George Rebane
Diplomacy unsupported by the threat of force is nothing but duplicitous hot air.
Has Kabul fallen? For all intents and purposes the answer is yes. How else to explain all those towelheads carrying their AKs and RPGs, casually walking the streets of that city of six million, while thousands are desperately trying to get on a flight out from the airport’s military side still under American control? Last we looked, the Afghani ‘security forces’ who had yet to flee were still wearing their uniforms.
Our display of existential historical ignorance is on parade. Even backwoods snuffies like me have known for decades that Afghanistan is not a ‘country’, but a region of ethnically and culturally similar tribes of the mostly fanatically devout and concomitantly ignorant Muslims. As recounted here numberless times and echoed by RR’s commentariat, attempting to deal with that region as a unified sovereign nation-state has been a fool’s errand, as history confirms. The only time Afghanis unite and cooperate is when they fight to expel foreigners from their sandbox. All foreign policies should start recognizing those truths.
Re Afghanistan as the on-again, off-again home of international terrorists. Years ago Rebane Doctrine called for no nation-building, no long-term boots on the ground, but the use of our vaunted over-the-horizon military capability to whomp terrorist hotbeds as they arise in the region. We should deal with the terrorists from the air or at most with expeditionary raids – go in quickly, kill and destroy, and extract quickly. This is a policy that we should already be or become very good at, and apply worldwide against anyone who represents a clear and present danger to our nation. It has worked in the past, and it will work again. And the response of the international community to such a clear and consistent policy would be refreshing – it will not be a beauty contest and we will maintain our usual cadre of enemies, but it would make our diplomacy more meaningful.
The enduring problem with such a policy is that it will still require wise, educated, and experienced leaders to determine who to whomp, when, and with what. Starting with its leader, the present administration does not have a senior level team in place to carry out such a policy – their forte consists of wrongheaded and untimely appeasement.
Afterthoughts: I first learned the gory details about Afghanistan back in 1978 when James Michner’s Caravans: A Novel of Afghanistan was published. (All the Rebanes were avid readers of Michner’s and Clavell’s historical novels in those days.) Immediately apparent was that this region was not a country in the ordinary sense of the world, no more than were China (that at least made pretense) and India before the western colonists intervened.
Before the USSR’s recent intervention in the 1980s, the last anyone tried to colonize Afghanistan was Great Britain in its strategic maintenance of the British Empire in the 19th century. Britain’s goal in controlling the region was to deny czarist Russia’s expansionist forays in central Asia that included Afghanistan as a strategically important access to a warm water port unencumbered by climate and foreign controlled narrow straits. In 1878 Britain attempted the tried-and-true approach of imperial colonials – go into a region consisting of warring and distrustful tribes, pick a tribe with a capable and malleable leader, and support him in conquering and annihilating his ethnic brethren. That leader would then be celebrated as the ‘great unifier’ of his heretofore non-existent country that would become a satrap of the western invader. It worked in so many places, it was sure to work in Afghanistan.
Well, it didn’t, and all the west got out of it was a bunch of pretty good literature. But it did give the Russians about a century of pause before they decided in 1980 that they could do it better. But after ten years, the communists in Moscow pulled out of Afghanistan – it turned out that they had bigger problems at home and with their European colonies.
What should be of some amazement to all Americans today is that less than 25 years later, the double dummies on Team Bush2 decided to have another go at nation-building with the idea that a unified Afghanistan under our security umbrella would become a stable and loyal ally. An ally that would serve as a geo-strategic anchor in the mid-east and south Asia from which the US could manage its regional, and even global interests. (Our allies were all for it given their own interest in securing the region’s supply of oil.) Then reality stepped in, and we saw before ten years had passed that we weren’t going to do any better than the Brits or the Russkys. But our hubris and wallet seemed boundless, and the comparatively low rate of casualties was politically acceptable – since we were making the world safe from terrorists – and we stuck it out for another ten years, ignoring a constant stream of evidence that there was no good ending to this growing trail of tears.
So what did we do, we decided to pull a Saigon 2.0 in Kabul, thereby completing a trifecta of a wrongheaded invasion, followed by a frustrating and futile occupation, and concluding now with an ignominious exit. And today half of Americans want to enlarge our government while giving it more money and more control over our lives. How did we become such an ignorant and contentious people?
