Politics Afghanistan Withdrawal

There was an American woman service member who died in that God Damned bomb blast. Yes, she's a hero in my eyes. She was risking her life doing her job in the middle of an extremely dangerous situation and God Bless her for that.

 

When I was in a war no women in the military or not were allowed anywhere near combat activity. Now women are doing what men service members do. That brave woman saved some man's life by voluntarily taking his place.

 

I think it was two women

 

These ungrateful non loyal people. All this time being subjects of Russia and a new, shiny object comes and they can't wait to adore it.

 

Lindsey Graham demanded to know who made the decision to withdraw the troops and said Biden should be impeached for following that bad advice.

Dear Lindsey. Growing old and forgetful.

Trump made the decision and Graham praised it.

 

There were 6000 civilian Americans in Afghanistan when this started...as of last night there were 300 left and many of those plan to stay there....all in all a pretty successful withdrawal numbers wise

 

I only heard of the one but if two then they're both heroes.

 

According to our Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, we don't know how many there were. That was just a guess. Lots of Americans register when they get there but don't register when they leave. Some don't leave when they're supposed to for a myriad of reasons again not telling anyone anything.

 

I heard the numbers on the world web news last night...I assume those are expats registered with the embassy...they can absolutely count those numbers and if anyone is in the country without claiming to be...that's not part of the equation. I'm sure there are marriages where some become citizens...and some american born afghanis who have gone to the homeland...who knows...they do know they've escorted 5700 american citizens out of Afghanistan and can account for 300 that are still there..

 

I'll presume that the Secretary of State has the most knowledge on this subject.

 

I'll presume the ambassador has those numbers...the numbers I heard came from Joe Biden not the SOS..they are kept at the tax office so it's an easy figure to access...if americans aren't registered they've either entered the country illegally or joined the Taliban more than likely

 

The Secretary of State informs the White House of his numbers. That's where the White House gets their numbers.

 

when you live overseas you deal with the tax office and embassy...there's no mystery as to how many expats register for work permits or residence Lanny.

 

Glad we are out of that region.

 

bullshit...Americans have not been left behind...they've been told to leave since May...of the 300 left many are Islamic americans who want to stay..some are married to locals, etc....everyone that wanted to leave had the opportunity...this is not the result of a 2 week problem...it's the result of a 20 year old problem...so much for the Hanoi Hannah propaganda....

 

That's what it looks like when you make a movie or evac someone from a rooftop too....I didn't see the Taliban pilot or the stuntman at any rate...pretty vague accusation by butthead twitter face Liz

 

And the war isn't just beginning, its been a war torn region for centuries. Always has been always will be. Let the other Muslim nations bring order to Afghanistan, they wont because they no they cant.