This is about the point in the negotiations where someone on our side says, "I am evacuating our people. If you f**k with me, I will kill you all." Problem is, we don't have anyone with the sand to say it and sound like they mean it. Second problem is that at this point, we are not capable anything so un-nuanced as another "Highway of Death", especially with the accompanying over-hyped civilian casualties.
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#7 Pretty please, with sprinkles and gamma rays?
Yassssss.
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...attorney, national security director at the American Economic Liberties Project national security director, U.S. Marine (Iraq and Afghanistan — but was he tip of the spear, fobbit, or JAG?), International Negotiations Officer on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, which sounds impressive...
on Tuesday said blaming the American public for the chaos seen in Afghanistan this week is the "definition of insanity" created by a lie that "people who have power, are in control are happy to perpetuate."
U.S. Naval War College professor Tom Nichols published a piece in The Atlantic this week arguing that the American people held responsibility for the fall of Afghanistan's government due to the immense public support American military operations in the country received.
Kunce, a Marine officer running as a Democrat in Missouri's U.S. Senate race, shot back at Nichols' characterization.
"This is like the definition of insanity, right? They they told us forever that Afghanistan was going great and then now they're blaming the voter for supposedly it being their fault," Kunce, who is running as a Democrat in Missouri's U.S. Senate race, said on Hill.TV's "Rising."
The Taliban on Sunday took control of Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul and demanded a peaceful transfer of power after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. Thousands of Afghans have since attempted to escape the country, with several dying in their efforts.
Kunce said the disarray in Afghanistan is reminiscent to what he saw precede the chaos in Iraq when he was part of the Marine Corps in 2007. According to Kunce, superiors forbade him from providing accurate evaluation to Iraqi forces that he trained, despite feeling that many members of the force should have received lower ratings than they did.
"There was just this huge systematic lie or systematic institutional dishonesty that was perpetuated by the people in charge," Kunce said. "And in Iraq we saw them get overrun by a couple thousand guys with pickup trucks and now we're seeing the same thing in Afghanistan.
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Punching down and blaming the little guy. Classic elite deep state behavior. We know for a fact they knew things were going badly and they outright lied about it. Now it's our fault this happened? Fuck you.
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Improvise, Adapt and Overcome. Not too late to turn this into an effective object lesson. Seven step or phase process follows:
1. Find ways to get the Americans and coalition partners out and get them home.
2. Ignore the deadlines. Leave a military contingent (with air support) on the ground responsible for the destruction of bridges, dams, power generating stations, cratering of airfields, cell towers, and anything of value over $1.00.
3. TCDD the poppy fields.
4. Kill all the animals.
5. Kill anyone who comes near you and anyone else within range. If it moves, kill it again. Put all survivors to flight, creating a massive refugee problem for Pakistan.
6. Ruck up, get out, but promise to return to administer a booster shot if necessary.
7. Provide media coverage of each phase. Send videos to Pakistan.
[The Hill] Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Ret. Admiral Michael Mullen said Sunday that the U.S. should have left the Afghanistan more quickly after the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in 2011.
During an appearance on ABC’s "This Week," Mullen, who served under former President Obama, also gave credit to President Biden for his focus on counterterrorism in Afghanistan.
"Think, in retrospect, yes, we should have. I don't think it was possible for us to just abruptly walk away right after we killed bin Laden. But, clearly, we could have gone earlier than we did," Mullen told host Martha Raddatz.
"As I look back and -- and a lot of people are critical of the president right now, President Biden had it right back then. He was focused singly on counterterrorism. His advice was along those lines. And he certainly said that. And I give him credit for that."
Afghanistan's government fell last week as the Taliban took control of Kabul, regaining full control of the country for the first time since 2001, when U.S. troops arrived there in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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"'Sickening': Here's why one retired military officer spoke out against Trump, Mike Mullen says president aids racial injustice and politicizes the military." By Elizabeth McLaughlin, ABC News, June 4, 2020.
Mullen:
"While no one should ever condone the violence, vandalism, and looting that has exploded across our city streets, neither should anyone lose sight of the larger and deeper concerns about institutional racism that have ignited this rage," Mullen wrote in his op-ed. "As a white man, I cannot claim perfect understanding of the fear and anger that African Americans feel today. But as someone who has been around for a while, I know enough—and I've seen enough—to understand that those feelings are real and that they are all too painfully founded." He called the images of law enforcement, backed by the National Guard, clearing peaceful protesters out of Lafayette Square with smoke canisters and pepper balls so the president could pose for a photo outside St. John's Church "sickening."
