men that the Taliban lets thru the crowd, first, women and children by next Tuesday."
Posted by: The State Department Airlift at August 17, 2021 12:23 PM (DMQdU)
Sort of like Chinese spies that everyone wants to admit to Harvard and MIT
Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 12:24 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (UW2ZS)
"The crocodile survived the crash, but was killed by a blow from a machete."
Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2021 12:24 PM (mR6Gs)
Posted by: confederatefifth at August 17, 2021 12:24 PM (AnQMZ)
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:24 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 12:24 PM (w5raC)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at August 17, 2021 12:24 PM (UK6no)
Posted by: Furious George at August 17, 2021 12:24 PM (9vQJW)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 12:24 PM (s2VJv)
Posted by: Guzalot at August 17, 2021 12:25 PM (prSvo)
Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 12:25 PM (jZSOU)
They need to make sure that the right people get blamed (not them), and they're using their organs in the press to get that message out.
The ones getting blamed there (the civilian authorities and the military) have to respond in kind.
This isn't about the overall leftist narrative. This is three factions trying to set a narrative. It's going to go one for a little while.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 12:25 PM (LvTSG)
Feature, not a bug. It also provides leverage, to include as many potential Jihadists, er "Religion of Peacers" as possible? That always seems to have priority over everything. Just ask George Bush.
The Italian way was to burn down the "resettlement centers", it is doubtful Americans are sufficiently aroused yet as to what is happening, what the plan is. They haven't a clue.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 17, 2021 12:25 PM (D1bJZ)
Whether by definite intent, or by delusion, or both, this group of people was never going to do anything other than create a series of national disasters if they got into power.
The US was leaving Afghanistan so they turned it into a disaster. The US has a border with Mexico so now that's a disaster too. Everything else, disaster.
Since the election was stolen by fraud, and since the people in charge apparently want me and my family dead, I owe them nothing. They take my money at gunpoint and give it away to people who hate me. I get nothing in return except coercion, danger and disaster.
Illegitimate fake government.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 17, 2021 12:25 PM (7QRoP)
@EmeraldRobinson
One of the lessons that Europe learned during the refugee crisis was that AFGHAN MEN were responsible for a huge number of gang rapes in public. In broad daylight.
The Afghans are so barbarous that 6 EU countries automatically deport them.
The Afghan refugees were "motivated by a deep and abiding contempt for Western civilization. To them, Europeans are the enemy and their women are legitimate spoils, as are all the other things one can take from them: housing, money, passports." 2/3
"Their laws don't matter. . .ultimately, their civilization is going to fall anyway to the horde of which one is the spearhead. No need to assimilate, or work hard--these Europeans are too soft to seriously punish you for a transgression. Their days are numbered." 3/3
She links to an article for more detail
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2021 12:25 PM (bDqIh)
It's all fun and games until someone sends a sternly-worded letter.
Posted by: The State Department Airlift at August 17, 2021 12:25 PM (DMQdU)
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at August 17, 2021 12:19 PM (z5Vrg)
Also looks like no one brought an alligator.
Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 12:21 PM (mbFEM)
#MoneyPlane
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 12:24 PM (XvPQV)
*golfclap*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 17, 2021 12:25 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 12:21 PM (mbFEM)
#MoneyPlane
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 12:24 PM (XvPQV)
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I have a bet in mind with that alligator...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 12:25 PM (LvTSG)
And why no U.S. pushback of Talibans when they were approaching kabul?
Posted by: Sphynx at August 17, 2021 12:23 PM
Our world-renowned lefty IC who have fucked up every major event since ww2 said, "no rush, bro"
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 17, 2021 12:25 PM (ySQBZ)
And why no U.S. pushback of Talibans when they were approaching kabul?
Posted by: Sphynx at August 17, 2021 12:23 PM (rXie1)
++++
To the latter, I suspect we didn't have adequate resources in the theater. We're mostly drawn down now.
To the former, I suspect it is rank incompetence and the blase attitudes of those who believed that all would be well because they're professionals.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 12:25 PM (3p5uk)
Posted by: Taliban at August 17, 2021 12:25 PM (qVZQ8)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2021 12:23 PM (o2MD2)
Agreed, I don't think he escapes this, Jimmy Carter smiles
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 17, 2021 12:25 PM (M+Lyo)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (csEWM)
Unexpectedly.
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (wTcTC)
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (RHGPo)
#MoneyPlane
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 12:24 PM (XvPQV)
Snakes on a Plane gets no love?
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (YA914)
Posted by: Gabby HAyes at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (+pVGA)
Posted by: Karen at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (M5Siz)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (UHVv4)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (o2MD2)
Chad said, "fuck it, we're doing it live!"
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 17, 2021 12:13 PM (jOcSX)
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A couple extra people at 150-200lbs each won't throw things off too bad. A few too many to one side or the other could get trimmed out without too much hassle, unless it's like EVERYBODY wandering around. A SWAG based on experience gets it done.
It does make me think of the cargo jet mishap where the load inside broke loose during takeoff, though. That is a slow-motion nightmare to watch.
Posted by: reason at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (ePZfA)
have fun getting through this with the squad motherfuckrs
Posted by: confederatefifth at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (AnQMZ)
Great image from yesterday, showing the largest number of people -- 640 -- ever packed into the hold of a C-17 transport.
Setting new records every day!
Go, Team Biden - #winning!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (+2sc/)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (BMmaB)
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (RHGPo)
David French: "Yes. The answer is yes."
Posted by: fly gal at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (JGX9O)
Are you volunteering, FOBbit?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 17, 2021 12:27 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: United Airlines at August 17, 2021 12:27 PM (ZsR3z)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2021 12:23 PM (o2MD2)
What was the big story 3 weeks ago? 4? Two months ago?
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2021 12:27 PM (wTcTC)
Posted by: Karen at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (M5Siz)
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The better to infect you with, my dear.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 12:27 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (YA914)
That's not "the plan". Americans might be Jen Rubin's hated "white Christians" Come on, man
Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 12:27 PM (ONvIw)
I wonder if some rogue Taliban outfit pulled a Kelly's Heroes at a bank...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 12:27 PM (s2VJv)
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The Americans abandoned behind enemy lines will pay dearly.
Posted by: Guzalot at August 17, 2021 12:27 PM (prSvo)
It's all fun and games until someone sends a sternly-worded letter.
THEN.. it's hilarious.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 12:27 PM (w5raC)
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At least none of them were white and all appear to be muslims ... so they've got that going for them.
Posted by: ShainS at August 17, 2021 12:27 PM (cUUIs)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 17, 2021 12:27 PM (19g6/)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 12:22 PM (3p5uk)
I'd be willing to bet I know why so few Americans were on the plane. They followed the State Department directives. They filled out a form and are waiting for the State Department to tell them that they can be on the next plane, if they can be at the airport in 75 minutes. Good luck!
Meanwhile, the Afghans know what shit the Taliban will pull and lied, cheated, and stole their way to the airport. When a plane is coming in for a hot land, load, and go, they will take the next body in line and not wait for reserved seats. The Afghans will be on a safe military base in two weeks when they get the text from the State Department that now it's their turn to evacuate Kabul.
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at August 17, 2021 12:27 PM (a/dOO)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 17, 2021 12:27 PM (OTzUX)
When I find myself in times of trouble,
Uncle Joe to me fleet feets,
Speaking words of wisdom,
no mean tweets!
Posted by: Democratic Underground posters at August 17, 2021 12:27 PM (a3Q+t)
Is there anyone more stupid and brain dead than Biden? Yes, the people voted for him
Posted by: Fatass Barr, Deep State Stooge at August 17, 2021 12:27 PM (YTBIQ)
"Gee, give him a chance!"
The looming CF was never in doubt
Posted by: Zeera Hunkering down here, Boss at August 17, 2021 12:28 PM (DDazy)
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (RHGPo)
Half the country is poppy fields. Freeze as much as you want, Joey.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 12:28 PM (s2VJv)
Posted by: CNN (Just kidding CNN would never do this to a Dem admin) at August 17, 2021 12:28 PM (kfcYC)
Actually, there's a lot of them in the DC burbs and I've met many. No, there aren't good ones. They're all stupid and arrogant.
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 17, 2021 12:28 PM (ySQBZ)
Chad said, "fuck it, we're doing it live!"
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 17, 2021 12:13 PM (jOcSX)
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if they are not balanced when they get in the air, open the doors and climb until you are within design weight
Posted by: confederatefifth at August 17, 2021 12:28 PM (AnQMZ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 17, 2021 12:28 PM (r+sAi)
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 12:28 PM (y7DUB)
Former US intelligence colleagues are angry and deeply worried at what has happened in Afghanistan.
Here's what I'm hearing, and why there's nearly universal belief that America and the world are in for one of the most dangerous, unpredictable times in modern history. 1/12
Afghanistan has shown the world -- enemies & allies alike -- that our military & intel assets are largely irrelevant because we can't deploy them successfully.
The blame lays at the feet of multiple Presidents. The Generals. The Spies. The Congress.
America's Elites are trash. 2/12
https://tinyurl.com/yk4jbv85
Depressing as hell..
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:22 PM (cF8AT)
I agree with this, but his "former US intelligence colleagues" deserve some of the blame too.
And they all voted for Biden.
Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2021 12:28 PM (mR6Gs)
https://tinyurl.com/3h5nykmf
Warning: story from instapundit that goes to a twitter feed.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 17, 2021 12:28 PM (csEWM)
Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 12:29 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 12:22 PM (ONvIw)
I've seen suggestions of Fort Bliss.
Where they were housing illegals.
Personally, I love the thought of some cell-phone video popping up on the web of a riot where some grizzled, bearded dude in a man-dress is beating a spherical Guatemalan boy with his sandal.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 17, 2021 12:29 PM (jOcSX)
David French: "Yes. The answer is yes."
Posted by: fly gal at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (JGX9O)
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I'm honestly at a loss as to the actual argument for that. We didn't actually create the mess in Afghanistan. We held it back by sheer force of will (and a shit ton of money and lost lives) for 20 years, but ultimately the mess is homegrown. Did we promise the Afghanis eternal peace and prosperity or something? Or was it obvious for years that America was going to leave at some point and the Taliban was going to take over?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 12:29 PM (LvTSG)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at August 17, 2021 12:29 PM (UHVv4)
Posted by: rd at August 17, 2021 12:29 PM (Z32m1)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 17, 2021 12:29 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: dingbat at August 17, 2021 12:11 PM (kRf3k)
I was thinking the same thing. Or just as they're about ready to leave the ground there's a call to prayer and they all try to get to one side of the plane.
Funny, it looks like 85% of the passengers are
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at August 17, 2021 12:29 PM (wAnMi)
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (RHGPo)
But Daddy, that hurts me toooo!
Posted by: Hunter Biden at August 17, 2021 12:29 PM (PiwSw)
Posted by: Furious George at August 17, 2021 12:24 PM
Comrade, you should be more worried about when we say what kind of ice cream YOU'LL be eating. And how much.
Posted by: Your technocrat betters at August 17, 2021 12:29 PM (lQn8Y)
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at August 17, 2021 12:29 PM (V6W16)
"Gee, give him a chance!"
The looming CF was never in doubt
Posted by: Zeera Hunkering down here, Boss at August 17, 2021 12:28 PM (DDazy)
Compare and contrast America just after Soleimani was whacked to right now.
The contrast cannot be starker, and all the more frightening in that it's only a little over 18 months.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 12:29 PM (s2VJv)
Fuckin' Homos.
Posted by: Tulsi at August 17, 2021 12:29 PM (9p/84)
Posted by: ShainS at August 17, 2021 12:27 PM (cUUIs)
BIGOT!!!!
