In Afghanistan, one sign about security: @SecPompeo landed at Bagram, flew via small plane to State Dept facility at Kabul airport, went by helicopter to US embassy and drove in armored vehicle the few hundred yards to prez palace. He said Potus Afghan strategy is working. pic.twitter.com/hDF0Ik5KNM— Nicholas Wadhams (@nwadhams) July 9, 2018
The Warzone/The Drive: U.S. Secretary of State Rides in Gun-Toting "Embassy Air" Helicopter In Afghanistan
The contractor-operated service highlights how fragile the security situation remains in even the most heavily protected areas of the country.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has made his first visit to Afghanistan since officially becoming America’s top diplomat. Underscoring the still dangerous state of security in the country’s capital despite 17 years of U.S.-backed efforts to try and improve the situation, he did what any other State Department staffer would do upon arriving in the country, he took a very quick ride in an armed CH-46 helicopter to avoid having to drive the two miles from Kabul’s airport to the U.S. Embassy.
Pompeo’s arrival on July 9, 2018, was itself unannounced, another common security procedure in a country where Taliban militants and other terrorists can and do still have the ability to bombard Hamid Karzai International Airport. According to a report by CBS News’ “60 Minutes” in January 2018, U.S. diplomatic and other civilian government personnel remain banned from using any form of ground transportation, even armored vehicles, to get safely within the blast walls and other defenses that surround the American Embassy proper.
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WNU Editor:This sounds like Iraq months after the invasion in 2003.
2 comments:
Was Kabul ever safe for Americans?
If you read "Operation Darkheart", they were doing convoys back in the day.
The size of the convoys might be bigger and they might be upgunned.
I am betting they are.
The security situation is clearly worse.
Yes, I will blame Obama.
The Bamster did his best Nixon impression and said "Peace with Dignity."
One small detail. Nixon was willing to bomb the rear areas of the NVA/Viet Cong. That is North Vietnam. Those bombing were called Linebacker I & II.
Was Obama willing to bomb Pokiston? Obviously not. No one is. However, what pressure did he consistently put on them? None!
The Bamster did bomb Pakistan, but was called drone strikes and while it is horrific for the target and the people near them, it is pretty ho hum to the Taliban as a whole.
Beside the Bamster think drone attacks is something for boyfriends of Malia he does not like, but not so much for the Taliban,
"The Jonas Brothers are here; they're out there somewhere. Sasha and Malia are huge fans. But boys, don't get any ideas. I have two words for you, 'predator drones.' You will never see it coming. You think I'm joking." - Obama
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