{"id":241800,"date":"2021-08-31T06:20:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T06:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=241800"},"modified":"2021-09-01T07:27:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T07:27:55","slug":"biden-must-own-what-comes-next-as-american-citizens-blocked-from-kabul-airport-lawmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=241800","title":{"rendered":"Biden Must Own What Comes Next as American Citizens Blocked from Kabul Airport: Lawmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cameron Arcand \u2013 The Western Journal Aug 30, 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>United States citizens trying to escape Afghanistan have been blocked from getting into Kabul\u2019s Hamid Karzai International Airport, Republican lawmakers charge, and they are placing the blame squarely on President Joe Biden and his State Department for doing enough to get Americans out.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson vented his anger and frustration in a Saturday Twitter post, enraged at an apparent lack of communication between the government and those who need to be rescued, with time running out on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-announces-final-decision-extending-afghanistan-deadline-taliban-threat\/\">Aug. 31 deadline<\/a> for American forces to leave the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am furious!!\u201d the lawmaker, Navy veteran and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/obamas-white-house-doctor-sounds-alarm-bidens-mental-state-becoming-bad-now-national-security-issue\/\">former White House physician<\/a> wrote. \u201cMy team has been on the phone all day trying to get AMERICAN CITIZENS out. They have been just outside the airport numerous times, but the State Department WILL NOT help them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have been beaten by the Taliban at check points and told to leave and come back with large sums of money. Biden is going to get them killed! Enough!! We have put someone who gives a damn in charge RIGHT NOW!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They have been beaten by the Taliban at check points and told to leave and come back with large sums of money. Biden is going to get them killed! Enough!! We have put someone who gives a damn in charge RIGHT NOW!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ronny Jackson (@RonnyJacksonTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonnyJacksonTX\/status\/1431801064282595331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, fellow Texas Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dan-crenshaw-responds-kabul-attacks-still-war\/\">Dan Crenshaw<\/a>, a well known and vocal opponent of President Joe Biden\u2019s Afghanistan strategy, confirmed Jackson\u2019s claim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerica, you need to know this: Biden is not letting US citizens through the airport gates. It has been impossible to get anyone through for the last 24 hours. This administration has been lying about their intent to save Americans. Unforgivable,\u201d tweeted Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-lost-rep-crenshaw-makes-sick-comment-eye-injury-responds-pure-class\/\">who lost an eye<\/a> fighting in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">America, you need to know this: Biden is not letting US citizens through the airport gates. It has been impossible to get anyone through for the last 24 hours. <\/p>\n<p>This administration has been lying about their intent to save Americans. Unforgivable.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanCrenshawTX\/status\/1431807027748163585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Their tweets contradict the Pentagon\u2019s comments about who is being allowed entry into the airport, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/28\/rep-ronny-jackson-state-department-will-not-help-american-citizens-leave-kabul\/\">Breitbart<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny U.S. passport holder that wants to get in can get in. And we are still, if I\u2019m wrong here, I don\u2019t think I\u2019m wrong, we are still processing and getting on planes SIV applicant as well vulnerable Afghans,\u201d Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/Newsroom\/Transcripts\/Transcript\/Article\/2756150\/pentagon-press-secretary-john-f-kirby-and-major-general-hank-taylor-deputy-dire\/\">briefing<\/a> Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo they\u2019re being allowed onto the airport?\u201d a reporter asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, as far as I know, yes,\u201d Kirby replied.<\/p>\n<p>White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jake-sullivan-afghanistan-safe-passage-us-citizens-face-the-nation\/\">CBS News<\/a> on Sunday that there are \u201croughly\u201d 300 Americans still left in the country who are trying to flee Taliban control.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sullivan also said there are Americans who have chosen not to leave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe they\u2019ve lived there for many years. Maybe they have extended family there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He did not give a number on those cases.<\/p>\n<p>With the Tuesday deadline still in effect, citizens and those with Special Immigration Visas are scrambling to leave Afghanistan or potentially face the wrath of the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>The stakes have escalated following the savage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/afghan-bombing-witness-describes-horror-kabul-airport-5-year-old-baby-girl-died-hands\/\">ISIS-K suicide bombing<\/a> near the airport last week, killing at least 170 Afghans and 13 American soldiers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/afghanistan-kabul-taliban-us-news-08-29-21\/index.html\">CNN<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>There was even a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-command-believes-another-attack-imminent-kabul-airport\/\">credible threat<\/a>\u201d to the airport this weekend, and U.S. citizens were asked by the State Department to \u201cleave the area immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a>: Due to a specific, credible threat, U.S. citizens near Kabul airport, including South gate, new Ministry of the Interior, and gate near Panjshir Petrol station, should leave the area immediately. Avoid traveling to the airport at this time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wU0jfVIdfZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/wU0jfVIdfZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ghd9w7Cme2\">pic.twitter.com\/ghd9w7Cme2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Travel &#8211; State Dept (@TravelGov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TravelGov\/status\/1431777061459398658?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Biden and his team are fully aware that the withdrawal of troops from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/taliban-recognized-legitimate-government-new-deal-solve-airport-conflict-report\/\">Afghanistan<\/a> could have ended more peacefully, but instead let it turn into a chaotic bloodbath.<\/p>\n<p>And he\u2019s responsible for the consequences.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-must-comes-next-american-citizens-blocked-kabul-airport-lawmakers\/?fr=operanews\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The debacle in Kabul is beginning to look far worse than fall of Saigon, as the Biden administration appears to have abandoned hundreds of U.S. citizens. Leaving them at the mercy of the Taliban <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":241082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Afghanistan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=241800"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241804,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241800\/revisions\/241804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/241082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=241800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=241800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=241800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}