On Aug. 31, Biden defiantly dubbed the withdrawal an 'extraordinary success'
* Upon learning during an Afghanistan briefing of the bombing, there were gasps throughout the room and Biden winced before going silent for a long pause
* 'The worst that can happen has happened,' the president said once he broke the silence, meeting participants told the New York Times
* The death toll eventually rose to 13 US service members and over 170 Afghans
* On Aug. 31, Biden defiantly dubbed the withdrawal an 'extraordinary success'
* The commander-in-chief said the operation couldn't have been done in a 'more orderly manner'
President Biden's gut reaction to the news that a deadly suicide bomb had gone off amid the American evacuation from Afghanistan has been revealed.
During an Afghanistan briefing on Aug. 26, head of US Central Command Gen. Frank McKenzie turned ashen as he was handed a piece of paper. He told the meeting, which he'd called into by video, that a bomb had been detonated near the Hamid Karzai Airport - four services members were already dead, three near dead, dozens more injured.
There were gasps throughout the room and Biden winced before going silent for a long pause. 'The worst that can happen has happened,' the president said once he broke the silence, meeting participants told the New York Times.
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WNU Editor: I am not sure about "the worst that can happen has happen" remark is going to hold with time. The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is a disaster right now .... 780,000 Afghan children without shelter, nearly 8.6 million without blankets as temperatures drop below freezing – Save the Children (Relief Web). Millions are trying to flee the country .... UNHCR: Afghans struggle to seek safety as borders remain shut to most (UNHCR). And Al Qaeda is back and protected by their Taliban allies .... Talks With Taliban Restart as US Worries About Al-Qaeda Threat in Afghanistan (Air Force Magazine). The "worst" may be coming.
"nearly 8.6 million without blankets as temperatures drop below freezing"
ReplyDeleteI call bullshit. The 8.6 million people can't use the blankets they had last year? Some blankets have worn out and thread bare, but note the the group making the claim. They are "We care group". I bet the CEO of the "care" group makes as much or more than president Joe's salary. So they really, really do care. The same group won't bat an eye, if 20% or so of the aid they provide is siphoned off. So screw the "aid" agency.
Many, many people are going to die in Afghanistan, but with the Taliban in charge much of the aid will be wasted. The appeals by the age agency is more about them than it is about the destitute.
I also do not understand the children without shelter unless they are orphaned or kicked out of the home by destitute parents. That would be or may be a large number, but 780,000?
Like newspapers, aid agency make money by selling bad news. The news is very bad from Afghanistan, but they are also hypoing it at the same time. Someone ought to check their numbers.
As sociologists point out, organizations like organisms do not like to die. The raison d'être for an organization could cease to exist, but they would never let you know. In this case there is a need, but they are hypoing it and they cannot do much that is effective about it. In fact by their aid they will prolong it and make it worse. That is evil.
I absolutely abhor NGOs.
DeleteBiden meant the worst that can happen to his presidency.
ReplyDeleteNothing else matters, including the wreakage to the families of the dead Marines.
"Biden meant the worst that can happen to his presidency."
ReplyDeleteWell let us disregard that it is the worst thing that could happen to his presidency. He does not have much of an imagination or much of anythi9ngm left upstairs.
If you take it in the context of "Can we survive this as an administration, so we can go on to do good things (enact policies they think or pretend will do good)", then it is maybe not a bad comment.
IMO they have survived it and will survive and worse, because of a complicit media.
IMO any administration should be able, must be able, to survive 'one' suicide attack or the government just won't function. Al Qaeda or others could take change our government faster than the Italians change theirs. That said there should be a price to be paid politically or policy wise, but Obama still wants everyone else "all back of the bus."
August? it is now December
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