Military Policy
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August 30th, 2021
Biden speaks - hands spread
After the horrifying incompetence and political cowardice of Biden’s retreat, what is our Afghanistan policy going to be?
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August 27th, 2021
explosions outside of Kabul airport
At least 13 U.S. service members were among dozens killed after twin explosions tore through the crowd congregating at the Abbey Gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport in the Afghan capital and a hotel about 200 yards from the gate.
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August 26th, 2021
Chinas-Foreign-Minister-Wang-Yi
China and its growing circle of friends need to know that the U.S. won’t stand for the current situation. There are consequences for stepping out of line with us.
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August 26th, 2021
Biden speaks from Roosevelt room
A president worthy of his office and this nation’s traditions would stay in Afghanistan until we can bring all our people home.
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August 19th, 2021
Biden - Covid press conference
The American-nurtured Afghan military of the last 20 years that had suffered thousands of prior casualties evaporated in a few hours in the encirclement of Kabul.
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August 19th, 2021
Sec Def Lloyd-Austin
There are an estimated 10,000–15,000 Americans in Afghanistan now who need to be evacuated as the Taliban seize control of the country.
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August 19th, 2021
Taliban with sub-machine gun mounted in pick-up
The Taliban seized dozens of aircraft and thousands of weapons, vehicles and high-tech equipment in Afghanistan that was funded by the U.S. government.
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August 19th, 2021
By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – August 19, 2021 This was a fulfillment of their obligations after the Sept. 11 terror attack led to the first invocation of the mutual self-defense clause in NATO’s founding treaty. European allies also have a stake in preventing a nation of nearly 40 million people from collapsing into a failed state that could...
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August 17th, 2021
By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – August 17, 2021 It’s too early to know the wider strategic fallout from America’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal. But there’s strong reason to doubt convenient claims that the retreat will help the U.S. balance a revisionist China. Beijing is more likely to see the display of fecklessness as an opening to exploit. “Our true...
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August 17th, 2021
Biden Afghanistan press-conference - east room
Tragedy is an inadequate word to describe what’s happening in Afghanistan. President Joe Biden’s administration’s feckless, vacillating incompetence is a catastrophe.
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