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'No Regrets': Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's Stunning Testimony Regarding Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal
RedState ^ | 03/29/2023 | Susie Moore

Posted on 03/29/2023 3:35:56 PM PDT by thegagline

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‘Suicide bomb’ kills 13 at Kabul airport: Multiple casualties, including children – with three US Marines wounded - as explosion tears through crowd hours after ISIS attack warning

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3989030/posts


41 posted on 03/29/2023 6:15:40 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: thegagline

I’m sure all the general officers awarded special medals for the withdrawal. (Armchair Medal)


42 posted on 03/29/2023 7:30:55 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: linMcHlp

The people we abandoned there. So much death.


43 posted on 03/29/2023 7:35:59 PM PDT by combat_boots ( )
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44 posted on 03/29/2023 7:38:27 PM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9843021/Lloyd-Austin-takes-no-chances-forced-wear-VISOR-Philippines.html


45 posted on 03/29/2023 8:12:44 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: thegagline

Austin doesn’t care about ‘Drag Queen’ story hours on US Military bases either.... What a jerk off.


46 posted on 03/29/2023 8:24:28 PM PDT by GOPJ (When Morning Joe's sycophants say "My Democracy" it sounds like Gollum saying "my precious")
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To: thegagline

Not U.S. Marines; Philippine Marines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Marine_Corps?wprov=sfti1

Scroll down a bit for the graphics of their enlisted rank insignia.


47 posted on 03/29/2023 9:05:08 PM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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48 posted on 03/29/2023 9:29:10 PM PDT by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: BenLurkin
Bottom row, 2nd from the left, is Nicole Gee:

Marine Nicole Gee identified as one of the US service members killed in Kabul

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3989894/posts

The Marine captured in a photo cooing over a rescued Afghan infant last week was identified as one of the 13 US service members slaughtered in Thursday’s terror attack in Kabul.

“I love my job,” Sgt. Nicole Gee, 23, captioned the Aug. 20 snap on Instagram, showing her peering down at the baby in her arms.

The photo was later picked up by the Pentagon and shared on its Twitter account. Sgt. Nicole Gee had recently earned a meritorious promotion to sergeant and boasted perfect fitness score. Gee was from Roseville, Calif.


49 posted on 03/29/2023 11:25:58 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: combat_boots; BenLurkin

Remainder of the wayback machine results; most are dated 08/26/2021:

Kabul airport suicide attacks kill 13, wound 15 including 3 US Marines
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3989056/posts

Report: White House Officials Say Afghanistan Withdrawal Good for Israel
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3989062/posts

Vladimir Putin Rejects Military Mission into Afghanistan: ‘We Learned Our Lesson’
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3989068/posts

Closing Bagram airbase was a ‘recipe for disaster’: Army veteran turned terrorism analyst calls for CENTCOM commander to be fired for ‘dumpster fire’ plan to choose Kabul airport to evacuate thousands of people
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3989127/posts

U.S. officials provided Taliban with names of Americans, Afghan allies to evacuate
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3989138/posts

ISIS Takes Credit for Kabul Explosion That Killed US Marines, Taliban Vows to Fight ‘Evil’ Attackers
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3989163/posts

A Helmet-Mounted Camera Of One Of The American Marines Filmed The US Military Side By Side With The Taliban At The Kabul Airport Moments Before The Blast
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3989164/posts

Gen. Kenneth Mckenzie: ‘We Share a Common Purpose’ with the Taliban, ‘Useful to Work With’
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3989182/posts

GEN. MILLEY in June [2021]: “Bagram is not necessary, tactically or operationally for what we are going to try to do here with Afghanistan”
https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3989194/posts

Majority of Democrats, Supermajority of Americans Say Afghanistan Withdrawal Handled ‘Badly’
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3989203/posts

John McCain’s past remarks on Blinken being ‘dangerous to America’ resurface amid Afghanistan debacle
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3989205/posts

Baffled reporters torch Biden for sharing list of US citizens and allies with Taliban: ‘This is insanity’ ‘It’s just appalling and shocking and makes you feel unclean’
https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3989218/posts

Biden Blames Generals for Abandoning Bagram Air Base: Admin ‘May Have’ Given Taliban a List of Stranded Americans
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3989261/posts

Meanwhile from our Neighbor Up North: PM Justin Trudeau Abandons Kabul Evacuation Operation, Leaves Canadians Stranded
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3989277/posts

Evacuations resume after Kabul bombings as toll now over 100
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3989306/posts

Biden Tried to Send Pallets of Cash to the Taliban as Kabul Fell
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3989335/posts

Leon Panetta says US troops will need to return to combat in Afghanistan
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3989345/posts

Video: Biden Admits ‘Kill List’ Of Americans May Have Been Given To Taliban
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3989361/posts

Canada: Muslim ‘Minister for Women and Gender Equality’ refers to Taliban as ‘our brothers’
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3989383/posts

Ghost Soldiers, Corrupt Regime: US-Trained Afghan Army Was Stronger Than Taliban... Only On Paper
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3989420/posts


50 posted on 03/29/2023 11:33:37 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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“I AM LORD HIGH COMMANDER IDI AMIN, YOU WILL ALL STAND AT ATTENTION BEFORE ME”.


51 posted on 03/29/2023 11:34:02 PM PDT by 5th MEB
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The Taliban thanks us for their new army.


52 posted on 03/29/2023 11:39:49 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: linMcHlp
Nicole Gee


53 posted on 03/29/2023 11:48:51 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: linMcHlp

I’d forgotten that we gave a kill list to the Taliban. It wasn’t enough to murder our own.

The young people left, who’d grown up trusting us. The people who trusted us.

The dogs.

Then, there’s the materiel. And Bagram.

I have no words.


54 posted on 03/30/2023 4:54:30 AM PDT by combat_boots ( )
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To: linMcHlp

Wow, I wouldnt throw that out of the fart sack!


55 posted on 03/30/2023 5:48:13 AM PDT by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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