Posted by: Jen "pro voting" Rubin at August 17, 2021 12:29 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 17, 2021 12:30 PM (YA914)
Posted by: Fool Otto at August 17, 2021 12:30 PM (DB16e)
Words that only make sense under a corrupt senile old pedophile's adminis...JUNTA.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 12:30 PM (w5raC)
Posted by: f'd at August 17, 2021 12:30 PM (Tnijr)
Let it burn
Posted by: Fatass Barr, Deep State Stooge at August 17, 2021 12:21 PM (YTBIQ)
Ain't happening.
*types
*deletes
Posted by: golfman at August 17, 2021 12:30 PM (H6twj)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 17, 2021 12:28 PM (r+sAi)
Maybe at the height of our adventure there. Our maybe that's ALL foreign nationals from many countries.
I'm sure no where near that many are still there.
Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2021 12:30 PM (mR6Gs)
That planeful represents a sadly lost opportunity to explain the profoundest teachings of the "no-no square" curriculum.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 17, 2021 12:30 PM (+2sc/)
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 12:28 PM (y7DUB)
Some asshole there stated we went into Astan to secure women's rights
Posted by: Jen at August 17, 2021 12:31 PM (ONvIw)
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The Americans abandoned behind enemy lines will pay dearly.
Posted by: Guzalot at August 17, 2021 12:27 PM (prSvo)
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After we pay billions of dollars in extortion to get their corpses flown home for burial, at least they'll receive the honor of having their coffins draped with the LGBTQWTFBBQ flag.
Posted by: ShainS at August 17, 2021 12:31 PM (cUUIs)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 17, 2021 12:31 PM (JTpIQ)
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2021 12:31 PM (wTcTC)
Please continue to hold. If you want to check the status of your flight request please press 1. If you want to order a genuine Kabul Pay Pride Flag press 2. If you want to reserve a covid shot please press 3. [...] If the Taliban is about to shoot you please press 76
Posted by: The State Dept Kabul Hotline at August 17, 2021 12:31 PM (DpkTQ)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 17, 2021 12:32 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: f'd at August 17, 2021 12:30 PM (Tnijr)
YET.
Just waiting on some un-disciplined Taliban buck private to be at the end of the runway and send up an RPG or worse; one of the SAMs we left behind.
Posted by: golfman at August 17, 2021 12:32 PM (H6twj)
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 17, 2021 12:32 PM (ySQBZ)
Posted by: dingbat at August 17, 2021 12:11 PM (kRf3k)
171,000 pounds of carrying capacity, at 200 lbs per person you can carry 855. Close enough.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy (z5Vrg) - The Republic is Already Dead at August 17, 2021 12:15 PM (z5Vrg)
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Works fine until something happens and they human cattle all stampede to one end of the plane or the other. Like a hard core Talibani with a grenade.
Pray for the safety of the aircrews.
Posted by: rd at August 17, 2021 12:32 PM (Z32m1)
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:26 PM (RHGPo)
was that ever earmarked for the Taliban? They get their money from the drug trade and the myriad of evil actors on the world stage. I doubt the Taliban had many bank accounts. i could be wrong about this but we have heard it before. Cuba is going to fall in two weeks.
Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 12:32 PM (jZSOU)
Posted by: f'd at August 17, 2021 12:30 PM (Tnijr)
They know not to MESS with me!
And who the hell put Chocolate ice cream in my diaper!
Posted by: JoeBiden at August 17, 2021 12:32 PM (mR6Gs)
https://tinyurl.com/ygfho24k
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:32 PM (cF8AT)
.......
but since nobody has internet anymore get a camel and head for the border
Posted by: wth at August 17, 2021 12:32 PM (v0R5T)
Aren't they all dead from Wu Flu already?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2021 12:32 PM (DpkTQ)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) Afghanistan's the same as Biden increasing insulin costs because Trump did it at August 17, 2021 12:33 PM (9nwlC)
Oh damn. A popular web service I use is promoting... Marina Abramovic. The veshtitsa. I will use someone else's non-veshtitsa services from now on.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 17, 2021 12:33 PM (rZA2o)
Please continue to hold. If you want to check the status of your flight request please press 1. If you want to order a genuine Kabul Pay Pride Flag press 2. If you want to reserve a covid shot please press 3. [...] If the Taliban is about to shoot you please press 76
Posted by: The State Dept Kabul Hotline at August 17, 2021 12:31 PM (DpkTQ)
National Lampoon "That's Not Funny That's Sick" Police Emergency Rape Line sketch.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 12:33 PM (s2VJv)
Here's the thing about the number of Americans, I would instruct the DoS and DoD to lie about that also. The Taliban can see with their eyes their thousand but there's no point in being completely honest at this point. I'm not going to shit on them for doing one thing right.
Posted by: lowandslow at August 17, 2021 12:33 PM (qH6FZ)
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at August 17, 2021 12:33 PM (5HBd1)
What terrorist organization(s) needs cash when you just were gifted $80 billion in military hardware, supplies, and ammo?
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 12:33 PM (w5raC)
Aren't they all dead from Wu Flu already?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2021 12:32 PM (DpkTQ)
They are sophisticated vaccinated people, BIGOT
Posted by: Jen "pro voting" Rubin at August 17, 2021 12:34 PM (ONvIw)
then hhe is giving the canal back to the panamanians
Posted by: confederatefifth at August 17, 2021 12:34 PM (AnQMZ)
Posted by: CZ = FNG To Remain Silent Because, FNG at August 17, 2021 12:34 PM (MkuC5)
https://is.gd/Usp2wF
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 12:34 PM (3p5uk)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger
Drunk dial the fuck out of them and watch indiscriminate explosions all over the country as suicide vests go off.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 17, 2021 12:34 PM (pcp3j)
I can do better than this and no one has to wipe my ass
Posted by: Jimmuh Carter at August 17, 2021 12:34 PM (YTBIQ)
David French: "Yes. The answer is yes."
French was a JAG back when Obama implemented more restrictive ROE that resulted in more American casualties, but now he's got crocodile tears for Afghan army.
Despicable.
I'm guessing the only reason why the neocons are pushing so hard for refugees is because they need to seize - or pounce on? - the moral high ground after promoting this forever war for 2 decades. They don't want themselves associated with the inevitable slaughter by the Taliban.
OWN it, ALL of it, Pastor French and fellow neocons!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2021 12:34 PM (bDqIh)
NO ONE is trying to solve the problem.
Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 12:34 PM (mbFEM)
Posted by: wth at August 17, 2021 12:34 PM (v0R5T)
What terrorist organization(s) needs cash when you just were gifted $80 billion in military hardware, supplies, and ammo?
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 12:33 PM (w5raC)
And your country's #1 cash crop is opium poppies.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 12:34 PM (s2VJv)
And they all voted for Biden.
Posted by: JoeF. at August 17, 2021 12:28 PM (mR6Gs)
Love the pic that Posbiec tweeted earlier today of some towliebung lining a bunch of women, kids and old people against a giant UN billboard touting woke talking points like gender equality. Benny points this out:
https://tinyurl.com/hwtrrsem
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at August 17, 2021 12:34 PM (wAnMi)
Right? Milli?
Posted by: dagny, first of her name at August 17, 2021 12:35 PM (ySQBZ)
Where are they all gonna shit. I hope its a short flight
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 17, 2021 12:35 PM (M+Lyo)
It's good politics and the right thing to do.
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at August 17, 2021 12:29 PM (V6W16)
that would admit defeat. Better to bypass him than shitcan him. He deserves it for many reasons and that is why it is not going to happen.
Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 12:35 PM (jZSOU)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 17, 2021 12:35 PM (2eHJC)
Posted by: mr tmz at August 17, 2021 12:35 PM (m/Gc2)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable
And poppy fields.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 17, 2021 12:35 PM (pcp3j)
Posted by: wth at August 17, 2021 12:34 PM (v0R5T)
Caption:
"Okay, who ordered the kosher meal?"
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 12:35 PM (s2VJv)
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2021 12:31 PM (wTcTC)
Call 1-800-RED-CUNT.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 12:35 PM (y7DUB)
In fairness to the Afghan's, they don't pull phone scams on Americans all day like "Bob" from Bangalore, err New York does.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2021 12:35 PM (DpkTQ)
Interesting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 12:10 PM (LvTSG)
Hell, by this time next week, no-one's even going to be talking about this.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 17, 2021 12:12 PM (2JVJo)
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I'm pretty sure they are COUNTING on people forgetting this. Just as people have "moved on" from demonstrations about Cuba ( last week), we will be bombarded by new outrages. Milli will retain his position, Biden will continue showing "leadership" and pelosi will keep dazzling us with all her masks that match her outfits.
Posted by: Chillin the most at August 17, 2021 12:35 PM (lonOK)
Posted by: The Deep State at August 17, 2021 12:35 PM (9Fwwf)
I can do better than this and no one has to wipe my ass
Posted by: Jimmuh Carter at August 17, 2021 12:34 PM (YTBIQ)
They might have to get the jaws of life to get you out of that chair though.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 17, 2021 12:35 PM (csEWM)
Wordless here (hold off on the snarky golf claps).
I mean, silent, and yes receive *some* actual blow-back and hard questions and criticism (not kidding - since 2008, with all the disaster and decline during Obama and the headlong plunge of the last 6 months, I believe now is the very first time I've seen any of "press" acting like a press). But "get away with it". Which they will, overall.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 17, 2021 12:36 PM (OTzUX)
The contrast cannot be starker, and all the more frightening in that it's only a little over 18 months.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 12:29 PM (s2VJv)
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This is not who we are!!!
- Mathis, Milli, and other military bigwigs
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) Afghanistan's the same as Biden increasing insulin costs because Trump did it at August 17, 2021 12:36 PM (9nwlC)
Posted by: wth at August 17, 2021 12:34 PM (v0R5T)
Bathroom? You're soaking in it!
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2021 12:36 PM (o2MD2)
Aren't they all dead from Wu Flu already?
Posted by: 18-1
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I'm pretty sure it was because of the repeal of net neutrality.
Posted by: Furious George at August 17, 2021 12:36 PM (9vQJW)
Posted by: confederatefifth at August 17, 2021 12:36 PM (AnQMZ)
........
Negotiating with the guy they traded for Bergdahl.
Posted by: wth at August 17, 2021 12:36 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2021 12:36 PM (o2MD2)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 12:37 PM (w5raC)
Posted by: Marcus Gravey at August 17, 2021 12:37 PM (0YD1c)
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 12:28 PM (y7DUB)
Reasons?
Posted by: jakee308 at August 17, 2021 12:37 PM (wb4G5)
"Your call is important to us. Please listen to the entire recording as your options have changed (boy, have they ever)..."
Posted by: t-bird at August 17, 2021 12:37 PM (8DRUP)
Posted by: zombie harry chapin at August 17, 2021 12:37 PM (UHVv4)
Posted by: f'd at August 17, 2021 12:37 PM (Tnijr)
@Breaking9112m
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announces he and his husband Chasten have become parents.
https://tinyurl.com/yejswq74
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:37 PM (cF8AT)
........
Negotiating with the guy they traded for Bergdahl.
Posted by: wth at August 17, 2021 12:36 PM (v0R5T)
If he only stayed behind, he'd be the foreign minister or UN representative.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 12:37 PM (s2VJv)
Posted by: lowandslow at August 17, 2021 12:33 PM (qH6FZ)
But it's completely accidental. They're lying because the lower number sounds less horrifying.
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2021 12:38 PM (wTcTC)
Wait...am I still allowed to say that? Aw you know what I mean. The thing!
Oh hey I have to go now.
