http://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2021/08/14/damage-control-wh-tweets-photo-to-show-how-biden-and-harris-are-dealing-with-the-taliban-takeover-of-afghanistan/
The U.S. Embassy will reportedly be “mostly evacuated” within the next 72 hours. That news comes just days after the Biden administration said it would take months for the Taliban to reach the US Embassy in Kabul:
Bruno Maçães ~ US intelligence agencies who said just 4 days ago that Kabul could fall in 90 days have revised the figure to 72 hours.
US Embassy in Afghanistan tells staff to destroy sensitive materials
http://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/13/politics/afghanistan-embassy-72-scramble/index.html
Meanwhile, the White House knows they have a major problem on their hands and need to give the impression that Biden and Harris are on it. Notice too that they’re not using the word “evacuation,” but rather “drawing down our civilian footprint” — rapidly:
The White House (United States government organization) ~ This morning, the President and Vice President held a video conference with the national security team to discuss the ongoing efforts to draw down our civilian footprint in Afghanistan. In addition, the President and Vice President were briefed on the earthquake in Haiti.
Curtis Houck ~ America's suffering one of its worst foreign policy defeats in history and definitely worst in the lifetime of millennials and on down ... and all we get from the White House is a tweet of Joe pretending to take notes at Camp David on a video call.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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