B-Man Posted November 3, 2022 Posted November 3, 2022 Of course. Biden Administration is hiding $1 billion in payments to the Taliban DAVID STROM It turns out that the United States is still the largest provider of foreign aid to Afghanistan, and the Biden Administration is working assiduously and against the law to hide what is happening with that cash. AYFKM? The facts come the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). SIGAR was created in 2008 in the Defense Authorization Act because everything having to do with Afghanistan was corrupt and unaccountable. Congress finally decided that it needed an objective 3rd party to monitor what the hell was happening to all that money. Earlier this week SIGAR dropped a bombshell–one that clearly didn’t hit the media since they ignored it in favor of defaming Republicans. They flat out stated that the Biden Administration is obstructing and breaking the law: To Congress, the Secretaries of State and Defense, and the American people, I am pleased to submit SIGAR’s 57th quarterly report on the status of reconstruction in Afghanistan. The United States remains Afghanistan’s single largest donor, having provided more than $1.1 billion in assistance to support the Afghan people since the Taliban’s takeover in August 2021. However, SIGAR, for the first time in its history is unable this quarter to provide Congress and the American people with a full accounting of this U.S. government spending due to the noncooperation of several U.S. government agencies. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which administers the majority of U.S. government spending for Afghanistan, and the Treasury Department refused to cooperate with SIGAR in any capacity, while the State Department was selective in the information it provided pursuant to SIGAR’s audit and quarterly data requests, sharing high-level funding data but not details of agency-supported programs in Afghanistan. This is in direct violation of Section 1229(h)(5)(A) of the NDAA for FY 2008 (requiring the agencies to provide information and assistance upon request) and Section 6(c)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended. SIGAR has notified Congress of this matter Idiot me, I never for a moment thought that the United States would be funneling money to the evil and medieval Taliban, sworn enemies of the United States and hideous oppressors of their own people. But of course Biden has been shoveling cash to Iran, which is all about “Death to America,” so I guess I should have expected it. At a time when the media and the Democrat establishment–oops, I repeat myself–are screaming at the top of their lungs about how democracy is threatened by having an election and allowing citizens to vote–the Administration is also actively violating a law in order to hide their support for our enemies. That’s not me saying that. That is SIGAR. https://hotair.com/david-strom/2022/11/03/biden-administration-is-hiding-1-billion-in-payments-to-the-taliban-n507899 https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyreports/2022-10-30qr.pdf . 1
B-Man Posted December 30, 2022 Posted December 30, 2022 (edited) Don't forget. . Edited January 19, 2023 by B-Man
B-Man Posted January 19, 2023 Posted January 19, 2023 Former Recon Marine Lays out Biden Administration's Lies About Americans Abandoned in Afghanistan Joe Biden has made some unconscionable moves during his presidency, but abandoning Americans in Afghanistan at the mercy of the most brutal terrorist organization on the planet remains his most despicable act yet. Moreover, a former Recon Marine claims the administration has lied about it from the beginning. Chad Robichaux, a former Force Recon Marine and Department of Defense contractor with eight deployments to Afghanistan as part of a Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) Task Force, says the administration lied to the American public when they said that Americans were able to evacuate after the Afghanistan debacle, reports Just the News. During an appearance on the Wednesday edition of the “Just the News, No Noise” TV show, Robichaux said there are still American who want to escape the Taliban-ruled country: There’s Americans still there that want to get out. There’s 75,000 Afghan allies who are vulnerable to being beaten and interrogated for what they know about America and some are executed for serving America. https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2023/01/19/former-recon-marine-lays-out-biden-administrations-lies-about-americans-abandoned-in-afghanistan-n691051 https://justthenews.com/world/middle-east/former-recon-marine-says-biden-admin-lied-about-americans-being-able-evacuate . 1
B-Man Posted January 25, 2023 Posted January 25, 2023 Thanks Joe. REPORT: Putin Wants to Buy U.S. Weapons Biden Left in Afghanistan — But There’s Even More. “There’s a deeper realignment going on here, and both these stories are indicative of it.” https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2023/01/25/report-putin-wants-to-buy-u-s-weapons-biden-left-in-afghanistan-but-theres-even-more-n1664501 . 1
B-Man Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 Thanks Joe. Go figure. American weapons are showing up in Kashmir FTA: Just as a reminder, a report issued last year in the wake of the botched withdrawal estimated that more than half a billion dollars worth of weapons were left behind in Afghanistan. (That was just part of the estimated $7 billion in equipment, including ground vehicles and aircraft that were left behind.) The Taliban has been starved for cash since they took over the country, so naturally, they would be interested in selling some of those weapons even if it means fueling the ongoing fighting in neighboring countries. It’s also worth remembering that there is still a thriving black market for military equipment that operates all around the world. And it’s not nearly as comical as some older Chevy Chase movies would have you believe. (Deal of the Century is still a great film, though, if you’ve never seen it.) When you leave $500 million in military-grade arms lying around, those weapons will eventually turn up all over the world. Some of them are already showing up in the hands of Russians fighting the American-backed Ukrainian forces. Let’s keep that in mind as we continue to funnel billions of dollars in cash and weapons to Ukraine. There have already been reports of arms being “diverted” from the Ukrainian military, making certain figures inside and outside of Ukraine’s government considerably richer. Where will they turn up? The answer could be literally almost anywhere on the planet. But wherever you see armed conflict breaking out, there will be a demand for weapons. And American weapons are prized more than most others. https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2023/01/30/go-figure-american-weapons-are-showing-up-in-kashmir-n527308