Posted by: Biden at the big Kabul withdrawal planning meeting at August 17, 2021 12:38 PM (DpkTQ)
Please continue to hold. If you want to check the status of your flight request please press 1. If you want to order a genuine Kabul Pay Pride Flag press 2. If you want to reserve a covid shot please press 3. [...] If the Taliban is about to shoot you please press 76
Posted by: The State Dept Kabul Hotline at August 17, 2021 12:31 PM (DpkTQ)
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If you are currently experiencing a beheading, please hang up and dial 9-1-1.
Posted by: reason at August 17, 2021 12:38 PM (ePZfA)
We should have helped relocate, into 3rd party countries with similar customs and languages to theirs, any Afganis who directly helped us, none if this take everyone who is scared shit. But we should have done this after every American was flown out safely.
This is going to be the next disaster, where we have sections of America that become shit holes, like all ther areas in Minnesota destroyed by Ilhan Omar's terrorist compatriots.
Posted by: Rbastid at August 17, 2021 12:38 PM (RIZC1)
Posted by: f'd at August 17, 2021 12:37 PM (Tnijr)
US military bases in the US
Posted by: Jen at August 17, 2021 12:38 PM (ONvIw)
@Breaking9112m
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announces he and his husband Chasten have become parents.
https://tinyurl.com/yejswq74
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:37 PM (cF8AT)
To what, a cream covered Tootsie roll?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 12:38 PM (s2VJv)
Posted by: ShainS at August 17, 2021 12:38 PM (cUUIs)
If we weren't living in these times, this would be farce worthy of a greek comedy.
Posted by: Revenant at August 17, 2021 12:38 PM (cOGHc)
The plane is the bathroom.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 12:37 PM (w5raC)
Clark, shitters full
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 17, 2021 12:38 PM (M+Lyo)
Posted by: f'd at August 17, 2021 12:38 PM (Tnijr)
Posted by: REDACTED at August 17, 2021 12:38 PM (uCLWI)
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Daddy, where do babies come out of?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) Afghanistan's the same as Biden increasing insulin costs because Trump did it at August 17, 2021 12:39 PM (9nwlC)
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announces he and his husband Chasten have become parents.
https://tinyurl.com/yejswq74
Posted by: Tami
bet that required so harcore fucking
Posted by: confederatefifth at August 17, 2021 12:39 PM (AnQMZ)
The plane is the bathroom.
Just open the back loading ramp to flush, right?
Posted by: t-bird at August 17, 2021 12:39 PM (8DRUP)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 12:39 PM (w5raC)
Just don't shake anyone's hands coming off the plane.
Posted by: jakee308 at August 17, 2021 12:39 PM (wb4G5)
Are the pedo elites already picking their refugee sex slaves?
Posted by: Obligatory at August 17, 2021 12:39 PM (DpkTQ)
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2021 12:39 PM (/MaDp)
Posted by: Insomniac at August 17, 2021 12:39 PM (II3Gr)
Posted by: ShainS at August 17, 2021 12:38 PM (cUUIs)
Wait, that is a joke, right?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 12:39 PM (s2VJv)
Posted by: Mrm88 at August 17, 2021 12:39 PM (jIL4c)
Posted by: confederatefifth at August 17, 2021 12:39 PM (AnQMZ)
If the press are seriously roasting Biden for this (I wouldn't know because I don't read them anymore) - then his handlers have instructed them to do it. They'd be radio-silent, just like Psaki, unless they had orders.
If that's really going on, then I'll guess his handlers have decided it's time for Harris to give America its unhappy ending.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 17, 2021 12:39 PM (rZA2o)
Posted by: f'd at August 17, 2021 12:37 PM (Tnijr)
US military bases in the US
Posted by: Jen "
Really? Did they fly straight there? Do we know where they are now?
Posted by: f'd at August 17, 2021 12:39 PM (Tnijr)
BREAKING: NSA Jake Sullivan on Afghanistan:
"We're in contact with the Taliban to ensure the safe passage of people to the airport ... we intend to complete these operations over the coming days before completing our drawdown."
Psaki and Pjake are holding a presser....
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:40 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) Afghanistan's the same as Biden increasing insulin costs because Trump did it at August 17, 2021 12:33 PM (9nwlC)
It is a slim reed, but those incompetent Biden bastards need to use any and every remaining leverage they have to keep the Talibani from starting the Genocides and the Hostage Takings.
Posted by: rd at August 17, 2021 12:40 PM (Z32m1)
Gee, great timing, Pete.
You are part of an administration that is current wildly losing a war, with 10's of thousands of Americans caught behind enemy lines -- but please, let's pause to hear about your new kid.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2021 12:40 PM (bDqIh)
Please continue to hold. If you want to check the status of your flight request please press 1. If you want to order a genuine Kabul Pay Pride Flag press 2. If you want to reserve a covid shot please press 3. [...] If the Taliban is about to shoot you please press 76
Posted by: The State Dept Kabul Hotline at August 17, 2021 12:31 PM (DpkTQ)
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If you are currently experiencing a beheading, please hang up and dial 9-1-1.
Posted by: reason at August 17, 2021 12:38 PM (ePZfA)
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If your beheading lasts more than four hours, please call your doctor.
Posted by: ShainS at August 17, 2021 12:40 PM (cUUIs)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 12:38 PM (s2VJv)
Internet win. At least for the day. Maybe the week or month.
Posted by: jakee308 at August 17, 2021 12:40 PM (wb4G5)
There is a temporary removal option that takes 67 (2/3 of senate) to invoke.
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:40 PM (RHGPo)
What terrorist organization(s) needs cash when you just were gifted $80 billion in military hardware, supplies, and ammo?
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 12:33 PM (w5raC)
And your country's #1 cash crop is opium poppies.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 12:34 PM (s2VJv)
And China is already sucking up to you and offering money
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 12:40 PM (XvPQV)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 17, 2021 12:40 PM (mD/uy)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2021 12:40 PM (o2MD2)
278 Poor child...
@Breaking9112m
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announces he and his husband Chasten have become parents.
https://tinyurl.com/yejswq74
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:37 PM (cF8AT)
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Parents of what? A turd?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 17, 2021 12:40 PM (7QRoP)
Posted by: Revenant at August 17, 2021 12:41 PM (cOGHc)
Or is she on vacay like Jen Psaki?
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There was a story yesterday that her people and Puddin's people were fighting like cats and dogs. Puddin's staff wanted Kameltoe to appear at a press conference on Afghanistan, but she said she wouldn't do it. She's focused on Haiti, don't you know.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at August 17, 2021 12:41 PM (sWM8x)
They've got a plan for that. COVID positive? Florida.
Female kids? The white house.
Male kids? San Fran.
Women? Congress gets to pick their new domestic servants.
Young men? The various ISIS cells in the US.
Posted by: Obligatory at August 17, 2021 12:41 PM (DpkTQ)
Posted by: f'd at August 17, 2021 12:39 PM (Tnijr)
I have no idea about refueling, but the plan is to start them off at military bases throughout the US. Probably in swing states.
Posted by: Jen "pro voting" Rubin at August 17, 2021 12:41 PM (ONvIw)
That's fucking disgusting you cocksucking commies.
Posted by: f'd at August 17, 2021 12:41 PM (Tnijr)
Posted by: Hillary! at August 17, 2021 12:41 PM (1R20R)
https://tinyurl.com/yejswq74
Posted by: Tami
nothing is cuter than a turd in a diaper
Posted by: REDACTED at August 17, 2021 12:41 PM (uCLWI)
And this is the time to announce this ? If at all. Your shit's all retarded
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 17, 2021 12:41 PM (M+Lyo)
What terrorist organization(s) needs cash when you just were gifted $80 billion in military hardware, supplies, and ammo?
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 12:33 PM (w5raC)
And your country's #1 cash crop is opium poppies.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 12:34 PM (s2VJv)
The way I read this is we just froze billions in assets for the CIA, and China reaps the benefits. They're already the #1 exporter of fentanyl, and we're their #1 client. So, win/lose.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at August 17, 2021 12:41 PM (wAnMi)
"We're in contact with the Taliban to ensure the safe passage of people to the airport ... we intend to complete these operations over the coming days before completing our drawdown."
**
Well, looks like that answers my question about the US recognizing the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) Afghanistan's the same as Biden increasing insulin costs because Trump did it at August 17, 2021 12:41 PM (9nwlC)
Posted by: f'd at August 17, 2021 12:37 PM (Tnijr)
US military bases in the US
Posted by: Jen at August 17, 2021 12:38 PM (ONvIw)
I doubt that, actually, as doomy as I can be. They would have gone to Qatar or Kuwait.
Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 12:41 PM (mbFEM)
Biden NSA Jake Sullivan: "The Afghan government and it's supporters ... made a passionate case that we should not conduct a massive evacuation lest we trigger a loss of confidence in the government."
Da Fuq?!
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:42 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 17, 2021 12:42 PM (2eHJC)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) Afghanistan's the same as Biden increasing insulin costs because Trump did it at August 17, 2021 12:41 PM (9nwlC)
NATO already has.
Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 12:42 PM (mbFEM)
It's good politics and the right thing to do.
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at August 17, 2021 12:29 PM
Villain from Serenity: You know, general...when someone failed as disgracefully as you have, they would fall upon their sword to die with some honor.
General Milley: Well, it's a good thing we don't have a sword here!
Villain: (unsheathes sword)
Posted by: Your technocrat betters at August 17, 2021 12:42 PM (lQn8Y)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 17, 2021 12:39 PM (rZA2o)
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* golf clap *
Posted by: ShainS at August 17, 2021 12:42 PM (cUUIs)
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:42 PM (RHGPo)
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Breaking news tomorrow ...Chana extends billions in credit to Taliban.
Posted by: runner at August 17, 2021 12:43 PM (iS/NP)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at August 17, 2021 12:43 PM (cx3NL)
Posted by: brak at August 17, 2021 12:43 PM (WTYP0)
Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 12:41 PM (mbFEM)
You'd be wrong;
https://tinyurl.com/27hz8xaw
Posted by: Jen Rubin, full time hater at August 17, 2021 12:43 PM (ONvIw)
https://tinyurl.com/835k6sb7
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2021 12:43 PM (pOHui)
Posted by: junior at August 17, 2021 12:43 PM (jK0pK)
Call 1-800-RED-CUNT.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 12:35 PM (y7DUB)
You owe me a keyboard......
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)
Isn't that the movie where the government makes everyone take a gene therapy they hadn't thoroughly tested and it turns them into reavers?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2021 12:43 PM (DpkTQ)
The glowing couple has named it "Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo" Or Pooie for short.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 12:44 PM (w5raC)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 17, 2021 12:44 PM (yQpMk)
Great. I'm sure they'll be very happy grooming the poor kid together.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 17, 2021 12:44 PM (II3Gr)
There is a temporary removal option that takes 67 (2/3 of senate) to invoke.
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:40 PM (RHGPo)
LMAO which 75 or 67 of these feckless worthless sorry excuses for ass runnings do you have in mind?
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2021 12:44 PM (wTcTC)
Posted by: golfman at August 17, 2021 12:44 PM (H6twj)
Posted by: REDACTED at August 17, 2021 12:44 PM (uCLWI)
"Even well-drawn plans don't survive first contact with reality," says Jake Sullivan quoting Pentagon spox Kirby
And you didn't even have those PJake...
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:44 PM (cF8AT)
Da Fuq?!
Posted by: Tami at A
Blaming the victim. Typical.
Posted by: runner at August 17, 2021 12:44 PM (iS/NP)
Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 17, 2021 12:44 PM (JTpIQ)
https://twitter.com/robo_tabby/
status/1427477100584394752?s=20
Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at August 17, 2021 12:44 PM (5HBd1)
_____________
Was their baby delivered penally or anally?
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 17, 2021 12:44 PM (k4dH2)
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2021 12:45 PM (/MaDp)
There is a temporary removal option that takes 67 (2/3 of senate) to invoke.
