Blinken estimates 1,500 Americans may
still await evacuation
Associated Press,
by
Robert Burns *
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
8/25/2021 4:54:01 PM
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that as many as 1,500 Americans may be awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan, a figure that suggests this part of the U.S.-led airlift could be completed before President Joe Biden’s Tuesday deadline. Untold thousands of at-risk Afghans, however, are struggling to get into the Kabul airport.
Blinken said the State Department estimates there were about 6,000 Americans who wanted to leave Afghanistan when the airlift began Aug. 14, and that about 4,500 of them have been evacuated so far. The 6,000 figure is the first public estimate by the State Department of how many Americans were seeking to get out when the Taliban
I just read this same figure in a NY Slimes article. Look at how they miraculously lowered the number to make it sound so much better. In three days, we will have removed every single American according to this administration.
Bank on it.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Mass Minority 8/25/2021 5:02:13 PM (No. 892590)
I seem to remember that the first reports from our feckless leaders estimated between 15 and 40 thousand americans in Afghanistan requiring evacuation. The other figure was that approximately 4-5 thousand had made it to the airport, the rest were ordered to shelter in place.
Pardon me for not believing anything our current executive branch says. Were they lieing then or are they lieing now?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
TrueBlueWfan 8/25/2021 5:04:34 PM (No. 892591)
We cannot believe anything this corrupt and incompetent administration tells us. They are there because they stole the 2020 election and no one will convince me otherwise.
That they are telling us Americans are there but they don't want assistance in leaving is preposterous.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
jimincalif 8/25/2021 5:07:08 PM (No. 892594)
Assuming after this fiasco that many of those evacuated would vote red next time around, is it too far-fetched to suggest that they aren't really that anxious to get them all back here?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
czechlist 8/25/2021 5:18:04 PM (No. 892604)
this admin has no clue; they just toss out numbers for their "mefia" to verify.
i haven't trusted the covid numbers from the start as the accounting is done by political bureaucrats and there is no way to audit their accounting.
Reporting agencies, hospitals, clinics, etc., need to set up their own clearing house to collect and report the same data as they report to the government agencies. Someone needs to "watch the watchers"
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Strike3 8/25/2021 5:24:24 PM (No. 892615)
My guess is the Biden Jokers are so incompetent that they can't tell Afghans from Americans. First come, first serve, haji. 1,500 in each city maybe.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
MickTurn 8/25/2021 5:26:18 PM (No. 892620)
Hey Blinkie Boy, I don't see YOU going to Kabul to supervise, WHY NOT?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
JL80863 8/25/2021 5:31:18 PM (No. 892628)
What value does a "blinken estimate" have??
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Condor44 8/25/2021 5:46:39 PM (No. 892649)
Yeah right. He has no idea, but throw that figure out there so the stupid think you are doing the job. LIAR!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
RCFLyer98 8/25/2021 6:11:43 PM (No. 892684)
I am still angry as ever that my senator, Todd Young voted to confirm this POS Blinken!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 8/25/2021 6:23:51 PM (No. 892703)
He really means 1,500 Americans still await execution by beheading by Taliban freedom fighters.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
stablemoney 8/25/2021 6:26:50 PM (No. 892712)
If I wanted an answer to anything, I would not ask Blinken.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
mizzmac 8/25/2021 6:28:57 PM (No. 892719)
Typical Dem stunt. See what number you need to hit, then work backward to say you did it. You know, even if you have to stop the counting and airlifting to figure it out. Convinced there are thousands more Americans who are stranded, and equally that convinced that their government is willing to abandon them to create the false narrative that they have "won." Sick.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
ThreeBadCats3 8/25/2021 6:45:50 PM (No. 892737)
We know who Blinken and Nodding off are, but who is Winken? Maybe the great artist, or perhaps Chuckie with the spectacles so impressively falling off his nose.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
mort 8/25/2021 6:47:43 PM (No. 892741)
That translates to at least 6000
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
DVC 8/25/2021 7:03:21 PM (No. 892760)
And these pukes in DC really don't care if any of them make it out.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Safari Man 8/25/2021 7:17:16 PM (No. 892786)
Apparently they won’t evacuate you unless you’ve been vaccinated and agree to take a critical race theory class
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
anniebc 8/25/2021 7:51:11 PM (No. 892850)
You know it's probably ten times the amount they're telling US. Liars.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
pmcclure 8/25/2021 9:49:51 PM (No. 892946)
He is lying, and he knows it. Regardless of how many people, Americans included, are left stranded in Afghanistan, the administration and the compliant MSM will announce that the evacuation has been successfully completed.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
rytwng 8/25/2021 9:50:56 PM (No. 892948)
Blinken looks like he could be pervert.
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