Dem, GOP reps make secret Afghanistan
trip, angering US officials
New York Post,
by
Samuel Chamberlain
Original Article
Posted By: AltaD,
8/25/2021 8:34:59 AM
Two members of Congress caused a stir when they made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan Tuesday to witness the evacuation operation at Kabul’s international airport firsthand. Reps. Seth Moulton and Peter Meijer infuriated White House, Pentagon, and State Department officials who accused them of using vital resources in the midst of the chaotic American withdrawal.(Snip) “As Members of Congress, we have a duty to provide oversight on the executive branch,’” the two said. “We conducted this visit in secret, speaking about it only after our departure, to minimize the risk and disruption to the people on the ground, and because we were there to gather information, not to grandstand.”
They should have been offloaded from the cargo ramp. From 10,000 feet.
Pretty easy to get in and out of Afghanistan if you are a privileged Congresspuke. How about we send the rest of them (minus MTG, Boebert and a few others) over too, and give each of them a flying lesson off the ramp?
I imagine they saw themselves as tireless and brave defenders of the Republic with that drivel about oversight, flying into the teeth of battle.
Putrid jackasses.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
PChristopher 8/25/2021 8:41:02 AM (No. 891882)
Frankly, I applaud their actions, without which we would not get anything except that Psaki woman's version of the truth. Their all mad because it disrupted their narrative of glorious failure.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Venturer 8/25/2021 8:48:01 AM (No. 891887)
Let me ask a silly question.
We know that Americans trapped in Kabul cannot get to the airport, but can we assume that all Americans in Afghanistan are in Kabul?
What of the Americans in other parts of the country?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
skacmar 8/25/2021 8:50:29 AM (No. 891890)
Congress is partially responsible for this mess. At least two have the guts to see first hand the mess the Biden administration has made. Since Pelosi and Schumer seem to be ignoring the disaster it is important that someone from Congress check out the mess. Hope they report it as the unmitigated disaster that it is.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
TLCary 8/25/2021 8:51:25 AM (No. 891893)
We run a constant stream of flights in and out of that airport with the combined capacity of carrying tens of thousands, but only 4,500 Americans have made it to the airport to take those flights. They are packed with Afgan economic refugees. Welfare in America is like being filthy rich in Afghanistan. Some are no-doubt jihadi looking to come to a place where they can "make a difference". Either way #1, the flights are not all full and Congressman daring to check the obvious lies being spouted by the Whitehouse IS THEIR JOB!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bassman 8/25/2021 8:53:30 AM (No. 891897)
"I imagine they saw themselves as tireless and brave defenders of the Republic with that drivel about oversight, flying into the teeth of battle."
Anybody that's a patriotic American also see them that way.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 8/25/2021 9:12:44 AM (No. 891925)
These two cowards who helped orchestrate this disaster went on taxpayer's dime to do what? Brag on the floor of Congress?
Like two mangy mutts they return to smell their vomit.
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Keep defending the Congress that continues to spit in our faces daily, #6. It's been working out so well.
This was pure grandstanding.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
red1066 8/25/2021 9:16:24 AM (No. 891932)
Biteme wants to bring 50,000 Afghans to the U.S. Since it appears ONLY Afghans are at the airport, how are Americans suppose to get into the airport, provided they can make it to the airport?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
TLCary 8/25/2021 9:17:30 AM (No. 891933)
Does anyone else wonder: Is #1 "Come And Take It" a troll that thinks we will be fooled by the deceptive, over the top, play to the crowd, screen name - so we would easily be led into the DNC Twilight of Reality Zone? OR... Are they just on someone's payroll? Tell you what, if I go onto a Marxist blog to have my say, I don't pretend to be someone I'm not. Leftists never cared about ethics, honesty, honor, laws, or anything that gets in their way. Guess that's our disadvantage. Oh well.
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I am sure you spend lots of time on Marxist blogs, #10.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 8/25/2021 9:37:11 AM (No. 891958)
A waste of two seats on a flight out of Kabul.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 8/25/2021 9:47:47 AM (No. 891973)
Bipartisan oversight of the Executive branch is a legitimate reason to visit Trashcanistan. Now its really really gonna get hard for Dems to hide the failure.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 8/25/2021 9:56:43 AM (No. 891992)
Well, gosh, they should have stayed home this past week-end and hipped-hopped unmasked at a million dollar fund raiser while laughing about our Afghanistan problem...(in order of appearance...Schumer, Pelosi and Harris.) Right?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 8/25/2021 9:58:27 AM (No. 891995)
Peter Meijer voted for impeachment. So I cannot give him the benefit of a doubt on the Afghanistan trip.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Birddog 8/25/2021 10:07:44 AM (No. 892006)
I don't mind that they decided to go...didn't eat up any on ground resources or, limit any operations, didn't even overnight on the ground. As former Military they knew enough to stay "Out of the way" and KNEW what they were looking at, not having to be told/educated. I just wish they would have taken Pelosi's c37b Gulfstream Biz-Jet to do it, and carried more people out on it than she regularly carries on her weekly cross country jaunts. And while there, emptied out the Million dollar Liquor locker, handing out the bottles to US serviceman.(I also wish Trumps planes weren't mothballed, bet a nickle to a tickle he would send them, wouldn't THAT be a sight to see)
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Birddog 8/25/2021 10:15:21 AM (No. 892014)
Pentagon tweeted a "Pat us on the back pic" bragging about how many people they were flying out...but the plane was a Arab Emirates C17, not USA.(Pssst...ya know how the cajun navy managed to rescue MORE people than the Govt during hurricanes and fires? All run by rank amateurs on facebook and the zello app? Same sort of thing is going on right now over there, but it is former Mil. alphabet agency folks and contractors, finding individual/small groups of folks trapped and moving them to pick up sites, then moving larger groups at once to "Inside the wall")
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 8/25/2021 10:21:50 AM (No. 892020)
I had a little different take on this than the rest of you.
To me, the money phrase is …”infuriated White House, Pentagon, and State Department officials…”
Anything that gets under their skin is a Win in my book.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 8/25/2021 10:26:44 AM (No. 892027)
Proving that the CommuNazis want to control your ability to travel freely.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 8/25/2021 10:32:24 AM (No. 892034)
If it made the right people mad I'm glad they did it. #17 makes a good point. Many of these flights are neighboring countries flying out their own people. Biden makes it sound like every flight is full of US evacuees in US planes.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
jasmine 8/25/2021 12:07:18 PM (No. 892214)
Of COURSE officials are "furious." Those electeds are getting in the way of Team Biden's lying narratives.
Along with turning his back on American citizens and Afghan partners, Biden is leaving over $80 billion in US military equipment. Not just the Taliban will benefit. No matter where our military go, this administration's left behind "gift" will negate the US advantage over global adversaries.
What do our "furious officials" think the Taliban and US adversaries they SELL our equipment to will do with all those Black Hawk helicopters Biden is leaving behind?
Anybody who steps in to challenge the evil lie that "every one who WANTS to leave can do so" by August 31 is being truthful. Truthful at a time when NOTHING Team Biden tells us can be trusted.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Luandir 8/25/2021 12:48:26 PM (No. 892275)
The Powers That Be are furious because these two are seeing things for themselves.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
XCenturion 8/26/2021 1:04:34 AM (No. 893067)
The Demonrats didn't have a problem when John Kerry visited Iran during Trump's presidency.
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