The latest claim of '200, closer to 100' Americans left in Afghanistan who want to leave, is too low for me to believe. This article offers another opinion. Someday we will learn the truth.
"It’s over. The United States military has officially, completely withdrawn from Afghanistan right on schedule.
Adding insult to injury, U.S. General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. flat out lied to the world by saying “very few hundreds” of U.S. citizens were left behind and “at least 2,000 hardcore ISIS fighters” are now roaming Afghanistan.
Reports from the ground in Kabul and throughout Afghanistan indicate there are thousands of Americans stranded by the Biden regime.
General McKenzie is basing his “very few hundreds” comment on those who have gone through official channels to specifically declare they want to leave and who have demonstrated they are American citizens.
But many, many more were either unable to go through official channels as they evaded the Taliban or could not sufficiently prove they were American citizens.
If they couldn’t fax a passport to the Embassy, they weren’t counted, according to sources at the State Department.
Reactions to General McKenzie’s speech were harsh on social media:
Unbelievable. General Kenneth McKenzie just referred to the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan as "our generous host nation."
— Carmine Sabia
(@CarmineSabia)
August 30, 2021
General Mckenzie is trying to put lipstick on the pig that is America's failure in #Afghanistan.
He is just the latest losing general in a long line of them.
There are apparently more than 200 Americans still in Kabul, abandoned by us.
Col. Rob Maness ret.
(@RobManess)
August 30, 2021
General Kenneth McKenzie calls Taliban-controlled Afghanistan “our generous host nation."
It’s almost unfathomable what has happened to America so quickly under this administration!
— Donald Trump Jr.
(@DonaldJTrumpJr)
August 30, 2021
Meanwhile, the Taliban is giddy, firing rounds into the air. Normally, they would not waste ammunition so brazenly, but they now have access to plenty of ammunition left behind by our military:
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene expressed deep shame in what has happened in Afghanistan and how the sentiment has spread to America.
No man left behind.
That’s always been the rule.
We just left.
We left them behind.
What the hell is wrong with this country?
Impeach them all.
— Marjorie Taylor Greene
(@mtgreenee)
August 30, 2021
As we reported earlier, reports of busloads of Americans being turned away just in the last 24-hours contradicts the White House’s numbers:
Seven Busloads of American Women Refused Entry to Airport, Now in Taliban’s Hands
The nightmare scenario in Afghanistan is worse than the vast majority of Americans realize as mainstream media refuses to report the truth from the ground. Making the disinformation worse is the White House’s attempts to hide the facts in an obvious PR campaign.
With thousands of Americans stranded and now being hunted, the Biden regime is focused on optics.
A report being ignored by the White House and media tells of seven busloads of American women who were not allowed to evacuate.
They are now in Taliban custody and, according to the Special Operations contractor reporting on the ground in Kabul, likely dead.
Journalist Emily Miller relayed the news from her contact:
“We’re dealing with Kabul. There’s 7 buses of female American citizens. The CG refused to open the gate. We have a congressman with us and he had the state department reach out. MG Donahue refused. 10 minutes ago the females were taken by the Taliban. They are likely dead now.”
— Emily Miller
(@emilymiller)
August 30, 2021
This could have all been avoided, as the article by a Department of Defense staffer details below.
We should have left Afghanistan long ago, but leaving now or at any point in the past should have been done AFTER securing safe passage for ALL American citizens who do not want to be subjects of the Taliban.
The fact that the Biden regime rushed through everything without considering the safety of Americans in Afghanistan is absolutely infuriating.
American men will be killed.
American women will be turned into Taliban-babymakers.
This is a disgusting, shameful move by the Biden regime and Gen. McKenzie has the gall to lie about the numbers we abandoned.
The following article was submitted by a current Department of Defense employee who wishes to remain anonymous due to repercussions.
We have confirmed the identity of the author as well as their credentials.
