Image of the day

Captured by
Shane Yarnall

LDN 1622

My Account

New to Astromart?

Register an account...

Need Help?

Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

August 20, 2021 01:10 AM Forum: Politics

Former President Donald Trump made it clear last night...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

You're just so clueless that you still don't get it do you?  

Democrats of course always are FOR the wars, but then when things go a bit south, they lie and say "I never wanted this war".  

It has ZERO to do with whether or not 62% believe the "War" was worth fighting.  

Most people now wanted out.  Are you offering up some sort of information that nobody knows?

The ignorance in your head is mind boggling.

It all has to do with the WAY that this fool and his fellow idiots decided to "get out of Dodge".

It has to do with the idea that he decided to leave the American civilians behind when he ran out of there with his tail between his legs.

It has to do with the fact that they lied and said they had a contingency plan that covered all bases.

It has to do with the fact that they left all the "friends" in Afghanistan hanging to be murdered soon by the Taliban, after giving them assurances they wouldn't do exactly what they did.

It has to do with the fact that Joe Biden one again screwed the pooch, because he's a feckless loser who hasn't a clue about how to lead.

Pathetic.

You and 11 others in the nation will continue to make excuses and blame others.

Simple question for you is this:  

What is the plan to get ALL the Americans OUT of Afghanistan?

What is the plan to make sure the Americans and Afghan translators are able to get TO the Kabul Airport?

Provide the answers please.
"What is the plan to get ALL the Americans OUT of Afghanistan?
"What is the plan to make sure the Americans and Afghan translators are able to get TO the Kabul Airport?"
"Provide the answers please."
Obviously you haven't been keeping up on current events. We have 12 C17 aircraft along with others to evacuate from 5000-9000 per day. We've evacuated about 7000 at this point. If this rate continues we may meet or even beat Biden's objective to get all Americans out by August 31 even though the operation may continue beyond that date, if necessary. Efforts continue to assist Afghan citizens who worked or aided America and its allies in leaving Afghanistan. We haven't been the only country involved in that war. The US has been in talks with Kosovo and Albania regarding their reported interest in resettling Afghans in their countries.
"Russia offered to provide its aircraft to fly Afghans willing to leave the country to any nations willing to host them. Some U.S. NATO partners, including Italy, have been flying Afghans out of the country in relatively small numbers."
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-0485402ef4a864d68d4a64982c2d3bdf
https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-joe-biden-travel-evacuations-taliban-1d4c7430378888b22cff056c7ad40f7c
In the meantime, the US has its top military commander in Afghanistan on the ground and in virtually constant communications with the Taliban to allow for orderly transfer of Afghan civilians to the airport for departure.
We're only in the early innings of this ballgame, may be the second or third, but not even close to 5th or 6th, but we're getting there....

August 20, 2021 02:02 AM Forum: Politics

Former President Donald Trump made it clear last night...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

You stated:   We have 12 C17 aircraft along with others to evacuate from 5000-9000 per day. We've evacuated about 7000 at this point

Are you simply pulling numbers out of thin air?  

I didn't see any numbers that you claimed in either of those articles you linked.

In the article it stated that since the 14th of August the number removed was 6741, but those were embassy personnel from what I gathered. 

I read just a few seconds ago that there were 4500 employees both US and Afghanis in the Embassy.  

Show me where you come up with those numbers that you say 5000-9000 per day.

Produce them, rather than you just saying so.  

The 7000 that you claimed. They removed 640 on that day the Big C17 left.  

The Pentagon spokesman said that they didn't have a plan to go get people and yesterday they told people hunker in place.

In your linked article it said this:  

"Educated young women, former U.S. military translators and other Afghans most at-risk from the Taliban appealed to the Biden administration to get them on evacuation flights as the United States struggled to bring order to the continuing chaos at the Kabul airport.

President Joe Biden and his top officials said the U.S. was working to speed up the evacuation, but made no promises how long it would last or how many desperate people it would fly to safety.

