Taliban Taking Over Afghanistan - Does anyone care?

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Taliban Has $7.2 Billion Worth of U.S. Military Equipment Abandoned in Afghanistan, Report Says

Aircraft, guns, vehicles left behind during Biden's bungled withdrawal

The Taliban is in possession of nearly $7.2 billion in U.S. taxpayer-funded weapons, ammunition, and aircraft as a result of the Biden administration’s bungled 2021 military withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to a government watchdog.

"At least 78 aircraft worth $923.3 million, 9,524 air-to-ground munitions valued at $6.54 million, over 40,000 vehicles, more than 300,000 weapons, and nearly all night vision, surveillance, communications, and biometric equipment provided to the [Afghan defense forces] were left behind," according to information disclosed in SIGAR’s report.

Biden Abandoned $7.2 Billion in U.S. Weapons, Ammo, and Aircraft to the Taliban, Report Says
 
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Franklin Pierce said:
Taliban Has $7.2 Billion Worth of U.S. Military Equipment Abandoned in Afghanistan, Report Says

Aircraft, guns, vehicles left behind during Biden's bungled withdrawal

The Taliban is in possession of nearly $7.2 billion in U.S. taxpayer-funded weapons, ammunition, and aircraft as a result of the Biden administration’s bungled 2021 military withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to a government watchdog.

"At least 78 aircraft worth $923.3 million, 9,524 air-to-ground munitions valued at $6.54 million, over 40,000 vehicles, more than 300,000 weapons, and nearly all night vision, surveillance, communications, and biometric equipment provided to the [Afghan defense forces] were left behind," according to information disclosed in SIGAR’s report.

Biden Abandoned $7.2 Billion in U.S. Weapons, Ammo, and Aircraft to the Taliban, Report Says
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Just think..so much crap has happened under Biden that this is like one of his least blunders of incompetence.
 
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Weeping US Marine describes Afghan 'catastrophe' before Congress
  • By Nadine Yousif
  • BBC News
9 March 2023, 02:04 GMT



Tyler Vargas-Andrews: "There was an inexcusable lack of accountability"

A former US Marine badly injured in Afghanistan has described the withdrawal in 2021 as a "catastrophe" in testimony before Congress.

Tyler Vargas-Andrews spoke in the first of a series of Republican-led hearings examining the Biden administration's handling of the pull-out.

He detailed a period of chaos and unpreparedness in the days after the Taliban captured Kabul.

Others spoke of enduring trauma and the moral injury of abandoning allies.

Weeping US Marine describes Afghan 'catastrophe' before Congress
 
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Weeping US Marine describes Afghan 'catastrophe' before Congress
  • By Nadine Yousif
  • BBC News
9 March 2023, 02:04 GMT



Tyler Vargas-Andrews: "There was an inexcusable lack of accountability"

A former US Marine badly injured in Afghanistan has described the withdrawal in 2021 as a "catastrophe" in testimony before Congress.

Tyler Vargas-Andrews spoke in the first of a series of Republican-led hearings examining the Biden administration's handling of the pull-out.

He detailed a period of chaos and unpreparedness in the days after the Taliban captured Kabul.

Others spoke of enduring trauma and the moral injury of abandoning allies.

Weeping US Marine describes Afghan 'catastrophe' before Congress
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I'm sure he is a MAGA supremacist..
 
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If any of those aircraft are still flyable it would be a small miracle. The amount of sustainment and maintenance needed to keep them flying is not small.
 
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Weeping US Marine describes Afghan 'catastrophe' before Congress
  • By Nadine Yousif
  • BBC News
9 March 2023, 02:04 GMT



Tyler Vargas-Andrews: "There was an inexcusable lack of accountability"

A former US Marine badly injured in Afghanistan has described the withdrawal in 2021 as a "catastrophe" in testimony before Congress.

Tyler Vargas-Andrews spoke in the first of a series of Republican-led hearings examining the Biden administration's handling of the pull-out.

He detailed a period of chaos and unpreparedness in the days after the Taliban captured Kabul.

Others spoke of enduring trauma and the moral injury of abandoning allies.

Weeping US Marine describes Afghan 'catastrophe' before Congress
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Austin was making sure that everyone was caught up on their equity webinars and Miley was looking for a new pair of pumps to match…..,..now there’s a public drag show I’d oppose.
 
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'For all this talk of chaos, I just didn't see it': Biden's shameful Afghanistan Whitewash blames TRUMP for disastrous withdrawal that killed 13 service members - and White House says they are PROUD and no one will get fired

  • NSC spokesman John Kirby said he doesn't see why everyone associates the Afghanistan withdrawal with 'chaos'
The disastrous Afghanistan evacuation that led to the death of 13 U.S. service members and hundreds of civilians was Donald Trump's fault - and the scenes of Afghans falling from planes and the Taliban shooting people in the streets wasn't chaotic, the White House said Thursday.