[16aug21 update] To salvage some remaining honor from the ongoing and ignominious Biden Banzai for the exits, Rebane Doctrine proposes the following. With the 5,000+ combat troops we already have there, the US should declare the Kabul international airport as a temporary sovereign enclave and haven to be retained and defended until the thousands of Afghanis already on the airport, or those who can get there in the interval, are processed for exit visas and transported safely out of the country. First order of business should be to fly in tents, toilets, food distribution facilities, etc (and more gunships and fighting vehicles) to take care of the throngs while they await their exits. Should the Taliban do anything to thwart that process, we will declare publicly that we will whomp them with a new and improved version of ‘shock and awe’ that will give new meaning to the operation, and it will continue for an undetermined time to include Taliban targets all over Afghanistan. In short, we’ll leave when we’re damn good and ready.
[17aug21 update] Biden cannot learn from mistakes. Bumblebrain has a 40+ year sorry record of understanding and making policies – this deficit is especially acute in foreign policy. He was much younger when he started rejecting corrective feedback to his early blunders. Today he has put a ribbon around his demonstrated ability/propensity to make a flustercluck out of all his initiatives and responsibilities. Without the ability to understand and accept feedback from past mistakes, there can be no learning for improved performance. And he’s demonstrated this by blaming Afghanistan on everyone except the guy in the mirror. Today this mental (character?) defect is abetted by his visible mental decline which, I suspect, is making members of his cabinet and inner circle brush up on the particulars of the 25th Amendment. Pelosi must be inwardly overjoyed at the prospect, and Kamala is just too dumb to be worried about her own prospects should the musical chairs start. And the rest of the country will suffer the consequences.
[21aug21 update] Here is an especially interesting, informative, corroborative, and well told piece about the Taliban, how and why they fight, and why losing does not enter their minds as even an idle thought. It's told by a AF gunship combat veteran whose job was to listen in on the Taliban and then kill them by the hundreds. What's astounding is that the ragheads knew the Americans were listening in on their radio transmissions, and they didn't give a crap about being overheard. 'What I learned while eavesdropping on the Taliban' (H/T to reader). Enjoy.
rebanesruminations.com 
413 responses to “Afghanistan Reflections (updated 21aug21)”
ANNALS OF LIBERAL CLUELESSNESS
It is hard, actually it is impossible, to overstate the cluelessness of the contemporary liberal, as the Biden Administration demonstrates on an hourly basis. Let’s record it with some Tweets:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/annals-of-liberal-cluelessness-5.php
Vlady, can you help a brother out. Hey, I was just kidding when I called you a cold blooded killer. Look, you got your pipeline. Doesn’t that account for something?
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Walt. I happen to agree with McCarthy re impeachment. Impeachment should never be used as a political weapon. That said, politicians can characterize anything as illegal. Like all of the Trump crap which was in essence political. Nixon impeachment? Illegality. Clinton and Trump? Primarily political.
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Biden State Dept. Quashed Trump-Era Program Designed to Evacuate Americans From Crisis Zones
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/18/biden-state-dept-quashed-trump-era-program-designed-to-evacuate-americans-from-crisis-zones/
We didn’t cancel the safe (for Americans and refugees) withdrawn plan. What plan? We did not cancell the ‘so-called’ plan.
It was the one armed bandit on the grassy knoll.
It is interesting watching State throw the military-intel complex under the bus. They need a little seperation from the Pentagon.
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Yup, the FBI works for the DNC.
Marry your Brother to get into the U.S. and run for office as a LIB.
https://generaldispatch.whatfinger.com/tucker-reacts-to-new-evidence-fbi-knew-about-ilhan-omars-marriage-to-brother/
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If Trump had “plan” for Afganistan then why didn’t he do it Bill? All talk and no rock was Trumps style of leadership.
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And there it is folks. It’s Trump’s fault. Terminal TDS on full display. 😂
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Well HELL Emery,, why didn’t your boy “O” win the war he started? He had plenty of time. Oh.. That’s right.. That would be Muslim on Muslim. Against his religion.
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What”war” are you referring to Walt? We had already been in Afghanistan 7 years when Obama came in. You should have said why didn’t Bush end the war he stated.
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Well, of Enlightened paul emery, I will tell ya. Trump was in negotiations with the Lefty Tailban when lo and behold, Trump was not longer President. Biden tossed out Trump’s and Pompeo plan. That’s what happened.
Now, I would kindly beseech you to listen up for half a minute. It was NEVER Trump’s plan or anyone’s plan who had half a brain left and who was not totally and an ignorant insane person to close the Bagram airfield first, then try to evacuate Americans and Afghan friendliest behind enemy line. Never. WTF was the Biden team thinking. Even Harris approved the plan!
