US Does Not Have Capability To Safely Escort Americans To Airport

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   Sharlee01posted 3 years ago

   
   
   The Pentagon acknowledged that it does not currently have the capability to safely escort Americans in Kabul to the airport for evacuation.
   
   The Defense secretary’s admission comes after the U.S. Embassy in Kabul issued a dire warning to U.S. citizens there stating that it “cannot ensure safe passage” to the airport.
   
   The U.S. is currently relying upon an agreement with the Taliban to guarantee the safe passage of Americans.
   WASHINGTON – The Pentagon on Wednesday acknowledged that it does not currently have the capability to safely escort Americans in Kabul to the airport for evacuation as the Taliban consolidate control in Afghanistan’s capital.
   
   “I don’t have the capability to go out and extend operations currently into Kabul,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said when asked about those who cannot reach the gates of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul because they are behind Taliban checkpoints."
   
   https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/18/us-forc … -says.html
   
   How in the world did this happen?  Who is running the military operation in Kabul?

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      Sharlee01posted 3 years agoin reply to this

      And in the end --- American's, as well as Afghan citizens that aided the US, were left behind.
      
      Now America must shoulder this horrendous shame, due to the Biden administration. poor decision, making.

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         gmwilliamsposted 3 years agoin reply to this

         Biden has F##### America big-time.

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            Sharlee01posted 3 years agoin reply to this

            He certainly has. He needs to be impeached, he is not in any respect capable to do the job of president. I shudder to think of what's to come if he is left in office. He is a vile POS.without any form of empathy for the people he has pretty much left to be killed or imprisoned.

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               gmwilliamsposted 3 years agoin reply to this

               Definitely, but you know that the Democrats won't do it.  The Democrats especially Pelosi have their heads in the sand.   If it was Trump, they would HANG him.  They wanted to IMPEACH Trump from the inception of his presidency.   To put it in an analogy, Biden is the golden/favorite child who can do no wrong while Trump was the scapegoated child who was punished for little or even no reason.

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                  Kathryn L Hillposted 3 years agoin reply to this

                  CAN YOU IMAGINE IF IT WERE TRUMP (instead of Biden who acted this way in pulling out of Afghanistan????)
                  
                  sorry to shout.
                  not sorry.

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                  Sharlee01posted 3 years agoin reply to this

                  I think many have woke up and are seeing this man was a mistake.

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   Valeantposted 3 years ago

   Nothing new.  The two miles from the Embassy to the airport has been under Taliban control for longer than just this past week.  It's why people travelled by helicopter when going from one to the other.
   
   Plus, we just donated billions in military equipment to the Taliban during the departure, so maybe the military is stretched a bit thin in that regard.  Maybe that should have been included in the 'agreement,' the ability to give us enough time to get all the inventory our hard earned tax dollars paid for out of the country?
   
   Did you check to see where the stable genius put that in?

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