Biden’s Afghan exit strategy as driven by ‘ weakness, incompetence’

[ThisisOverload]

This is criminal.   

Nearly 50 Sacramento-area students remain trapped in Afghanistan. When will they be rescued?
BY SAWSAN MORRAR AND JASON POHL
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Sacramento-area school districts are still identifying more students stranded in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, weeks after the U.S. completed its withdrawal from the country.

San Juan Unified School District officials last week said 41 students were trapped in Afghanistan — a sharp increase from the two-dozen-or-so the district had previously identified. Of the 41 kids, three were evacuated over the weekend from the war-torn country but remain overseas, district officials said.

Sacramento City Unified officials last week said eight students are stranded in Afghanistan. Initially, they’d identified just one family who The Sacramento Bee interviewed. Attendance records as the school year has progressed showed more students were missing, and staff traced their whereabouts to the country.

Principal Nate McGill of Ethel I. Baker Elementary school has been involved in getting the students out. He texts with family members and has been coordinating staff members who are trying to cobble together a plan.

But, he said, progress has been slow. Sometimes it feels nonexistent.

There were two options on the table at the start of last week. The first involved paying about $2,500 to get the family a flight from Kabul to Islamabad, across the border in Pakistan. That fell through because the family didn’t qualify for visas into that country at the time, McGill said.

Then, later in the week, another option was under discussion. A person from a third-party group that has connections to the country read The Bee’s reporting. Reporters put them in touch with McGill. The group has since been in contact with the family and is working to get them out. If they can get across the border, McGill said he and a handful of others from the Sacramento area will pay for the flight to get them back to the U.S.

“This is like a back-up, sort of secret-ops plan,” McGill said.

It’s unclear if that plan is still on the table or when they might be given a green light.

In the chaotic month since the Taliban stormed into Kabul, uncertainty has increased by the day, both for Sacramento families who remain in Afghanistan and those on the ground here trying to get them out. Some families were turned away from evacuation flights, and others were near the blast at the Kabul airport, where Sacramento-area students witnessed violence, gunfire and bombings that killed scores of people, according to Sacramento City Unified officials.

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Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article254412638.html#storylink=cpy

Why the hell are Elementary students in Afghanistan to begin with?

How are people that stupid to allow their kids to go to one of the most dangerous places on the planet?

[Dos Equis]

Pentagon confirms nearly 450 Americans trapped in Afghanistan
The number is higher than what the State Department had said last week
By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-number-americans-trapped-in-afghanistan

[Soul Crusher]

Islamic State Attack on Kabul Military Hospital Kills at Least 23
WSJ ^ | Nov. 2, 2021 2:28 pm ET | By Yaroslav Trofimov
Posted on 11/2/2021, 3:11:06 PM by BenLurkin

Islamic State militants stormed Afghanistan’s main military hospital, now housing injured Taliban fighters and veterans of the former Afghan military, and killed at least 23 people in the latest eruption of violence since the country’s U.S.-backed government collapsed in mid-August.

Though there was no immediate claim of responsibility, the Taliban’s chief spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said that five Islamic State militants participated in Tuesday’s complex attack and were all killed. The extremist group has intensified the tempo of strikes against Taliban targets and the country’s Shiite minority in recent weeks. It stormed the same hospital, in Kabul’s Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood, in 2017.

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[Soul Crusher]

'This is your bride...please don't beat her': Heart-breaking moment Afghan father pleads with 55-year-old man as he is forced to sell his daughter, aged NINE, to him so he can buy food
The Daily Mail ^ | 2 November 2021 | Rachel Bunyan
Posted on 11/2/2021, 1:55:39 PM by Tired of Taxes

An Afghan father who has been forced to sell his nine-year-old daughter to a 55-year-old man as a child bride so he can buy food has pleaded for his child's new husband not to beat her.

Parwana Malik, nine, is being sold by her parents to a stranger who the youngster describes as an 'old man' due to his white beard and eyebrows.