The Bagram airfield had 2,500 US servicemen, but they were not combat soldiers. They were mechanics fixing the Afghan air fleet planes and helicopters. The Bagram airfield sits nestled in the mountains, it totally safe, is defensible and only 20-25 minutes by helo from Kabul Airport. No civilian settlements around Bagram. They could have heloed people to the safe Bagram Airfield, brought in food, medicine, tents, cargo planes, and supplies for the evacuees, and had 2,500 servicemen ready to defend roads coming controlled by the Tailban. and fly in and out of the surrounded Kabul Airport.
That is why it is such a clustergluck. Biden ordered those servicemen OUT of the Bagram defended and high ground airfield BEFORE the evacuation of Kabul. Some brain dead incompetent fool in high office came up that grand plan. Hint: It you see parallels with the crisis at the border, then welcome to the real world and what the majority of American citizens clearly see, excluding you.
It’s the same man made clustergluck concerning the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the current border situation. Another secret hint: the same people are responsible for both.
Biden lied, people died. And young Afghan girls around 12 years old are wishing they were dead. Begging Allah to take their lives.
Biden’s plan to keep America safe is to open the borders. His plan for Afghanistan is everyone on their own, including civilian Americans and their families.
That was never Trump’s plan. Biden made some changes and now he owns it 100%. Look at the bright side. It ain’t nothing compared to the GND. Then we will join the Tailban back in the 8th Century.
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PS:
Anyone Who Believes Jan. 6 Was an ‘Insurrection’ is An Idiot
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Bill
Why didn’t Trump take the leadership while he was president to come up with a plan and pull out of Afghanistan? He had four years.
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He did and set up a special evacuation unit at state and was going to evac first then pull troops. Lets not forget that there were only 2000 troops there for some time and things were stable because they knew what he would do. Additionally he flooded the mid east with units that could respond offensively if needed @729 see bottom of this for the keep it simple Trump planning line.
Your boy scrapped the new evacuation unit, recalled all the military might and then abandoned bagram in the dead of night and started taking out troops before the civilians!!! WTF and you can just wallow in your arch ignorance and spew fevered TDS talking points.
#sadoldtdsman
Look what your beloved cackler in chief is up to –
“Unfortunately this has been a debacle in Afghanistan and Joe Biden owns it, and he stinks of failure and defeat, and she wants to be as far away from that as she possibly can,” Devine said.
“It’s quite a betrayal of the vice president not to be standing by the president’s side who’s now given two sort of ‘speeches,’ I guess you could call them, since Friday. And it is quite remarkable that she has decided not to show solidarity with the president — it tells you where the White House is. And she, I suppose, is thinking she will be stepping into the president’s shoes.”
https://www.foxnews.com/media/miranda-devine-kamala-harris-noticeably-absent-amid-afghan-crisis-as-joe-biden-stinks-of-failure
https://www.foxnews.com/world/taliban-going-house-to-house-in-afghanistan-hanging-people-who-worked-with-us-source
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2021/08/19/report-state-department-memo-warned-of-afghanistan-collapse-back-in-july/
“First you bring out all of the American citizens. Then you bring out ALL equipment. Then you bomb the bases into smithereens,” Trump’s statement said. “AND THEN YOU BRING OUT THE MILITARY.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/19/donald-trump-explains-correct-withdrawal-tactics-get-all-americans-out-first/
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Nice try Emery. Obama’s war.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/01/world/asia/obama-afghanistan-war.html
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First, Trump had a plan and Biden chose not to follow it. Most importantly, Trump is not president Paul. Your boy is. Stop trying to distract. Biden completely messed up the Afghanistan withdraw. He even admitted that the problems are his fault. Blaming Trump? Lol. Nice try.
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“O” was calling the shots from the W.H.
Quit dodging Emery, how come your boy “O” didn’t win it?
As for Trump he had it “won” you stupid fool.
He had’em by their camel balls. Your fearless leader is the one who scrapped all that Trump did, just because Trump did it.
Just like killing the XL pipeline.
So your on record for being “REAL HAPPY” of all the thing Trump did being scrapped by your hero Biden.
Biden owns this cluster fuck, and also you by proxy for making excuses for Biden, and trying to pin this on Trump.
Now head to the street corner and open that geetar case, and annoy some tourists from Frisco.
