The “Contingency and Crisis Response Bureau” – which was designed to handle medical, diplomatic, and logistical support concerning Americans overseas was paused by Antony Blinken’s State Department earlier this year. Notification was officially signed just months before the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan.
In a letter dated August 27th, Rep. Gosar wrote to Secretary Blinken:
As Americans and the world-at-large watch in dismay at the frantic scenes coming from Kabul, we are all concerned for the safety of our fellow countrymen. I am equally concerned with the lack of preparation for this contingency. Questions regarding this lack of preparation will be brought to the Department of Defense, however I write today concerned by reports that the State Department terminated a crisis response group in the months leading up to the Afghanistan withdrawal.
In a letter dated August 27th, Rep. Gosar wrote to Secretary Blinken:
As Americans and the world-at-large watch in dismay at the frantic scenes coming from Kabul, we are all concerned for the safety of our fellow countrymen. I am equally concerned with the lack of preparation for this contingency. Questions regarding this lack of preparation will be brought to the Department of Defense, however I write today concerned by reports that the State Department terminated a crisis response group in the months leading up to the Afghanistan withdrawal.
Pentagon prepared for ‘mass casualty’ attack at Kabul Airport hours before explosion
Detailed notes of three classified calls provided to POLITICO show top Pentagon officials knew of imminent threat, but struggled to close Abbey Gate.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/30/pentagon-mass-casualty-attack-kabul-507481
In the week before the attack, President Joe Biden and top administration officials repeatedly spoke in public about the general threat ISIS posed to the airport. Biden even cited that threat as a reason not to extend the military mission beyond Aug. 31. The president warned this weekend that an additional ISIS attack was “highly likely.”
This account of the internal conversations among top Pentagon leaders in the hours leading up to Thursday’s attack at the airport is based on classified notes from three separate calls provided to POLITICO and interviews with two defense officials with direct knowledge of the calls. POLITICO is withholding information from the Pentagon readouts that could affect ongoing military operations at Kabul airport.
Detailed notes of three classified calls provided to POLITICO show top Pentagon officials knew of imminent threat, but struggled to close Abbey Gate.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/30/pentagon-mass-casualty-attack-kabul-507481
In the week before the attack, President Joe Biden and top administration officials repeatedly spoke in public about the general threat ISIS posed to the airport. Biden even cited that threat as a reason not to extend the military mission beyond Aug. 31. The president warned this weekend that an additional ISIS attack was “highly likely.”
This account of the internal conversations among top Pentagon leaders in the hours leading up to Thursday’s attack at the airport is based on classified notes from three separate calls provided to POLITICO and interviews with two defense officials with direct knowledge of the calls. POLITICO is withholding information from the Pentagon readouts that could affect ongoing military operations at Kabul airport.
90 retired Generals and Admirals call for Milley and Austin to resign immediately
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Retired U.S.Generals and Admirals defending the Constitution
August 30, 2021 Press Release
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FLAG OFFICERS 4 AMERICA
Retired U.S.Generals and Admirals defending the Constitution
August 30, 2021 Press Release
https://flagofficers4america.com/media-and-pr
Jen Psaki said today: “I don’t think anyone assessed that they would collapse as quickly as they did. Anyone — anyone in this room, anyone anywhere in the world,” Psaki responded, “If you have anyone who did I would be surprised.”
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An internal State Department memo last month warned top agency officials of the potential collapse of Kabul soon after the U.S.’s Aug. 31 troop withdrawal deadline in Afghanistan, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the document.[/FONT]
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The classified cable represents the clearest evidence yet that the administration had been warned by its own officials on the ground that the Taliban’s advance was imminent and Afghanistan’s military may be unable to stop it.
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Updated Aug. 19, 2021 6:44 pm ET
https://www.wsj.com/articles/confid...doruj8n3cwb1v&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter
Sorry Little Red Lying Hood . Not according to your own State Dept.
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An internal State Department memo last month warned top agency officials of the potential collapse of Kabul soon after the U.S.’s Aug. 31 troop withdrawal deadline in Afghanistan, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the document.[/FONT]
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The classified cable represents the clearest evidence yet that the administration had been warned by its own officials on the ground that the Taliban’s advance was imminent and Afghanistan’s military may be unable to stop it.
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Updated Aug. 19, 2021 6:44 pm ET
https://www.wsj.com/articles/confid...doruj8n3cwb1v&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter
Sorry Little Red Lying Hood . Not according to your own State Dept.
Weren't the provinces in the north collapsing to the Taliban back in April and May? The advance started then without resistance. Anyone with intelligence knew what was happening long before the withdrawal started. You think that maybe that knowledge should have figured into the plan? Not with Joe Biden's team. Utter incompetence.
I don’t think anyone assessed that they would collapse as quickly as they did.
They can lie with statements like that because they know they can get away with it . There is no such thing as a fair and balanced press.
Anyone that says different is full of shit . The proof is in the last four years.
