Taliban Extremely Rapid Takeover - Kabul is Panic City

[Renee]

Not to worry



https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/biden-address-crisis-afghanistan-next-few-days">Biden To Address Crisis In Afghanistan "In Next Few Days"

Aint he on the ball.

Come on man,...Give the guy a break...He needs to get in all his naps and then he needs his Botox injections and an ass wiping and then another nap. Then it's Jello time where he gets a double dose of Aricept and that takes a lot of time out of his busy schedule....  



With any luck, one day we will all be older than dirt and mentally sketchy and then we will have an idea what it was like for Joey Hair Plugs.



But one of the great things about Biden's condition is that he gets to meet and shake hands with new and interesting people everyday...A politicians dream...

[cc]

The full version - The more one here's, the better it gets

[Oliver Clotheshoffe]

[cc]

Hiden forced to address nation .. finally, sigh  



3:45 Eastern time



He can't take questions as on this one there are no softballs to turn to ... even his "regular helpers" have turned on him for this one .. and his great delay made it even worse for him

[cc]

This is how out of control things are  - They stopped fights after this one killed some. Total chaos,  people in wheel wells not spotted by  tower (the wheels close into the wells after takeoff) .. a couple falling off after hanging on to something

[Renee]

This is how out of control things are  - They stopped fights after this one killed some. Total chaos,  people in wheel wells not spotted by  tower (the wheels close into the wells after takeoff) .. a couple falling off after hanging on to something

[Anonymous]

Biden is supposed to address the public this sfternoon.

[cc]

3.45 Eastern time

[Renee]

3.45 Eastern time

Yeah, tune in because you are not going to want to miss the "Blame Trump" fest.



But if you want to know what the actual ramifications of this Afghan failure are...Take s look at this....



https://www.steynonline.com/11598/the-scale-of-humiliation">https://www.steynonline.com/11598/the-s ... umiliation">https://www.steynonline.com/11598/the-scale-of-humiliation



If I were Canadian I would be too embarrassed to admit that we were neighbors right now.. After this, expect the US to go into a death spiral of ever decreasing circles unit it literally dissappears into it's own asshole the same way it did after the fall of Saigon, only this time we won't be coming back out to play.



You're on your own folks. America out.

[cc]

Steyn is always great. He can be counted on to see things accurately and then to call it as it is.



That article is spot on  .. US is over



https://www.steynonline.com/11598/the-scale-of-humiliation">https://www.steynonline.com/11598/the-s ... umiliation">https://www.steynonline.com/11598/the-scale-of-humiliation .... should be read by everyone





Aside, what so many fail and failed to understand is that Afghanis have to go with the flow ... to think their army people would not merely put down their guns and support the Talis, alternative being instant death,  like they have done with every regime change in the past is total folly



Another item - Count on Al Q & ISIS setting up offices with all the electronic goodies as we speak





Further. What a stupid self-defeating time to pull out!! Summer is the Tali's maximum fighting time  ... late fall / winter they all go back to Pakistan = the time to do it

You put idiots in charge, you get idiocy

[Anonymous]

China is already recognizing the Taliban government.

[Oliver Clotheshoffe]

China is already recognizing the Taliban government.

[size=150]Yup, they're after the resources - [/size]





Afghanistan is believed to have large deposits of gold, iron, copper, zinc, lithium and other rare earth metals, valued at over $1 trillion. "Afghanistan may hold 60 million metric tons of copper, 2.2 billion tons of iron ore, 1.4 million tons of rare earth elements (REEs) such as lanthanum, cerium, neodymium, and veins of aluminium, gold, silver, zinc, mercury..." an analysis in The Diplomat in 2020 said.



Various rare earth elements are used for making key components of phones, cameras, computer disks, TVs and other equipment. They also have applications in clean energy and defense industries.



Afghanistan has vast reserves of lithium in provinces such as Ghazni, Herat and Nimroz. Lithium is a key component in building the lithium-ion batteries that power everything from mobile phones to electric vehicles to new generations of submarines. A Bloomberg New Energy Finance Limited report in 2020 noted China led the world's lithium-ion battery supply chain market, given its dominance of raw material mining and refining.



China potentially getting control of untapped deposits of lithium and rare earths in Afghanistan would prove a major advantage for Beijing in its evolving competition with the US and Europe for resources. In 2019, the US imported 80 per cent of its rare earth minerals from China, while the EU states got 98 per cent of these materials from China.



https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2021/08/16/cpec-rare-earths-with-us-out-china-set-to-scale-up-ambitions-in-afghanistan.html">https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2021/ ... istan.html">https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2021/08/16/cpec-rare-earths-with-us-out-china-set-to-scale-up-ambitions-in-afghanistan.html

[Anonymous]

China is already recognizing the Taliban government.

I thought that was the reason.

[cc]

What a horror for those who worked in any way with the US .. There is no way to get most of them out now, thanks to Joe's dumb pre-emptive move & mouth

Same for troops, cops, translators, govt workers, etc. etc. etc.



So unnecessary & incompetent. Done smart they could have got all of them out  ac_crying



And then there's the females of all ages everywhere in the country which could not have been prevented.

Fundy islam Talis are a the ultimate horror for ALL females they govern, period  ac_crying  ac_crying

[Anonymous]

cc, I read the Taliban is going door to door looking for people who helped the fleeing government.