So what? You think Kamala will be better?
Posted by: pep at August 17, 2021 12:45 PM (ZsR3z)
Heckuva job, pal.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) remember when they cancelled the foreign policy presidential debate? at August 17, 2021 12:24 PM (UK6no)
This point needs to be emphasized. Not only for Pence, but for all those state and local election officials that folded (understandably, unfortunately) under the immense pressure and threats from people to certify the local results. This is why those jobs are so important. Most of the time, elections are no big deal. Sometimes, however, the course of history can be determined by whether an average person can stand up to the bully. Election Day 2020 was one of those times.
One can only pray that the investigators in AZ, GA and PA understand this.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 17, 2021 12:45 PM (mdjgu)
BTW, this state department guy just reiterated they stand by Taiwan and Israel. That is freaking scary that the guy had to say that. It is like when an NFL owner "stands behind" his coach. We all know how that ends. I am not being alarmist, I am a bit shocked that this guy had to say that.
Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 12:45 PM (jZSOU)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2021 12:36 PM (o2MD2)
Creating jobs.
Posted by: Captain Splatter at August 17, 2021 12:45 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:42 PM (cF8AT)
These people are more detached from reality than I ever thought possible. But then I wonder if it's just mental mindfuck mind games.
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2021 12:46 PM (wTcTC)
There are only so many C17s, and it takes time to go halfway around the world. Plus you have to have the fuelling logistics either airborne or on the ground.
I suspect they are turning and burning out of Kuwait. What happens after that is anyone's guess - I suspect US citizens have charter flights on commercial aircraft and non-US citizens, for now, have tent cities.
Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 12:46 PM (mbFEM)
Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 12:29 PM (ONvIw)
Well yeah, she's creaming her designer slacks over whites being forced out of American society, so no shocker there.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 17, 2021 12:46 PM (DXFDM)
Posted by: f'd at August 17, 2021 12:39 PM (Tnijr)
I have no idea about refueling, but the plan is to start them off at military bases throughout the US. Probably in swing states.
Posted by: Jen "pro voting" Rubin at August 17, 2021 12:41 PM
I may have heard that many will be (at least temporarily) staged at a large US base in Kosovo that has a lot of empty space...
Posted by: Military Moron at August 17, 2021 12:46 PM (P2uuA)
Posted by: DistHillary at August 17, 2021 12:46 PM (9vQJW)
There was a legit dilemma faced even if one was assuming things were going to collapse. Every thing the US did to signal lack of confidence just reinforced the collapse in will/trust of the Afghan security forces, such as they were. So doing the prudent thing to prep for evacuation would only accelerate the collapse.
Whether Sullivan meant that or not, it was the reality, and how this cycle grew (some claim it started with the 2018 agreement with the Taliban) in the last year or two is the subject of many well informed comments by actually knowledgeable folks online.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (OTzUX)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (DpkTQ)
https://tinyurl.com/27hz8xaw
Posted by: J
you are in fact wrong
they are not goign to be flying from afghanistan to the U.S., they are going to qatar or somehwere nearby.
they might get sent to the U.S. some other time.
Posted by: confederatefifth at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (AnQMZ)
Ascending paralysis with the old people, I guess she's never seen GBS
Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: Shenanigans
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Ah. The Biden Touch screen, as opposed to the Biden touch screen, IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (AytXr)
Posted by: jakee308 at August 17, 2021 12:37 PM (wb4G5)
Doesn't provide me with enough useful data. I've eliminated a lot of bookmarks since November.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (y7DUB)
Let's see what Whoppi and Joy have to say on The View. I hear domestic terrorists are out there ready to bomb my wine store.
Posted by: Upper Middle Class Wine Moms at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (GQ5VU)
That asshole owes me a new keyboard and monitor.
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (wTcTC)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (o2MD2)
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announces he and his husband Chasten have become parents.
https://tinyurl.com/yejswq74
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:37 PM (cF8AT)
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Hey, let's not get distracted by stuff like total failure in Afghanistan.
LOOK AT MY MODERN FAMILY AND OUR BABY! AREN'T WE AN ADORABLE PROGRESSIVE INSPIRATION?
*smoooooootch*
Posted by: Pete, Secretary of TRANS...portation... at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (ePZfA)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 12:44 PM (w5raC)
Huh, would have guessed Lemmiwinks myself.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (DXFDM)
A week after they release that playful, cringey video that showed you how fabulous everything was in the Biden White House with "Cooper the Intern".
And now we know that the State Department might not have gotten the message from the IC because of some real life "Cooper the Intern" who broke his nail.
Posted by: Axeman at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (XHhHI)
We all share a sense of urgency and we're going to be leaning forward to help the State Department as much as we can."
ugh..Why can't these people ever talk without their ridiculous non-sensical, trendy leftist lingo seeping in?
Posted by: LASue at August 17, 2021 12:48 PM (Ed8Zd)
I see a lot of not lonely nights in that plane. Woo Hoo.
Now where did I put that paper bag...
Posted by: Jen Rubin at August 17, 2021 12:48 PM (DpkTQ)
Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 12:48 PM (jZSOU)
Posted by: f'd at August 17, 2021 12:38 PM (Tnijr)
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Wheelwells. That is a gory image I didn't need.
You know who does need to see those images?
Everyone in the freaking White House, State Department and Pentagon.
Big huge posters at every entrance. THIS is what happens when you fuck up! Plaster the Hallways and the Offices of the Executive Floors / High ranking Officers Corridors.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR NOT BEING PROFESSIONAL AND WORKING TOGETHER.
Posted by: rd at August 17, 2021 12:48 PM (Z32m1)
Posted by: Gref at August 17, 2021 12:48 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: sidney at August 17, 2021 12:48 PM (+fjIe)
Posted by: McCool at August 17, 2021 12:48 PM (BqBIh)
Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 12:46 PM (mbFEM)
I heard Dubai somewhere.
Posted by: golfman at August 17, 2021 12:48 PM (H6twj)
Or is she on vacay like Jen Psaki?
Posted by: rd at August 17, 2021 12:29 PM (Z32m1)
I've been seeing posts supposedly from WH sources that Harris was telling press she was focused on Haiti, not Afghanistan. Also reports of her blowing up on staff. Not sure she's on vacay as well, but definitely dodging the cameras. And really, she's just a useless wanker and has zilch to do with this shitshow.
I just wish I was a fly on the wall right now. I know the internal bickering must be at a fever pitch. I don't know if the blame ultimately lies with Barky/Jared, or the Jill contingency. I'm sure we'll be finding out soon depending on what they do with King Turnip of Puddinghead. The dementia will increase exponentially with this added stress - assuming of course he can understand the ramifications.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at August 17, 2021 12:48 PM (wAnMi)
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2021 12:48 PM (/MaDp)
YEARS of short, weird animation goodness exists on Youtube. Two More Eggs is the show name.
Niche humor at this point, but I do love them, I love them so.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 12:48 PM (XvPQV)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at August 17, 2021 12:49 PM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: REDACTED at August 17, 2021 12:49 PM (uCLWI)
Folks, we'll need it to pay the ransom. We'll simply be forced to steal the money from the Afghan people and give it to the Taliban leadership.
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 17, 2021 12:49 PM (AytXr)
Sullivan says U.S. encouraged Americans to leave Afghanistan.
"Many chose to stay until the end and that was their choice."
*coughbullshitcough*
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:49 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 17, 2021 12:49 PM (j3npP)
Posted by: LASue at August 17, 2021 12:48 PM (Ed8Zd)
Because it's emotional manipulation 100% of the time.
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2021 12:49 PM (wTcTC)
This sort of failure in Afghanistan was baked into the cake.
The people that counted the votes continue to count them so...best case scenario is Gen Milli Vanilli gets the boot.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2021 12:49 PM (DpkTQ)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (DpkTQ)
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A human being unfamiliar with air travel?
Posted by: Axeman at August 17, 2021 12:49 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2021 12:50 PM (o2MD2)
Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 12:50 PM (jZSOU)
I think you would be surprised at the acts that utter desperation drives one to.
Posted by: Eisenhorn at August 17, 2021 12:50 PM (FA5Pj)
Now the left will get who it really wanted.
Posted by: Ladyl at August 17, 2021 12:50 PM (TdMsT)
they are not goign to be flying from afghanistan to the U.S., they are going to qatar or somehwere nearby.
they might get sent to the U.S. some other time.
Posted by: confederatefifth at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (AnQMZ)
Good. Jen is rarely wrong but I hope the Qatar stop is not just a layover, but a lengthy period of vetting now that these people are out of imminent danger.
Posted by: LASue at August 17, 2021 12:50 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at August 17, 2021 12:50 PM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: sidney at August 17, 2021 12:48 PM (+fjIe)
sleeping with the fishes
Posted by: REDACTED at August 17, 2021 12:50 PM (uCLWI)
https://bit.ly/3gaNhZm
Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 12:50 PM (UW2ZS)
Posted by: Axeman at August 17, 2021 12:51 PM (XHhHI)
"Many chose to stay until the end and that was their choice."
Wait, didn't you just tell us you didn't pull people out because you didn't want to start a panic? Which is it?
Posted by: pep at August 17, 2021 12:51 PM (ZsR3z)
Posted by: Upper Middle Class Wine Moms at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (GQ5VU)
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Ooohh! Oooooh! I think I just saw that on an episode of Law & Order! The conservative mastermind was a closeted nonbinary waterspirit who could never cope with the rejection of his preacher dad!
You KNOW that's how things go in flyover country every day. Sadz.
Posted by: Karen with a Sippy Cup of Beringer Zin at August 17, 2021 12:51 PM (ePZfA)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 12:39 PM (s2VJv)
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These days, who can tell?
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at August 17, 2021 12:51 PM (cx3NL)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2021 12:51 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Axeman at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (XHhHI)
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There is a scene where Cooper hangs up the phone on someone.
Please, Please. Someone run with that.
Posted by: rd at August 17, 2021 12:51 PM (Z32m1)
"That is not something that can be fundamentally avoided," says Sullivan, referring to "scenes of chaos" yesterday
Well yeah, not if you don't even try...
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:51 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at August 17, 2021 12:43 PM
But, think of their standing in the international community then!
Posted by: State Department at August 17, 2021 12:51 PM (lQn8Y)
I'm not sorry. I don't want any Afghani people here.
Rubin can fuck right off if she doesn't like that. Who cares about her and her ugly shovel face, anyway?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 17, 2021 12:51 PM (rZA2o)
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Desperation not to be chopped to bits probably causes some muddled thinking.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 17, 2021 12:52 PM (k4dH2)
Great. I'm sure they'll be very happy grooming the poor kid together.
Posted by: Insomniac at August 17, 2021 12:44 PM (II3Gr)
In an administration top loaded with creepy, useless knobs nobody sane wants to be around, he might be the worst of the bunch.
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 12:52 PM (y7DUB)
At a White House briefing in July when Biden announced the goal of pulling troops out of Afghanistan by Aug. 31, he was asked about evacuating the SIV applicants to the US to await processing, as is done with migrants at the southern border.
"Because the law doesn't allow that to happen. And that's why we're asking the Congress to consider changing the law," Biden told reporters.
How many times has Dying Brain said something is against the law or unconstitutional, and then just gone ahead and done it? Is this the 3rd or 4th time?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 17, 2021 12:52 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 12:48 PM (XvPQV)
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Will watch. Thanks.
