Mitch McConnell calls for airstrikes against Taliban: ‘It is not too late’
Posted By: Ribicon, 8/14/2021 1:10:13 PM
GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell called on President Biden to launch 11th hour airstrikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan, as the group comes perilously close to seizing the nation’s capital of Kabul. “It is not too late to prevent the Taliban from overrunning Kabul,” The Kentucky senator said in a statement Friday, Fox News reported. “The Administration should move quickly to hammer Taliban advances with airstrikes, provide critical support to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) defending the capital, and prevent the seemingly imminent fall of the city.” The message came after McConnell had what he described as an “urgent conversation” with Adela Raz,
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In one of the greatest blunders in US history, our government wasted $2.26 trillion over 20 years bringing "freedom" and protecting the opium fields of Afghanistan while training and equipping a generation of their soldiers, only to have the whole house of cards collapse in a couple of months. That's not enough for Senator Mitch and the arms dealers, who never shy away from putting other people's kids at risk to make a few dollars more.