http://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/08/30/sounds-familiar-secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-shows-up-late-leaves-without-taking-questions/
As Twitchy reported, President Biden is scheduled to give remarks on the end of the war in Afghanistan (and the end of the evacuation effort) Tuesday afternoon. In his stead Monday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed the press (after a two-hour delay), said the number of Americans left in Afghanistan is likely closer to 100, and then left without taking questions.
ABC News ~ Sec. of State Antony Blinken said the State Department believes there is "still a small number of Americans — under 200, and likely closer to 100 — who remain in Afghanistan and want to leave.”
http://abcn.ws/3yuj25X
Benny ~ Blinken just said only "a small number of Americans" remain in Afghanistan as hundreds of Americans still remain trapped under Taliban rule.
Tommy Pigott ~ Secretary of State Blinken just admitted Biden withdrew from Afghanistan before they even knew how many Americans they were leaving behind.
Ian Miles Cheong @ stillgray.substack.com ~ So Biden just left all those Americans behind, to die, neglecting what Antony Blinken called a “sacred duty.” Now they want props for it, and they’ll get it from the usual herd of sycophants like Max Boot and Jennifer Rubin. People are going to die and no one will answer for it.
Spencer Brown ~ Blinken takes zero questions following his two-hour-late remarks.
Matt Whitlock ~ Wow no questions for Blinken.
The plane back to the Hamptons must be waiting.
Katie Pavlich ~ How perfect. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, after confirming hundreds of Americans have been left behind in Afghanistan, turns and walks away. No questions.
VirginiaRoyal ~ The walk away administration.
Jbarrick87 ~ They keep turning their back on everybody. Americans, Afghani women, and all our Allies.
Dylan Baker ~ To be fair he read that like there was a gun pointed to his back. There was zero emotion in that news conference. It appeared he couldn't get out of there any faster. This is honestly so strange.
madsenc ~ Videotaped hostage video ...
Even Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin said it looked like a hostage video — which we should probably get used to seeing.
Curtis Houck ~ After she was "shocked that the President released a paper statement on the end of the Afghan war" and waiting a day to speak, @JenGriffinFNC torched Secretary Blinken's speech in which he "looked slightly off-camera" was "like a hostage video" that betrayed the "moment in time."
http://twitter.com/i/status/1432487881705152513
Mark Gonsalves ~ His teleprompter said LEAVE NOW at the end, just like Joe’s.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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