* National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Tuesday that the US could send economic aid to the Taliban
* Taliban 'victory' parades took place in Afghanistan today after the last US troops left the country overnight
* Coffins draped in the US, UK, French and NATO flags were paraded through the streets by the Islamists
* Thousands of people waving Taliban flags turned out to watch, after fireworks were let off in Kabul overnight
* Meanwhile Taliban leaders paraded at Kabul airport alongside troops decked out head to toe in western gear
* Taliban commander boasted the airfield will now be 'a base for jihad for all Muslims'
* Up to 200 American citizens who want to leave were left behind along with thousands of Afghans
* US national security advisor says evacuation 'has shifted from a military mission to a diplomatic mission'
The Biden administration is considering sending economic aid to the Taliban, even as the militants hold mock funerals for American troops and NATO allies to celebrate the end of the 20-year US military intervention in Afghanistan.
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told ABC's Good Morning America that the US intends to continue sending health, food and other forms of humanitarian aid to the Afghan people.
He also said that other forms of cash aid, including economic and developmental assistance, would depend on whether the Taliban 'follow through on their commitments' including to allow safe passage for Americans still in Afghanistan.
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Update: U.S. wants aid to Afghanistan to continue despite sanctions on Taliban (Reuters).
WNU Editor: Unbelievable. And so much for all that talk only two weeks ago of imposing comprehensive sanctions on Afghanistan. And all of this talk of aid is happening while US allies are being hunted down and executed .... Taliban are on the trail of revenge: Jihadis start hunt for translators as soon as Western troops exit Afghanistan (Daily Mail).
And did anyone notice this line from the above Daily Mail post ....
.... Taliban commander boasted the airfield will now be 'a base for jihad for all Muslims'.
I hope it is a joke. If not, why about giving them more weapons, the atomic bomb, paying all their bill (at the expense of American tax payer, of course), and so on?
ReplyDeleteThe nightmare is growing above any imagination.
As soon as the last American is brought home, the Kabul airport needs to be cratered.
ReplyDeletePeople like Jake are dangerous. They are dangerous to stand next to and they are dangerous not only for individuals but whole societies.
ReplyDeleteEverything that did not makes sense about past societies such as how could they be that stupid, is crystal clear to me now.
Like how a seaport in France could invite Muslims to intervene, when they had a factional dispute.
Now we are in the upside down, backside foremost 21st century, you could say looking back at Chicago 100 years ago that Al Capone supplied economic aid to the Chicago police.... Keep the faith 🙈
ReplyDeleteThe war of Afghanistan and Iraq was taking at max $185 billion a year. It was a fight to get Democrats in Congress to agree to it.
ReplyDeleteNow we are going to spend billions that we have to borrow from the Chinese and this pencil necked dweeb, Jake O'Sullivan, has not problem with it?