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It is right for him to meet and speak to family members of those lost as well. The way they lost their loved ones is not only tragic but unusual to say the least. They have every right to know their loss and this tragedy is a priority to the president because it should be.
Biden shuts down AFG questions on a day when Bagram Air Base is officially abandoned and withdrawal begins for real rises to a critical level I should say.
Says it is a holiday weekend and he has already started his holiday.
Probably Pzaki will clean it up later for him.
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Biden shuts down AFG questions on a day when Bagram Air Base is officially abandoned and withdrawal begins for real rises to a critical level I should say.
Says it is a holiday weekend and he has already started his holiday.
Probably Pzaki will clean it up later for him.
Enjoy your holiday Joe.
He could have had his defense secretary there and asked him to be on hand for questions. But his defense secretary is off worrying about which pronouns men and women in the military should be using. We certainly do not want to bother him.
The U.S. embassy will collapse soon. I hope they have a protection plan there and for their evacuation. Right now, somewhat like Benghazi, the embassy staff are caught in the crosshairs where they are having to pretend there is not a bail out and that the U.S. is there for the Afghans, just in a reduced way. Nope. They need to get out or at least be sure that a military unit is assigned to it. Something they refused to do in Bhengazi because it did not have a good look for diplomatic embassy. We know how that turned out.
Does not matter what your position is on the withdrawal. Let's be real here. There is no such thing as just being there a little bit. And just doing airstrikes to stay out of ground action gets ugly for the civilians after a while if not immediately.
Biden annoyed by repeated questions on Afghanistan: 'I'm not going to answer ... It's a holiday weekend'
https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-annoyed-repeated-questions-afghanistan-holiday-weekend
Rumsfeld wanted out in 2002 or 2003, I can’t remember it was so long ago now. That probably was the best strategy in hindsight.
Afghanistan has been an untamable land for of ancient tribal networks for a long time. The Silk Road ran through it. There is no way to stay there forever and no way to keep it near stable without staying there forever.
I would like to hear from Joe on this but he has informed us that he has reached his holiday limit for AFG questions, which was two or maybe three. Not to worry Psaki will be along to refer you to the Defense Department and to remind you that Joe is resting up this holiday weekend.
Looters Moved Into Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield Hours After U.S. Troops Left
The district administrator for the town of Bagram, Darwaish Raufi, told the Associated Press that since the troops' departure was not coordinated with local officials, the airfield's gates were not secured. This allowed looters to unlawfully enter before Afghan forces could secure the airfield. "Unfortunately the Americans left without any coordination with Bagram district officials or the governor's office," Raufi said.
https://www.newsweek.com/looters-mo...m-airfield-hours-after-us-troops-left-1606385
Its a dirty business but the truth is, as we all should know, local officials and afghan military is not to be trusted. Our departure is not something we would coordinate with them. It’s always best to not have the last planes shot down, eh?