This is exactly why I shared. Doesn't seem fake.

ShaggySLC said:

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Artorias said:

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will25u said:

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“We need more troops from the Pentagon, and we need more State Department resources to evacuate Americans,” the official told Rogin. “I feel like I’m working against my own government to get my own country’s people out.”

— Melissa Nann Burke (@nannburke) August 17, 2021

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Why the hell are there 10k US citizens in freaking Afghanistan at all?

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Big government war money, nation building, basically just making money.

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Yeah. i'd even take the over on this. People don't realize the magnitude of private sector draw, as well as charities. The average joe isn't going there, but there are a lot of risk taking joes willing to take the risk to make money or attempt to do some good. The war machine generates a lot of opportunity

India evacuates embassy staff (2 C-17s)

At least this indicates that some flights are leaving Kabul, one of the flights is on it's way but has still not arrived in india

Warning,

graphic footage.

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https://twitter.com/ dogbot5/status/1427442554962911239?s=20

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Beyond graphic

You should put in a space or something in the link so it isn't embedded

I do not recommend anybody to watch it. It's footage shot from inside an airplane flying at altitude looking out at a body on the plane flailing around. Clearly deceased but somehow stuck in an engine or somehow trapped on the wing. Something that you can't unsee

backintexas2013 said:

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This isn't shocking. We will pay big bucks to get them back.

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Get it from Dorsey and Zuckerberg for the role of "installing" this admin.

CO-3 congresswoman (R)

I call the @GOP a terrorist organization because they are pro-mass death, pro-insurrection, pro-bigotry, pro-lies, pro-antisemitism, pro-misogyny, pro-white supremacy, pro-lethal disinformation, pro-caging children, and pro-literal terrorist groups & attacks on our own Capitol pic.twitter.com/HtKVZTjOrX

— Andrew Wortman 🏳️‍🌈 (@AmoneyResists) August 17, 2021

More

The Taliban murdered over 2,448 US military members and you just spit on their graves you sick, twisted, malignant, rotten woman. You think this is clever? A gotcha of the “libs”? Our enemies aren’t a punchline for your tweets. We will never forget your traitorous bullshit.

— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) August 16, 2021

so at the Kabul airport...are there buildings or facilities available for U.S. troops to sleep, eat, restroom, etc..,?

need quite a bit of space for 5,000+

Flights are going very quick today now that tarmac has been secured. Germany with three A400M flights (I know one has already been landed/taken off). Australia has one coming in or already has.

Yes. There is a side of the airport designated for military purposes.

bmks270 said:

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Warning,

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https://twitter.com/ dogbot5/status/1427442554962911239?s=20

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Damn. That's messed up.

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so at the Kabul airport...are there buildings or facilities available for U.S. troops to sleep, eat, restroom, etc..,?

need quite a bit of space for 5,000+

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Yes

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The Associated Press news agency says senior Taliban leader Amir Khan Muttaqi is in the Afghan capital negotiating with Kabul's political leadership, including former President Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, who once headed the country's negotiating council.

The agency cited an official familiar with the talks and who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorised to speak to the media.

Muttaqi was a higher education minister when the Taliban last ruled and he began making contacts with Afghan political leaders even before Afghan President Ashraf Ghani secretly slipped away from the Presidential Palace on the weekend.

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Taliban has now released a statement saying there is a general amnesty government workers and are telling them they can go back to work.

British foreign minister reports conditions at the airport have stabilized.

WATCH: Total panic and chaos outside Kabul airport pic.twitter.com/CqpS6SsewM

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) August 17, 2021

First protest of women in Kabul.#Afghanistan
Video of @HameedMohdShah pic.twitter.com/p2guH2kSj6

— Pajhwok Afghan News (@pajhwok) August 17, 2021

Kabul airport wall. The madness continues.
Watch @WIONews for the latest updates and images from #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/0VkSa5ielb

— Palki Sharma (@palkisu) August 17, 2021

#Kabul airport pic.twitter.com/miJJxubVhr

— SurjeetMitra (@s3mitra) August 17, 2021

Captain Positivity said:

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The Associated Press news agency says senior Taliban leader Amir Khan Muttaqi is in the Afghan capital negotiating with Kabul's political leadership, including former President Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, who once headed the country's negotiating council.

The agency cited an official familiar with the talks and who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorised to speak to the media.

Muttaqi was a higher education minister when the Taliban last ruled and he began making contacts with Afghan political leaders even before Afghan President Ashraf Ghani secretly slipped away from the Presidential Palace on the weekend.

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Taliban has now released a statement saying there is a general amnesty government workers and are telling them they can go back to work.

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Until there isn't and they no longer need them.

Someone needs to remind them of the US policies on Menthol Cigarettes.

Day 2 at the Airport Evacuation Chaos #kabulairport #Kabul pic.twitter.com/8jTqUvKdCZ

— P0101 (@P010110) August 17, 2021

“Our commitment to the Afghan people endures.”

Ross Wilson, acting U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, says he is still in Kabul despite media reports that he had fled as the country descended into chaos. https://t.co/khivRw8KUH pic.twitter.com/silqIjtOrX

— ABC News (@ABC) August 17, 2021

agsalaska said:

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I do not agree that vetting is useless. I think that is a pour excuse. I bet we can vet these guys FAR more than we vet the typical dude crossing the border right now.

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Using this administration's unmitigated disaster on the border is not a clever way to justify another potential failed policy decision by the administration.

Only way to get rid of taliban is to evacuate all non-taliban over the course of several years and then glass the place.

HumpitPuryear said:

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agsalaska said:

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I do not agree that vetting is useless. I think that is a pour excuse. I bet we can vet these guys FAR more than we vet the typical dude crossing the border right now.

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Using this administration's unmitigated disaster on the border is not a clever way to justify another potential failed policy decision by the administration.

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How are they vetting people? The way Ilhan Omar's husband brother was vetted? Pffft, a stateless place where we are just flying out whoever packs into the C-17's? Then when they land they will be asked if they helped the US, and are afraid of the taliban. That's it.

Most can't even read/write their own names. Their total skill set is an ability to wipe with their right hand and recite koran verses. There won't be any 'Afghan social security agency database' or birth certificates/drivers licenses etc. C'mon, that's a joke.

agsalaska said:

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I do not agree that vetting is useless. I think that is a pour excuse. I bet we can vet these guys FAR more than we vet the typical dude crossing the border right now.

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We could vet them better, but we won't.

Look who is in charge.

In addition to Afghan(s) falling from the plane: “The pilots declared an emergency when they could not put their landing gear up. The crew diverted & landed in a nearby 3rd country, & some human remains were found in the wheel well when it was inspected.”https://t.co/Kumyal5JeD pic.twitter.com/Pw564wkckD

— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) August 17, 2021

When and who is going to give the WH daily briefing today?

AlaskanAg99 said:

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When and who is going to give the WH daily briefing today?

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I wish it was Kamala. That would be glorious.