Defense Secretary Austin looks completely stunned when a reporter asks "It sounds like you're saying this depends on diplomacy with the Taliban. That's it."
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 18, 2021
General Milley interrupts, noting that the State Department has sent messages urging people to go to the airport. pic.twitter.com/xXs4zSipcl
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What's new the Secretary of State thinks Karzi is still president of Afghanistan ... he left in 2014. Is anyone in the Biden Administration competent? I see Bagdad Bob is now in charge of scripting for press briefings.
Mediocre leadership is unraveling the Republic... voters no longer hold the franchise on our elections. Those who count the votes determine the outcome, not the popular vote. Revolution is n the wings and with it the sure intervention of foreign powers... we are in serious, serious crisis and it is no longer isolated in places like Afghanistan or Iraq... it is in our living rooms and back yards... in our streets and public institutions. It is time for REAL and EFFECTIVE leadership.
You speak truth, Col. We are in trouble. We need national repentence and God's intervention.
Defense Secretary Austin and General Milley, both lying liberals, looked like they were caught in one of their lies. Austin should be fired and Milley should lose his stars and be court martialed.
These people are fools and because of this, they have caused the greatest military defeat in our history. Because of this, the Americans in all territories controlled by the Taliban WILL now be slaughtered! Remember, Obama Soros and Clinton are standing right behind Biden while these decisions are being made. This is where hateTrump has gotten us.
Trump was a REAL President! He said two years ago that he was going to get out of Afghanistan on HIS time line which was Obama's war that we shouldn't have been in in the first place. He would have a peace agreement with the Taliban that WE could control, not before. Until then, HE was leaving 25,000 troops there to protect our people and our military bases. HE was the president that promised to give payback100 fold if they harmed ANY American citizen, and they didn't! HE was the president that promised to get our citizens out first if everything goes south. I hope the Biden voters finally see what they have done to our country Because it has cost us everything! .
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The destruction of leadership in the US DoD began during the Clinton Administration and the Pentagon Leadership of that time was fully complicit. The US Military had just finished what appeared to be a very successful war against Iraq immediately following the collapse of the Soviet Union, another American victory. In every year group, there is a TOP 50% and a BOTTOM 50%. Historically, the TOP 50% of officers went to resident Command and General Staff College and then on up the ranks to COL and above while the Bottom 50% did good to just make it to retirement with about 80% of that Bottom 50% being riffed. During the Clinton Years, the DoD began offering $60K to $120K to officers to depart Service. TOP 50%ers knew they were competitive enough to get high paying jobs on the outside and there was the mentality of many that since they had gone to war, seen the elephant, and won that they have checked the block for what inspired them to serve in the first place. I was in the top 1% of my year group and considered taking the payout and moving on, but saw that this policy was going to ruin leadership in the long run, so I decided to remain. After my 3rd Battery Command, I left big Army to become a Middle East Foreign Area Officer after being recruited by Pentagon FAO managers. (I spoke several Middle Eastern Languages at the time.) Five years later I came back to serve in my Basic Branch (i.e. back to big Army) and was appalled by what I witnessed. As a promotable Major, frocked to LTC, I had Majors, Captains, and NCOs (SSGT, SFC, MSG) who needed to have someone show them how to go to the latrine. They had NO leadership ability and were just marking time and drawing a paycheck. I had O-6, O-7 and O-8 commanders that were just as bad. No competence in operational art, just a bunch of politicians and suck-ups. That was the beginning of the end and what you see in the Pentagon and Unified Combatant Commands today if compared based on leadership and competency to the Vietnam Generation, these current officers would have never made it to LTC.
I must reluctantly agree, I experienced the same declining capability of the Senior officer ranks as I drew near retirement... the officer corps that stood with me through two tours in Vietnam was no longer present, and as stated those replacing them were sad examples of leadership. It was as if OEPM were deliberately sabotaging the competency levels of our military leaders.
When there is a spiritual decline, there is a decline in everything. That is what we are witnessing
I would hate to take the route from the city to the airport. I'll bet every road is armed to the teeth with terrorist ready to kill anyone looking like Americans! God have mercy on them !
There is no reason that secure assembly areas... located outside major cities and Taliban strongholds can not be identified and designated as evacuation centers where US Citizens can safely be evacuated from Afghanistan. Should the Taliban continue to advance their aggressive acts against our Citizens we need to ramp up our combat forces and if necessary send in the 101st, 82d, and 1 St Mar Div ...with select corps logistic support elements... about 60 to 70 thousand US troops too retake the major cities and return the legitimate Afghan government to power... the Military Equipment left behind should be recaptured and returned to the US or to truly loyal members of the Afghan military ... if there are any.
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