Find 12 Ounce Mouse if you're unfamiliar. Also some pre-Archer Archer-esque stuff like Frisky Dingo.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) Afghanistan's the same as Biden increasing insulin costs because Trump did it at August 17, 2021 12:52 PM (e6I/s)
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Yep. I put it around 90%.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2021 12:52 PM (/MaDp)
Posted by: BluesFish at August 17, 2021 12:52 PM (kPJ/p)
640 afghanis x 165 lbs each /2000 lb/ton = 53 tons of people.
using standard OSSF tables that shows a shit potential of 2 lb/day/person = 1,280 lbs of shit ready to drop.
anybody have a roll of john wayne* handy?
* extra points for knowing what that is
Posted by: DanMan at August 17, 2021 12:52 PM (aUOqu)
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2021 12:52 PM (wTcTC)
I'm not sorry. I don't want any Afghani people here.
Rubin can fuck right off if she doesn't like that. Who cares about her and her ugly shovel face, anyway?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 17, 2021 12:51 PM (rZA2o)
Send them to Pakistan. They'd be right at home.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 12:52 PM (s2VJv)
Rubin can fuck right off if she doesn't like that. Who cares about her and her ugly shovel face, anyway?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 17, 2021 12:51 PM (rZA2o)
but diversity is our stink
Posted by: REDACTED at August 17, 2021 12:53 PM (uCLWI)
My vetting process: does Qatar want them? Then neither do I!
Posted by: t-bird at August 17, 2021 12:53 PM (1vynn)
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:53 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (DpkTQ)
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A human being unfamiliar with air travel?
Posted by: Axeman at August 17, 2021 12:49 PM (XHhHI)
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Your first time on an airplane can be a very exciting experience.
Posted by: wth at August 17, 2021 12:53 PM (v0R5T)
There was regular communication between US expats and the consulate; we all knew who each other were and had lists for communication.
I have friends who were removed on emergency flights. This is a pretty standard drill for State; they know how to do this. It just didn't get done here. The idea that they don't know who the expats are and are just now asking them to email in for info is staggering.
Posted by: TexasDan at August 17, 2021 12:53 PM (Sd2Hw)
Biden has the DoD, State and IC fight over who is most tired of losing.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2021 12:53 PM (pOHui)
Breitbart says up to 40,000 Americans; Afghans with special visas will leave first.
Can't wait until Nightline is resurrected with Hostage Crisis Day X and, of course, the beheading of amerikkkans on YouTube.
Posted by: vyx at August 17, 2021 12:53 PM (h1hWo)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at August 17, 2021 12:43 PM
But, think of their standing in the international community then!
Posted by: State Department at August 17, 2021 12:51 PM (lQn8Y)
America's fault. They'll be using out stuff to do it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2021 12:54 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at August 17, 2021 12:54 PM (GQ5VU)
I've never seen anything like this in all my 29 years. Too bad Paski is in hiding.
Posted by: Ripley at August 17, 2021 12:54 PM (MxEKc)
Posted by: Ladyl at August 17, 2021 12:50 PM (TdMsT)
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*leaps onto a desktop*
SEND ME IN!
*gets caught by a stiff breeze and is whisked 20 miles away*
Posted by: Robert Frances "Beto" O'Rourke at August 17, 2021 12:54 PM (ePZfA)
Wake me up when he's in the 30's. (Won't happen, not officially anyway.)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 12:54 PM (Bmy3R)
No, no and no. Republicans do not get to support this illegitimate asswipe and then toss said asswipe aside like a, well, used asswipe.
You wanted this, now accept all of it, right down to the balls.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at August 17, 2021 12:54 PM (KbCG3)
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You see how the Taliban treats Biden. How do you think they'd treat some impoverished nobody?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) Afghanistan's the same as Biden increasing insulin costs because Trump did it at August 17, 2021 12:54 PM (e6I/s)
Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 12:54 PM (jZSOU)
Posted by: LASue at August 17, 2021 12:54 PM (Ed8Zd)
>If you're going to groom a protege, you've got to get them while they're young.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 17, 2021 12:54 PM (JTpIQ)
using standard OSSF tables that shows a shit potential of 2 lb/day/person = 1,280 lbs of shit ready to drop.
anybody have a roll of john wayne* handy?
* extra points for knowing what that is
Posted by: DanMan
I know the planes have piss tubes, but do they have turd tubes?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 17, 2021 12:54 PM (pcp3j)
Please, Please. Someone run with that.
Posted by: rd at August 17, 2021 12:51 PM (Z32m1)
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Take that footage and cut to Talibanis dancing on the Capitol.
Posted by: Axeman at August 17, 2021 12:54 PM (XHhHI)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (DpkTQ)
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A human being unfamiliar with air travel?
Posted by: Axeman at August 17, 2021 12:49 PM (XHhHI)
........
Your first time on an airplane can be a very exciting experience.
Posted by: wth at August 17, 2021 12:53 PM (v0R5T)
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The pre-flight announcements' true value is now revealed.
Posted by: TexasDan at August 17, 2021 12:54 PM (Sd2Hw)
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:44 PM (cF8AT)
I think the administration had a failure of imagination - in that they could not imagine they could fail, and so fast. Last week I heard from CDR CENTCOM (random non-classified situation) that they were creating a location for 31,000 Afghans in Kuwait.
Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 12:55 PM (mbFEM)
Posted by: Gref at August 17, 2021 12:55 PM (AMIL/)
* extra points for knowing what that is
Posted by: DanMan at August 17, 2021 12:52 PM (aUOqu)
TP that's rough, tough, and doesn't take anyone's shit?
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 17, 2021 12:55 PM (DXFDM)
AJC: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp open to accepting Afghanistan refugees after Taliban takeover
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:55 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Ripley at August 17, 2021 12:54 PM (MxEKc)
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I might be a puppet, but I ain't no dummy.
Posted by: Jen Psaki at August 17, 2021 12:55 PM (ePZfA)
Playing Musical CYA while 5-10K Americans are still in harms way is a testament to how we got here.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at August 17, 2021 12:55 PM (49Exr)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at August 17, 2021 12:55 PM (UHVv4)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at August 17, 2021 12:54 PM (GQ5VU)
The next Brother-Fucker or Rancida Taliban congress beast is on that plane.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 12:55 PM (s2VJv)
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:55 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2021 12:55 PM (K0gFl)
Posted by: The Minneapolis/St. Paul Lutheran Ladies' Society at August 17, 2021 12:55 PM (vOGqy)
The ones that climbed up into the wheel well have already been found dead. They either died of oxygen deprivation, freezing, or being crushed.
https://bit.ly/3sxj4bN
Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 12:55 PM (UW2ZS)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (DpkTQ)
Why would people jump out of a 90 story window?
Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 12:55 PM (mbFEM)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 17, 2021 12:55 PM (o2MD2)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 12:10 PM (XvPQV)
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Give it time.
The Taliban, ISIS, and AlQaeda videos have been greeenlit by the executive boards and they are all in development. You would not believe the number of look a like video projects.
Right now, they are in the talent acquisition process. You would not believe what a madhouse it is!?!?
Posted by: rd at August 17, 2021 12:55 PM (Z32m1)
JAKE SULLIVAN: "You have to make a lot of hard calls--none with clean outcomes. What you can do is plan for all contingencies. We did that."
https://tinyurl.com/yzyew3ge
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:56 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: brak at August 17, 2021 12:56 PM (WTYP0)
AJC: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp open to accepting Afghanistan refugees after Taliban takeover
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:55 PM (cF8AT)
Somebody punch that fucking mutt in the face.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 12:56 PM (s2VJv)
They all say it, but they can't tell you why.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 12:56 PM (Bmy3R)
Posted by: Eisenhorn at August 17, 2021 12:50 PM (FA5Pj)
I also think we can't put ourselves into the mindset of some inbred caveman with a 1st grade level education and an IQ of 67. I saw plenty of pictures to make me think they couldn't differentiate a 737 from a flatbed truck or a rail train. They're literally sitting on the top of the fuselage and the wings thinking they'll just have a windy ride. No doubt the people on the doors of the wheel bays were surprised the things actually close on takeoff, and they're not just big benches.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at August 17, 2021 12:56 PM (wAnMi)
Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at August 17, 2021 12:56 PM (0otOH)
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Yep. I put it around 90%.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2021 12:52 PM (/MaDp)
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not a one of whom has any intention of connecting the dots, and voting otherwise (if they are saved, that is)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2021 12:56 PM (pOHui)
Posted by: Jak Sucio at August 17, 2021 12:56 PM (yU31s)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at August 17, 2021 12:56 PM (IpJzF)
AJC: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp open to accepting Afghanistan refugees after Taliban takeover
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:55 PM (cF8AT)
Of course.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 17, 2021 12:56 PM (yQpMk)
Perhaps they could do a few passes over the WH.
Posted by: pep at August 17, 2021 12:56 PM (ZsR3z)
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Rough, tough, and won't take no sh*t off of nobody?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) Afghanistan's the same as Biden increasing insulin costs because Trump did it at August 17, 2021 12:56 PM (e6I/s)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (DpkTQ)
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A human being unfamiliar with air travel?
Posted by: Axeman at August 17, 2021 12:49 PM (XHhHI)
........
Your first time on an airplane can be a very exciting experience.
Posted by: wth at August 17, 2021 12:53 PM (v0R5T)
As can your last.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2021 12:56 PM (ynpvh)
I've never seen anything like this in all my 29 years. Too bad Paski is in hiding.
Posted by: Ripley at August 17, 2021 12:54 PM (MxEKc)
I can't bring myself to watch the "news" so if there are any extra good skewering comments , posting them would be much appreciated.
Posted by: LASue at August 17, 2021 12:56 PM (Ed8Zd)
This is just a BS move to pretend like they're doing something. They don't need our cash, as others have pointed out.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2021 12:56 PM (bDqIh)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at August 17, 2021 12:57 PM (a3Q+t)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2021 12:57 PM (Y5qcH)
Of course. Because people are not dying fast enough from COVID, the COVID sh0t, suicide and all the diseases that have not been treated in the past year, so he has to import jihadis for suicide bombings. And rapes. And beheadings.
Also coming to TX and WI, IIRC.
Posted by: vyx at August 17, 2021 12:57 PM (h1hWo)
>If you're going to groom a protege, you've got to get them while they're young.
Posted by: Dr. Bone
Again, born that way, or choice? If they're not born that way, no amount of grooming will change them.
If it's a choice, they can choose to be straight.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 17, 2021 12:57 PM (pcp3j)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2021 12:56 PM (pOHui)
It's not like the Democrats will lose a voter if they are killed.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 17, 2021 12:57 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: confederatefifth at August 17, 2021 12:57 PM (AnQMZ)
Nitrous oxide would work.
Posted by: t-bird at August 17, 2021 12:18 PM (DMQdU)
How about carbon monoxide?
Posted by: Bonnie Blue no longer gives a shit at August 17, 2021 12:57 PM (hlxe7)
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Yep. I put it around 90%.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2021 12:52 PM (/MaDp)
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To me this is like imbecile Biden voters complaining about inflation now. Zero sympathy. Fuck you. You wanted this now you get it good and hard. Becky will pay $5/gallon to fill her 12 MPG Escalade and all the super duper smart Democrats in Kabul will get a taste of the wonderful multicultural customs of Islam.
Fuck it all and fuck them all. I'm tired of giving a fuck what happens to my enemies.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at August 17, 2021 12:57 PM (GQ5VU)
"The president worked throughout the entire weekend" says Sullivan, about Biden on vacation at Camp David. Says he was monitoring the crisis "hour by hour"
"President Biden has been deeply engaged with this" says Sullivan
"He had a lot of ice cream during his engagement."
I might have added something to this...
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 12:57 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Less Than Nothing at August 17, 2021 12:57 PM (tA1/w)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at August 17, 2021 12:57 PM (IpJzF)
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Jake, define "all contingencies"...
