The U.S. has reached a deal with the Taliban to ensure that evacuations from Kabul's airport can take place without interference from the group, according to a report by The Associated Press.
The deal was reached in talks in Doha, Qatar, between senior Taliban officials and Gen. Frank McKenzie.
Your reminder that Donald Trump wanted to invite the Taliban over to Camp David for a terrorist sleepover on 9/11 and when John Bolton said that was the stupidest f*cking bullsh*t he'd ever heard in his life, Trump fired Bolton. - Jeff Tiedrich
- Afghans Fall From US Military Planes After Desperately Clinging to Aircrafts Taking Off
- Afghan President Ghani Flees Country as Taliban Enter Kabul: ‘It’s Over’
- US sending 1,000 more troops to Kabul as chaos reigns at airport
- Pentagon to provide two more US bases to house Afghans
- CNN's Clarissa Ward Dons Hijab to Interview Taliban in Shocking Report From Streets of Kabul: 'It's Utterly Bizarre'
- Mitch McConnell Blasts Biden's 'Botched' Afghanistan Withdrawal: 'Everyone Saw This Coming Except the President'
- CNN's Poppy Harlow Hits the Biden Administration Over Afghanistan: How Could They Be 'So, So Far Off?'
- CNN's John Berman Lists Everything the White House Got Wrong About Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan
- CBS NatSec Correspondent: It Looks Like 'The Taliban Will Be Back in Power on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11'
- Cheney: Biden ignored military commanders' advice on Afghanistan
- China ready for 'friendly' relations with Afghanistan after Taliban takes control
- Taliban political delegation travels to Moscow
Republican political strategy has two basic parts: 1.) f*cking things up, and 2.) blaming Democrats for not fixing them. - Middle Age Riot
U.S. Troops Shot and Killed Two Afghans At Kabul Airport
U.S. troops have fatally shot two armed men at Kabul's airport, while images of Afghan civilians frantically trying to leave the country now under Taliban rule have dominated news coverage.
My Take On Afghanistan
The most powerful military in the world could not plan a swift and safe removal of personnel from Afghanistan.
I'm so old I remember when JFK took responsibility for the Bay of Pigs loss, although it was due to bad intel from the CIA.
I find it hard to believe that Biden did not take the advice of the military on exiting Afghanistan. The military had 20 years to end the chaos there. 20 years. Maybe it is time for the military to rethink how they conduct/end wars by packing up and leaving. Apparently, Saigon's downfall didn't register with them.
Biden will own this, too. Sadly, again due to bad intel.
My heart breaks for the Afghanis who were helping the US and were left behind to fend for themselves. That is betrayal.
George W. Bush's half-hearted Afghan war was soon overshadowed by lying us into a raging Iraq war. I wonder what George Bush is painting right now for his art therapy. Pretty butterflies?
I'm glad we are leaving that god-forsaken country. It was a mistake to try and nation build from the start.
In the true-to-life-movie Charlie Wilson's War, one of the characters said after the Afghan mujahedeen (armed by Wilson & the CIA) defeated the Soviets -- "the American support always leaves."
The irony of it all, is that George W. Bush repeatedly said he was against nation building. I guess he was, since no nation was ever built.
Godspeed, Afghanistan. Deep apologies from this one American.
AllHatNoCattle Flashback to 2004
When does Fox put Ron DeSantis on for his Afghanistan take? - Schooley
And The Beat Goes On In Uzbekistan...
An Afghan military plane was downed by Uzbekistan's air defense system on Sunday over an attempt to illegally enter the country's air space, Uzbek authorities said Monday. The downing took place in southeastern Uzbekistan, in the Surkhandarya region on the border with Afghanistan. A plane crash was first reported by local media.
Republican Shenanigans
- Pompeo on Afghanistan Falling: Biden Admin ‘Abandoned the Global Stage in Favor of Climate Change’ and Critical Race Theory
- RNC removes page from website touting Trump peace deal with Taliban: report
- Dallas school district maintains mask mandate despite state Supreme Court ruling
- 'Trump Republican' county commissioner hospitalized with severe COVID after railing against masks and other safety measures
- DeSantis faces backlash over his leadership style
- This MyPillow Guy Meltdown Would Be Funny If It Weren’t So Dangerous
- Republican lawmakers: Give jobless pay to workers who reject COVID-19 vaccine requirements
- Former Pro Surfer and RVCA Founder Conan Hayes is at the Heart of Stop-the-Steal Mania
Congressperson who had no problem with extreme conservatives attempting a violent takeover of the USA laments the extreme conservatives violently taking over Afghanistan. - John Fugelsang
Republicans Are Getting Crazier, If That's Possible
Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed the Biden administration was handing over weapons to the Taliban, and bizarrely suggested this should bolster Americans’ Second Amendment rights.
So the people who want to make laws based on their religious beliefs are supposedly upset about another group that wants to makes laws based on their religious views? - Eric Garcia
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Rock The Voter News
- Pelosi floats procedural move on infrastructure bill
- California voters split on recall election: poll
- Early indicators suggest Democrats' House majority is in jeopardy
Republicans Clarify Support For Democracy In Afghanistan Does Not Apply To Georgia, Florida or Texas - Andy Borowitz
Young children may be more likely to transmit the virus that causes COVID-19 within households compared with older children, a new study has found.
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Business/Tech News
- American Petroleum Institute sues Biden over oil and gas leasing pause
- Florida appealing vaccine mandate 'beyond bizarre; It's shameful': Norwegian Cruise CEO
- Tesla being investigated over series of crashes
- Fired Merrill Lynch Advisor Sentenced to 3.5 Years Over $3 Million Fraud
If there is red tape preventing Afghan refugees from coming to America, a good thing to do would be to set that red tape on fire. - Seth Mandel
Will There Be A Taliban Cartel?
The Taliban once again control Afghanistan, which means they also control the world’s premier source of opium...Opium poppy cultivation increased by 37 percent from 2019 to 2020, and totaled 6,300 tons. In fact, despite the U.S. spending more than $8 billion to eradicate poppy production, it only increased during the American occupation: Today Afghanistan cultivates twice the acreage of opium poppy as it did before 2001. If the new Taliban government is a “pariah” per U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, it will have no incentive to transition away from narcotics in the hope of attracting aid or investment.
I wonder how many Republicans will support the U.S. accepting thousands of Afghan refugees. - Jon Cooper
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