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Thinking about the last time I left the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. It was dangerous then. I can only imagine what is happening now. Biden totally screwed this up. https://t.co/R4PSQnEvhM [https://twitter.com/ScottWalker/status/1426948442471944204?s=20 Aug 15, 2021]</ref>
Thinking about the last time I left the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. It was dangerous then. I can only imagine what is happening now. Biden totally screwed this up. https://t.co/R4PSQnEvhM [https://twitter.com/ScottWalker/status/1426948442471944204?s=20 Aug 15, 2021]</ref>
And Billions spent by US in Afghanistan on Afghan army, at the end, rather benefited the Taliban.<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-08-17/billions-spent-on-afghan-army-ultimately-benefited-taliban Billions Spent on Afghan Army Ultimately Benefited Taliban] Associated Press, US News, Aug 17, 2021.
And Billions spent by US in Afghanistan on Afghan army, at the end, rather benefited the Taliban.<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-08-17/billions-spent-on-afghan-army-ultimately-benefited-taliban Billions Spent on Afghan Army Ultimately Benefited Taliban] Associated Press, US News, Aug 17, 2021.
''Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly and completely — in some cases without a shot fired — that the ultimate beneficiary of the American investment turns out to be the Taliban.''</ref>
''Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly and completely — in some cases without a shot fired — that the ultimate beneficiary of the American investment turns out to be the Taliban.''</ref> Planes, guns, night-vision goggles, ended up being the Taliban's new U.S.-made war chest.<ref>"[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-conflict-usa-arms-idUSKBN2FK1L5 Planes, guns, night-vision goggles: The Taliban's new U.S.-made war chest]"
Idrees Ali, Patricia Zengerle and Jonathan Landay. Reuters, Aug 18, 2021</ref>
Not surprisingly, The Qatari pro-terror network [[Al Jazeera]] was given exclusive access to the presidential palace by Taliban.<ref>roi kais (@kaisos1987) Tweeted:
Not surprisingly, The Qatari pro-terror network [[Al Jazeera]] was given exclusive access to the presidential palace by Taliban.<ref>roi kais (@kaisos1987) Tweeted:
The Qatari Al-Jazeera channel receives from Taliban exclusive access to the presidential palace in Kabul. No need to be surprised https://t.co/h53JupS8OP [https://twitter.com/kaisos1987/status/1426974071145877507?s=20 Aug 15, 2021]</ref>
The Qatari Al-Jazeera channel receives from Taliban exclusive access to the presidential palace in Kabul. No need to be surprised https://t.co/h53JupS8OP [https://twitter.com/kaisos1987/status/1426974071145877507?s=20 Aug 15, 2021]</ref>
Even CNN had to admit that it's: "some of most dire days of his presidency."<ref>"As White House scrambles on Afghanistan, Biden faces some of most dire days of his presidency." Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny, Kaitlan Collins and Jeremy Diamond, CNN, August 19, 2021.
(CNN)Two photographs of President Joe Biden this week neatly illustrated the White House's fight to contain the fallout of the biggest crisis of his presidency.</ref>
Taliban atrocities included executions,<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/03/afghanistan-advancing-taliban-execute-detainees Afghanistan: Advancing Taliban Execute Detainees], HRW, Aug 3, 2021</ref> even killing kids in front of their parents.<ref name=mid-day/>
Taliban atrocities included executions,<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/03/afghanistan-advancing-taliban-execute-detainees Afghanistan: Advancing Taliban Execute Detainees], HRW, Aug 3, 2021</ref> even killing kids in front of their parents.<ref name=mid-day/>