DOD Desperate Attempt at Good PR 🤪

It's become obvious the last few days anyone in the Biden Administration involved in talking to the chaos in Afghanistan is trying to cover Biden's ass and make thing look as if they're running much better than they are, and score some good PR for themselves. But in the case of the inept Defense Department run by Biden's affirmative action Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin, just took some buckshot to the face over tweet patting themselves on the back during the evacuations at Kabul airport.

The DOD tweeted complete with pictures of an Air Force plane:

 "Afghan civilians board @usairforce C-17 Globemasters at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan."

And the Defense Department couldn’t be prouder.

Just one problem, they can’t even get the messaging right. That’s not our damn plane.

It’s one from the United Arab Emirates. The flag is right there on the tail. You'd think they would check these things. You'd think..... Competence is just oozing all over the federal government right now. The fish rots from the head, and Biden has been an utter failure in executing this withdrawal.

Maybe if the Secretary Austin had spent less time hunting for boogie men in his ranks and payed attention to the business of "Taking Care of Business" his Deputies and his leadership wouldn't be such an embarrassment.

Biden’s shadow handlers picked other “experts” who seem almost as confused about things as he his. Like Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who always looks like he is way over his head has evidently forgotten what year it is.  On Face The Nation Blinkin says "he was on the phone with Pres Karzai the day before, when he was telling me his intent, as he put it, 'to fight to the death. Well, the next day he was gone."

Karzai left the office in 2014. You'd think.....

One would hope that America’s highest-level diplomat would know who the president of Afghanistan is, especially considering what’s happening there right now, and considering the fact that Joe Biden is ultimately responsible for what’s happening there right now.

When Biden entered the White House it was incumbent on his handlers, who ever they are, to surround him with competent, capable cabinet members who can steer him in the right direction and work as a counterbalance to his nonexistent grasp on, well, everything.

Instead, bad choices and Social Justice is making a mocker of America to the world.

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Can You Name a Worst Job Than Javelin Catcher? How About Any Biden Administration Spox.

NB - To go along with two horrendously bad Pentagon press briefings and another at the State Department, the White House joined in Monday afternoon with another shellacking at the hands of the press corps on Afghanistan.

For this installment, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Press Secretary Jen Psaki took fire from all angles, ranging from Fox News to NPR. Led by Fox’s Peter Doocy and Real Clear Politics’ Philip Wegmann, Team Biden was grilled about whether Americans have been “stranded” by their own government, whether Americans outside Kabul will be rescued, and how can the U.S. take to heart anything that emanates from the Taliban.

Sullivan first stepped to the plate and, after ducking introductory questions from CBS’s Nancy Cordes, CNN’s Phil Mattingly, and two others, NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe fired off a heater about “why didn't the administration prepare the American public” for the “rough” and “very chaotic scenes” inside Afghanistan if such images of death and heartbreak were inevitable, regardless of when the U.S. withdrew. 

Fast-forward a few minutes to the one-two punch of Doocy and Wegmann, which featured the latter telling Sullivan that Biden “has criticized his predecessor,” “the Afghan army,” and “the Afghan government for all of their failures,” but not the Taliban. Sullivan responded to this humdinger by insisting Biden “has been very clear about his views of the Taliban” in not trusting them (even though they’ve said they need their help to get Americans and Afghan allies out of their clutches).

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They really didn't expect such incoming. After all, they're democrats. Bless Their Hearts.

 

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The Bastards Burnt Down the Merry-Go-Round

While the dusty rock strewn armpit of central Asia is reeling from the fallout of the U.S. withdrawal, Russian government officials and state media are busy extolling the Taliban — the new sheriff in town.

On Tuesday, an article by state news outlet Vesti gushed that the Taliban “is displaying unprecedented liberalism” towards women by allowing them to continue working in television.

On Monday, anchor of state TV channel Rossiya-24 pointed out that according to Russia’s ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov, Kabul is a much more peaceful place under Taliban rule. The program showcased a clip of what appeared to be jolly Taliban members at the amusement park—riding around in bumper cars and bouncing on a trampoline.

“According to all the information coming in, the Taliban is not what it used to be... Unthinkably, they even permitted golf and soccer! The atmosphere in Kabul is so calm that Taliban fighters are riding carousels like children and jumping around on trampolines.”

The Taliban burned down the Fukin' amusement park.

A video of what appears to be the theme park set ablaze has been widely shared on the Tweeter. "The Taliban probably objected to the horses on the merry-go-round. For them, these are idols that are prohibited in Islam."

On Monday, Ambassador Zhirnov told radio station Ekho Moskvy:

“This morning, the Taliban came to us and said that since they guaranteed our safety, not a single hair would fall from the head of a Russian diplomat... Everything is very civilized, very calm...".

You know the Ambassador could imagine the feeling of the cold steel of a Taliban knife on his throat through that whole meeting.

Co-host of the Russian state TV show 60 Minutes, Olga Skabeeva, proclaimed during Tuesday’s broadcast:

“You won’t believe this, but even Afghan head-cutters from the Taliban turned out to be better crisis managers than the civilized peacemakers from the United States.” 

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