World affairs you have no clue of.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will give remarks on Friday at 1 p.m. ET (1700 GMT) on the evacuation operation in Afghanistan, the White House said.
Will he just walk off without taking questions again? I’d bet yes. He doesn’t have the mental capacity or the bandwidth to be able to handle a press conference on this issue. He couldn’t even handle softballs from George S. If he does take questions, it will be highly scripted.
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https://justthenews.com/government/security/biden-ignored-plan-carefully-withdraw-afghanistan-top-trump-aide-says
Trumps plan that Biden scrapped
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Barry
You miss my point. Why didn’t Trump enact the plan himself? He had four years. Also why didn’t Bush bring our troops home? He had seven years.
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Laughing stock –
https://www.the-sun.com/news/3506397/taliban-mocks-west-propaganda-video-stolen-us-military-gear/
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Same question to Walt…
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What does Trump planning to remove troops to Bahgram in may 2021 have to do with Biden’s debacle in august of 2021?
You are like a four year old. Paul, why did you spill the milk? Well mommy, why did you buy the milk? 😂😂
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Posted by: Barry Pruett | 19 August 2021 at 08:39 PM
Now that’s pretty good Barry…..I have described Punch as the worlds wrinkliest, most petulant 13 year old girl! But your description works pretty well too!
(Stay tuned for another Punchy Brand leading, open ended question…..in ….5….4….3….2…)
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Why, why, why. Well, we had to make sure ISIS was not in Afghanistan and a bunch of terrorist were dead. Obama tried to micro-manage everything and he was a nincompoop. I remember Paul flipping out when Trump pulled our troops out of Syria and let those fine female Kurdish fighters (that paul emery donated his hard earned taxpayer dollars to) fend for themselves. Oh, was Paul out of sorts over that.
As far a Trump, yes he had four years. First 18 months he was distracted with Russian Collision Lying Lefty Paulie Impeachment. Then on to beating the heads of the Iranians from aggression and terrorism, bringing economic and diplomatic relations between Arab countries and Israel, stopping the invading hordes of caravans at the southern border, and then on to impeachment two. During impeachment 2.0 in Dec in the Senate, Trump meet with the Josh Hawley everyday to be briefed on what was really happening in China concerning conflicting reports about a pandemic that might be circulating in China. The WHO was lying and Trump was digging around trying to get some good Intel. He was pretty busy and dealing with the lying Chinese on trade and brokering a deal with the Taliban with Conditions and Guarantees. No one serviceman had been killed in 18 months under Trump, albeit there was one American contractor killed in the past 6 months.
But, that’s all a waste of breathe. Biden said he takes full responsibility for the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the buck stops with him…then launched into blaming the Afghan soldiers and Trump, ROFLMAO.
I will take Joe Biden at his word and agree that he is fully responsible for the abomination called ‘The Biden Plan.’ Why other Presidents did not pull out of the mashed potatoes, I dunno.
We haven’t had a 9/11 style Terrorist Attack since our boys flew 10,000 miles to smoke a Camel, so best to safe than sorry. The Biden Plan contain no conditions on the Taliban, save instead of throwing gays off 10 story buildings, they will toss them out off 8 story buildings. Build Back Better.
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This reeks of White Privilege. Americans you pay $2,000 clams. Brown people, you ride free. If you are American and brown, you are a racist and owe $2,000 dollars reparations also. Ugly Americans!
‘Biden Admin Tells Americans Stranded In Afghanistan To Pay For Their Own Flights Home’
President Joe Biden’s administration is telling Americans who are stranded in Afghanistan to pay for their own passage back to the U.S.
“Repatriation flights are not free, and passengers will be required to sign a promissory loan agreement and may not be eligible to renew their U.S. passports until the loan is repaid,” the Overseas Security Advisory Council noted in its security alert for Afghanistan. “The cost may be $2,000 USD or more per person.”
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/19/biden-admin-tells-americans-stranded-in-afghanistan-to-pay-for-their-own-flights-home/
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Well McCain was right on this yet creepy grampa joe made him the man –
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/19/flashback-john-mccain-warned-of-unqualified-antony-blinken-dangerous-to-america/
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Oh that explains it Bill. Trump was just to busy. Thanks for clearing that up.
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Fool on display @928 –
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2021/08/19/unfit-biden-supporters-enraged-afghanistan-debacle/
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Dire? What me worry? Biden is consistent if nothing else…and there ain’t much more than nothing else when it comes to Dementia Joe. At least Biden keeps his string his of the unbroken record intact of being on the wrong side of every major foreign policy issues for the last 40 years. His whole friggin political career. What are the chances of not having one moment of clarity for almost 50 years? Talk about low expectations.