On the day Parwana was taken away by her 55-year-old buyer, Qorban, her weeping father, Abdul Malik, pleaded for him to not hurt his child, reports CNN.

Abdul, who is 'broken' with guilt, broke down in tears as he told Qorban: 'This is your bride. Please take care of her. You are responsible now, please don't beat her.'

Parwana's family said they had no choice, and are among scores of destitute families who being forced to sell their young daughters into marriage to survive, as Afghanistan plunges further into a humanitarian crisis.

One girl, aged 10, spends her days crying as she waits for the day she is sold to a 70-year-old man to help her family pay off their debts.

Another nine-member family is preparing to sell their four-year-old and nine-year-old daughters to have enough money for food.

Parwana and her family have been living in an Afghan displacement camp in northwestern Badghis province for the past four years. They have survived on humanitarian aid and work which earns them around Ł2 a day.

But since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August, the country's economy is on the brink of collapse and international humanitarian aid has been put on hold - and the effects are deeply felt by families such as Parwana's who cannot buy basic goods such as food.

Abdul was forced to sell Parwana's 12-year-old sister months ago to help his family survive.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...

[Skeletor]

Of course...

Deadly US drone strike in Kabul did not break law, Pentagon says

A US drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians was an error that did not violate any laws, a Pentagon inspector said following an investigation.

"It was an honest mistake," US Air Force Inspector Lieutenant General Sami Said told reporters.

The strike on 29 August killed three adults, including a man who worked for a US aid group, and seven children.

It took place as Western nations attempted to evacuate Afghans after the Taliban took control of the country.

The youngest child to be killed was two-year-old Sumaya, and the eldest 12-year-old Farzad, the family told the BBC.

Speaking shortly afterwards Ramin Yousufi, a relative, said it had been a "brutal attack" based on "wrong information".

"Why have they killed our family? Our children? They are so burned out we cannot identify their bodies, their faces," he said.

Lt Gen Said said there had been "execution errors, combined with confirmation bias and communications breakdowns" that led to "regrettable civilian casualties".

But he said an investigation had found "no violation of law, including the Law of War".

"It's not criminal conduct, random conduct, negligence," he added.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59157089

[AbrahamG]

Why the hell are Elementary students in Afghanistan to begin with?

How are people that stupid to allow their kids to go to one of the most dangerous places on the planet?

Great question.  Because evangelicals in far too many cases are arrogant beyond words.  I feel for the children but fuck them all. 

Religion:  At best is a crutch.  At worst is a mental illness. 

[LurkerNoMore]

Religion:  At best is a crutch.  At worst is a mental illness.

Damn you on a roll.

[TheGrinch]

wooooooooooshhhhhhhhhhhh



Flying my flag with pride!!!

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 Forget "Let's Go Brandon" and "FJB", get your "Let's Get Biden To Quit!" (LGBTQ) flag now and fly it with pride!

[Dos Equis]

Flashback-Biden: If ‘You Leave Those Billions of Dollars of Weapons Behind’ in Iraq, They’ll ‘Be Used Against Your Grandchild’
 By Craig Bannister | November 8, 2021
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/flashback-biden-if-you-leave-those-billions-dollars-weapons-behind-iraq-theyll

[Dos Equis]

Pentagon Admits Biden Left Dozens Of Family Members Of U.S. Troops In Afghanistan
By  Hank Berrien
Nov 9, 2021   DailyWire.com
https://www.dailywire.com/news/pentagon-admits-biden-left-dozens-of-family-members-of-u-s-troops-in-afghanistan

[ThisisOverload]

Great question.  Because evangelicals in far too many cases are arrogant beyond words.  I feel for the children but fuck them all. 

Religion:  At best is a crutch.  At worst is a mental illness.

Agree 100 %!

[Dos Equis]

Great question.  Because evangelicals in far too many cases are arrogant beyond words.  I feel for the children but fuck them all. 

Religion:  At best is a crutch.  At worst is a mental illness.