We’ve all been watching the catastrophe in Kabul that is the result of Joe Biden’s order to abruptly pull-out our remaining troops before bringing home our citizens, the people who supported us and $85 billion in military equipment.
It’s all-over our televisions.
We haven’t been able to miss it.
Yes, it is good that more than 100,000 people have been evacuated.
Still, if one thing is clear, it is that at least several hundred American citizens have been abandoned behind enemy lines where they likely will be systematically hunted-down by the Taliban.
They will be murdered, enslaved for the rest of their lives or used as hostages to embarrass and extort the US.
It didn’t have to happen this way.
The US Government and our military have both the knowhow and the ability to execute an effective evacuation.
I know because I was a civilian in a foreign country when an evacuation was planned and came close to being executed.
In 1975 I was a civilian not associated with the military and living in Seoul, barely 30 miles from the border with North Korea and their long-range artillery, when Saigon fell.
The North Koreans had been threatening to invade South Korea since the armistice ended hostilities some 20 years before.
Military commanders began taking the threats more seriously.
The South Korean military and the 70,000 American service members in the country went on heightened alert and worked to finish their defenses against an invasion.
The U.S. Embassy also went on high alert and began working to prepare American civilians for possible evacuation.
The embassy undertook to identify who was where and how to contact us if hostilities began.
Consular officials met with us to lay out their plans for how we would be delivered to safety.
Plan A was for us to report to pickup points where busses and trucks would take us south to an airfield from which we would be flown to Japan and then home.
We were allowed only one suitcase and it could weigh no more than 20 kg.
If hostilities broke-out more quickly and that evacuation plan was not executable, Plan B called for us to assemble next to the soccer field to await pickup by helicopters on their way south after ferrying troops and supplies north.
It was thoroughly planned and the American military would be responsible for our safety.
I remember well the words of one consular official who told us “We will do what it takes to make sure we give you all the warning that is possible and none of you are left behind.”
We were on 24-hour alert for almost three weeks and spent several days on a shorter alert where we had to be prepared to leave in as little as one hour at any hour of the day or night.
Then the North Korean bluster diminished and life went back to normal.
So when I look at the Kabul debacle I am shocked and embarrassed to see that things have been done so differently.
There are plenty of analysts on TV who are dissecting the timeline and the orders given that have produced the situation we are all witnessing on live TV so I will not add to their words.
Still, knowing our president gave orders that betrayed at least several hundred Americans to be left behind makes me both sick to the stomach as I fear for their safety and incredibly angry.
The veterans I know as neighbors and co-workers and my son, who served three tours in Afghanistan, are livid beyond words.
The first and foremost responsibility of a president is the protection of the citizens they serve and Joe Biden has failed to do that, not just on a colossal scale, but on a cosmic scale.
As commander-in-chief he has violated one of the sacred tenets in the Soldier’s Creed which states “I will leave no man behind.”
There is no place in hell hot enough for such a traitor.
Lady Liberty is crying for those he is leaving stranded.
The Taliban are already playing it for advantage so I have no doubts they will leverage the situation to make things as embarrassing to America as possible.
There is no place in hell hot enough for such a traitor.
Commentators are already talking about how much damage the Kabul catastrophe is damaging Joe Biden’s presidency and America’s standing in the eyes of our allies and enemies.
How badly will he be damaged?
Ask former president Jimmy Carter.
... The State Department is telling us only a few hundred Americans are left in Afghanistan but their number have been fuzzy at best so the one thing certain is that Americans will be left behind.
While we wrestle with the political fallout from the Kabul debacle it clearly is time for those of us who believe in America to come together and refresh our commitment to our nation, our neighbors and the principles on which our nation was founded.
So I invite you to do two things; proudly fly our Stars and Stripes to remind our neighbors that we still are Americans and tie yellow ribbons in obvious places to show our solidarity with those who are being left behind.
The author asked that we protect his identity because of the risk to his career he could face for speaking critically of the president.
It’s becoming harder and harder for patriots to ignore the deep suppression of truth that’s happening in America today."
