Internal State Department Cable Warned of Kabul Collapse

[livingston]

Internal State Department Cable Warned of Kabul Collapse


July memo shows that administration officials were cautioned about Taliban’s quick advance



The classified cable represents the clearest evidence yet that the administration had been warned by its own officials on the ground that the Taliban’s advance was imminent and Afghanistan’s military may be unable to stop it.



The cable, sent via the State Department’s confidential dissent channel, warned of rapid territorial gains by the Taliban and the subsequent collapse of Afghan security forces, and offered recommendations on ways to mitigate the crisis and speed up an evacuation, the two people said.


The cable, dated July 13, also called for the State Department to use tougher language in describing the atrocities being committed by the Taliban, one of the people said.

WSJ News Exclusive | Internal State Department Cable Warned of Kabul Collapse

State Department officials serving in Kabul sent an internal memo to Secretary of State Antony Blinken warning of the potential collapse of the capital soon after the Aug. 31 troop withdrawal deadline.

www.wsj.com

 

[livingston]

Speaking Monday on morning television programs, senior members of Biden's national security team had also sought to shift blame for the collapse of the Afghan government on the country's defense forces, which they said lacked the will to defend their country against the Taliban.


But they continued to acknowledge that the speed with which Afghan cities fell -- ending with Kabul -- had caught them by surprise.


"It is certainly the case that the speed with which cities fell was much greater than anyone anticipated," national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on NBC's "Today."

Biden admits Afghanistan's collapse 'did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated'

President Joe Biden admitted on Monday that the collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban retaking control happened more quickly than the US government had anticipated, insisted that ending America's 20-year war was the correct decision.

www.cnn.com

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

 

[livingston]

BIDEN IS A MONSTER: State Dept. Officials in Kabul Sent Cable to Secretary of State Blinken and Biden Officials in July Warning of Taliban Gains and Need for Fast Evacuations


Nearly two dozen State Department officials in Kabul sent a dissent cable to Secretary of State Tony Blinken and another top State Official in July warning of the frightening scale of the Taliban gains across the country. The US officials in Kabul warned of the need for quick evacuations of US citizens in the country.



The cable message was ignored.

The classified cable represents the clearest evidence yet that the administration had been warned by its own officials on the ground that the Taliban’s advance was imminent and Afghanistan’s military may be unable to stop it.

At the airport

 

[fresch]

Like we didn't know 20 yrs. of the U.S.A. was going to erase 2000 yrs. of tribe/ religious indoctrination. Hell they blow themselves up .

 

[fresch]

Remember this is the same people who wouldn't send troops to save , Obama’s Benghazi remark a new low

 

[C3D]

Dissent Channel - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Jmac]

Biden’s Benghazi useless POS

 

[Uninformed and Compliant]

It's literally Jihad season, over there. Every paki and iranian looking to complete their jihad showed up, exactly like they do every fucking year at this time.

Everybody knew this was coming.

 

[tirwin1]

The memo was ignored probably because the group that wrote it wasn't diverse enough and didn't state their pronouns.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Internal State Department Cable Warned of Kabul Collapse


July memo shows that administration officials were cautioned about Taliban’s quick advance



The classified cable represents the clearest evidence yet that the administration had been warned by its own officials on the ground that the Taliban’s advance was imminent and Afghanistan’s military may be unable to stop it.



The cable, sent via the State Department’s confidential dissent channel, warned of rapid territorial gains by the Taliban and the subsequent collapse of Afghan security forces, and offered recommendations on ways to mitigate the crisis and speed up an evacuation, the two people said.


The cable, dated July 13, also called for the State Department to use tougher language in describing the atrocities being committed by the Taliban, one of the people said.

WSJ News Exclusive | Internal State Department Cable Warned of Kabul Collapse

State Department officials serving in Kabul sent an internal memo to Secretary of State Antony Blinken warning of the potential collapse of the capital soon after the Aug. 31 troop withdrawal deadline.

www.wsj.com

Fuckers.

 

[kev74]

I'm starting to think this might be where the cackling hyena gets to step in. It looks like a bunch of rats are going to jump ship.