“We don’t have the capability to go out and collect large numbers of people,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters Wednesday, adding that evacuations would continue “until the clock runs out or we run out of capability.”

Afghans in danger because of their work with the U.S. military or U.S organizations, and Americans scrambling to get them out, also pleaded with Washington to cut the red tape that they say could strand thousands of vulnerable Afghans if U.S. forces withdraw as planned in the coming days.

“If we don’t sort this out, we’ll literally be condemning people to death,” said Marina Kielpinski LeGree, the American head of a nonprofit, Ascend. The organization’s young Afghan female colleagues were in the mass of people waiting for flights at the airport in the wake of days of mayhem, tear gas and gunshots".



So then, Lloyd Austin Defense Sec'y said YESTERDAY that they don't have the capability to go out and collect large numbers of people.  

So I'll ask you again

Where did you get the numbers 5000 - 9000 per day?  

Please show me.  You often times just say whatever comes out of your ass.

Do you have a direct connection to someone on the ground who is giving you different info, other than info provided by The US Sec'y of Defense or the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are telling the world in press conferences?
From the AP link: " The Pentagon says the U.S. military is ramping up evacuations out of Afghanistan, and that 7,000 civilians have been taken out of the country since August 14."
"Army Maj. Gen. Hank Taylor told reporters that 12 C-17 aircraft departed with 2,000 evacuees over the past 24 hours. Speaking at a Pentagon briefing Thursday, Taylor said the military now has enough aircraft to get 5,000-9,000 people out a day,"
The AP links update periodically so you have to read 'em...

August 20, 2021 02:44 AM Forum: Politics

Former President Donald Trump made it clear last night...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

We just evacuate 2000 more in the last 24 hours in addition to the 7000 already evacuated, not to mention those evacuated by other countries:
https://www.reuters.com/world/evacuations-afghanistan-by-country-2021-08-18/
Obviously, they're getting to the airport...

August 20, 2021 03:22 AM Forum: Politics

Former President Donald Trump made it clear last night...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman
We just evacuate 2000 more in the last 24 hours in addition to the 7000 already evacuated, not to mention those evacuated by other countries:
https://www.reuters.com/world/evacuations-afghanistan-by-country-2021-08-18/
Obviously, they're getting to the airport...
Make that 6000, it's really ramping up!
Obviously, they're getting past the Taliban checkpoints to get to the airport for departure and the constant communication  between the Taliban and US commanders on the ground are working...

August 20, 2021 07:09 AM Forum: Politics

Former President Donald Trump made it clear last night...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

It's obvious the obtuse moron of the forum deliberately can't understand numbers provided in the links. 
Here, he can try his luck on this one:
Let's cut to the chase on the today's latest shall we:
"The United States and other Western powers are pressing on with the evacuation from Afghanistan of their nationals and some of their Afghan staff from Kabul airport, from where about 8,000 people have been flown out" 
https://www.reuters.com/world/evacuations-afghanistan-by-country-2021-08-18/
Notice how the number keeps increasing in spite of all the inane posts from the obtuse moron? 

August 20, 2021 09:15 AM Forum: Politics

Former President Donald Trump made it clear last night...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I just put forward the numbers dumbass.  

Yes, they are at 8000 so far, which was according to the same article you posted earlier today.

That of course is the number of people they've gotten out in a full week, the vast majority of which occurred before Monday, and those numbers were comprised of all the embassy employees, both American and Afghani which amounted to about 6700. 

That was before the Monday debaucle dipshit, where they filled a C17 with another 640.

Can you do addition meathead?

That adds up to about 7400 or so, and it is now Thursday, dumbass.

So in the last 3 days, as the daily mail article I posted indicated, that from Sunday 'till today, they flew out another 1400, taking about 100 people PER flight.  

