Taliban enter Kabul and demand SURRENDER.
As the Taliban advance accelerates, the US is scrambling to evacuate more than 10,000 American citizens from the capital, with officials said to be trying to strike a deal for Taliban fighters not to descend on Kabul until the US can pull everyone out.
However, a senior US official told the New York Times the Taliban have warned the US it must cease airstrikes or else its extremist fighters will move in.
… the US is scrambling to evacuate more than 10,000 American citizens from the capital, with officials said to be trying to strike a deal for Taliban fighters not to descend on Kabul until the US can pull everyone out.
I don’t know about you but it seems to me this is the sort of thing you beforehand arrange when treating with an opponent.
Exactly. High tech sensitive technology and nonessential personnel should be long gone.
Off topic, but how does the Taliban handle Covid? Maybe it will bite them in the ass?
I suppose they will get the Russian vaccine. Please don’t tell me that the Russian vaccine is safer and more effective than what is available in the West.
It has been a long argument but I still maintain Russia is Western civilization.
It seems like it. At least their corrupt oligarchs have a little patriotic pride. Would that ours did.
In the news photos I haven’t seen any Taliban fighters wearing masks or social distancing, so they’re going to be in really DEEEEEP $#!t with Joe, Kamala, Dr. Fauci, Jen Psaki and the U.S. media. And they better be using the right pronouns and respecting the LGBTQ crowd or General Millie (and Canada’s Chief Gay Eagle With No Balls) will be whining as well.
LMAO!
“how does the Taliban handle Covid?”
What’s Covid?
The Taliban will likely get Canada’s surplus donations through a third party. Watch for SNC Lavalin contracts to come.
The Taliban will likely get Canada’s surplus donations through a third party. Watch for future SNC Lavalin contracts.
There is No Covid, unless you be a Morron
Oooohhhh, Never mind ……….
You mean like Trump did? You mean the way Trump said that the withdrawal would only happen if the Taliban met certain conditions, when John Kerry was telling them not to worry and just wait for Biden, no doubt.
“You know those conditions Trump demanded?” ventured Joe Biden.
“Ha ha ha ha!” returned the Taliban.
“Yeah, forget about them! We are going ahead anyway, just promise not to humiliate us,” said Biden.
“Scout’s honor,” said the Taliban over their shoulders, laughing and slapping each other’s backs as they made their way out the door.
it’s only 500 planes, give or take….
at least they won’t have to use helicopters this time around….
though rumor has it that the taliban now has the second largest blackhawk fleet in the world…
Blackie’s CBC reports that they can’t reach anyone at Turtle Island’s foreign affairs dept. to explain what is going on. I guess they are to busy getting ready for Justin’s election announcement.
What is the Worst that Can Happen?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1842_retreat_from_Kabul
I bet this is one flag that won’t be ordered burned by the US.
https://twitter.com/USEmbassyKabul/status/1400060130243362816
Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against gay people, but when are they going to have a flag for guys who like gingers? These are the important questions.
Haha the US embassy in Kabul proudly promoting man-on-man sodomy to the Afghans and then two months later having to run for their very lives! Pure comedy gold! WTF now I love the Taliban! Allahu akbar indeed.
Check this out from the Daily Mail:
“A workman has today been seen painting over the image of a female model on a beauty shop in Kabul, amid fears that women’s rights could be torn up by the misogynistic Taliban.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9895267/Beauty-salon-owner-white-washes-female-model-Taliban-storm-Kabul-threatening-return-regime.html
More lulz. Get back in your burqas, feminists! Out of the schools and into the birthing chambers with ye, chop chop!
Remember this song by Tom Cochrane?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFdNXnwNTPM
More like this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax1RI8rbyVQ
Can someone remind me what exactly we were trying to achieve in Afghanistan?
Regardless of that, we should have managed the exit better instead of an impulsive and ill-planned departure, ordered on a whim by Biden, leaving tens of thousands of people betrayed.
But that’s the US now. Just look at the way we just cancelled Keystone XL in utter disregard of our laws, and Justin just went along with it. The US is an untrustworthy ally. Just ask Moamar if you can find him in Hell.
Line 5 will be next, just wait.
The same thing we’re always achieving, defeat.
Cannot remember.
I do remember that in December 2002, it was reported that coalition forces had all the Taliban surrounded in a small area and were going to finish them off. Then, nothing. No follow-up as to how that turned out.
It was then obvious that victory was not the objective.
This is not just Dumb Ass Joes failure. It is the failure of the whole system going back past the Bushes. This was their new ass kissing doctrine going back to Viet Nam. Regime Change.
If you go to war you should not be going to war to make friends and win hearts and minds. Build schools, convert anyone to anything.
When you go to war you go to win it all.
Crush, destroy and kill every last one of the SOB’s and burn it to the ground.