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 17, 2021 12:57 PM (pOHui)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2021 12:57 PM (K0gFl)
A; Get 1 pillowcase filled with clothes, 1 pillowcase filled with 2liter bottles of water or soda and a blanket, 1 valid American passport.
B
ut all state department electronic equipment and papers in a garbage can, pour 1 pint of petrol on the equipment and burn it.
C: Get your ass to Bagram with only 2 pillowcases, your passport, and the clothes on your back. Toss anything other than the 2 pillowcases and passport into the continually burning dumpster next to the entrance, and go to the back of the TSA line.
D: After complying with the instructions and passing through security, sit on the tarmac and wait.
Posted by: Downcast at August 17, 2021 12:58 PM (UR9yg)
Wake me up when he's in the 30's. (Won't happen, not officially anyway.)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 12:54 PM (Bmy3R)
To be fair, they're the ones that voted for him, many from beyond the grave.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2021 12:58 PM (ynpvh)
AJC: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp open to accepting Afghanistan refugees after Taliban takeover
Posted by: Tami
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When I run for re-election, I'll bet I get at least 50% of the Republican vote.
Posted by: Stacey Abrams, Topless at August 17, 2021 12:58 PM (9vQJW)
Now I admit to not caring, not one bit.
I'm sad about that. It shouldn't be that way.
When this war was 5 years old and we didn't have a plan we just kept going.. 10, 15, 20... still no plan.
I suppose our betters thought we'd just keep sending our children there...
These thieves are getting sloppy after the stolen election.. not sure where this will settle, but y'all keep your heads on a swivel.
Posted by: Inogame at August 17, 2021 12:58 PM (53oGX)
Posted by: Braenyard at August 17, 2021 12:58 PM (HgOxD)
GOOD
They deserve all of this and more -- and if he had an honor, he would resign in shame. Given he's worked for both Obama and Hillary, and now Biden, he has no shame.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2021 12:58 PM (bDqIh)
they would be able lie more capably today had not Biden squeezed all the toothpaste out a month ago
even a Bill/Bammy clone can't square this shit show
Posted by: REDACTED at August 17, 2021 12:58 PM (uCLWI)
Desperation not to be chopped to bits probably causes some muddled thinking.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 17, 2021 12:52 PM (k4dH2)
That and a millennium of cousin-marriage.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 17, 2021 12:58 PM (rZA2o)
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$10,000 says no Afghani will live within a 3 mile radius of Kemp's home.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at August 17, 2021 12:58 PM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (DpkTQ)
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*yawn*
Posted by: Tom Cruise at August 17, 2021 12:58 PM (ePZfA)
I'm open to leaving them in Afghfuckingstan so they can fight for their own damn country.
Posted by: f'd at August 17, 2021 12:58 PM (Tnijr)
Posted by: Mishdog at August 17, 2021 12:58 PM (cqAUI)
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It's a phrase to justify hiring sh*tty employees. Nothing more.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) Afghanistan's the same as Biden increasing insulin costs because Trump did it at August 17, 2021 12:58 PM (e6I/s)
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Complete and utter bullshit. This is a disaster, and it was entirely unnecessary. The Biden State Dept. admitted earlier today that they don't even know how many Americans are in Afghanistan. That's their damn job. They can't even do the simplest things, like keeping adequate records. And why would any government pull its troops out of a country where they knew the Taliban was waiting in the wings and the Afghan army was ready to surrender to them, without first making sure that all its citizens who wanted to leave were able to leave? This is nothing but sheer incompetence and blatant stupidity, on a massive scale.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 17, 2021 12:58 PM (k4dH2)
So far, out of 800 evacuated, 165 were Amerikkkan.
"Diversity"
Posted by: vyx at August 17, 2021 12:59 PM (h1hWo)
Posted by: Zeera Hunkering
I give you a lot of credit for having such friends, for your patience. I can not.
Posted by: MikeM at August 17, 2021 12:59 PM (jbRB1)
Posted by: Resident Ice Cream Social at August 17, 2021 12:59 PM (IMmp5)
Agreed.
Posted by: Eisenhorn at August 17, 2021 12:59 PM (FA5Pj)
Has Israel been blamed for all this, yet?
And "Russian meddling?"
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at August 17, 2021 12:57 PM (IpJzF)
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Don't forget us...
Posted by: Climate Change, Covid Hesitancy, White Supremacism at August 17, 2021 12:59 PM (GQ5VU)
"monitoring"
[insert joke about being a security monitor, not a security guard]
That is . . . surprisingly passive for the POTUS. And if he was working, why no comments from him all weekend? WHy no one else in his admin mentioning they were working with him?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 17, 2021 12:59 PM (bDqIh)
*sob* *wail*
Posted by: DC Cops at August 17, 2021 12:59 PM (TKmok)
Technically true if only 2 hours.
Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 17, 2021 01:00 PM (mbFEM)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) Afghanistan's the same as Biden increasing insulin costs because Trump did it at August 17, 2021 12:52 PM (e6I/s)
Thankee
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 01:00 PM (XvPQV)
(1) Either Biden was told that the Afghan army would hold up and withdrawal would go smoothly, or he wasn't.
(2) If he was given optimistic advice, he can identify who gave it to him and fire those people. We can't have the president getting terrible military advice.
(3) If he was given pessimistic advice, he should say "I overruled my advisors. This is on me."
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at August 17, 2021 01:00 PM (1gmH0)
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 17, 2021 12:44 PM (k4dH2)
Amazon
Posted by: jakee308 at August 17, 2021 01:00 PM (wb4G5)
Posted by: red speck at August 17, 2021 01:00 PM (gS3OW)
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Yeah, about that earthquake and tsunami that were supposed to hit Kabul ... the Joos got the wrong hemisphere.
Posted by: ShainS at August 17, 2021 01:01 PM (kXln2)
Posted by: Jak Sucio at August 17, 2021 01:01 PM (yU31s)
Well that explains why these "men" left the women to become Taliban Sex Slaves: "Adbul, leave the Nintendo! We'll get new ones in Boston!"
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at August 17, 2021 01:01 PM (49Exr)
Posted by: John Milton's Ghost at August 17, 2021 01:01 PM (9crPk)
diversity is like salt
a lil at a time and not to much
otherwise .........
Posted by: REDACTED at August 17, 2021 01:01 PM (uCLWI)
yup, military grade tp, folded for your pleasure
Posted by: DanMan at August 17, 2021 01:01 PM (aUOqu)
Posted by: REDACTED at August 17, 2021 01:02 PM (uCLWI)
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 17, 2021 01:02 PM (S+UIZ)
Posted by: confederatefifth at August 17, 2021 12:57 PM (AnQMZ)
Uh yeah, that was like a bug carcass on your windscreen. Not pleasant stuff.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 17, 2021 01:02 PM (DXFDM)
44,850 Americans on the wall
Fly One Out
44,849 Americans on the wall
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:16 PM (RHGPo)
*sad golf clap*
Im praying for our military and Christians trapped there. Im having a hard time with more inclusion right now.
Posted by: LASue at August 17, 2021 01:02 PM (Ed8Zd)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 17, 2021 12:57 PM (Y5qcH)
I'd bet a nickel if one of them had enough space, they'd start a fire for cooking. And just because we can't see them, doesn't mean they didn't bring along goats and chickens. That's going to be one big fumigation tent.
Posted by: clutch cargo - processed in a facility that may contain lead at August 17, 2021 01:02 PM (wAnMi)
Posted by: McCool at August 17, 2021 01:02 PM (BqBIh)
"The President has not spoken with any other world leaders."
WHAT?! What is he doing?!
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 01:02 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Less Than Nothing at August 17, 2021 12:57 PM (tA1/w)
Oh China is already taunting Taiwan publicly, saying look at how relying on the US will end up for you. Interesting Times, indeed.
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at August 17, 2021 01:03 PM (DXFDM)
Posted by: raimondo at August 17, 2021 01:03 PM (wTcTC)
Posted by: REDACTED at August 17, 2021 01:03 PM (uCLWI)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant
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Time for a GoFundMe to buy up some real estate in Kemp's neighborhood?
Posted by: Furious George at August 17, 2021 01:03 PM (9vQJW)
The Cuban refugees and the Vietnamese refugees have turned out to be fine Americans. So did the Hmong from Laos. I think the Afghan refugees are likely to replicate that experience in time.
At least these are people who fought alongside us for 20 years. They didn't just decide to sneak across our southern border to sign up for free zh*t.
Posted by: mnw at August 17, 2021 01:03 PM (Cssks)
yup, military grade tp, folded for your pleasure
Posted by: DanMan
I prefer the John Wayne cookie.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 17, 2021 01:03 PM (pcp3j)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 01:03 PM (Bmy3R)
Posted by: Mishdog
It's angry all right. It's always "finger-fucking", not "finger-lovemaking" or "finger-moonlight walks on the beach"
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 17, 2021 01:03 PM (IMmp5)
Posted by: Ripley at August 17, 2021 01:03 PM (MxEKc)
(1) Either Biden was told that the Afghan army would hold up and withdrawal would go smoothly, or he wasn't.
(2) If he was given optimistic advice, he can identify who gave it to him and fire those people. We can't have the president getting terrible military advice.
(3) If he was given pessimistic advice, he should say "I overruled my advisors. This is on me."
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at August 17, 2021 01:00 PM (1gmH0)
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Except - and it is a big exception - we all know Biden isn't in charge. So who told what to whom in the politburo? Who did those people tell? How is the chain of command actually working? Did they people doing the draw-down and the people planning the evacuation and the people handling the closure of the embassy and the people handing the closure of air bases have the same information? Where to the politburo's factions exist in the military complex?
Because this is a fair point you make, except that Biden isn't running things - and I suspect that maybe nobody was running this, and nobody was on point. They all got their own reports and took their own actions within their own factions and nothing was coordinated...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 01:03 PM (3p5uk)
Funny, huh?
Posted by: t-bird at August 17, 2021 01:03 PM (1vynn)
(1) Either Biden was told that the Afghan army would hold up and withdrawal would go smoothly, or he wasn't.
(2) If he was given optimistic advice, he can identify who gave it to him and fire those people. We can't have the president getting terrible military advice.
(3) If he was given pessimistic advice, he should say "I overruled my advisors. This is on me."
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at August 17, 2021 01:00 PM (1gmH0)
Nailed it.
Posted by: Gref at August 17, 2021 01:03 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2021 01:04 PM (K0gFl)
"That's what we're doing right now" says Sullivan when asked if he will commit to military staying until every American is evacuated
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 01:04 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: pahound at August 17, 2021 12:14 PM
Paper or Posterity?
Posted by: Taqiyyologist, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 17, 2021 01:04 PM (OssQ4)
Posted by: Thoroughly Post-Modern Milley at August 17, 2021 12:14 PM (9vQJW) "
yeah, no kidding, why would anyone want to be here ?
why aren't we running shuttle service both ways so oppressed people here can escape to liberty in Afghanistan ?
seriously, I am kind of shocked by how little of a crap I give about any or all of this. meh.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez (YjYuE) at August 17, 2021 01:04 PM (YjYuE)
**
Definitely track down Frisky Dingo if you've never seen it. It's up there with the Venture Brothers to me.
There's a movie called Black Dynamite that's a lot of fun, too.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) Afghanistan's the same as Biden increasing insulin costs because Trump did it at August 17, 2021 01:04 PM (e6I/s)
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 17, 2021 01:04 PM (yQpMk)
You talk like a fag and your shit's all retarded.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 01:04 PM (Bmy3R)
Im not sure it was that plane, but saw a report that said out of 600 on flight only 167 were Americans
FFS we gotta do better about giving priority to our citizens
Posted by: McCool at August 17, 2021 01:04 PM (BqBIh)
"The President has not spoken with any other world leaders."