So let me just explain to the resident idiot of the forum that they would have to make between 50 and 90 Flights per day to hit the the numbers that you claimed earlier.

You said that they were going to be flying out 5000 to 9000 people PER day. 

The numbers are increasing but not at the absurd rate you claimed they would be increasing.  

To call you as dumb as a rock is a terrible insult to rocks everywhere.  
The obtuse moron on the forum still doesn't get it, they flew out 2000 today alone. And it ongoing with flights landing and departing with different numbers of people on board. It's really not that difficult to understand. And how many people are you thinking the total happens to be that should be flown out? It's not a free for all for all those who simply want to leave. There's 15000 American total for evacuation and that can be accomplished easily enough. "At a briefing, a Pentagon spokesperson said that plans are in motion to evacuate 20,000 to 22,000 SIV applicants in Afghanistan." 2000 of those have already been evacuated.  "The U.S. currently has 34,500 slots available in its SIV program." That's less than the attendance at an average baseball game...

August 20, 2021 09:58 PM Forum: Politics

Former President Donald Trump made it clear last night...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Good luck with that. 

And let me add this, I hope that they are able to get All the Americans out, along with the Afghanis who assisted the US Military over the years.

They deserve to be out, rather than left behind the way they were when Biden did his Cut and Run routine, and let the Taliban take over the place like the cockroaches they are.

The fact is that Biden wanted to make a legacy for himself that he would be the King who was able to get us out of Afghanistan for the history books to record.

He screwed up royally and now the Americans he left behind and the Afghanis who assisted us, may pay the cost.

I hope they don't but we know some already have.
The only cut and run here was that of the Afghan military and government with the latter neutered as a result of Trump's "negotiation" and "deal" with the Taliban which occurred without it. The same thing would have happened with Trump in office only earlier.
I have faith in the American military to carry out the mission to evacuate those who need it. And those Republicans in congress and Fox news propagandists who oppose Afghans in the US are cockroaches, too.

August 20, 2021 11:57 PM Forum: Politics

Former President Donald Trump made it clear last night...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Here are the FACTS for the leftist tools out there:

We still have after 68 years, forces stationed with our allies in Korea, 28,000 strong.  

We still have after 76 years, military forces stationed with our allies in Japan, 53,000 strong.

We still have after 76 years, military forces forces stationed with our allies in Germany, 35,000 strong.

We have in Guam, US military forces stationed with our allies there, 6100 strong.

We have in Italy, US military forces stationed with our allies there, 12,500 strong.

We have in Spain, US military forces stationed with our allies there, 3200 strong.

We have in the United Kingdom, US Military forces stationed with our allies there, 9500 strong.

And we have... HAD less than ANY of the above allies, US military forces 2500 strong stationed with our allied Afghanis there, in Afghanistan.

In every one of those countries they are there to ASSIST our allies, in case of invasion.

I challenge you to Refute ANY of those FACTS above, you PVLW Jackass.

There had not been a US military death in Afghanistan for over 18 months.  In past years there were only a handful of US military deaths so your pathetic, weak, stupid, asinine, and idiotic assertion that Biden Was BOUND by a NON-agreement between Trump and the Taliban is laughable on its face, and so lame as to be as idiotic as it come.

Here is another FACT, Biden was NEVER BOUND by any non-agreement EVER that Trump had made.

Only a fool would buy into that lying bullshit assertion that the left has drummed into your 3 brain cells.

The simple fact is this, and you can't deny it or refute it.

Biden changed the terms of the agreement when he CHANGED the date of the non-agreement that you foolishly claim.

Biden changed the date of withdrawal, not ONCE but TWICE.

IF this non-agreement by Trump was so CARVED In STONE, then Biden couldn't have changed anything about it.

The FACT is that Biden could have torn it up completely.  You know that, I know that, the world knows that, so what that makes you is a lying sack of shit pal.

You're free to take my challenge above and explain why Biden had to move immediately and put everyone in much higher danger now, which he has done because he was too stupid to listen to any of his advisors.