#2
In woke Washington, the public confessions, holding up the little "Red Book of WHite Guilt and Black Exceptionalism" is a prerequisite to Corporate sinecures now for all the former "warrior" class looking for the good life. Momentary shame but then the sweet ride....so what price honor and dignity when you can join the apparent new world order aristocracy?
[Just The News] President Biden showed "hubris" by rejecting the Trump administration's withdrawal plan from Afghanistan, and it "gave the Taliban three months of prime fighting season" to take over the country, retired Green Beret and congressional candidate Joe Kent told the John Solomon Reports podcast on Wednesday.
Kent served in the military for over 20 years, was deployed 11 times, and lost his wife in action while she was fighting against ISIS in Syria. He is now running for a congressional seat in Washington state.
Kent criticized the Biden administration's mishandling of the Afghanistan withdrawal.
"What I think happened with Biden is he wanted to have his cake and eat it, too," said Kent. "He didn't want to give Trump the victory of following Trump's withdrawal plan in May. So he's kind of like the guy that's riding a crocodile, hoping it eats him last."
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] It has been seven days since the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... have taken control over Kabul and the country left in a sheer political vacuum but negotiations over forging the upcoming government are going on in Kabul.A grand gathering is purportedly planned to be held in Kabul by the Taliban leadership and Kabul-based officials and politicians.
All the members and the head of the Taliban’s political office based in Doha are currently in Kabul and are busy negotiating on the structure of upcoming governmental with different parties.
After the brother of former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, ex-president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. When Biden abandoned the country left with a helicopter, four cars, and part of the national treasury... , Hashmat Ghani Ahamdzai pledged allegiance with the Taliban on Saturday, August 21, former governor of Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province and one of the prominent politicians of Afghanistan Gul Agha Sherzai ...former governor of Kandahar province. the Taliban got their start protecting people against him... also swore allegiance with Afghanistan Islamic Emirate. It's not just cats that always land on their feet.
The Taliban members have appreciated his efforts in reconstruction during his tenure as minister of urban development and land during the presidency of Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai. ...A product, and probably the sole product, of the Southern Alliance...
Sherzai had also congratulated the victory of the Taliban a day after they took over Kabul.
Members of the Taliban have also met with parliament member, Haji Zahir Qadir, and both sides have discussed the structure of the upcoming all-inclusive government.
As part of efforts for shaping the cabinet, the Taliban appointed chairman of the Afghanistan Cricket Board and head of water and power on Sunday.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Key members of Taliban ...Arabic for students... ’s leadership and members of Taliban’s political office based in Doha met with former president Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai ...One of the more egregious mistakes of the post 9-11 era... and head of high council for national reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah ...the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against both Karzai and Ghani. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun. He also held the meaningless salaried sop position as CEO of Afghanistan, while Ghani was president... .Shahabuddin Delawar, Abdulsalam Hanafi, Khairullah Khairkhaw, and Abdurahman Feda recently arrived in Kabul along with the head of the Taliban’s political office and co-founder of the Taliban Mullah Abdullah Ghani Baradar.
They firstly landed in Kandahar province from the Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... i capital two days after the Taliban grabbed control of Kabul.
Baradar is presently in Kabul but has not met with the trio-Karzai, Abdullah and Hekmatyar.
Hours after former president Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, ex-president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. When Biden abandoned the country left with a helicopter, four cars, and part of the national treasury... fled the country, Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, and Gulbadin Hekmatyar jointly shaped a council that aimed at negotiating with the Taliban.
Karzai and Abdullah though hold frequent meetings both with the Taliban leaders and other tribal leaders inside Afghanistan, Gulbadin Hekmatyar is yet to be seen in a joint meeting with the former two.
Saturday’s meeting with the three key members of the Taliban was focused on Afghanistan’s ongoing situation, security of people, all-inclusive political process, and the national flag and other national values.
The office of Abdullah Abdullah said that the negotiations were fruitful.
I’m in shock. Openly condemning the actions of brother Muslims in favour of those icky Jooos. Truly we live in a time of miracles — thanks to President Trump.
