PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Afghanistan 2021 Onwards
View Single Post
Old 17th Aug 2021, 23:37
  #300 (permalink)  
RAFEngO74to09
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Nevada, USA
Posts: 1,607
Received 42 Likes on 29 Posts
I do not agree with the non-US citizens commenting here on how bad or not this debacle is for Biden.

When you look at the totality of the errors - ignoring military advice, not consulting allies, events which he said only days ago would not happen actually happening, not taking responsibility, blaming everyone else, not taking all the necessary steps to ensure US citizens are evacuated, loss of US prestige, allies wondering whether they can rely on the US umbrella - the list goes on.

The entire debacle would have been avoided if Bagram had been retained for an orderly drawdown with all the required FP in place. Instead, having abandoned Bagram in the middle of the night and abandoned all the FP vehicles, he then had to send 6,000 troops to Kabul Airport (later increased) who still aren't all there yet.

Both impeachment and removal under Article 25 of the Constitution are being talked about now.

As of the State Department presser today, he hadn't even spoken to any world leaders since the debacle started to unfold over the weekend. Minutes ago it was announced he had just spoken to Boris - but I suspect that was initiated by Boris who was taking the initiative on having a G7 teleconference.

US citizens signing up for exit are getting a return e-mail saying they're on their own getting to Kabul Airport.

Here is some straight talking from host Fox News host Dan Bongino (former Secret Service agent) and contributor USMC veteran EOD Tech Joey Jones who lost both legs in Afghanistan:


Prime Time Mon 16 August:


Last edited by RAFEngO74to09; 17th Aug 2021 at 23:57.
RAFEngO74to09 is offline