Taliban in Kabul as President Flees

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Mercor, Aug 15, 2021.

  1. WeToddDid2

    WeToddDid2

    [​IMG]
     
    #221     Aug 16, 2021
    elderado likes this.
  2. Ricter

    Ricter

    Who would Drumpf be blaming for this bloodless pullout, anyway, Pelosi?
     
    #222     Aug 16, 2021
  3. WeToddDid2

    WeToddDid2

    Perhaps you didn't get the memo. Biden is the president of the united states.
     
    #223     Aug 16, 2021
    elderado likes this.
  4. Snarkhund

    Snarkhund

    The only question now is how many hostages will be taken.
     
    #224     Aug 16, 2021
  5. Ricter

    Ricter

    A lot of righties have not gotten that memo, lol.
     
    #225     Aug 16, 2021
  6. Snarkhund

    Snarkhund

    Is General Milley still making LGBTQ policies a priority in Afghanistan? Asking for a friend.
     
    #226     Aug 16, 2021
    traderob likes this.
  7. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    This poll is from the very biased Trafalgar Group so its results can not really be counted on in terms of the percentages which are likely skewed somewhat. However I agree with the assertion that most likely a majority of Americans disapprove of Biden's handling of Afghanistan. We will see what other surveys show in the upcoming days.

    Poll: Majority of Americans disapprove of Biden's handling of Afghanistan
    https://thehill.com/homenews/admini...of-americans-disapprove-of-bidens-handling-of

    A majority of Americans disapprove of President Biden’s handling of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, according to a new poll.

    The survey, conducted by The Trafalgar Group, found that 69 percent of polled Americans disapprove of Biden’s handling of the U.S.’s military presence in the war-torn country, with only 23 percent approving.

    When broken down by party, 48 percent of Democrats disapprove of the president’s handling of the situation, while almost 40 percent of those polled gave him positive marks.

    But the gap was much wider among Republicans: Nearly 89 percent said they disapprove of the job Biden is doing when it comes to Afghanistan, with only 7 percent saying they approve.

    The Trafalgar Group was the only nonpartisan polling company to predict former President Trump would win Pennsylvania and Michigan in 2016, but since then has faced some criticism over its methodology.

    FiveThirtyEight gives Trafalgar an A-minus rating, the same as polls conducted by CBS News/The New York Times.

    The most recent poll was conducted in partnership with Convention of States Action from Aug. 14-15 among 1,084 likely voters. The margin of error was plus or minus 2.98 percentage points.

    The poll was conducted just as the Taliban was completing its takeover of the Afghan capital Kabul.

    Taliban fighters stepped up their military offensive in recent weeks as the U.S. troop withdrawal neared its end. President Biden previously said the mission in Afghanistan would wrap up by the end of this month.

    Politicians in Washington are now debating what went wrong with the U.S. withdrawal, and who is to blame for the rapidly deteriorating situation.

    Republicans have been quick to point the finger at Biden, criticizing his decision to pull troops after almost 20 years in the country.

    The Biden administration, however, is defending its actions. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday argued that the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan would have occurred even if U.S. forces remained deployed in the region.
     
    #227     Aug 16, 2021
  8. vanzandt

    vanzandt

    I saw this picture earlier, I figured the plane was just sitting there.
    Then I saw it on the news.

    The damn thing was rolling along at a good clip.

    upload_2021-8-16_19-25-7.jpeg

    There comes a time and place son...

    "where you need to put the f'ing phone down!"

    If this kid gets out of there alive and makes it to America...
    ... his low IQ ass will fit right in.

    Odds are NYC will pony up a drivers license.
     
    #228     Aug 16, 2021
  9. Overnight

    Overnight

    I would not be surprised if the news comes out tomorrow morning that a few bodies fell out of the wheelwells when the landing gear was extended on the flight's final approach, wherever the plane landed. Surely some of these jamokes tried that tack, which never works out of course. Hypothermia and lack of oxygen and all that.
     
    #229     Aug 16, 2021
  10. Mercor

    Mercor

    lesson learned...don't lose your boarding pass
     
    #230     Aug 16, 2021