{"id":242314,"date":"2021-09-07T06:36:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T06:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=242314"},"modified":"2021-09-08T07:13:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T07:13:54","slug":"private-groups-say-biden-admin-blocking-rescue-flights-from-leaving-afghanistan-blood-is-on-their-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=242314","title":{"rendered":"Private Groups Say Biden Admin Blocking Rescue Flights from Leaving Afghanistan: ‘Blood Is on Their Hands’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jack Davis \u2013 The Western Journal Sept 6, 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Operators of privately sponsored rescue flights are pointing the finger at President Joe Biden\u2019s State Department, saying it is the sole barrier to getting Americans and Afghan allies out of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

White House officials have pushed back against that accusation.<\/p>\n

Rick Clay, who runs the rescue group PlanB, was among those saying the State Department is the barrier to helping those desperate to escape the Taliban<\/a> flee the country, according to Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The outlet reported that others it interviewed but did not name also blamed the State Department.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is zero place to be negotiating with American lives,\u201d Fox News quoted one individual as saying.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf one life is lost as a result of this, the blood is on the White House\u2019s hands. The blood is on their hands. It is not the Taliban that is holding this up \u2014 as much as it sickens me to say that \u2014 it is the United States government,\u201d the individual said.<\/p>\n

Rescue flights seeking to land at al-Udeid airbase in Doha, Qatar, where military evacuations landed, need the State Department\u2019s approval to land, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is imperative that we get into Doha where there [are] other refugee centers,\u201d Clay said. \u201cThat is where I\u2019ve asked for clearance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clay and the others interviewed by Fox News said the State Department<\/a> has put up hurdle after hurdle to block private flights from landing in nearby countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can get aircraft in and pick up people and bring them out, why can\u2019t we take them to Doha to the refugee center or other refugee centers?\u201d Clay said. \u201cThis makes no sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still have Americans we can get out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, who has been trying to help PlanB navigate the red tape of Washington, said it was \u201chard to believe that the U.S. government would deny American citizens and Afghan allies who helped save American lives the ability to evacuate Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, what we\u2019ve been hearing from people actually involved in evacuation is completely different from the administration\u2019s rosy spin,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I hear President Biden declare this debacle an \u2018extraordinary success\u2019 it not only shows he\u2019s detached from reality, it also calls into question everything this administration is telling the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Joe Biden abandoned Americans in Afghanistan. Members of Congress, including me and my office, have been working around the clock to get them out – and for days Biden's State Dept. couldn't even get out of its own way. Now there are deeply disturbing reports of a hostage crisis. https:\/\/t.co\/EMGd5wWGxs<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) September 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n