Let's pretend for one moment that he does die before the election, just for the funsies. What happens then? Will the nomination revert to option number 2, aka Bernie Sanders? Or will his running mate automatically replace him just the way Vice-President is supposted to step in after the Big Man in the White House chokes on a piece of matzo? Does he even have a running mate yet?
US Joe Biden News Megathread - The Other Biden Derangement Syndrome Thread (with a side order of Fauci Derangement Syndrome)
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CarlosDanger
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Blinken is trying to claim it is less than 1000 Americans left to be evacuated.
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MarvinTheParanoidAndroid
This will all end in tears, I just know it.
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I'm just surprised they didn't just slaughter every single U.S. citizen they came across, honestly. If one were a terrorist that hated everyone that didn't ascribe to one's religious ideology (as Muslims are want to do) & one knew that the government leadership of these citizens was some weak retard with Alzheimer's disease, one would likely just kill them all as a demonstration of strength & spite, film it & broadcast it all over Twitter, no?
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Well no. They won't want to deal with retaliation. Right now it's better to not spill any blood, especially since they get more mileage out of the strongest military in the world looking weak and incompetent. They likely know if they spill American blood there'll be a massive response and they'll be hung out to dry in the court of public opinion. Realpolitik at it's finest.
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Biden has agreed to get everyone out by end of month, it would be absolute brainlet behavior to do anything before then. After then it's free game for them, cause Biden couldn't keep his promise.
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CarlosDanger
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Robert Stryk, a Washington Lobbbyist is working with former US Navy SEAL and US Rep from Virginia Scott Taylor and they are doing charter flights to get our people out. He said communication is so broken he basically went around the US and started talking with our allies about the situation. He said as of the NY Post article published today, there are between 6,000-7,000 Americans trapped in Afghanistan and that there is no way they are all getting out by the 31st. He said his flights the last few days have been nearly empty because no one can get into the airport.
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At this time, that would give America the casus belli to invade indiscriminately if they don't stick to their own time table. After Aug. 31st, who knows? Also, the hostages are more valuable for either their technical expertise to repair equipment or as human shields. The only ones they want to make examples of are Afghan interpreters for treason, but obvious white people are given leave.
Just speculation, but the Taliban might be waiting for their Chinese mining deal to pass. Once China is actually invested, they won't need the hostages they have since a U.S. invasion would necessitate a Chinese response. As long as both parties stick to their obligations (China only focuses on mining rare earth minerals and the Taliban get a cut), they shouldn't have any problems.
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when it's an illegal immigrant in the country: everyone is natural born American
when it's time to evacuate a war torn country: 5 American born generations + 2 purple ribbons + no drop of foreign blood
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Near-empty charter flights depart Afghanistan as thousands of Americans remain trapped
With days to go before the US is slated to fly aircraft out of the Hamid Karzai International Airport for the last time — effectively bringing the two-decade war to a dismal close — desperate and fearful Afghans and American citizens face an anguished final fight for freedom.
The mayhem has prompted a slew of private companies to set up their own operations — although many have bemoaned the fact that despite having the aircraft and funds to evacuate thousands, obtaining landing permits for the US-controlled airport has been exceedingly difficult, if not impossible.
“Disneyland and Mickey Mouse are better at queueing and getting people on rides than the US government is in getting its patriots home from a war zone,” said Washington fixer Robert Stryk, who has been chartering private planes out of Kabul with the help of a former Navy SEAL, US Rep. Scott Taylor (R-Va.).
According to Stryk, they have had to rely on intel from foreign allies — in large part British M16 agents — to help facilitate people through and locate evacuees.
“The system is broken, so we have had to go around the US system by using foreign countries’ intelligence agencies to get Americans through. The issue is if the paperwork isn’t perfect — names are spelled differently with ethnic spellings or if SIV spellings don’t exactly match passports — they can’t get through,” he said. “The only guys going outside the wire have been the South Africans, Brits, French special forces and the Qataris. And they have been super helpful to us.”
Taylor and Stryk partnered with Regulus Global, a Virginia-based logistics company that specializes in humanitarian and national security missions in hotspots around the globe. As part of their initiative, they have also created a database to store visa and passport information to help expedite entry into the airport and mitigate the backlog of those wishing to flee.
Taylor noted that their role has “morphed and changed over the week” and that they are currently fielding thousands of requests for evacuation and documentation by the day.
“There were charter flights that were basically empty, so we have been working in real time to try and fill the seats and using our databases to identify who is in the airport,” he explained.
Stryk stressed that the endeavor is strictly not-for-profit, and his company has lost money as a result of the work — something he dismisses as not important during this time of dire need.
