Washington, Aug 20 (EFE).- President Joe Biden defended on Friday his administration’s efforts to evacuate US nationals and Afghan allies of the United States from Afghanistan in the wake of the fall of Kabul to the Taliban.
“We have already evacuated more than 18,000 people since July and approximately 13,000 since our military lift began on Aug. 14. More have been evacuated on private charter flights facilitated by the US government,” he told a press conference at the White House.
Biden, who was joined in front of reporters by Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, stressed the immensity of the challenge.
“This is one of the largest, most difficult airlifts in history, and the only country in the world capable of projecting this much power on the far side of the world, with this degree of precision, is the United States of America,” the president said.
The US has nearly 6,000 troops in Kabul who are securing the airport and providing logistical assistance to civilian flights, he said.
All US forces were due to be withdrawn from Afghanistan by Aug. 31 in accord with Biden’s decision to end America’s longest war.
But the president authorized the deployment of up to 8,000 troops to the capital after the Taliban took control of Kabul last Sunday in the absence of any meaningful resistance from the ostensibly 300,000-strong national army.
Among the 18,000 evacuees are US nationals as well as Afghans “who have worked alongside us,” Biden said.
“The United States stands by its commitment that we made to these people and includes other vulnerable Afghans such as women leaders and journalists,” he said.
The president acknowledged that the government lacks precise information on the total number of US nationals still in Afghanistan.
“But let me be clear, any American who wants to come home, we will get you home,” he said.
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Amid reports that armed men have stopped people from reaching the airport, he said that US officials were in “constant contact” with the Taliban to ensure safe passage for civilians.
“This evacuation mission is dangerous. It involves risks to our armed forces and is being conducted under difficult conditions,” Biden said. “I cannot promise what the final outcome will be, or that it will be without risk or loss. But as commander-in-chief, I can assure you that I will use every resource necessary.”
Looking beyond the immediate crisis, the president said that he had already been in touch with US allies about organizing humanitarian assistance for Afghan refugees.
Those discussions also addressed the need “to bring international pressure on the Taliban with respect to the treatment of Afghan people overall, but including Afghan, particularly, women and girls,” Biden said. EFE
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But as PUPPET commander-in-chief, I can assure you that I will use every resource necessary.”
As long as my handlers will let me and think it is necessary.
I wonder. OF those 18,000 we’ve supposedly evacuated.. HOW MANY
A) Have been vetted, to ensure they are NOT taliban, Alquedaia or ISIS plants
B) been checked to see if they are carrying communicable diseases (INC COVID)
and C) Have been properly VACCINATED!
Ituser: Surely you jest.
The puppet Biden administration is letting virtually anyone in the U.S. by the Southern Border.
This Traitorous socialist Democrat Party doesn’t care who comes in the U.S. as long as it helps the socialist democrat Party can turn the U.S. into a 3rd world socialist Democrat Party Dictatorship.
I was not jesting.
The man is simply not capable of performing his duty as president of the United States. When the going gets tough, he runs off to take a nap. Do the world a favor and resign joe.
Puppet master will not let him resign!!!
I wonder, what congress is waiting on, in regards to INVOKING the 25th amendment!?!?!?!?
congress does not invoke the 25th amendment. The vice president, and a majority of the cabinet invoke the 25th.
The problem is that we get Camel Toe and she makes Obama look like Mother Teresa!!
THEN why don’t the CABINET DO THAT!
“he said that US officials were in “constant contact” with the Taliban to ensure safe passage for civilians”. The US officials are in “constant contact” with terrorists “to ensure safe passage”? Hey Joe, you should have been in “constant contact” with Adolph Hitler, telling him to give safe passage to the Jewish people. These are the idiots in Washington DC running our Country. Human beings in Washington DC are the “stupidity of stupid”.
“Biden, who was joined in front of reporters by Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, stressed the immensity of the challenge.” AKA—The Three Stooges
“This is one of the largest, most difficult airlifts in history, and the only country in the world capable of projecting this much power on the far side of the world, with this degree of precision, is the United States of America,” the president said. That being the case, Joe, we should have a helluva lot more to show for our 20-year presence there than we do. The strength of the country is directly proportionate to the strength of its military commanders and its Commander-in-Chief—and we got royally ripped off in that regard.
“This evacuation mission is dangerous. It involves risks to our armed forces and is being conducted under difficult conditions,” Biden said. “I cannot promise what the final outcome will be, or that it will be without risk or loss. But as commander-in-chief, I can assure you that I will use every resource necessary.” You fail miserably as Commander-In-Chief just as you do as President. Depending on what foreign country one points to, we are now either a laughingstock or an embarrassment. You have taken the highest position in the most elite nation on Earth and trashed it.
Impeach Biden
“Advance to the Rear” is the title of an old movie I vaguely remember seeing but the words fit this situation perfectly. Instead of militarily falling back the Biden forces are charging at full gallop away from the fray. It’s not their fault though, it’s the fault of the commanders in Washington, career oportunists, not field officers, who were more interested in the social engineering of the military, assuring equity to special interest groups, rooting out whites supremicists and conservative insurrectionists, attention diverted from military preparedness and mission requirements. Some may get another star, an eagle, an oak leaf; others a place in one of the National Cemetaries. Are those promises too?
I can certainly SEE a number of these HACKS< getting promoted…
Delusional, stupid, totally inept, or a combination of all three. .
Well one good thing about this whitehouse clown show- we no longer need a joke of the day. Just tune to any msm and voila you have the joke of the century! Look quickly though because usually all America sees is the back of bozo’s head as he’s leaving.
This imposter and his side kick are cooked and done, you can put the fork in them!! This was a house of cards built on sand from the very beginning!!
Definitely not my President, I refuse to address this Fraud as a President!! Cheated his way into the White House 3.5 years of this and we will not have a Country!!
Biden is relying on the Taliban to keep their promises. This is a liar trusting liar…with the future of the world hanging in the balance.
I sincerely hope I’m wrong but:
Most American citizens in Afghanistan are toast.
Most American allies in Afghanistan are toast.
The Taliban will continue to rape and murder women and children and Christians and Jews and any/all who are “disloyal.”
Biden will mildly complain but do nothing to effectively protect anyone.
The Taliban will be granted whatever they want in return for a PARTIAL release of prisoners.
China and Russian will be even further emboldened to bully the world and laugh at America.
No one (individually or nationally) will ever have any faith in an American promise.
They are suppsedly, ALREADY GOING DOOR TO DOOR< and telling all women "WE are giving you a state sponsored husband, and you have no choice in the matter!"
You tell them horse manure, you been all over the road. Go get some more zzzz’s