82nd Airborne commander tells Brits to
stop rescuing stranded nationals
because they're making the U.S.
look bad?
American Thinker,
by
Monica Showalter
Original Article
Posted By: PageTurner,
8/21/2021 9:41:38 AM
So much for the U.S.-U.K. alliance.
The commander of the 82nd Airborne, in a story I hope is wrong, has reportedly told this to the Brits, according to the Washington Examiner's Tom Rogan:
I understand that the commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division has told the commander of the British special forces at the Kabul airport to cease operations beyond the airport perimeter.
Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue has told his British Army counterpart, a high-ranking field-grade officer of the British army's 22nd Special Air Service Regiment, that British operations were embarrassing the United States military in the absence of similar U.S. military operations.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
jalo1951 8/21/2021 9:51:32 AM (No. 887321)
Here's hoping the Brits told the command to shove his suggestion where the sun don't shine. This is pathetic. And joe takes off for Delaware. The biggest decision he will have to make is what flavor pudding cup he wants for his snack. My apologies to everyone who thinks American sucks. It is not "us". It is "them" We are so concerned for all involved. PS Don't blame me, I didn't vote for this idiot crew.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
oldmagnolia 8/21/2021 10:01:52 AM (No. 887339)
And I hope the British Commander told the woke general to stuff it.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
padiva 8/21/2021 10:07:50 AM (No. 887343)
Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue needs to be court martialed.
Remember Carter's disaster in Iran? Remember the hand full of US citizens who hid at the Canadian embassy for several months? Yeah, the Canadians were very kind to the USA.
Does Sesame Street teach about helping other people?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
petrichor 8/21/2021 10:14:40 AM (No. 887348)
General Donahue cannot defy the President's order if that's keeping our troops from actually rescuing Americans. If this conversation between Donahue and SAS actually took place, that's another matter.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 8/21/2021 10:51:21 AM (No. 887375)
"Why is Donohue telling the Brits to stop instead of getting on the horn with Biden and screaming at the dotard to let the 82nd Airborne do what it does best?"
Because Donohue is a politician who is afraid of losing his job instead of doing his job.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 8/21/2021 10:56:11 AM (No. 887385)
FTA...'Whoever is ordering him [Biden] around is focused on news cycles, not getting anything done.'
I hate to disagree with Ms. Showalter whose opinion I respect but she is completely wrong about this. Whoever is pulling Biden's strings doesn't care a 'rats.$$ about news cycles. Their main goal is to humiliate our country and destroy whatever good will we have with other Western countries. The more they can diminish us, the happier they are. I'll bet $5 that this past week all these prep school, ivy-league educated pukes have been high-giving each other on a job well done.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 8/21/2021 10:56:31 AM (No. 887386)
There's a whole lot of firing that needs to be done. From the President on down. They all seem to be following the Obama Doctrine: If its bad for the United States, do it.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 8/21/2021 10:57:08 AM (No. 887388)
high-fiving...darn spell check.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Italiano 8/21/2021 11:01:22 AM (No. 887393)
The French and the Brits are now calling American cheese "Freedom Cheese" because any reference to gutless surrender-monkey Americans embarrasses them.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 8/21/2021 11:02:38 AM (No. 887397)
I remember years ago reading about fragging in Vietnam. I couldn't understand it, thought it was horrible.
I have revised my views recently.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Geoman 8/21/2021 11:03:39 AM (No. 887402)
There is no such thing as a "high ranking field grade officer." Field grade officers (major to colonel) are like mid managers, higher than company officers (2nd lieutenant to captain) but lower than flag officers (generals). When bullets are flying and the risk of having your head cut off is great, I'd follow an officer from 22 SAS before any US general who made flag rank in the past 20 years.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
mifla 8/21/2021 11:41:06 AM (No. 887440)
Bugger off, you bloody Yank!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 8/21/2021 12:35:58 PM (No. 887493)
There must be an explanation for this statement. Maybe the perfumed general is waiting for orders from the Commander In Chief before he commits. He'll be waiting a long long time. In the 1960s the 82nd Airborne was a pretty good outfit.
10 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
mackrand 8/21/2021 12:59:50 PM (No. 887519)
I’m not taking this well, either !!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
clipped wings 8/21/2021 1:13:32 PM (No. 887531)
I sent a miserable year, in the late seventies in the 82nd. Overrated, and run by politicians in uniform.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
anniebc 8/21/2021 1:30:53 PM (No. 887552)
People versus image of stinking rotten leftists? Easy choice for leftists.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
rochow 8/21/2021 2:43:13 PM (No. 887604)
Donahue just get your rump out of the way and let the Brits and French do their stuff. When you are back up to snuff and have learned how to rescue people then open your dumb pie hole again!
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
caljeepgirl 8/21/2021 2:50:20 PM (No. 887610)
Wait....if true, are we so sure this wasn't just a tongue-in-cheek exchange?! Actually, sounds like it to me....
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
wweste 8/21/2021 10:27:42 PM (No. 887937)
I am just an old retired Seabee CPO, but I think I could do a better job than this idiot. Turn the field commanders loose to do their jobs to RESCUE our US citizens. This is lunacy!
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