The way the American troops withdrew from Afghanistan was “a blunder on a worldwide scale” that made many Afghan war veterans feel “let down” and “angry,” Gabriel E. Martinez, a veteran who served in the United States Marine Corps and lost both of his legs to a mine blast in …
Read More »Biden’s approval rating slump following the Afghan withdrawal proves how dependent on the graces of the media his presidency is
The presidency of Joe Biden, perhaps more than any other president, is shaped by the media. This has to do with the fact that Biden rode into power on a flurry of positive media coverage during the primary elections in 2020 – but has now seen his approval rating sink …
Read More »Tara Reade: After Biden’s Afghan fiasco and Cuomo’s ousting, is just being a Democrat no longer enough to ensure positive press?
The world is on fire, literally, even Siberia. In Australia, they shot rescue dogs and their gruesome reason was so that people would not venture out breaking Covid lockdown to pick them up. In the late August heat, in Afghanistan, people are being left behind desperate at an airport, getting …
Read More »Western media ‘complicit in hiding truth’ of Afghan war, allowing ‘extraordinary lie’ to last two decades – WikiLeaks’ Hrafnsson
Washington’s 19-year-long war campaign in Afghanistan was one “big lie” that only benefited America’s military industrial complex and private contractors, Hrafnsson said. The WikiLeaks editor-in-chief said it was not the ongoing chaotic withdrawal of the US and its allies that was now a surprise, but the fact that mainstream media …
Read More »Psaki calls frenzied Afghan evacuation ‘success,’ but still not sure how many Americans remain stranded
Asked about President Joe Biden’s August 31 withdrawal deadline during a Tuesday press conference, Psaki said that while the mission “will end based on the achievement of our objectives,” it is currently “on pace” to meet that date. “I would say that this is now on track to be the …
Read More »White House and Pentagon stand by ‘unlikely’ August 31 Afghan evacuation deadline, despite heavy criticism
Biden has decided to stick with the Pentagon’s recommendation that all US troops and civilians permanently leave Afghanistan by August 31, an administration official told Reuters on Tuesday. Amid rumors that Biden would postpone the pullout, the US military recommended on Monday that his administration stick to the deadline, citing …
Read More »Germans shot Afghan security guards at Kabul airport after unknown SNIPER opened fire – reports
The Afghan National Army (ANA) was thought to have surrendered to the Taliban en masse and dissolved as of August 15, when the Islamist militants took over Kabul without a fight. As it turns out, some 600 of them fled to the Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA), hoping to get …
Read More »Brother of ex-Afghan president Ghani says Taliban can restore order, wants politicians from previous govt ‘sidelined’
In recent tweets and media interviews, Hashmat Ghani has argued that the Taliban’s takeover should be accepted, provided that its government is inclusive. The businessman – and chieftain of Afghanistan’s nomadic Kochi population – told Al Jazeera in an interview that Afghanistan could not afford to return to the chaos …
Read More »Afghan security forces member killed in gunfight with ‘unknown assailants,’ as US & German troops join battle at Kabul airport
One Afghan security forces member was killed and three others were wounded, the Bundeswehr said in a tweet on Monday. No German soldiers were harmed in the skirmish, according to the Bundeswehr. Chaos and disorder have mired evacuation efforts at the capital’s airport since the Taliban seized Kabul on August …
Read More »‘Better to die with dignity, under Taliban’s bullet’: Afghan staff of US embassy feel betrayed after failed evacuation – reports
“It would be better to die under the Taliban’s bullet” than face the crowds again, NBC News quoted an embassy employee as saying, citing a US State Department cable that the media outlet obtained. Another local staffer allegedly said, “Happy to die here, but with dignity and pride.” Afghan embassy …
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