But what, quantitatively speaking, is a "fair amount"? New videos suggest that Sullivan may have been understating just how many American arms the Taliban seized.
Our withdrawal from Afghanistan and the manner of it is the biggest foreign policy disaster of the 21st century.
Afghanistan: Pakistan are 'biggest victims' says minister.
"Its immediate impact is a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan but its long-term impact will be decades of instability and the loss of Western influence in the region.
The Prime Minister blaming the Americans for this failure is risible.
...And those that did side with us are now being tortured and killed – not just interpreters but anyone who joined our way...Read all.
Austin’s admission that U.S. troops have no plan for large-scale evacuation efforts outside the Kabul airport perimeter comes after reports the Taliban have set up checkpoints around the country and blocked access to the Kabul airport, in some cases beating and whipping people attempting to get through.
While addressing the American people on Monday, President Joe Biden said the "buck stops with me" with regard to the Taliban's alarming takeover of Afghanistan amid the U.S. military's withdrawal. Then he went on spreading blame to everyone but himself, including former President Donald Trump.
New Evidence of Something REALLY Wrong with Biden’s Camp David Photos — Not Just the Clocks "There is something amiss with the Camp David photos recently posted by the White House — and it’s not just the clocks. The White House on Sunday morning posted a photo of Joe Biden at Camp David, where he was vacationing when the news hit that Afghanistan was falling into the hands of the Taliban.
“This morning, the President and Vice President met with their national security team and senior officials to hear updates on the draw down of our civilian personnel in Afghanistan, evacuations of SIV applicants and other Afghan allies, and the ongoing security situation in Kabul,” the account said.
Then it gets odd. The new White House photo issued on Sunday shows the clocks with twenty-six minutes advanced. It is depicted as being from Sunday morning at 11:29 EST. Joe Biden is in a different outfit.
There is an issue with the clocksshowing London and Moscow are three hours apart. Those two cities are two hours apart, so either the photo is wrong or the clocks at Camp David are wrong...Read all!
Afghanistan's in flames while Joe Biden's to blame. Film at 11:00.
Metaphorical flames, of course. The Taliban hasn't needed to actually set anything ablaze. Joe Biden called for a withdrawal of American troops so that he could look like a big shot on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Anyone who isn't a nincompoop could see that if you give a specific date, the Taliban would just wait it out before taking over Afganistan. The Taliban surprised us all by saying "why wait" and is the proud new owner of Kabul. Also, of Joe Biden.
A lot happened over the weekend. Here are some key points. As you navigate the news this week, please remember, Joe Biden thinks YOU'RE a potential terrorist if you disagree with him about C*VID.
How Full Are Hospital I.C.U.s Near You? - The New York Times "...In the week ending Aug. 5, an average of 74 percent of intensive care hospital beds were occupied nationwide, according to a dataset released weekly by the Department of Health and Human Services. ...The national average I.C.U. occupancy in 2010 was 67 percent, according to the Society of Critical Care Medicine, though the occupancy baseline changes depending on the place, time of year and size of hospital...Read all.
Interesting that the NYT's interactive site's numbers (below--68%) differ from their opening hyperbolic "stat" of " 74 percent of intensive care hospital beds were occupied nationwide.."
"I’M NOT SAYING MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN IS HARSH, BUT I DO INVOKE ADMIRAL BYNG (In the 18th century, the British executed an admiral, John Byng, for failing to “do his utmost” in combat.):
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Greece in the 21st century looks like many other middle-of-the-road developed economies, it has had and still does have a lot of things going for it, it has a huge tourism industry, one of the largest per capita in the world, and its exotic islands and ancient landmarks still attract millions every year bringing with them all those wonderful tourist dollars.
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What happened over the weekend in Afghanistan is an example of the consequences when you elect an idiot to be President of the United States. What is happening TODAY is why you don't let that idiot (or the people who control that idiot) strip you of your God-given Second Amendment rights. On Sunday, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. On Monday, only a day later, as their FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS, they instituted their "common-sense gun reform."
Taliban fighters in the Afghan capital, Kabul, started collecting weapons from civilians on Monday because people no longer need them for personal protection, a Taliban official said.
