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https://www.rt.com/usa/534757-blinken-kabul-afghan-lgbtq/

Blinken defends chaotic Kabul withdrawal, says Biden administration is
now focused on threat to Afghan ‘LGBTQI+ community’

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken denied accusations of a botched
retreat from Afghanistan, blaming the Trump administration for any
failures and saying Washington is focused on protecting LGBTQ and other
vulnerable Afghans.

“Thank you for rightly putting the spotlight on concerns about the
LGBTQI+ community in Afghanistan and the particular threat that they
find themselves under,” Blinken told US Representative David Cicilline
(D-Rhode Island) on Monday in a House hearing on the Afghan withdrawal.

This is something that we are focused on.

It’s not clear how Blinken intends to protect LGBTQ and other vulnerable
Afghans, as the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan even before
President Joe Biden’s administration could complete its exit. The
administration on Monday announced $64 million in new humanitarian
assistance to the country, saying the money will be routed to charities
and UN agencies to avoid letting it get into the hands of the Taliban.

USAID, led by notable interventionist Samantha Power, will send the
money through nongovernmental organizations to “provide life-saving
support directly to Afghans facing the compounding effects of
insecurity, conflict, recurring natural disasters and the Covid-19
pandemic,” according to the announcement.

Blinken implied the US has some level of leverage over the Taliban, even
while acknowledging that the Islamist group has prevented some Americans
and US allies from leaving the country on charter flights.

Secretary Blinken just acknowledged the Taliban has blocked charter
flights out of Afghanistan, with Americans still there trying to get
out. We’re in a hostage crisis. And today Joe Biden is campaigning in
California.
— Mark Meadows (@MarkMeadows) September 13, 2021

“We expect the Taliban to ensure freedom of travel, to make good on its
commitments on counter-terrorism, to uphold the basic rights of the
Afghan people – including women, girls and minorities – to name a
broadly representative permanent government,” the secretary said. “The
legitimacy and support the Taliban seeks from the international
community will depend on its conduct.”

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Blinken admitted that about 100 American citizens and “several thousand”
legal permanent US residents remain in Afghanistan.
Dozens of Afghans died in the early days of the chaotic US withdrawal,
and 170 were killed in the August 26 suicide bombing at Kabul airport,
along with 13 American troops. But Blinken rejected Republican calls to
resign and deflected criticism, saying Biden was left with a choice of
honoring a peace deal that former president Donald Trump’s
administration negotiated with the Taliban or sending a third generation
of American troops to continue fighting America’s longest war.

We inherited a deadline, we did not inherit a plan.

Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) pointed out that Biden dismantled almost
every other Trump-era policy, including border-security measures, then
blamed his predecessor when he followed through on ending the war.

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Monday’s hearing was largely a series of Democrats thanking Blinken and
criticizing Trump’s peace deal with the Taliban, followed by Republicans
blasting intelligence and planning failures during the withdrawal.
Congressman Scott Perry (R-Pennsylvania) slammed the secretary for
testifying remotely from the State Department, saying, “Couldn’t be
bothered to come down here and see Congress? Alright, that’s great.”

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) called the withdrawal an “unmitigated
disaster of epic proportions” and a “betrayal” of Afghan allies. He said
the US had lost to terrorists, emboldening the Taliban and its
adversaries in the region.

“This is an important question and one that in its detail and substance
I think we need to take up in another setting,” Blinken said.

.@RepMcCaul: "Is it true that President Putin threatened the
president of the United States, saying he could not build intelligence
capabilities in the region?"Blinken: "This is an important question &
one that...we need to take up in" a classified setting
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Duque Mantee wrote on 9/14/2021 11:03 AM:
>
> We inherited a deadline, we did not inherit a plan.
>

Clearly Trump's fucked up.

Original deadlineset up by Trumpto get out of Afghanistan was by May,
2021, two months after Trump's one-term presidency.