Holding hands and playing patty cakes never works out.
This is an example and a repudiation of all western Foreign Policy.
Regime change by Clinton and Obama caused the millions and millions of refugees to flee to the EU and the US southern border.
This is all Deep State corruption and meddling.
Totally destabilized countries all over the globe and caused the deaths of MILLIONS of civilians.
Obama, the Clintons, The Bushes, Biden etc they should all be on trial along with the British Tony Blair etc.
They truly are War Criminals.
My 2 cents anyway.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/city-shock-taliban-enter-kabul-us-starts-evacuating-embassy-china-mocks-biden-over-complete
That part about China mocking Biden pretty funny though, I have to admit. When you are right, you are right.
This guy is posting a ton of near-live footage.
https://twitter.com/Natsecjeff
Note if you’re linking any of his tweets elsewhere: he links a bunch of tweets together so you’re not just linking the one tweet, the one above it in the thread will be visible too.
The taliban will leave a sham of civil structure in place to keep the foreign aid flowing in. Meanwhile they’re cozying up with China. And we’ll fall for it.
Good enough for government?
This is so pathetic that it is hard to stomach.
The Treason of Democrats is awesome.
Obamas supplied ISIS with all the weaponry they could ever use.
Now this Zombie provides the Taliban tools they could only dream of.
And next?
There will be money,ransom money.
The troops on the ground are getting yet another lesson,never trust your commanders of the political stripe.
The tax paying public is observing one of the most cynical betrays of our time and the coverup of massive fiscal corruption..
“Sorry we cannot account for those billions..cause Kabul”.
These current military leaders need to be tried and shot.
Sorry but, treason must be rewarded.
And incompetence or malice matters not here,the result is the same,the fighters have been stabbed in the back by their own leadership.
No country can long survive help such as these,who will all gallop off to “advise” their comrades selling overpriced toys and tools to their carefully selected replacements.
Soon State Militias will be the only force constitution loving Americans will be willing to serve.
As the Federal betrayals sink in.
All according to plan?
Afghanistan: Government officials reportedly agree to surrender control of Kabul to Taliban as of afternoon Aug. 15
We are about 12 Hours Local Time behind Afghanistan. This event happened about 6 hours ago. Kabul was surrendered without firing a shot. Hopefully the Foreigners will be able to exit safely. The Afghani leaders have already fled.
https://crisis24.garda.com/insights-intelligence/intelligence/risk-alerts/wip1001310972/afghanistan-government-officials-reportedly-agree-to-surrender-control-of-kabul-to-taliban-as-of-afternoon-aug-15-update-1?utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=513571&utm_source=push&utm_campaign=Crisis24
Just watch for Numbskull Nancy, and her slimy pal Chuck, going on TV, calling for yet another impeachment of Trump for what happened in Kabul. Quite obviously, DJT colluded with Russia to make it all look like Biden’s fault. What happened at the U. S. Capitol earlier this year was practice for what just took place, right?
The Afghan president has fled the country.
I’m thinking we’ll be lucky extremely lucky if Kabul 2021 turns out to be Saigon 1975. The Alamo 1836 may be more like it. Or Goliad.
Are vaunted, steely eyed EFFah Bee Eye G-Men going to flood into Kabul and arrest tresspassers and user’s of US Federal Government property?
No, suppose not.
They’ll keep 6AM swat teaming grandparents from Kansas who wandered around the Capital.
So President Biden will now get 2 Nobel Prizes, Peace ( Afganistan ) and Medicine ( Covid vaccine )?
Good one.
Years ago, Mark Steyn wrote that the day after the last US troops left Afghanistan, there will be no trace that they were ever there. Culturally, that is true but they do have some major infrastructure and new military hardware payed for with US and other’s blood and treasure, a total waste and another foreign affairs interventionist failure.
Don’t be surprised, one day in the not so distant future, to read this headline.
Taliban enter Washington, demand SURRENDER
MikeT-thats unnecessary the surrender to China has already happened.
Okay, this headline instead
Taliban enters Ottawa, Trudeau inquires about the flying lessons
I hope you won’t mind if I make what I consider an improvement.
Taliban enters Ottawa, Trudeau inquires about Bacha Bazi
Bacha Bazi: Young boys forced to dress as women and dance before being sexually abused by rich men
Xiden has managed to turn the USA into hot-dog-eating surrender monkeys in the eyes of the world, I feel sorry for military families.
China extends it’s sphere of influence at no cost.
The UK government is recalling parliament to discuss the Afghan crisis. But Adolf’s government is on the election trail ranting about conversion therapy.
Another embarrassing failure for the American military and intelligence leadership. The Potemkin Village they built is Afghanistan collapsed immediately, which they knew would happen and is why they couldn’t leave. 20 years of failure over 4 presidents and no one will be held accountable.