"We understand people kept weapons for personal safety. They can now feel safe. We are not here to harm innocent civilians," the official told Reuters.
Law professor spells out five powerful ways lawmakers can fight critical race theory | The College Fix "Cornell University law Professor William Jacobson’s recent speech to lawmakers attending an American Legislative Exchange Council meeting focused on how they can “save the nation” by fighting critical race theory curriculum. “I know you probably thought you were coming to a meeting to talk about educational policy, not how you’re going to save the nation. But I want to talk about how you can save the nation,” said Jacobson, whose Legal Insurrection Foundation runs CriticalRace.org. The five key takeaways are:
...Focus on the concept of equality: That’s the word you should be using over and over and over again, because equality of each individual, without regard to race or skin color, is our highest national ideal. And it’s something we should be striving for as opposed to some of the euphemisms that get used like “equity” and other things like that. Make that the center of your fight. Whatever you are doing, it is to achieve equality. And that is extremely important.
Ensure transparency in education: There are tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, of parents out there who cannot find out what is being taught in their schools...
President Joe Biden did not take questions during a Wednesday appearance, nor did he say anything about Afghanistan, but the White House produced a junior official in a pink tie to explain which part of the “mission was accomplished” thus far.
In a video released by the White House official Twitter account, Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer, wearing a bright pink tie, attempted to explain “what’s important to know about the situation in Afghanistan”:
I’m Jon Finer, President Biden’s Principal Deputy National Security Advisor. Here are some things we think are important about what’s happening in Afghanistan.
...Second, our most important job right now is to provide security and stability at the international airport in Kabul. That mission was was accomplished, in large part, because we planned for it...Read all!
"...What I think has not been considered enough is the degree to which WhatsApp DMs were a strategic blind spot for the United States.
...WhatsApp is an American product.
It can be switched off by its parent, Facebook, Inc, at any time and for any reason.
The fact that the Taliban were able to use it at all, quite apart from the fact that they continue to use it to coordinate their activities even now as American citizens’ lives are imperiled by the Taliban advance which is being coordinated on that app, suggests that U.S. military intelligence never bothered to monitor Taliban numbers and never bothered to ask Facebook to ban them. They probably still haven’t even asked Facebook to do this, judging from the fact that the Taliban continues to use the app with impunity. This might explain why Afghanistan collapsed as quickly as it did...Read all
The Department of Defense evaded a question about whether it is acting to prevent the Taliban from obtaining U.S. weapons in Afghanistan.
A top U.S. military official said he doesn’t “have information” about an effort to seize military equipment the U.S. gave to the fallen Afghanistan government and has since been taken by Taliban insurgents, during a press briefing Monday. Major General Hank Taylor, the U.S. Strategic Command chief of staff, repeatedly evaded questions about the Taliban potentially obtaining scores of U.S. technology.
"Customers should think carefully about handing over personal data when ordering food and drink via their mobile phones, the UK's body overseeing data privacy suggests. ..."I think it's too easy to upload an app and straight away put your name, email address, payment details in, without actually understanding fully where that information may be shared and why it's being used," said Suzanne Gordon, director of data protection at the ICO. ...Your local knows your name, an email address, maybe your date of birth, maybe your home address.
...Car insurance companies would be very interested in how much and how frequently you drink, while any number of other businesses would love to get hold of your mobile number...Read all.
1812 - "Old Ironsides" (the USS Constitution) won a battle against the British frigate Guerriere east of Nova Scotia.
1848 - The discovery of gold in California was reported by the New York Herald.
1856 - Gail Borden received a patent for his process of condensing milk by vacuum.
1909 - The first car race to be run on brick occurred at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
1919 - Afghanistan gained independence from Britain.
1934 - Adolf Hitler was approved for sole executive power in Germany as Fuehrer.
2004 - Google Inc. stock began selling on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The initial price was set at $85 and ended the day at $100.34 with more than 22 million shares traded.
Matt Zeller, a former CIA officer and U.S. Army officer who served as an embedded combat adviser with the Afghan security forces, mocked MSNBC host Brian Williams to his face Monday for praising President Joe Biden's speech on Afghanistan.