WHAT?! What is he doing?!
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 01:02 PM (cF8AT)
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Napping and trying to recover - under the direction of his crack medical staff - from yesterday's outing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 01:04 PM (3p5uk)
WTF were 40,000 American and Brit civilians doing in that sand pit?
Grifting
Posted by: Braenyard at August 17, 2021 01:04 PM (HgOxD)
WHAT?! What is he doing?!
Posted by: Tami
Eating ice cream and stewing in a dirty diaper.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 17, 2021 01:04 PM (IMmp5)
Sperm-burping Jake: We expected the Afganis to use them to defend themselves.
Posted by: golfman at August 17, 2021 01:05 PM (H6twj)
Posted by: Mishdog
It's angry all right. It's always "finger-fucking", not "finger-lovemaking" or "finger-moonlight walks on the beach"
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at August 17, 2021 01:03 PM (IMmp5)
Digital stimulation
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 17, 2021 01:05 PM (ynpvh)
She is on vacay. I bet she is dancing for joy that her scheduled vacation is this week.
I would not be surprised if she left her cell phone locked in her desk. You knew by Tuesday last week, that this was going to be a really shitty week for the Biden Misadministration. By Friday? You knew it was going to be an EPIC, government ending disaster.
If I was Psaki, I would welcome a case of Montezumas revenge on this coming Sunday, and ending up in the hospital until say, October. Anything to not going back to that fucked up White House.
Posted by: rd at August 17, 2021 01:05 PM (Z32m1)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2021 12:47 PM (DpkTQ)
I know how jets work. And given the choice between 10 mins of Superman barrel-rolls skydiving to my death or getting beheaded on the tarmac by douchebags, I would try for the former.
Plus, I might be able aim my suicide plunge into a group of those aholes.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at August 17, 2021 01:05 PM (49Exr)
"That's what we're doing right now" says Sullivan when asked if he will commit to military staying until every American is evacuated
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 01:04 PM (cF8AT)
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Wait, I thought Biden couldn't do anything about the set-in-stone deal Trump had made?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) Afghanistan's the same as Biden increasing insulin costs because Trump did it at August 17, 2021 01:06 PM (e6I/s)
Many perhaps
But how many Joker Tsaernaevs will we get ?
Posted by: McCool at August 17, 2021 01:06 PM (BqBIh)
The ones who fled just after Castro seized power? Yeah they did turn out all right.
The ones Castro dumped on Carter at Mariel? Several burned out prisons argue that nope.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2021 01:06 PM (K0gFl)
The man was truly a stable genius compared to everyone he was dealing with.
Posted by: Thatch at August 17, 2021 01:06 PM (qWceQ)
Posted by: Preznet Paste Eater at August 17, 2021 01:06 PM (yU31s)
The Navy has hangers full of lower ranks reporting but claiming injury to avoid being shipped out; they are simply required to sit there 8 hours before going home.
These facilities are known in the service as "The Land of Broken Toys".
Some commands rarely see an officer on a weekly basis.
Posted by: Auspex at August 17, 2021 01:06 PM (Xo3T0)
Posted by: Climate Change, Covid Hesitancy, White Supremacism at August 17, 2021 01:06 PM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: t-bird at August 17, 2021 01:06 PM (l0Lgi)
"The President has not spoken with any other world leaders."
WHAT?! What is he doing?!
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 01:02 PM (cF8AT)
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He called them but he couldn't get a word in edgewise.
Posted by: Braenyard at August 17, 2021 01:06 PM (HgOxD)
Puppeteer: "For the love of mike , does anyone have
any upbeat, positive news that we can release?!"
[moment of silence, chin-tapping, head-scratching]
[aide snaps fingers]
Aide: "I got it! The Secretary of Trans and his husband had a baby! "
Puppeteer: "Which one?"
Aide: "Which one what?"
Puppeteer: "Which one had the baby?"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 17, 2021 01:06 PM (DMQdU)
>And then you rolled up the plan, stuffed it in a blunt and smoked it at Camp David.
Posted by: Dr. Bone at August 17, 2021 01:06 PM (JTpIQ)
WOW: CBS' @weijia asks whether U.S. forces will remain in Kabul until all Americans are out.
Sullivan: "I'm not going to comment on hypotheticals." What!?
https://tinyurl.com/ydpczza2
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 01:06 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 01:06 PM (3p5uk)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 01:06 PM (s2VJv)
It's like saying a batter was "watching the baseball pitch by pitch". The fuck?
Tom Brady was "participating in each play, ball by ball as the game warranted". Superstar!
(also note how they slipped in the word "crisis" as if it's just a thing that happened)
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2021 01:07 PM (wTcTC)
they will not allow Biden to step down with Harris at VP
no way in Hell
Posted by: REDACTED at August 17, 2021 01:07 PM (uCLWI)
How do you know she's attractive, then? I have it on good authority from some commenters that if you find a mask-wearing woman attractive, you hate God and want to enslave women, or something.
Posted by: pep at August 17, 2021 01:07 PM (ZsR3z)
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 12:53 PM (RHGPo)
First the muzzie mass shooting then the confiscation of guns then nationwide lockdowns. Why it is almost as if it was planned. Oh isn't NZ where all the rich .01%ers are going to hide out? Yeah not planned at all.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 17, 2021 01:07 PM (w5raC)
Posted by: Bill Shatner at August 17, 2021 01:07 PM (Tnijr)
Great movie
but it infuriated me
Posted by: McCool at August 17, 2021 01:02 PM (BqBIh)
Yes and yes.
It's worth digging into who got fired and who didn't over that debacle in Libya.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, The Suicide Squad review at August 17, 2021 01:07 PM (XvPQV)
Give Biden a couple of more years and that might not be a laugh line any more.
Have you gotten your weekly covid shot AND yelled your morning denunciation of white people yet?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 17, 2021 01:07 PM (DpkTQ)
WSJ reported we pulled the contractors that service the helicopters and aircraft. If true, Jake's answer is complete horseshit. Aircraft need CONSTANT maintenance.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 17, 2021 01:07 PM (UW2ZS)
Posted by: Furious George at August 17, 2021 01:07 PM (9vQJW)
Raimondo sounds more retarded than Biden.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 01:08 PM (s2VJv)
Posted by: Captain Hate Won't Forget Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 01:08 PM (y7DUB)
Get ready to be accused of "wanting America to fail!"
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at August 17, 2021 01:08 PM (IpJzF)
Posted by: Unkaren at August 17, 2021 01:08 PM (vGJY7)
Posted by: LASue at August 17, 2021 01:02 PM (Ed8Zd)
i pray for those that fought with us and believed they had a future. The reality is those people who worked with us should at least get help. My personal view is we need the Northern Alliance if it even exists and we need them or someone to hold some ground. But It looks like that is not even remotely on the table. You have to protect such a place with air power. I am guessing this is pie in the sky, but really what the Afghans need is some area to defend. Even before 9/11, they had that right?
Posted by: Quint at August 17, 2021 01:08 PM (jZSOU)
Serious answer, the purpose of diversity is to reduce idiosyncratic risk. A diverse investment portfolio reduces the risk that you'll be wiped out by the movement of one stock. A diverse ecosystem is more resilient and less vulnerable to an outside shock such as a parasite. If I'm overseeing a major engineering project, I want a diverse range of skillsets and experiences in order to minimize the chances that some critical aspect of the project is overlooked.
Heck, even a liberal arts education is based on the idea that a broad, diverse body of knowledge helps future leaders to prepare for any situation.
That said, diversity also brings in risks. It means inefficiency, conflict, and an inability to maximize positive returns. It can also introduce lesser vulnerabilities into a system.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 17, 2021 01:08 PM (jOcSX)
"Gremlins. Little men. Oh MUR-DER!!!"
- - Bugs Bunny
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 01:08 PM (s2VJv)
Posted by: pep at August 17, 2021 01:07 PM (ZsR3z)
No no. You're thinking of ball gags.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at August 17, 2021 01:08 PM (yQpMk)
They all say it, but they can't tell you why.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 12:56 PM
After spending a lot of time in the Balkans, I've lost a lot of my youthful optimism for very mixed ethnicity societies to succeed. And Rome was successfully diverse, because there was a very clear "Roman" way of living, and as long as you integrated and acted Roman, your ethnic background wasn't as big a deal.
We sure as he'll don't enforce standards for what being "American" means anymore.
Posted by: Some Guy at August 17, 2021 01:09 PM (lQn8Y)
Sigh. "Broken Toys" is a term we use in the Medical Side of the House.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2021 01:09 PM (Irn0L)
If I have left anything out, please feel free to fill in the blanks.
Posted by: whig at August 17, 2021 01:09 PM (pO7gM)
She is on vacay. I bet she is dancing for joy that her scheduled vacation is this week.
Psaki is in that briefing room now. She introduced Sulivan. Remains to be seen if she takes questions after Sullivan is done being flayed as the stand-in for Joe.
Posted by: Gref at August 17, 2021 01:09 PM (AMIL/)
Posted by: Unkaren at August 17, 2021 01:08 PM (vGJY7)
"Remain Ikeelyou'd"
- - Mugu Goes to Kabul
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 01:09 PM (s2VJv)
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 01:04 PM (cF8AT)
That's expressly not a commitment.
Posted by: ... at August 17, 2021 01:09 PM (wTcTC)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2021 01:09 PM (Irn0L)
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Could it be more evident that Psaki could not possibly have responded to questions in any rational manner. She probably would have simply broken down...and may yet.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 17, 2021 01:09 PM (DMQdU)
My only problem with those is you can't hear the beautiful screams then!
Posted by: George Soros at August 17, 2021 01:09 PM (DpkTQ)
Helmut Kohl's number didn't work, Gorbachev isn't speaking to me, and I'll I got was gibberish when I dialed the new guy in Poland, Walesa.
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 17, 2021 01:09 PM (1vynn)
Nah, that would still make more sense than raitardo.
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 17, 2021 01:09 PM (Bmy3R)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at August 17, 2021 01:10 PM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: andycanuck (UHVv4) at August 17, 2021 01:10 PM (UHVv4)
Posted by: Braenyard at August 17, 2021 01:10 PM (HgOxD)
It can be a strength, provided diversity isn't the goal or metric, but competence.
Posted by: pep at August 17, 2021 01:10 PM (ZsR3z)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 17, 2021 01:10 PM (T7iTv)
The man was truly a stable genius compared to everyone he was dealing with.
Posted by: Thatch at August 17, 2021 01:06 PM (qWceQ)
My preferred analogy is a corporation whose management have been running off the decades of accumulated capital, consumer loyalty, brand recognition, and general goodwill, but have finally burned through it all. Now they're panicking because they're overleveraged, cash flow has dried up, and shareholders are getting angry.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 17, 2021 01:10 PM (jOcSX)
Posted by: Sponge - Saying Ashli Babbitt at August 17, 2021 01:10 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: whig at August 17, 2021 01:09 PM (pO7gM)
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Looks pretty damn accurate to me. The only gap I can see is the economy. The economy and economic power (and energy) is a major international consideration, too, and the junta is turfing it as quickly as they can.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 17, 2021 01:10 PM (3p5uk)
Posted by: willow at August 17, 2021 01:10 PM (ZFlLo)
Posted by: SMOD at August 17, 2021 01:10 PM (RHGPo)
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A lot of them were probably contractors. The U.S. pissed away trillions of dollars in Afghanistan. We built schools, roads, a fancy new embassy ($800 million for that alone), and all kinds of shit that the Taliban now gets to own.
