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Psaki Claims Biden’s Afghanistan Crisis Is ‘A Success,’ Some Could Be Left Behind?

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Daily Wire: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was grilled during Tuesday’s press briefing over the administration’s disaster in Afghanistan.

Psaki said that completion of the operation to evacuate U.S. citizens depended “on continued coordination with the Taliban,” adding that Biden has requested contingency plans from the Pentagon.

“Your platitudes are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.” Job 13:12

She later added that the evacuations would stop before the August 31 deadline so there was time to get U.S. forces out of the country. Psaki did not know whether the deadline was at midnight on August 30 or 31 and whether it was U.S. time or Afghanistan time.

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Poll: Americans Oppose Mass Migration from Afghanistan

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Breitbart: A majority of Americans oppose the resettlement of more than 50,000 Afghans in the United States, according to a survey by Rasmussen Reports.

The August 18-19 survey of 1,000 likely voters was taken as President Joe Biden appears to be expanding the number of migrants he is flying to the United States, far above the initial predictions of 22,000 Afghans — plus family members — who worked alongside the U.S. soldiers who were supporting Afghanistan’s government.

“For an empty-headed man will be wise,
When a wild donkey’s colt is born a man.” Job 11:14

“Enormous numbers of [Afghan] people are trying to jam themselves into that [airlift] funnel right now,” said Ken Cuccinelli, who served as the deputy chief of homeland security for President Donald Trump. Even if President Joe Biden does not want to raise the inflow, Cuccinelli added, “there are plenty of people in this country, of both parties, who would be more than happy to use this excuse to just grab another 50,000 or 100,000 immigrants through this unusual pipeline at this deadly moment.”

Biden’s liberal base strongly supports massive resettlement, regardless of the damage to Americans’ wages, rents, and civic society. Thirty-five percent of liberals want Biden to deliver more than 100,000 Afghans, and another 20 percent want between 50,000 and 100,000.

Biden Surrenders: No Extensions for U.S. Evacuations in Afghanistan

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Breitbart: A Taliban spokesman says the U.S. must complete its evacuation of people from Afghanistan by the Aug. 31 date the Biden administration set for the withdrawal of all American troops.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says his group will accept “no extensions” to the deadline. He says life is returning to normal in the country but chaos at the airport remains a problem. Many Afghans are desperate to flee the Taliban takeover of the country.

“There is a way that seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death.” Proverbs 16:25

Mujahid says he is “not aware” of any meeting between the Taliban and the CIA, but he did not deny that such a meeting took place. An official says the director of the U.S. agency met with the Taliban’s top political leader in Kabul on Monday.

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Airbnb To House 20,000 Afghan Refugees After Biden’s Botched Pullout

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Zero Hedge: Airbnb on Tuesday announced that it will provide free, temporary accommodation around the world to approximately 20,000 refugees forced to flee Afghanistan in the wake of President Biden’s botched military withdrawal, which allowed the Taliban to topple the government within a matter of days.

“The displacement and resettlement of Afghan refugees in the U.S. and elsewhere is one of the biggest humanitarian crises of our time,” tweeted  Airbnb co-founder and head of community, Ben Chesky, who added that the company couldn’t do this ‘without the generosity of our hosts.’

Afghan evacuation on ‘war footing’ as G7 meets on pullout deadline

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Thompson Reuters:

Thousands crowd airport ahead of Aug. 31 deadline for exit

* Evacuations being conducted at ‘war footing’ pace – NATO dip

* U.S. says it would need days to remove troops alone from airport

* Recognition of Taliban would have important consequences

“Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared” Rev. 16:12

Aug 24 (Reuters) – Western troops at Kabul airport worked frantically on Tuesday to evacuate people from Afghanistan before an Aug. 31 deadline as U.S. President Joe Biden faced growing pressure to negotiate more time for the airlift of thousands trying to flee.

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries – Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States – were due to meet virtually on Tuesday to discuss the crisis. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to push for a deadline extension.