As a side note.. I haven't seen a classified document leaked this fast since Trump was president!

 

[Dr. Evil]

It looks like a bunch of rats are going to jump ship.

Who?

 

[GOPerfect]

This Afghanistan thing was never meant to work out in our favor.

Ask anyone that served over there.


I am surprised that people are surprised....

 

[livingston]

8/20/21
Yesterday during a press briefing, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley was adamant from his podium when he proclaimed: “There was nothing that I or anyone else saw that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days.” WATCH (25 secs):


Unfortunately for General Milley, today reports are surfacing that 23 State Department staff at the Kabul embassy informed Secretary of State Anthony Blinken of exactly that…. Kabul will fall quickly to the Taliban:

Yesterday General Milley Claimed No-One Saw Afghan Collapse Coming - Today, Cables Show Kabul Embassy Warning of Collapse in July - The Last Refuge

 

[Dr. Evil]

8/20/21
Yesterday during a press briefing, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley was adamant from his podium when he proclaimed: “There was nothing that I or anyone else saw that indicated a collapse of this army and this government in 11 days.” WATCH (25 secs):


Unfortunately for General Milley, today reports are surfacing that 23 State Department staff at the Kabul embassy informed Secretary of State Anthony Blinken of exactly that…. Kabul will fall quickly to the Taliban:

Yesterday General Milley Claimed No-One Saw Afghan Collapse Coming - Today, Cables Show Kabul Embassy Warning of Collapse in July - The Last Refuge

So, what will happen to this lying sack of shit? Let me guess...

 

[Phazer]

This Afghanistan thing was never meant to work out in our favor.

Ask anyone that served over there.


I am surprised that people are surprised....

Fine. But, we hadn't had a combat casualty in 1.5 years. All we had to do was keep 2500 support troops there to provide technical support and air cover for the Afghan National Army so that the Taliban would remain neutralized. We were already at the point where the Afghan army was doing the fighting and dying for their country. We were providing minimal support and were denying the America-hating Taliban terrorists their own nation.

 

[GOPerfect]

Fine. But, we hadn't had a combat casualty in 1.5 years. All we had to do was keep 2500 support troops there to provide technical support and air cover for the Afghan National Army so that the Taliban would remain neutralized. We were already at the point where the Afghan army was doing the fighting and dying for their country. We were providing minimal support and were denying the America-hating Taliban terrorists their own nation.

Not disagreeing at all.

This is all true.

I am just pointing out that all that have served, knows that the Afghans are not capable of taking care of themselves. This was doomed to fail; even after two decades.

This could have been done much, much better than it was.

The incompetence of this biden/mutt administration allowed this clusterfuck to occur.

The American people allowed this ass munch to be elected, they allowed him to appoint some of the worst people to positions of power, people that completely failed in their jobs.

With him at the helm, all is set to fail.

 

[Phazer]

I am just pointing out that all that have served, knows that the Afghans are not capable of taking care of themselves. This was doomed to fail; even after two decades.

I agree with that point, too.

I frankly do not care how the Afghans run their country as long as it does not endanger our national security. If they want to engage in a 1000 year struggle with cave men zealots...fine. As long as those cave men are not permitted to marshal their forces to harm Americans.

 

[dwa12479]

Not disagreeing at all.

This is all true.

I am just pointing out that all that have served, knows that the Afghans are not capable of taking care of themselves. This was doomed to fail; even after two decades.

This could have been done much, much better than it was.

The incompetence of this biden/mutt administration allowed this clusterfuck to occur.

The American people allowed this ass munch to be elected, they allowed him to appoint some of the worst people to positions of power, people that completely failed in their jobs.

With him at the helm, all is set to fail.

Exactly. Afghanistan could be vaporized from the face of the earth for all I care. But its infuriating that the incompetent planning of this pullout has fucked over so many Americans thst are trapped there now, and we can't get them out because a bunch of 7th century savages control Kabul with weapons WE left behind? Wtf.

 

[kev74]

Who?

Raggedy Anne took a week off. Camel Toe is touring SE Asia.

I predict some staff leaving to persue other interests and spend time with their families.