Elite members of the Canadian military’s special forces unit are operating outside the perimeter of the Kabul airport as senior officials warn the situation on the ground is “increasingly dangerous.”
In a telephone briefing with journalists on Monday morning, senior government officials provided an update on Canada’s efforts to evacuate citizens and Afghan civilians from what one called the “volatile” and “chaotic” environment in the capital following the Taliban takeover last weekend.
For months, the Biden administration was stockpiling military equipment for the Taliban before the collapse of the Afghan government. The report comes from Reuters who shares that well over a month before the Taliban’s march across the country, the Biden administration was sending military equipment to Afghanistan amid a “planned withdrawal.”
The plans of the Biden administration were not very well thought out or executed. But perhaps this was the plan all along.
h/t Mauser98
There’s something strange going on with the Liberals. They are often referred to as the “natural governing party” of Canada given their near unparalleled dominance at the national level for much of Canada’s history. Their governing success wouldn’t be possible were the Liberals not also really good at winning elections. The Liberals don’t always run brilliant campaigns (see the 2011 election) but it’s what we generally expect of them. Given this “snap” election was an open secret for months, you would assume the Liberals have had ample time to prepare for it and would be ready to hit the ground running.
Seriously if there were a pop quiz on this after seeing it only once, could you make a passing grade? pic.twitter.com/yhxxWA02ml
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) August 23, 2021
“This pandemic has provided an opportunity for a reset,” Trudeau said last November. “This is our chance to accelerate our pre-pandemic efforts to reimagine economic systems that actually address global challenges like extreme poverty, inequality and climate change.”
h/t Marvin
Taliban fighters are reportedly flogging Afghan civilians in the streets for wearing ‘westernised’ clothing such as jeans as they cement their power in Afghanistan.
Several young Afghans posted on social media they had been beaten and whipped by members of the Taliban for wearing jeans after being accused of disrespecting Islam.
One social media post says the boys were ‘walking with friends in Kabul,’ when they were confronted by Taliban soldiers.
WASHINGTON — The nation’s top national security officials assembled at the Pentagon early on April 24 for a secret meeting to plan the final withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. It was two weeks after President Joe Biden had announced the exit over the objection of his generals, but now they were carrying out his orders.
In a secure room in the building’s “extreme basement,” two floors below ground level, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Gen. Mark Milley, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with top White House and intelligence officials. Secretary of State Antony Blinken joined by video conference. After four hours, two things were clear.
The doctors in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, said they want people to recognize the value of vaccines and ignore misinformation about the safety and effectiveness of the shots. Florida’s ICU units are reportedly at 85% capacity, and the state is experiencing a surge of 21% in cases and 28% in hospitalizations in the last 14 days.
They have broken their oath; revoke their medical licenses.
The shooting of Ashli Babbitt during the Capitol riot was “lawful,” and the Capitol Police officer involved will not face any internal disciplinary actions, the Capitol Police announced Monday, arguing his actions might have “saved” members of Congress “from serious injury and possible death.”
The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban is a debacle for the United States; the consequences will take shape fast. The Biden administration and President Joe Biden himself have an overwhelming responsibility for what is taking place and what will follow; they have shown a degree of incompetence unseen in the United States since the calamitous Carter years.
I can’t agree with the author, to me it makes no sense to have stayed.
The costs were far too great and in return America received next to nothing.
You can’t compare this to NATO and the American presence in Europe.
Unlike Afghanistan some Europeans would actually fight if attacked and some even appreciate America being there.
They don’t like paying their fair share but they like the security.
Violent crime in Minneapolis surged to near-record heights last year after the death of George Floyd, and the Police Department’s data for so far in 2021 shows that there’s been little drop-off.
Murders, robberies, and aggravated assaults are all running even with last year or roughly close to it, while rapes seem down slightly, at this point of the year.
So, to a majority of the City Council, it seemed like a good time to defund the police.
More than 200 former Guantanamo Bay inmates who were released have returned to terrorism following their release – with 151 still at large, according to newly declassified documents.
The declassified Office of National Intelligence report, which is dated December 18, 2020, highlights that 229 former Guantanamo prisoners have reengaged in acts of terrorism and killing Americans since their release.
Data included in the report shows that 125 former prisoners are confirmed to have reengaged in acts of terrorism since their release, while an additional 104 are currently suspected of reengaging.
As disgraced outgoing Gov. Andrew Cuomo packed his bags and sent his belongings to his sister’s house in his last days in office, he left something very important behind — his dog.
Instead, Cuomo asked staff at his Albany mansion if they want to take care of his dog, Captain, the Albany Times Union reported, citing two state police sources.
The sources also told the publication an Executive Mansion worker recently took Captain home but didn’t want to take care of the canine.
Ministers today revealed people on the UK’s terror ‘no fly list’ have already tried to infiltrate RAF flights in Kabul – amid fears of an ISIS suicide bomb attack.
Alarm has been raised that troops are ‘having to keep their fingers on the trigger in one hand while holding a baby in the other’ with desperate crowds trying to get away from the Taliban.
Defence minister James Heappey insisted there are ‘people trying to take advantage of this process to get into the UK to cause us harm’.
h/t TB
According to the latest nightly tracking ending Sunday and released Monday morning, ballot support for the Liberals sits at 32.5 per cent, while the Conservatives are at 31.4 per cent support, leaving a 1.1 percentage-point difference that is well within the poll’s margin of error of ± 2.8 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
Interesting statement from an article discussing the weekend IPSOS poll – “… over one out of three Canadians say that they don’t really like any of the parties in this election.