The chaos on the airport’s periphery, where the Taliban are turning away dual nationals in a bid to keep as many Afghans in the embattled country as possible, has meant that non-US evacuation flights are departing with scores of empty seats even as the curtain for departure is fast falling.
Word on the ground is that private evacuation flights should end Thursday or Friday, although it remains unclear if that timeline will still be followed given that tens of thousands of Americans and those who supported America in the war effort are still unable to physically reach the airport. Moreover, it does not factor in the many hundreds — potentially thousands — of Americans stranded in other Taliban-controlled areas in far-flung provinces of Afghanistan.
The US government and its allies have evacuated more than 80,000 people since Aug. 14. However, some contend that the allies are being given far freer hands by their leadership to conduct rescues. Assessments indicate that even if the US works above and beyond between now and Aug. 31, it is mathematically impossible for all to successfully leave.
“We have over 6-7,000 Americans and Afghan patriots who need to still get out,” Stryk said. “We are getting a lot of calls. Private citizens are stepping up in the face of complete abject moral and ethical failures by the US government.”
He also expressed concern that many of the most vulnerable Afghans without political connections or the means to pay for safe passage are the ones left behind so far.
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Nonetheless, the White House remains steadfast that the US is sticking to this coming Tuesday as the departure deadline.“The window is closing — it could be tomorrow. My gut feeling is that there is going to be a drop-dead point, a point where you better be in the airport or it’s too late,” Taylor cautioned.
And as if this calamity and level of crisis weren’t enough to contend with, the worst may be yet to come should the US depart with Americans still languishing in the Taliban-controlled country.
“If the Talibans make good on what they are saying, which is that they are not going to let Afghans get to the airport — including those with American passports — we could potentially have the biggest American hostage situation in history on our hands,” Taylor added. “That is not hyperbole. When the troops are gone, all hell is breaking loose.”
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It's possible their new "friends" i.e. Russia and China are telling them to go a bit easy on us.
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Just to let you know the Nazi party cooked the books as well. Why? In order to show that their economy was competing with everyone else’s. When you have to cheat the numbers for the economy, you’re gonna fall hard.
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Who is in control in Afghanistan?
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JEB!
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If the lobbyist are starting to get pissed off, may Lord have mercy on Biden Admin
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https://beckernews.com/joe-biden-sm...-cuts-out-41116/?utm_source=BN&utm_medium=PTN
Oh boy when the fuck was this? The dementia is getting so much worse.
https://beckernews.com/reporter-con...ghanistan-41118/?utm_source=BN&utm_medium=PTN
Clownshoes shit. She's getting paid too much for her shitty responses. Also "we are aggressively reaching out to determine if the last 1000 Americans want to leave" Who the fuck wants to stay dumbass?
Boo hoo, bet you wish you had balls that big
https://www.theepochtimes.com/house...65073.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=gp
That man may be a dem, but id vote for him knowing he was willing to put his ass on the line. Plus he looks like a TV lead.
I like how we have our own republican version of prince Henry now.
https://www.latimes.com/california/...alley-school-district-stranded-in-afghanistan
.... This is unacceptable. They have a ticking time bomb on their hands if nobody resigns for this abominable incompetence.
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/tucke...ing-any-of-joe-bidens-leftist-federal-judges/
He's shepherding in all of Biden's Judge choices.
https://www.reuters.com/business/au...ses-huawei-buy-auto-chips-sources-2021-08-25/
https://apnews.com/article/europe-afghanistan-g-7-summit-13631be5beba847935719ec4d8a4d5ce
Jill has fucked up the establishment in a way nobody saw coming.
Man he looks terrible
ugh jeeze. that's star trek shit right there
https://conservativebrief.com/fbi-detroit-raid-49335/?utm_source=CB&utm_medium=ProTrumpNews
Interesting... They are going after dem's in Detroit for Bribery and corruption. Wonder whats up.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/cu...r-underground-member-serving-time-for-murder/
Vindictive scumbag. Apparently he also pardoned a couple other convicted criminals too.
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CarlosDanger
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Harris in Vietnam
The monument in question doesn't seem pro McCain....
The monument in question doesn't seem pro McCain....
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Word around is that a fair few kids of elites are stuck behind enemy lines and some high up people are fucking pissed about this whole situation. Makes sense, lot of government contract money to be made in Kabul and a lot of shitty rich kids with parental connections (especially DC beltway connections) would probably think it’s funny to work some high paying job out of some office in Afghanistan and come back in two years. This country isn’t a cheap flight, anyone there is at least decently middle class and linked up with some well-funded NGO or quasi-government enterprise. This scandal is not just gonna go away lmao
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