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WSJ breaking: July cable sent by embassy warned of collapse, inadequate evac resources
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:30 pm
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:30 pm
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WASHINGTON -- About two dozen State Department officials serving at the embassy in Kabul sent an internal memo to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and another top State Department official last month warning of the potential collapse of Kabul soon after the Aug. 31 troop withdrawal deadline, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the cable.
The cable, sent via the State Department’s confidential dissent channel, warned of rapid territorial gains by the Taliban and the subsequent collapse of Afghan security forces, and offered recommendations on ways to mitigate the crisis and speed up an evacuation, the two people said.
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This post was edited on 8/19/21 at 4:35 pm
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Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:31 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Why do people refer to emails as cables just because it involves the state department
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:31 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I bet you wish you had voted for Trump now
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:33 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Sounds like everyone's turning on Winken, Blinken, and Nod.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:33 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
C'mon, man! That was 4 or 5 weeks ago!
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:34 pm to GnashRebel
quote:
Why do people refer to emails as cables just because it involves the state department
Pretty sure cables are Instant Messages sent specifically within the State Department's own applications.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:35 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Shithole countries gonna shithole.
I refuse to believe Biden, I mean his handlers, didn't know this was coming. Something else is going on imho.
I refuse to believe Biden, I mean his handlers, didn't know this was coming. Something else is going on imho.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:35 pm to teke184
quote:
Sounds like everyone's turning on Winken, Blinken, and Nod.
Poor Opie(Joe)!
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:35 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Even if Biden doesn’t resign, he’s not winning re-election nor is Kamala if he decides to not run. This is too big of a frickup by this administration for them to recover.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:37 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:37 pm to TDsngumbo
This assumes free and fair elections.
No one trusts them right now and an election where either of those two idiots return after this would pretty much be the end, one way or another.
No one trusts them right now and an election where either of those two idiots return after this would pretty much be the end, one way or another.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:39 pm to GnashRebel
quote:maybe misspelled cabals
Why do people refer to emails as cables
OTOH, why do people refer to dissent channel information which gets plastered all over the US media as "confidential"??
It's a question which deserved serious answers (and action) during the last administration. It still does!
This post was edited on 8/19/21 at 4:46 pm
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:40 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Biden / Harris behind the scenes...
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:41 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
Pretty much deals with the term from 70 years ago when they were that
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:44 pm to TDsngumbo
quote:
Even if Biden doesn’t resign, he’s not winning re-election nor is Kamala if he decides to not run. This is too big of a frickup by this administration for them to recover.
Biden's Presidency is over. I suspect his agenda in Congress is over as well at this point. Maybe the only silver lining in this whole thing.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:44 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
They knew it
Biden knew it
Biden knew they knew it
They knew Biden knew it
AND NOTHING GOT DONE! This is absolute loss of institutional control.....what else can I say!
Biden knew it
Biden knew they knew it
They knew Biden knew it
AND NOTHING GOT DONE! This is absolute loss of institutional control.....what else can I say!
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:45 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:when did that Blinken dude get on TV and say there was nothing to worry about?
The cable, dated July 13, also called for the State Department to use tougher language in describing the atrocities being committed by the Taliban, one of the people said.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:46 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Impeach and prosecute.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:46 pm to Chicken
quote:Ouch!
when did that Blinken dude get on TV and say there was nothing to worry about?
Posted on 8/19/21 at 4:47 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Oopsie
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