Kirby said the administration was 'proud' of how U.S. forces carried out the withdrawal, as the Taliban toppled the American-backed Afghan government the U.S. spent trillions over 20 years to keep stable.

He also said that no member of the administration would be fired for what happened, insisting the investigation was not about 'accountability'.

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Thirteen American service members died when the suicide bomber detonated explosives packed with ball bearings amid the chaos of the city's airport

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Vargas-Andrews recalled the 'surreal' scenes at the airport which included Afghans trying to kill themselves on the razor wire because they didn't want to face Taliban 'torture'

Biden administration blames TRUMP for disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal | Daily Mail Online
 
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The Biden Administration denies any responsibility to what happened in Afghanistan. Unbelievable. These folks are some of the worst humans.
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When you have a president that is cognitively impaired, corrupt to the point he has made his family rich, and has people tell him what to say and do, we have become a banana republic. The USA will probably not last another 100 years.
 
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When you have a president that is cognitively impaired, corrupt to the point he has made his family rich, and has people tell him what to say and do, we have become a banana republic. The USA will probably not last another 100 years.
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100 years? That's being generous. All of our institutions are receding toward ineptitude.
 
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Inspector General Says He Can’t Guarantee Taxpayers Aren’t Funding Taliban, Blames Biden Admin

Inspector General John Sopko testified Wednesday that he cannot guarantee U.S. taxpayer dollars are not funding the Taliban.

Sopko blamed the Biden Administration for its alleged lack of oversight in the administration of the aid to Afghanistan.

“There are still major problems with our assistance in Afghanistan that this committee should be alerted to,” Sopko said. “The United States has appropriated $2 billion for Afghanistan assistance since the withdrawal and a further $3.5 billion may be available through this newly created Switzerland-based Afghan fund. While I agree, and we all agree, Afghanistan faces a dire humanitarian and economic situation, it is critical that our assistance not be diverted by the Taliban.” (RELATED: Biden Admin Refused To Cooperate With Investigators On Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal, IG Says)

Inspector General Says He Can’t Guarantee Taxpayers Aren’t Funding Taliban, Blames Biden Admin
 
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CBS News on Kabul attacks: 'Worst day of the Biden presidency'

Explosions mark deadliest day for US service members in Afghanistan since August 2011

CBS's Norah O'Donnell and Nancy Cordes said Thursday marked "the worst day of the Biden presidency" following the deaths of 12 U.S. service members in a suicide bombing outside Afghanistan's Kabul airport.

CBS News on Kabul attacks: 'Worst day of the Biden presidency'
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Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport (msn.com)

The Taliban have killed the senior Islamic State group leader behind the August 2021 suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport that left 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans dead, according to the father of a Marine killed in the attack who was briefed Tuesday by military officials.
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Inspector General Says He Can’t Guarantee Taxpayers Aren’t Funding Taliban, Blames Biden Admin

Inspector General John Sopko testified Wednesday that he cannot guarantee U.S. taxpayer dollars are not funding the Taliban.

Sopko blamed the Biden Administration for its alleged lack of oversight in the administration of the aid to Afghanistan.

“There are still major problems with our assistance in Afghanistan that this committee should be alerted to,” Sopko said. “The United States has appropriated $2 billion for Afghanistan assistance since the withdrawal and a further $3.5 billion may be available through this newly created Switzerland-based Afghan fund. While I agree, and we all agree, Afghanistan faces a dire humanitarian and economic situation, it is critical that our assistance not be diverted by the Taliban.” (RELATED: Biden Admin Refused To Cooperate With Investigators On Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal, IG Says)

Inspector General Says He Can’t Guarantee Taxpayers Aren’t Funding Taliban, Blames Biden Admin
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Biggest fools on the planet. A shell game with $2B.
 
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EXCLUSIVE: Republicans will take Legal Action Against a Secretary of State for First Time in HISTORY on May 24 after Antony Blinken Refused to hand over Afghanistan Withdrawal Memo warning Taliban would rapidly take Kabul when troops withdrew

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul is preparing his committee to move forward with a contempt of Congress charge against Secretary of State Antony Blinken as soon as May 24 after the State Department is expected to blow past a deadline to hand over a key document related to the August 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal.

The committee is specifically seeking a classified dissenting cable that U.S. State Department employees sent prior to the Taliban's takeover on July 13, 2021. The cable warned about a 'deteriorating' security situation' and urged the immediate evacuation of allies, a warning that the Biden administration did not heed, say Republicans.

Blinken is expected to miss the deadline of 6pm ET Thursday May 11 to hand over the document or legal proceedings would be immediately started against him.

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Hundreds of people gathered near a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane at the perimeter of the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2021

Republicans will take legal action against a Secretary of State for first time in HISTORY on May 24 | Daily Mail Online
 
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