Uh, no.

[Dos Equis]

I'll believe it when they are all home.

Every US citizen who wants out of Afghanistan offered departure, State Department says
CONOR FINNEGAN and LIBBY CATHEY
Fri, November 12, 2021
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/every-us-citizen-wants-afghanistan-100105823.html

[Soul Crusher]

https://news.trust.org/item/20211123035757-ylrch


What a FNG mess!

[AbrahamG]

Uh, no.

What's the difference between The Night Before Christmas and The Bible? 

NOTHING!

[Dos Equis]

What's the difference between The Night Before Christmas and The Bible? 

NOTHING!

One is a movie and the other is the most read book in world history? 

[Soul Crusher]

http://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/13/us-will-not-punish-military-over-afghanistan-drone-killing-of-civilians.html


No kidding - more lies and cover up from Biden. 

[Gym-Rat]

BREAKING REPORT: US Team of Veterans led by Chad Robichaux purportedly RESCUED 17,000 LEGAL PERMANENT UNITED STATES RESIDENTS in Afghanistan After Joe Biden Abandoned Them Following Surrender to Taliban..

17,000...

(Yet brings in cartel, rapists, traffickers and hides them around the USA)...

[Dos Equis]

So President Biden, the man directly responsible for the deaths of American service members, is trying to blame former President Trump. 

Biden Report Blames Trump for Afghanistan Withdrawal Chaos
Thursday, 06 April 2023
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/afghanistan-withdrawal-biden-trump/2023/04/06/id/1115310/

[Soul Crusher]

So President Biden, the man directly responsible for the deaths of American service members, is trying to blame former President Trump. 

Biden Report Blames Trump for Afghanistan Withdrawal Chaos
Thursday, 06 April 2023
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/afghanistan-withdrawal-biden-trump/2023/04/06/id/1115310/

[Skeletor]

So President Biden, the man directly responsible for the deaths of American service members, is trying to blame former President Trump. 

Biden Report Blames Trump for Afghanistan Withdrawal Chaos
Thursday, 06 April 2023
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/afghanistan-withdrawal-biden-trump/2023/04/06/id/1115310/

Has Biden taken responsibility for anything that happened during his term? As usual, career politicians like him are quick to blame others for failures and even quicker to take credit for any success.

[Curelato]

Biden gets some blame because he was POTUS during the withdrawal but Trump and Pompeo cut a deal with the Taliban (and only the Taliban) which undermined the authority of the Afghan government

Trump himself said that Biden couldn't stop the deal he made

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John Bolton (who we know is a hard right winger and no fan of Biden) even attempted to explain this verifiable facts to Newsmax

Here's a detailed review by the right leaning Hoover Institute

This essay examines how the poorly negotiated US-Taliban agreement undermined the Afghan government and institutions and facilitated the Taliban’s rise to power in August 2021. The rush to conclude a deal with the Taliban undermined US counterterrorism interests and emboldened hard-liners within the Taliban movement. The United States must recommit to human rights and counterterrorism in Afghanistan and avoid rewarding the Taliban with diplomatic recognition until they have earned it.

https://www.hoover.org/research/how-doha-agreement-guaranteed-us-failure-afghanistan

[AbrahamG]

Biden gets some blame because he was POTUS during the withdrawal but Trump and Pompeo cut a deal with the Taliban (and only the Taliban) which undermined the authority of the Afghan government

Trump himself said that Biden couldn't stop the deal he made

eature=share


John Bolton (who we know is a hard right winger and no fan of Biden) even attempted to explain this verifiable facts to Newsmax

Here's a detailed review by the right leaning Hoover Institute

https://www.hoover.org/research/how-doha-agreement-guaranteed-us-failure-afghanistan

I like the cut of your jib.  No homo.  You are going to make friends fast around here.   

[Dos Equis]

I like the cut of your jib.  No homo.  You are going to make friends fast around here.   

No she won't.   

[Soul Crusher]