You're a hustling Rube is what you are.

You think you're fooling someone?  

You're not.  

Biden is a complete disaster any which way you cut it.

Give me the list of the 5000-9000 you claim got out last night. 

Provide the list of the 5000-9000 you claim will be transferred out today.

There hasn't been a flight out of Kabul in 8 hours.

Why did YOUR President Biden abandon Bagram AF Base?

How many of the 5000-9000 were Americans and how many were Afghanis?

You're nothing but a lying, pathetic schill for the Democrats and for Biden.
"Give me the list of the 5000-9000 you claim got out last night.
"Provide the list of the 5000-9000 you claim will be transferred out today."
Lol! I see you're in full obtuse moron mode this morning...

August 22, 2021 03:27 AM Forum: Politics

Former President Donald Trump made it clear last night...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer
You wouldnt know truth if it bit you in the ass Rod..... The catastrophe unfolding in Afghanistan will undoubtedly go down as one of the most shameful foreign policy disasters in American history, and the responsibility for this clusterfuck falls squarely on President Joe Biden.

In April, when President Biden announced – against the advice of senior military leaders – that he planned to pull all U.S. forces out of Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, his Administration assured the American people that his withdrawal would be “responsible, deliberate and safe.”

Three weeks later, the Taliban launched a major offensive that quickly pushed back Afghan government forces. Still in July President Biden dismissed the Taliban and claimed that “the likelihood there’s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely.”

It is an indisputable fact that Joe Biden terribly mismanaged his withdrawal from Afghanistan. Furthermore, it is painfully obvious that he made no preparations in case he had miscalculated. The consequences for his folly are devastating and deadly.

Thousands of Americans remain stranded in Afghanistan. Our foreign allies face retribution from the Taliban. The terrible images of Afghans falling from the sky after clinging desperately to planes leaving Kabul will be etched into our memory. Billions of dollars in U.S. military equipment is now in the Taliban’s hands, including helicopters, armored vehicles, anti-aircraft guns, artillery, and even combat aircraft not to mention thousands of small arms and ammunition. Across the globe, our partners and allies are questioning whether they can truly rely on America’s promises. There’s no doubt that we will be feeling the aftershocks from the fall of Afghanistan for years to come.

Contrary to the pitiful claims of senior Biden Administration officials, this outcome was not inevitable. While I believe that maintaining a small U.S. presence in Afghanistan was necessary for our national security, I also believe it was possible to withdraw without causing an unmitigated disaster.

Last year, President Donald Trump negotiated a conditions-based drawdown of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. In other words, American troops would leave only so long as the Taliban held to their end of the deal.

President Biden has pointed to this agreement to claim that he had inherited this withdrawal from his predecessor and suggest that Donald Trump is to blame. What else is new? This is a sad attempt to spin the narrative and duck responsibility.

First, the Taliban has continuously violated the conditions of this agreement, thereby making it null and void. Second, Biden has made no effort whatsoever to hold the Taliban accountable for breaking the deal. Third, considering how Biden has reversed and overturned Trump policies and agreements across the board on nearly every issue, it is simply preposterous to argue that this one single agreement (which the enemy has habitually broken) cannot be changed.

This is Joe Biden’s debacle.
Here's what the Trump administration did to prevent Afghans from being evacuated from Afghanistan:
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/08/21/olivia-troye-miller-immigration-trump-white-house-sot-vpx-nr.cnn

August 22, 2021 04:18 AM Forum: Politics

Former President Donald Trump made it clear last night...

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Here's what the Trump administration did to prevent Afghans from being evacuated from Afghanistan:
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/08/21/olivia-troye-miller-immigration-trump-white-house-sot-vpx-nr.cnn
Afghanistan in Trump's own words:
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/08/21/afghanistan-us-troops-trump-hypocrisy-holdon-acosta-vpx.cnn