event 1
Event 1: Taliban take control of Afghanistan
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I’m a combat veteran who served in Afghanistan and I support @POTUS’ decision.
— Ben Cobley (@BenC00) August 16, 2021
This Afghanistan vet just blew up MSNBC’s entire Biden-simping Afghanistan narrative LIVE ON AIR.
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) August 17, 2021
What a glorious takedown. Watch this. pic.twitter.com/6mR2RlPN7I
Lauren Boebert was one of 16 members of Congress who voted last month against giving visas to Afghans who helped the US. https://t.co/mnX2ZEN6OT https://t.co/HlUaytNRRO
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) August 16, 2021
I find it implausible that 300,000 Afghan soldiers spontaneously and individually quit. I find it more plausible that they received such orders from their leaders who cut a deal with the Taliban. I look forward to reading more reporting to confirm/refute this hypothesis.
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) August 17, 2021
FLASHBACK: In February 2020, Donald Trump discussed how he empowered the Taliban to take over Afghanistan after America's departure pic.twitter.com/y82tBtv3Vh
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) August 16, 2021
Fox News went from: “Biden abandoned our Afghan allies” to “why should we take in Afghan refugees” in the span of 5 hours.
— Tim (@trouble_man90) August 17, 2021