In an admittance that President Biden’s hurried withdraw from the country was poorly planned?
US troops by the thousands are being sent back to the area around the Afghan capital of Kabul….
Biden was warned by the Pentagon general’s of the possibility of rapid advances by the Taliban…
We are also becoming aware of Bush II and Obama admin efforts to cover up doubts about the training and competency of the Afghan military for years…
The whole thing has turned into a cluster-fuck…
President Biden is right have wanted to leave a place that seems to have unsolvable issues….
But his haste in doing so is partly responsible for the situation developing that American and British troops (Maybe almost 10,000) have to be sent BACK to the place/region…..
NO ONE knows what this will mean going forward….
Not the Generals…
Not President Biden…
Not the Troops…
A fresh contingent of Marines arrived in Kabul on Saturday as part of a 3,000-troop force intended to secure an airlift of U.S. Embassy personnel and Afghan allies as Taliban insurgents approach the outskirts of the capital.
The last-minute decision to re-insert thousands of U.S. troops into Afghanistan reflects the dire state of security and calls into question whether President Joe Biden will meet his Aug. 31 deadline for fully withdrawing combat forces.
After an advance group of Marines arrived on Friday, more flowed into the Kabul international airport on Saturday, said Navy Capt. William Urban, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command. Citing operational security, Urban declined to provide specific numbers. The Pentagon said on Friday that the bulk of the 3,000 — comprising two battalions of Marines and one of Army soldiers — are due by the end of the weekend….
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The Pentagon also is moving an additional 4,500 to 5,000 troops to bases in the Gulf countries of Qatar and Kuwait, including 1,000 to Qatar to speed up visa processing for Afghan translators and others who fear retribution from the Taliban for their past work with Americans, and their family members…
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Democrats are coming to President Biden’s defense as Afghanistan teeters on the brink of collapse weeks before the U.S. military mission there officially ends, arguing more time wouldn’t make any difference…
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But Democrats argue that, far from being a reason to return, the quick collapse of Afghan government forces without U.S. support shows just how futile the last 20 years, 2,300 troop deaths and $2 trillion have been.
“The complete, utter failure of the Afghan National Army, absent our hand-holding, to defend their country is a blistering indictment of a failed 20-year strategy predicated on the belief that billions of U.S taxpayer dollars could create an effective, democratic central government in a nation that has never had one,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said this week on the Senate floor….
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Molly Hennessy-Fiske
The latest: For many U.S. veterans, fall of Afghanistan to Taliban stirs feelings of confusion, disappointment and anger
Problem?
If the Taliban control the area surrounding Kabul and the airport?
How can aircrAft fly in snd out?