Category Archives: As The Borg Turns

State Department F-77 reports and U.S. citizens in Afghanistan

Posted on September 13, 2021 by willmann

By Robert Willmann Sitting over at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), formerly known as the General Accounting Office, is a report from October 2007 entitled: “State Department Evacuation and Preparations for Overseas Posts Can Be Improved”. The 62-page document, … Continue reading →

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“State Department obstruction of private rescue flights from Afghanistan revealed in leaked email” foxnews

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Pat Lang

“A Sept. 1 email that a State Department official sent to Montalvo underscores the extent to which private evacuation efforts have run into bureaucratic roadblocks.  “No independent charters are allowed to land at [Al Udeid Air Base], the military airbase … Continue reading →

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“Least consequential president in American history” Gingrich

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Pat Lang

Comment: “Least consequential?” I dunno. Biden seems malevolently determined to force his will on history and his Marxist team of puppeteers are doing well. Tucker said last night that the preppy, Ivy, children like Sullivan and Blinken are hard to … Continue reading →

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“Taliban Cut Internet Access …”

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Pat Lang

“The Panjshir Valley is held by anti-Taliban resistance fighters, and the Taliban effectively cut internet and telecommunications access, a BBC reporter tweeted Monday: “Local sources tell me almost all internet and telecom services have been disrupted by the Taliban in Panjshir. An anti-resistance … Continue reading →

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“Money running out for Taliban …”? – Telegraph

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Pat Lang

“… as the Taliban prepares to govern for the second time, experts have warned that it will not compromise on its hardline Islamist values to secure crucial aid from the West. Afghanistan experts believe that many of the advances in … Continue reading →

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What you get for trusting jihadis, 13 dead so far.

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Pat Lang

It would seem very likely that the Taliban and the Haqqani group who are responsible for security in Kabul permitted the movement of whoever it was that attacked the Abbey Gate today. That conspiracy against what the jihadis; Taliban, ISIS, … Continue reading →

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What is to be done in the “Emirate of Afghanistan? “

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Pat Lang

According to the full, unedited transcript of the Stephanopoulos/ABC interview yesterday, Joe wants to believe that his son, Beau, the army national guard lawyer who served in Iraq for six or eight months before his father asked for him to … Continue reading →

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In Afghanistan, Americans were the fools who tried to hustle the East | Mulshine

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Pat Lang

Today 6:34 AM By Paul Mulshine | Star-Ledger Columnist Gee, who could have predicted this Afghanistan debacle? I’ll tell you who: Half the panelists at a debate over the future of Afghanistan that was held in 2009. The debate was organized … Continue reading →

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Open Thread 18 August, 2021

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Pat Lang

I am tired of the vapid bullshit coming out of the Biden Administration.. Have at it. pl

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“This dog won’t hunt…”

Posted on July 31, 2021 by Pat Lang

“Fighting is raging around three major cities in southern and western Afghanistan as Taliban militants seek to seize them from government forces. Taliban fighters have entered parts of Herat, Lashkar Gah and Kandahar. They have made rapid gains in rural … Continue reading →

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