[Jpost] Egypt is to close the Rafah crossing on its border with the Gaza Strip until further notice on Monday, Egyptian security sources said.
Hamas, the Palestinian faction that controls Gaza, said it had been informed by Egypt of the decision to shut the crossing in both directions, without giving details.
According to two Egyptian security sources, the closure was made for security reasons following an escalation on Saturday between Israel and Hamas, with Israeli aircraft striking sites in Gaza after gunfire across Gaza's border with Israel earlier in the day.
The latest escalation saw an Israeli Border policeman, 21-year-old St.-Sgt. Bar-el Shmueli, seriously wounded after being shot at the border.
[All Africa] Nigeria is set to conduct a review into animal grazing rights after deadly festivities between herders and farmers who complain about livestock destroying their crops. The review will examine grazing sites in 25 states.
A statement by President Muhammadu Buhari's spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said the review will determine the level of encroachment on the grazing sites. The agreement on the number of grazing reserves and states was reached after considering security concerns and other socio-economic conditions.
President Buhari approved the rehabilitation of grazing reserves across the country as from June 2021, to curb bloody festivities between herders and farmers. However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... previous government proposals were criticised for favouring the herders, who are mainly from Buhari's ethnic group. Many southern Nigerian states have called for open grazing to be banned, arguing that cattle breeders should set up ranches for their animals.
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Gunners Shot: Apr 21 Quetta Car bomb targets Chinese ambassador. Jul 21. Kohistan Chinese Engineers killed in Bus Blast. Jul 2021. Karachi. Chinese National shot. Aug 2021. Gwadar. suicide attack on vehicle carrying Chinese. Has China bought a concessional fare ticket on PIA? pic.twitter.com/ixJ419RYIQ
Businesses in downtown Portland remain boarded up long after the height of the nightly BLM-Antifa riots last year. Rolling riots, vandalism, crime, homicides & homeless camps have shuttered many downtown businesses. Efforts to revitalize Portland’s downtown economy have failed. pic.twitter.com/huXgCSgast
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Shows you what commies know about revitalizing an economy.
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You really don’t understand! After the businesses go broke, China will buy them cheap. They will then be able to load grain and ship it down the Willamette to China . The same thing is happening up and down the west coast!
#14
You really don’t understand! After the businesses go broke, China will buy them cheap. They will then be able to load grain and ship it down the Willamette to China . The same thing is happening up and down the west coast!
EXCLUSIVE: Afghan Taliban celebrated their cross border triumph in Karachi’s local mosque. Videos available to #GeoNews show, local Talib’s representatives addressing attendees with valour. Saying, ‘there’ll be peace in Afghanistan soon’. They sang victory anthems as well. pic.twitter.com/XWiQ5t0D37
An internal affair of the Palestinian Authority, but noteworthy for the portents for the shaky PA government.
[IsraelTimes] Paleostinian Authority police say they have arrested 24 people protesting Ramallah’s response to the death of a prominent political activist while in the custody of PA security forces.
The demonstrators planned to call for accountability in the death of Nizar Banat,
...the Israel-hating, anti-corruption crusading, amateur West Bank politician (he was by profession a carpenter and house painter) who for years was regularly arrested by PA authorities until the day they finally beat him to death...
an outspoken critic of the Paleostinian Authority who died in jug on June 24 shortly after he was arrested. But police shut down the protest and arrest two dozen activists.
Police front man Louay Arzeigat issues a statement saying the demonstrators have not received a permit and "refused to sign the conditions for the gathering." It does not elaborate.
Banat’s family has said he was beaten as he was taken out of his home and has accused the Paleostinian Authority of trying to cover up the death.
Paleostinian officials have said the matter is under investigation.
Following his initial announcement that a Lebanese ship would import desperately-needed oil from Iran, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has now declared, "our second ship will sail within days, and other ships will follow."
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[The Hill] Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Ret. Admiral 
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
province and one of the prominent politicians of Afghanistan 
...the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against both Karzai and Ghani. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun. He also held the meaningless salaried sop position as CEO of Afghanistan, while Ghani was president...
[Jpost] Egypt is to close the 
[All Africa] Nigeria is set to conduct a review into animal grazing rights after deadly 
