https://twitter.com/AbbyJohnson/status/1429256398706204676

My second was done this week. I seem to have survived, so far.

Almost unbelievable

Now he's off to Delaware for a few days.

Why did we give up Bagram Airbase just 25 miles to the north, an airport built for military purpose. Could have been used to, at least, provide support.

Think about this, there were some 800 Afghans on that plane, what's the chance some of those were actually Taliban.

I saw a video this AM (can’t find it now) with Afghans  on a C-17 and then falling off after rotation and liftoff.

On the one hand it’s a humanitarian crisis like we haven’t seen since 1975.

On the other hand, these are able bodied men who would rather leave their families and kill themselves in the process than fight to save their own fucking country.

These people aren’t men at all. Why did we lose a single American life for them? 

Jay, here's the problem, regardless of the facts of that story. Joseph Biden is the President. He has chosen to withdraw the troops from Afghanistan, regardless of whether Trump was heading down that path or not. Once he Was sworn in all military operations are his responsibility and under the guidance of his chosen military commanders. The military in country, obviously, painted a very rosy picture about the capabilities of the Afghan military. The commanders bought the intel hook, line and sinker and based on that intel told the commander in chief that everything was on track and Biden, on July 8th, answered a reporters question by saying the Afghan military was up to the task.


Now we have a shit show going on. The Taliban has taken control of the country. We are begging them to let us get our people out. Afghan citizens have flooded the airport, the only airport available to us that has exactly one runway that must handle very large, very heavy military transports. Afghan citizens are blocking that runway at this point and will need to be cleared before operations can be resumed. How long before the Taliban says, "fuck this" we want to some American heads? Maybe soon or maybe not at all, time will tell.
What do I expect to hear from President Biden?  That he was just following Trumps plan and that plan was flawed so it is not his fault. Ask your self this, did the follow Trumps plan for border security, how Trumps plan for the pipelines? Have they followed any of Trumps plans? The answer is not no but hell no, they wouldn't follow any of Trumps plans if their lives depended on it. To do so would be to adit that Trump had any good ideas. If you believe they just followed Trumps plan, I have a bridge to sell you.