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[Soldier of Macedon]

Originally Posted by Carlin

Taliban orders its Mujahideen of the "Islamic Emirate" to enter Kabul in order "to prevent chaos and theft" shortly after President Ghani fled the country. (Update: Latest news reports that President Ghani has fled to Tajikistan, that Government has totally disintegrated and Taliban are moving into Kabul. NBC reports "Armed Taliban fighters seen on streets of Kabul.")

Another "nation building" exercise goes up in smoke. What an absolute fiasco. After 20 years of supreme military power in a geographically and culturally segregated region, the most "sophisticated" countries in the world weren't capable of mitigating rampant corruption, training a functioning security force that can hold territory or establishing a political system that is fit for purpose. Aside from some new infrastructure and weapons that have been left behind, back to square one, literally.

[Carlin]

Originally Posted by Soldier of Macedon

Another "nation building" exercise goes up in smoke. What an absolute fiasco. After 20 years of supreme military power in a geographically and culturally segregated region, the most "sophisticated" countries in the world weren't capable of mitigating rampant corruption, training a functioning security force that can hold territory or establishing a political system that is fit for purpose. Aside from some new infrastructure and weapons that have been left behind, back to square one, literally.

This aged like milk. 😅 Biden, July 8: "There’s going to be no circumstance where you see people being lifted off the roof of a embassy in the—of the United States from Afghanistan....The likelihood there’s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely."

(U.S. have "asked" Taliban to spare its embassy in coming fight)

[Carlin]

Update:

"American CH-47s over Kabul now, doing shuttle runs between US embassy and airport"
https://mobile.twitter.com/kernhendr...20147373920257

"State Dept warning US citizens not to come to Kabul airport (presently taking fire), Acting US Amb has just fled the embassy. It’s a debacle."
https://mobile.twitter.com/ianbremme...39498198405121

"Taliban official says they will soon declare the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from the presidential palace in Kabul"

[Soldier of Macedon]

Biden and his pals were saying a Taliban victory or the fall of Kabul is not a foregone conclusion.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pre...as-kabul-falls

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris avoided appearing on camera as Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, fell to the Taliban on Saturday and Sunday. Biden spent the weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat, going on vacation as the situation worsened in Afghanistan. Although Biden did release a written statement on Afghanistan on Saturday, he did not go on camera to reassure the American people as news broke that officials were destroying documents in the U.S. Embassy in Kabul and even taking the American flag down from the site. He has yet to speak directly to the American people on camera directly after Afghanistan's president, Ashraf Ghani, fled the country and after the Taliban stormed the presidential palace in Kabul, with "with "exclusive" access granted to the terrorist-linked Al Jazeera network. A senior administration official told another network that Biden would address the nation "in the next few days" about the crisis in Afghanistan. A member of Congress on a foreign affairs committee call said, "We've heard more from the Taliban than we've heard from Biden," according to Fox News White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich.

Game over.

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Soldier of Macedon

Biden and his pals were saying a Taliban victory or the fall of Kabul is not a foregone conclusion.

Game over.

I'm sure somewhere at the core of the woke narrative is the usual blame shifting targeting Trump and with a "move on - nothing to see here" wave of the hand the left will again stupefy the masses...meanwhile, America's enemies are rejoicing.

The CCP will never be more confident to pick off Taiwan than they are today...

[Risto the Great]

The USA Army is so powerful. Just watch this little girl with 2 mums and how the cartoon symbolically spells "TEAM-USA"

https://youtu.be/MIYGFSONKbk

[Soldier of Macedon]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

I'm sure somewhere at the core of the woke narrative is the usual blame shifting targeting Trump and with a "move on - nothing to see here" wave of the hand the left will again stupefy the masses...meanwhile, America's enemies are rejoicing. The CCP will never be more confident to pick off Taiwan than they are today...

They were blaming Trump even before the Taliban made their most substantial advances. Trump made the initial deal, ergo, blame him for everything, even though Biden is the one implementing it without the conditions that Trump would have set out. So the logic goes. The Dems are absolutely incapable of taking any responsibility and indeed, America's enemies are rejoicing. A strong argument can be made that they should've left Afghanistan long ago, but to leave in such a haphazard manner, almost begging for time to evacuate their personnel whilst the Taliban lounge around the presidential palace in Kabul like victorious conquerors, speaks volumes.

Originally Posted by Risto the Great

The USA Army is so powerful. Just watch this little girl with 2 mums and how the cartoon symbolically spells "TEAM-USA" https://youtu.be/MIYGFSONKbk

The military is one institution where D&I (by the way, apparently it's DEI now, lest we forget equity) shouldn't take precedence over meritocracy. But, this is Biden's America. So, whatevs.

[Carlin]

Things turn ugly in Kabul.

BREAKING: "Blast rocks Kabul Airport in Afghanistan as the U.S. scrambles to evacuate thousands of Americans. Multiple reports of casualties, including three U.S. Troops injured."

(4 U.S. Marines Killed, More Wounded In Kabul Airport Attack, According to Fox News. It gets worse for Biden.)

[Carlin]

Health Minister Venko Filipce resigns. Artan Grubi also expected to resign tonight.

https://english.republika.mk/news/ma...lipce-resigns/
https://english.republika.mk/news/ma...esign-tonight/

"Health Minister, Venko Filipce, informed Friday that he has resigned from his post. The public was louder in the request for Filipce to leave his ministerial post following Wednesday’s fire at the modular covid center in Tetovo which claimed 14 lives."

[Soldier of Macedon]

Originally Posted by Carlin

Health Minister Venko Filipce resigns. Artan Grubi also expected to resign tonight.

https://english.republika.mk/news/ma...lipce-resigns/
https://english.republika.mk/news/ma...esign-tonight/

"Health Minister, Venko Filipce, informed Friday that he has resigned from his post. The public was louder in the request for Filipce to leave his ministerial post following Wednesday’s fire at the modular covid center in Tetovo which claimed 14 lives."

It was only a matter of time before their incompetence and corruption would cost lives (again). I'm inclined to say good riddance, but given their close relationships with Zaev and Ahmeti respectively, I suspect they'll still be slithering around in the background even if they resign. And many more should resign or be dismissed for this and other failures in public health and safety.