Biden was sold as the solid hand at the helm to guide us through troubled waters. Ok, fine. But I did not expect a corpse at the wheel. Now that rigor mortis has set in, the hand is more than steady but not all the wheel.
The question remained. Does Biden know that he is lying? If he has any moments of reality left, then he knows. That’s a big “if”. Dire! Dire! It’s dire Joe, you grunt sandwich. Dire. Capice?
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U.S. Officials In Afghanistan Warned Biden Admin In July About Dire Conditions, Report Says
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-u-s-officials-in-afghanistan-warned-biden-admin-in-july-about-dire-conditions-report-says
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TEAM BIDEN IGNORED WARNINGS FROM U.S. EMBASSY OF RAPID TALIBAN TAKEOVER
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/team-biden-ignored-warnings-from-u-s-embassy-of-rapid-taliban-takeover.php
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WHY DOES BIDEN ALWAYS GET IT WRONG?
Joe Biden’s record on major foreign policy defies the law of averages. It seems almost impossible to have been wrong time after time on the big questions.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/why-does-biden-always-get-it-wrong.php
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You ain’t gonna pin this one me! I am going to Viet Nam.
https://i2.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2021/08/IMG_3817.jpg?w=1170&ssl=1
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Poor Paul. His boy “O” was there before Trump.
Emery won’t dare comment on “O”‘s failed war strategy.(apologize profusely) Blow up a beater Nissan pickup with a half milling dollar missal instead of a Russian tank. (HE was calling the shots)
That was good policy,, right Emery? Better not speak ill of your leadership. Your “good party membership” will be yanked.
Were you put on notice for admitting you only voted for Dear Leader ONCE?
Your the local joke for voting Biden… Once.(You may not get a second chance)
How come your won’t admit Trump kicked terrorist ass? It’s a FACT.
Trump just about had peace nailed down in the Middle East.
You deny that Emery?
In 100 days your side screwed the pooch and set things back 20 years. Happy?
So Emery,, have the exciting answer to how you proggys are going to unfuck this mess you made?
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You know he is screwed when he lost cnn, sounds like they are talking to the pony tail of ignorance –
CNN continues hammering Biden over Afghan turmoil: ‘If this isn’t failure, what does failure look like?’
‘Biden no longer gets credit simply for not being Donald Trump’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-continues-hammering-biden-afghan-turmoil
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Paul: How do you rate Biden’s plan?
Thank goodness it only took Biden less than 8 months to get us to almost get out of Afghanistan. 20 years of protecting the populance in the bigger cities is enough.
China is licking their chops. There are mountains of rare earth, literary…not to be confused with Rare Earth near Kilroys. We armed the Taliban with a billion dollars of sophisticated military equipment as a farewell gift.
Let the record show that Biden got us out of Afghanistain all by his lonesome. Well, not quite all of us…but leaving no man left behind is so yesterday. We have a woke Pentagon, State Department, DNI, and CIA now. Thats all that matter. Opps forgot the DOJ. Damn, I had a a a Biden a a a moment.
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Poor Walt, his guy Bush was there before Obama and got us into this mess in Afghanistan. He had 7 years to get us out but instead he stayed and the result of his folly was 2.5 Trillion added to the national debt. It takes a Republican to really trash the economy and now they have had two in a row-Bush then Trump that wrecked the economy leaving it to Obama and now Biden to pull things together.
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Fallout from the Biden plan? Nah.
Biden support falls to lowest point, Trump would win if election held today: poll
https://independentchronicle.com/biden-support-falls-to-lowest-point-trump-would-win-if-election-held-today-poll/
Hey Squidward. You still putting your money on Biden running for reelection in 2024? After the first seven months it is hard to envision Lunchbucket Joe surviving another almost eight months.
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#patheticoldtdsman @1022 This one is just for you –
Pulling the pin on diplomacy
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cartoons-slideshow
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They own it too –
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/19/rnc-chair-mcdaniel-media-also-own-afghanistan-debacle-bidens-repeating-basement-strategy-from-election/
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Way to go Joey. Nice to shit on our British ally, just like Zerobama did.
Biden ignored Boris Johnson for 36 hours as Afghan chaos grew: report
https://nypost.com/2021/08/19/biden-ignored-boris-johnson-as-afghan-chaos-grew-report/
Watching the for once united British Parliment express their outrage and exasperation at our President was not something you see everyday. Thats just ole Joe.
