Thursday, August 19, 2021

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Body Parts Found in Landing Gear of Flight From Kabul, Officials Say
Harrowing video of the chaos, recorded by the Afghan news media, has circulated around the world. The Air Force said the episode was under investigation. read more
 
Crowd control with civilian crowds is not much taught in the U.S. military.
Planning for a bug out was not encoouraged under Trump.
 
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Millions of Americans Could Be Eligible for Covid Vaccine Booster
The Food and Drug Administration must decide that third shots are safe and effective for Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, the two vaccines that were rolled out first and have been most used. read more
 
First  we need a booster and a need for a booster.

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Intelligence Warned of Afghanistan Military Collapse, Despite Biden’s Assurances
Even as the president was telling the public that Kabul was unlikely to fall, intelligence assessments painted a grimmer picture. read more
 
Wars do not end with a lie or with many lies.
Biden pointed that out.
 
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Biden Stands Behind Afghan Withdrawal in Speech
The president said U.S. troops should not be fighting a war Afghan forces are not willing to fight. Afghanistan’s leaders and military had been given every chance to determine their future, he said. read more
 
Wars do not end with a lie or with many lies.
Biden pointed that out.

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US to Advise Booster Shots for Most Americans 8 Months After Vaccination
Nursing home residents and health care workers will most likely be the first to get booster shots, as soon as September, followed by other older people who were vaccinated last winter. read more
 
 We keep learning more
 
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Afghanistan, Vietnam and the Limits of American Power
The fall of Kabul is not the fall of Saigon. But historians still point to some useful parallels and lessons. read more
 

Pete Buttigieg Says He and His Husband Are Adopting a Child
The transportation secretary said that the process was not yet complete but that he and his husband “can’t wait to share more soon.” read more
 
Good luck with the project.
I wish them success.
 
8
House Democrats Plan to Press Ahead With Budget Blueprint Vote
Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to disregard warnings from moderate Democrats who want a vote on the infrastructure bill before the budget blueprint. read more
 
Nancy Pelosi can count.
She has long experience with fractious legislators.
 
House Democrats Introduce John Lewis Voting Rights Legislation
The House plans to vote on it next week, but Republicans promise to block it in the Senate. read more
 
The Republicans in the senate are wrong on voting rights legislation.
 
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Lawmakers from both parties express fury over the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
If President Biden hoped to find cover from politicians in both parties who had reached a broad consensus on withdrawal, he was most likely disappointed. read more
 
The errors of George W. Bush do not deserve preservation.
The problem of international terrorism belongs at the U.N.
 
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Taliban Sweep in Afghanistan Follows Years of U.S. Miscalculations
An Afghan military that did not believe in itself and a U.S. effort that Mr. Biden, and most Americans, no longer believed in brought an ignoble end to America’s longest war. read more
 
Recriminations do not help.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recrimination
 
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Intelligence Warned of Afghan Military Collapse, Despite Biden’s Assurances
Even as the president was telling the public that Kabul was unlikely to fall, intelligence assessments painted a grimmer picture. read more
 
Biden was trapped by Trump's promises to the Taliban.
 
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Thousands of Afghans who helped the U.S. are trapped. What happens next?
Many of those who worked alongside U.S. troops have waited years for visas to come to the United States. The speedy withdrawal of forces left most of them behind. read more
 
It is reported on NPR that the Taliban are preventing Afghan nationals from traveling to the airport. 

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U.S. veterans watch Afghan collapse with anguish, rage and relief.
“I just can’t help thinking about what a waste it is,” one veteran said. “I can’t allow myself to think about how after all that blood and treasure, it ends like this.” read more
 
Garrison troops are always abused.

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Chris Cuomo of CNN breaks silence on his brother’s scandal.
“I tried to do the right thing,” the host told viewers, in his first public remarks since Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he would resign. read more
 
Andrew Cuomo has resigned.
 
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U.S. Preparing Plan to Offer Vaccine Boosters, Perhaps By Fall
A policy has not been set. But nursing home residents and health care workers would most likely be first in line. read more
 
Get the booster when and if it is offered.
 
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U.S. to Advise Boosters for Most Americans 8 Months After Vaccination
Nursing home residents and health care workers will most likely be the first to get booster shots, as soon as September, followed by other older people who were vaccinated last winter. read more
 
 Get the booster when and if it is offered.
 
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Lawmakers Unite in Bipartisan Fury Over Afghanistan Withdrawal
If President Biden hoped to find cover from politicians in both parties who had reached a broad consensus on withdrawal, he was most likely disappointed. read more
 
The trap was constructed by Trump.
 
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Read the Full Transcript of Biden's Afghanistan Speech
Mr. Biden spoke from the White House on Monday afternoon after the collapse of the Afghan government to the Taliban. read more
 
Done.
No Flights Land or Leave Kabul's Airport, Pentagon Says
Troops had been working to secure the airport on Monday after halting flights because of security concerns on the civilian side, officials said. read more
 
"U.S. military planes resumed flying into Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Monday evening after a pause earlier in the day while troops worked to secure the airport." 

Flight continues.




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