Chaos punctuated by sporadic violence has gripped the airport, with foreign troops and Afghan security guards driving back crowds clamouring to get on flights following the Taliban’s takeover of the Afghan capital on Aug. 15. Read More

 

Egypt shuts Rafah border crossing amid tensions with Hamas

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(Palestinian security forces on guard at the closed Rafah border crossing to Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 23, 2021)

JNS: Egypt closed the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, amid increased tensions with Gaza’s Hamas rulers.

It is the first time that the crossing has been shut down during a workday since early 2021, according to AP. It is not clear how long the closure is intended to last.

” … They shall be called the Territory of Wickedness,
And the people against whom the Lord will have indignation forever. Malachi 1:4

The report cited Egyptian officials as saying that the closure had to do with Egypt’s efforts to hammer out a long-term ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

However, as Israel’s Kan news reported on Sunday night, Cairo is also furious with Hamas over the violent riot at the Gaza-Israel border on Saturday. Hamas, according to Kan, is blaming Palestinian Islamic Jihad for inciting the riot, which resulted in an Israeli Border Police officer being critically wounded. Read More

Stock futures inch higher after a broad rally on Wall Street following vaccine approval

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CNBC: Stock futures edged higher in morning trading Tuesday following a broad-based rally on news that U.S. regulators granted full approval for Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid vaccine.

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 65 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures traded in positive territory.

The market started the week on a high note as shares sensitive to an economic recovery jumped on optimism that the vaccine approval would clear path for more mandates in the face of the spread of the delta variant.

“Considering the recent spike in cases and some of the disappointing economic data, this is another step in the right direction, and it helps give confidence to those who might still be holding out on getting the vaccine,” said Ryan Detrick, chief market strategist at LPL Financial. Read More

Former U.S. Amb. to Afghanistan Rejects Biden’s Claim Al Qaeda Is Gone

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Breitbart: Appearing Monday on the Fox News Channel’s The Story, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker rejected President Joe Biden’s disputed claim that Al Qaeda is no longer operational in Afghanistan, stating the Islamic terror group “is not gone and they will come back.”

Former Ambassador Ryan Crocker laments 'Al Qaeda is back': 'We've turned Afghanistan into our mortal enemy' | Fox News

MARTHA MACCALLUM: What do you say about the president saying that Al Qaeda is gone and what kind of threat do you believe Al Qaeda possess at this point?

AMB. RYAN CROCKER: Al Qaeda is not gone and they will be back. The Taliban chose two decades in exile, rather than to hand over Al Qaeda, which is a demand we made to them after 9/11. “You give us Al Qaeda and we won’t bother you.” Well, they chose to protect Al Qaeda. The Taliban is back and Al Qaeda is going to be back right with them. This is a huge danger to our security.

Taliban Threatens Joe Biden: Stay in Afghanistan Past August and Suffer ‘Consequences’

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Breitbart: A senior Taliban spokesman told the U.K.’s Sky News on Monday that the United States and its ally Britain will face “consequences” if they seek to extend their military presence in Afghanistan to ensure the safe evacuation of their citizens.

American President Joe Biden announced this summer that he would withdraw all American troops from the country by August 31.

“Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt” Deut. 23:9

Biden had previously announced in April that the withdrawal would end on September 11, the 20th anniversary of the jihadist attacks that prompted the Afghan War. Both dates were a significant extension of the war from the set withdrawal date under former President Donald Trump, who brokered a deal with the Taliban that would have seen a full American military exit by May 1.

The Taliban followed Biden’s extension of the war – and his choice to break the agreement Trump brokered with the jihadist organization – with a nationwide campaign to overthrow the now-former government of Afghanistan. The campaign culminated with Taliban terrorists surrounding the country’s capital, Kabul, on August 15, prompting former President Ashraf Ghani to abruptly flee the country.

Taliban leaders now control nearly all of Afghanistan, excepting a small pocket of resistance in north-central Panjsher province, which the jihadists claimed on Monday they had surrounded and would soon control. Read More