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I see the paul emery, our beloved popinjay, is in good company.
‘Jalalabad Joy Reid Attacks the Media for Daring to Call Out Biden on Afghanistan’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2021/08/19/jalalabad-joy-reid-attacks-media-daring-call-out-biden-afghanistan
Really difficult for WH self esteem? Quick, get under the fainting couch.
WashPost’s Ignatius Sympathizes With ‘Shell-Shocked’ White House: ‘Really Difficult For Them’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kyle-drennen/2021/08/19/washposts-ignatius-sympathizes-shell-shocked-white-house-really
CNN’s Lament: Biden ‘No Longer Gets Credit Simply for Not Being Trump
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2021/08/19/cnns-lament-biden-no-longer-gets-credit-simply-not-being-trump
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This is the worse foreign policy blunder many have seen in their lifetimes. We are on the Cavemen’s timetable now. Shapiro.
https://www.facebook.com/officialbenshapiro/videos/892395601362704/
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WashPost’s Ignatius Sympathizes With ‘Shell-Shocked’ White House: ‘Really Difficult For Them’
Difficult indeed…….you would have thought that it was Joey Fingers himself desperately clinging to the side of a C-17.
Jeez Dave……you expected something else given Joeys stellar foreign policy history?
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Sounds like someone else we know.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/white-house-communications-director-claims-biden-questions
“White House Communications Director claims Biden ‘never shies away from taking questions’
Kate Bedingfield: ‘He is always willing to take questions’”
Just like Emery…
Oh.. He will “take” the questions… Good bloody luck getting an answer.
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If they let Biden take questions today, it will be worthy of popcorn. Tape it so you can watch the show endlessly. Lol
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Paul 10:22
Sundowner syndrome kicking in again?
Your Obamacare should cover that.
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You LIB bastards.
“The Biden administration continued to inform American citizens in Afghanistan as of Thursday evening they could have to pay more than $2,000 to board an evacuation flight out of the country, despite the State Department telling the press hours before that it had no intention of levying any such charges.”
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/19/biden-continues-charging-fleeing-americans-afghanistan/
Biden must believe that all the people left there are Trump’s people.
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Busy work schedule. Doing sound for an event in Auburn with a couple thousand expected to attend so no time for trivial pursuits such as this blog. Catch up later….
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Paul the super spreader.
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The dotard speaks! (all old news) Funny, no mention of the 2000 dollar “fee” he’s charging.
Emery will believe Biden’s bullshit, but not many others.
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Canadian PM Spoke With Hillary Clinton About Afghanistan Because Biden And Harris Were AWOL
They were probably helping Paul set up the sound equipment……he was AWOL too when all the bad Biden press was rolling in.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/canadian-pm-spoke-hillary-clinton-about-afghanistan-because-biden-and-harris-were-awol
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Still radio silence on Raw Story, save the one opinion piece thats been there for awhile. Should I be concerned? Thats like 4 days straight. “I see nothing, I heard nothing, I didn’t get out of bed this morning.” Sargent Shultz.
Oh ya. The opinion piece is says that the mission going back to Bush was inherently designed to fail. Contains fatal flaw, like Vietnam. Nothing Andrew McCarty or other writers haven’t said.
Guess that means they are stuck with ‘Republicans Suck.’
Anyway you slice it and dice it, Jor Biden is not being held responisble for the Afghan War, but he is being accountable for his handling of a good orderly withdraw and contingency plans. The Biden Plan is not selling well.
Yo Punchy. Remember if you didn’t vote for Biden, you aint black. Gimme five on the white side, bro.
Have fun in Auburn. Wear a hat if you are going to be in the sun.
Ok, coast is clear.
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Looking at the Auburn events calendar,, uh,, no big event on the books.
Must be a kid’s birthday party gig.
With what’s on the news, and the damage control press briefings
Emery may be just laying low like Harris.
Like Biden,, Emery has never been one to shy away from answering questions.(🤣🤣🙈🙊🙉)
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It was even worse than it looked for creepy grampa joe –
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/20/brain-freezes-war-for-taiwan-65000-afghans-to-usa-what-abc-news-cut-from-train-wreck-biden-interview/
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Multiple House lawmakers on the call with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin state that Austin said there are reports Americans HAVE, in fact, been beaten by the Taliban in Kabul – contrary to what POTUS said today. Biden is lying.
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