B-Man Posted March 8, 2023 Posted March 8, 2023 The truth continues to come out. Marine Sniper: I Was Denied Permission to Take Out Kabul Airport Suicide Bomber Spencer Brown After many long months without oversight or accountability for President Joe Biden's disastrous and deadly withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, the House of Representatives' Republican majority is finally doing what the preceding Democrat majority never did: hearing from those whose lives were forever changed on the front lines of the chaos in Afghanistan at the end of two decades of U.S. involvement. Tyler Vargas-Andrews, a sergeant in the United States Marines, was in Kabul as the Biden administration's haphazard withdrawal took place. He was at Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) watching the chaos unfold, and he was one of the hundreds of individual wounded when a suicide bomber attacked one of the airport's gates where hundreds of individuals were waiting to be screened for evacuation. In an emotional opening statement to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Vargas-Andrews told his story, one that the Biden administration never highlighted and Democrats in Congress apparently didn't want on the record. On August 26, 2021, Vargas-Andrews was in position at HKIA when he noticed suspicious individuals outside the gate to the airport as thousands of people were attempting to flee Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban, fearful for the future and what retribution anyone who'd helped American forces over the previous twenty years would face. "I requested engagement authority when my team leader was ready on the M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System," Vargas-Andrews said, testifying in his personal capacity. "The response: leadership did not have the engagement authority for us — do not engage." Vargas-Andrews said he requested that his battalion commander "come to the tower to see what we did. While we waited for him, psychological operations individuals came to our tower immediately and confirmed the suspect met the suicide bomber description," Vargas-Andrews recounted. When the battalion commander "eventually arrived," he was presented with the evidence and photos of two men, one who met the description of a suicide bomber. "Pointedly, we asked him for engagement authority and permission — we asked him if we could shoot," Vargas-Andrews told lawmakers. "Our battalion commander said, and I quote, 'I don't know.'" After being denied engagement authority by the battalion commander, Vargas-Andrews explained that at "about 17:30, Staff Sgt. Darin Hoover" — one of the 13 service members killed during the withdrawal who Vargas-Andrews described as a "friend and mentor" before getting choked up — "came to get me from the tower to go help find an Afghan interpreter in the crowd." "We found the interpreter and his brother," Vargas-Andrews recounted. "They told us of five family members still in the canal" along the HKIA perimeter. "I stayed there waiting for the family members, standing against the two-foot canal wall," he said. "Ten minutes passed, then a flash and a massive wave of pressure — I'm thrown 12 feet onto the ground but instantly knew what had happened," Vargas-Andrews explained. "I opened my eyes to Marines dead or unconscious around me." https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2023/03/08/marine-corps-sniper-tells-congress-he-was-denied-permission-to-take-out-kabul-airport-suicide-bomber-n2620363 1
B-Man Posted March 10, 2023 Posted March 10, 2023 YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO FORGET IT: Forty haunting memories of Biden’s bungled Afghan pullout. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/forty-haunting-memories-of-bidens-bungled-afghan-pullout .
sherpa Posted April 6, 2023 Posted April 6, 2023 12 minutes ago, B-Man said: They will lie straight to your face. If this wasn't "chaos," I shudder to think what he thinks meets that threshold. 1
ArdmoreRyno Posted April 6, 2023 Posted April 6, 2023 Now Biden is blaming Trump. Can't make this stuff up... 1
B-Man Posted April 7, 2023 Posted April 7, 2023 3 hours ago, ArdmoreRyno said: Now Biden is blaming Trump. Can't make this stuff up... . 1
Doc Posted April 7, 2023 Posted April 7, 2023 Clowns. And I actually had respect for Kirby before this. 1
ArdmoreRyno Posted April 7, 2023 Posted April 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, B-Man said: Even worse example of lying. The whole “left them for the Afghan military” is COMICAL. Then why did they have orders to damage or destroy as much equipment/vehicles as possible before they left???? People will buy this crap… which is mind boggling. 1 1
B-Man Posted April 10, 2023 Posted April 10, 2023 Blood On Biden’s Hands From Afghanistan Withdrawal Can’t Be Washed Away. https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2023/04/10/the-morning-briefing-blood-on-bidens-hands-from-afghanistan-withdrawal-cant-be-washed-away-n1685709 Joe Biden Isn’t Sorry About His Afghanistan Withdrawal A White House report on the chaotic retreat spins disaster as triumph. https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-afghanistan-withdrawal-white-house-report-pentagon-military-61f2073f “The Biden lackeys in the federal government are beyond disgusting for trying to pull a Pontius Pilate here
B-Man Posted April 10, 2023 Posted April 10, 2023 More: CBS Excoriates Biden, Exposing the 'Whitewash' in the Afghanistan Report Nick Arama https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2023/04/09/cbs-excoriates-biden-exposing-the-whitewash-in-the-afghanistan-report-n728803 .
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