India must not like this series of developments.
Indian officials have been awfully quite agree. But India media is just eating it up, it's all their talking about. Though not much word from officials of India on the matter.India must not like this series of developments.
https://thehill.com/policy/internat...-signed-off-on-us-withdrawal-from-afghanistanNATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed that the military alliance gave approval for the Biden administration’s complete withdrawal from Afghanistan, pushing back on speculation that leaders voiced objections to the decision.
Interesting. That alters the analysis of the situation quite a bit.NATO head says alliance signed off on US withdrawal from Afghanistan:
https://thehill.com/policy/internat...-signed-off-on-us-withdrawal-from-afghanistan
This isn't just Bidens fault. All the leaders of allied nations in Afghanistan had time and signed off on Afghanistan. Not just our fault.
It really does. This shows just how well we can depend on our allies. Apparently not at all.Interesting. That alters the analysis of the situation quite a bit.
5,000 Taliban prisoners were also released by the Trump administration in a deal reached on February 29, 2020.Chew on this one,
Out of the 5 detainees released from Gitmo in the trade for Bowe Bergdahl
4 of them are now hold high ranking positions on the Taliban government.
Four Gitmo detainees released by Obama now at top of Taliban government in Afghanistan -
The official Taliban government of Afghanistan will be celebrated and introduced on September 11th, 2021. To make matters worse, four former Guantanamo Bay detainees that were released by Obama in 2014 now hold high leadership positions in the Taliban government. They were mostly mid to high...www.kusi.com
5,000 Taliban prisoners were also released by the Trump administration in a deal reached on February 29, 2020.
The Afghanistan situation has been bungled by four separate administrations - two Republican, two Democrat - since the war began in 2001.
Twenty years of war perpetrated by both sides of the political aisle, and all we have to show for it is dead American soldiers and several defense contractors who made billions in profits.
And you guys wonder why I vote Libertarian every election cycle.
And their you go two separate opinions from two separate camps.'We inherited a deadline. We did not inherit a plan': Blinken Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal:
'We inherited a deadline. We did not inherit a plan': Blinken defends Afghanistan exit during testy House hearing
Blinken defended the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan during a contentious House hearing, which included GOP calls for his resignation.www.usatoday.com
Antony Blinken Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal, Citing Trump’s Deal:
Antony Blinken Defends Afghanistan Withdrawal, Citing Trump’s Deal
The secretary of state says 20 years in Afghanistan shows that using force to remake a country “is beyond our means and capacity.”www.wsj.com
Here is the full video of Blinkens testimony:
No problem we left NOD’sTaliban now have access to at least 20 U.S. Military SINCGARS radios (Harris Falcon III AN/PRC-160).
SINCGARS is the primary Combat Net Radio (CNR) for the US Army. It is a VHF-FM radio system that operates on any or all of the 2,320 frequencies between 30 and 87.975 MHz in 25 kHz increments. SINCGARS employs frequency hopping, as its primary means of communication in a hostile environment. SINCGARS is also capable of processing both analog and digital data in addition to handling voice communications.
The Taliban Now Have Encrypted Comms - Courtesy Of Joe Biden -
is recent Congressional testimony, Secretary of State Blinken went to great pains to assure everyone that even though the Taliban captured a great deal of very sophisticated American weaponry it’s really no big deal. Much of the stuff doesn’t work. The rest will soon be inoperable.andmagazine.com