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‘The definition of gaslighting’: As
chaos unfolds at Kabul airport,
Biden team projects calm

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Posted By: Dreadnought, 8/24/2021 9:52:19 PM

Tens of thousands of Afghans awaiting U.S. visas and thousands of American citizens are still stuck in Kabul, unable to find safe passage through frantic crowds, Taliban checkpoints and Afghan guards stationed outside the airport. Gunfire erupted outside of the north gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport on Monday, killing a number of Afghan security forces. American officials have repeatedly had to close the gates for extended periods, leading guards to turn away even U.S. passport holders. Multiple sources point to deteriorating conditions inside the airport, including lack of power and sanitation. And tension has emerged between American troops

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Rumblehog 8/24/2021 10:13:58 PM (No. 891499)
I notice Team Bidet is not reporting from over there...
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Come And Take It 8/24/2021 11:14:47 PM (No. 891543)
You say calm...I say indifference.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: LadyChurchillUSA 8/24/2021 11:57:20 PM (No. 891586)
Yes much like Kevin Bacon in Animal House. This so called journalist is nothing but a shill for the Aministration. Projecting calm is not what the NATO partners are calling it. They see this Administration for the surrender monkeys that they are and are disgusted and have said so. Perhaps Laura should read a few of the Euro papers and see what people are really thinking outside her Biden bubble.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: learner 8/25/2021 9:48:21 AM (No. 891975)
Watching Jen Psaki yesterday I noticed she was talking rather fast. Not the sign of calm but more like fear, Maybe she got Joe's ice cream by mistake. You know the one with all the extra vitamins in it. Maybe they delayed his speech until he could get the right ice cream.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: NorthernDog 8/25/2021 9:54:32 AM (No. 891988)
FTA:The Taliban would have viewed staying at Bagram as a violation of the U.S.-Taliban deal and may have sought to attack us there had we stayed Interesting comment. We abandoned Bagram in early July well before the Taliban were anywhere near Kabul. But they are talking about how the Taliban would have to be appeased during the evacuation in late August. I guess someone knew the Taliban would be in charge.
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