It's beyond infuriating. Not just the enormous waste of money, but the thousands of U.S. military lives squandered in that shit hole. For nothing. Nothing except enriching the Taliban -- the very same people who facilitated the 9/11 attacks on us 20 years ago.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 17, 2021 01:11 PM (k4dH2)
Problem is the decisions are being made by Puppet Master(s) who are unknown and not accountable to the American people. Biden is just a prop who probably can't remember who he talked to yesterday.
That's the real danger - even a tyrant's worst impulses would be checked by his ego, ie. a concern over how history would remember him. The Puppet Master is not constrained by that. This is all done in Biden's name so there are no consequences for making the wrong call.
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at August 17, 2021 01:11 PM (49Exr)
I've remarked before that many of the Obama admin's short-bus kindergarteners are back with Biden... they were never qualified to deal with A'stan back then, and they haven't changed (except for losing their youthful glow).
These people are only in positions of responsibility because they control the only man more clueless than they are, and he has his dusty old digit on the button.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 17, 2021 01:11 PM (rZA2o)
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at August 17, 2021 01:11 PM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - (BMWRT) Afghanistan's the same as Biden increasing insulin costs because Trump did it at August 17, 2021 01:11 PM (e6I/s)
Posted by: SMOD
Covid? I call bullshit. Since the tests can't differentiate between covid and the flu, I'll bet it's the seasonal flu. It's their winter down under.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 17, 2021 01:11 PM (pcp3j)
and then he'd say they just didnt communicate things well.....
Thats not gonna work for this one...
Posted by: McCool at August 17, 2021 01:11 PM (BqBIh)
Posted by: pep at August 17, 2021 01:10 PM (ZsR3z)
Yup. Like I said, it's a tool for reducing certain forms of risk, but that means you have to identify what those risks are, and the type of diversity which you think will counter those risks.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 17, 2021 01:11 PM (jOcSX)
So much for "we do these things because they are hard."
This makes Jimmy Carter very manly for even attempting Operation Eagle Claw.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 17, 2021 01:11 PM (K0gFl)
*snicker*
Posted by: LASue at August 17, 2021 01:12 PM (Ed8Zd)
Don't worry. This will be forgotten in a week. For the brass, decorations, promotions and future TV gigs. For the civilian leadership , Medals of Freedom, fawning profiles in the media, think tank fellowships.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 17, 2021 01:12 PM (/U27+)
In the mean, fake news is pushing out fake stories such as "Women Afghan Special Forces Afraid Of Being Killed By Taliban."
WTF??
Special Forces??
Yeah, I think we're past the "Afghan Special Forces" farce.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at August 17, 2021 01:12 PM (IpJzF)
Sperm-burping Jake: We expected the Afganis to use them to defend themselves.
Posted by: golfman at August 17, 2021 01:05 PM (H6twj)
Achmed Massoud, son of the Massoud that was offed by al Qaeda in 9/9/2001 is offering $1 Million for any pilots and helicopters they bring to the Panjshir Valley.
Al Qaeda assassinating Massoud got them a greenlight by the Taliban to initiate their 9/11 Hijacking plot.
Posted by: rd at August 17, 2021 01:12 PM (Z32m1)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Untrue But Accurate Tales at August 17, 2021 01:13 PM (IpJzF)
Posted by: Braenyard at August 17, 2021 01:13 PM (HgOxD)
Posted by: James at August 17, 2021 01:13 PM (24+Vp)
Asked why the U.S. abandoned helicopters and equipment, @JakeSullivan46 says it's just one of those "difficult choices," since there was always a risk that the Afghanistan army would lose the equipment to the Taliban. So he doesn't actually answer the question
Posted by: Tami at August 17, 2021 01:13 PM (cF8AT)
Posted by: Ziba at August 17, 2021 01:14 PM (S1hrL)
- - Bugs Bunny
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 17, 2021 01:08 PM (s2VJv)
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"These blockbuster bombs don't go off unless you hit them juuuust right."
--The Gremlin
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 17, 2021 01:14 PM (LBiAf)
>>Wait, I thought Biden couldn't do anything about the set-in-stone deal Trump had made?
It was a deal so iron clad that Vincent Gambini couldn't get The Meat Puppet out from under it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 17, 2021 01:14 PM (2eHJC)
CO Alex, good comment on "diversity". Of course the key to the kind of "diversity" being discussed is that it's not real, in any way. Skin color. Sexual preference. Gender. With few exceptions, these things make no difference in any real way. They are not real diversity. At all. Only a list of superficial and/or irrelevant characteristics.
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 17, 2021 01:16 PM (OTzUX)
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One of the Bergdahl five Talibanis has already been identified as one of the leaders of the current coup. He was in the photo of them in the presidential palace.
Thanks Obama. You traitorous POS.
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 17, 2021 01:16 PM (k4dH2)
In the mean, fake news is pushing out fake stories such as "Women Afghan Special Forces Afraid Of Being Killed By Taliban."
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plus some 20-something mayor of a small town is in "fear for her life". Which is weird because I was assured by very smart people on CNN and MSNBC that Muslims are a peaceful tolerant people and only MAGA people hate women. So so so confusing.
Posted by: Joe XiDen - Delta Delta Delta Can I help ya help ya help ya Variant at August 17, 2021 01:16 PM (GQ5VU)
Posted by: Ziba at August 17, 2021 01:18 PM (S1hrL)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 17, 2021 01:09 PM (Irn0L)
Obviously he rose up the chain by employing much ass-kissing, penis-sipping, and ability to use words like "panoply" in a sentence. Joe has no clue what a panoply is, so he knew he had to hire this guy so he could confuse every other US politician.
Posted by: Gref at August 17, 2021 01:18 PM (AMIL/)
President Biden is doing his part to end Global Climate Chane.......
Posted by: James at August 17, 2021 01:19 PM (24+Vp)
That said, diversity also brings in risks. It means inefficiency, conflict, and an inability to maximize positive returns. It can also introduce lesser vulnerabilities into a system.
Posted by: Colorado Alex
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All very well stated, but also mostly referencing circumstances/systems subject to reasonable objective measure. Human/cultural relationships are rather different. We might integrate, oh, Yaks into Yellowstone park, thereby adding robustness to the mix of species (maybe), but forcefully integrating Nepalese and Nepalese culture into the local culture is rather likely to be destabilizing.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 17, 2021 01:20 PM (vOGqy)
Posted by: Ziba at August 17, 2021 01:20 PM (S1hrL)
Posted by: Tofer732 at August 17, 2021 01:20 PM (lmtPe)
Posted by: USNtakim deplorable still. at August 17, 2021 01:20 PM (0OmEj)
Posted by: Ziba at August 17, 2021 01:21 PM (S1hrL)
At the battle of gaugamela, Alexander faced a Persian force estimated at 135,000. In the center was the Persian phalanx and on both sides the were supported by satrap phalanxs. Alexander attacked the Persian phalanx with his 35,000 Macedonians and the satrap phalanxes watched as the Persians were defeated. In this instance diversity was a strength for Alexander. Both Cortez and Pissaro repeated this feat in Mexico and Peru.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 17, 2021 01:21 PM (/MaDp)
Biden leaves? Then what? I'll tell you. It'll be the Ho in Chief Kamalala.
And Obozo still rules.
Posted by: Justsayin' at August 17, 2021 01:21 PM (Fs5vw)
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My only regret in this entire situation, is that we do not have electric airplanes. This issue must be addressed.
Posted by: AOC at August 17, 2021 01:22 PM (vOGqy)
Posted by: Ziba at August 17, 2021 01:22 PM (S1hrL)
Posted by: rhomboid (OTzUX) at August 17, 2021 01:16 PM (OTzUX)
In the context of higher education, race is really just a proxy for socio-economic status, but it's imperfect.
There's also, using the above logic, a somewhat conservative case for affirmative-action: to wit, that by encouraging the hiring of minorities your goal is to create diversity of employment in those communities, making them more resilient to economic shocks. Or, maybe it's better for the community if not black person works in the same industry and gets laid off when it shuts down.
Of course, the same logic also applies to why our society shouldn't be centered around a few massive globocorps continually consolidating and expanding.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 17, 2021 01:23 PM (jOcSX)
Just saw Piss Hockey take off her mask "COVID SAFE"
Posted by: Glenn John at August 17, 2021 01:24 PM (Rmprz)
Posted by: Ziba at August 17, 2021 01:22 PM (S1hrL)
To the southern border, easier to get in to the country
Posted by: Tofer732 at August 17, 2021 01:24 PM (lmtPe)
Posted by: Ziba at August 17, 2021 01:25 PM (S1hrL)
Lastly, publish the names of those who were in charge of watching where the money went. $1T is a lot of dough. A lot. Cui bono.
Posted by: mercury at August 17, 2021 01:25 PM (IE8pt)
Posted by: Zek's Covid Recovered Ass at August 17, 2021 01:27 PM (dEaub)
Posted by: steevy at August 17, 2021 01:28 PM (uUDKV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 17, 2021 01:20 PM (vOGqy)
Cultures evolve to fit their environment just like biological features. The tendency is towards homogeneity of a culture, which creates weaknesses and blind spots to new threats and changes in the environment. Some cultural diversity helps prevent that, by essentially creating a "library" of cultural traits. When the environment changes, these traits are exposed and the ones best suited rise to the top.
The problem is still the same: too extreme of diversity creates large amounts of conflict, which can undermine and kill a society rather than allowing it to function.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 17, 2021 01:28 PM (jOcSX)
Posted by: Ziba at August 17, 2021 01:30 PM (S1hrL)
I don't know if original to me but I've often thought of it as the "pepper in the soup model." A pinch of something extra makes it better but dumping in handfuls will ruin it.
Posted by: Zek's Covid Recovered Ass at August 17, 2021 01:30 PM (dEaub)
"Shelter in place, avoid murderous militias, and submit your repatriation request." Unreal. We are a nation of donkeys and sheep.
Posted by: ErikInTexas at August 17, 2021 01:34 PM (M9SBl)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at August 17, 2021 01:34 PM (M9SBl)
It explains a lot, right?
Posted by: Ziba at August 17, 2021 01:36 PM (S1hrL)
Posted by: Baldy at August 17, 2021 01:43 PM (OLCH5)
Posted by: Ziba at August 17, 2021 01:22 PM (S1hrL)
US military bases.
Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 01:44 PM (ONvIw)
The scene at the Kabul airport is mostly peaceful.
Posted by: The least trusted name in news at August 17, 2021 01:46 PM (jYQlA)
Posted by: CN at August 17, 2021 01:46 PM (ONvIw)
Posted by: TheITGuy at August 17, 2021 01:58 PM (BsdjQ)
Because at some point they are going to want to wash their hands of this shitshow in any way possible.
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 17, 2021 01:58 PM (qWceQ)
Interesting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, nihilism is all fun and games with a Carpenter leading the way at August 17, 2021 12:10 PM (LvTSG)
Hell, by this time next week, no-one's even going to be talking about this.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 17, 2021 12:12 PM (2JVJo)
By this time next week, the feds are going to claim that it is illegal to talk about this.
Posted by: Tar Bae at August 17, 2021 02:36 PM (hbrUW)
Where did the money for bribes come from?
Was it from the crates of cash we shipped to Iran?
Was it from the Chinese (less than from Iran, because the Big Guy's gotta have his 10%)?
Do the Intelligence officers have any idea? (okay, that one was rhetorical)
I strongly hope we have dossiers on the military folks that sold out their country. The Afghan folks, that is, because in this day and age you *HAVE* to be clear which sell-outs you're talking about. Would be nice for a little Mossad action, "to encourage the others", so to speak.
Posted by: Another Anon at August 17, 2021 04:04 PM (bW28E)
Posted by: RTW at August 17, 2021 05:14 PM (jJlJu)
Posted by: FatAlbert at August 18, 2021 01:53 AM (/LM9B)
also the rest of the site is also very good.
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