Benghazi Redux? Maybe.
“I know the U.S. Embassy was working on a plan, but it’s a shell of what they need. There appears to be a lack of coordinated effort between the U.S. Embassy and the American companies and personnel here . . . .”
So, the above was written about Benghazi, right? Um, that would be a, “No.”
The above is a statement by Mike Warren, a security director for the USAID-backed Mining Investment and Development for Afghanistan Sustainability Project. He’s referring to the current state of US emergency evacuation planning for Afghanistan should things go bad there.
As Santayana said: “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
Circa.com has a detailed article discussing the above today. IMO it’s worth reading.
Sheesh. If the linked article is anywhere near accurate, nothing has changed. DoS appears to be just as institutionally clueless and inept as it was 4 years ago.
But for the current gang of fools and tools calling the shots in DC Administration, being institutionally clueless and inept is nothing new. Besides: “What difference does it make?”
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What do you mean, IF things go bad there? Only a matter of time before they do.
But no worries, by then, Preezy Ochoom will be out of office, playing golf in Hawaii, and not his problem.
Not since Buchanan has an outgoing President left such a shit show for his successor.
‘such a shit show’ — and would you agree that it’s intentional?
Only to a point. Some is by design, but so much of it is just ineptitude of a galactically stupid scale than no evil genius would lay claim to it.
Well, if you come up with a list of all the things a marxist ideologue would do to damage the US, it would be pretty close to everything the community organizer in chief has done.
Personally I would think it intentional IAW their mentor Alinsky and his rules for radicals.
Couple that with their personal greed & quest for power, there’s nothing these idiots won’t do. That includes the demise of America.
“if things go bad”? Agreed. It should read “should the situation escalate beyond the SUAFU/SNAFU status…”
The shite show will be the Klinton’s “problem”. Donald has no path. Dems have a choke hold on the Electoral College map.
I take it that means you won’t waste time voting then?
I’m sure he and his crowd will go on blaming Bush, it’s been their MO all along.
There’s no need to craft an evac plan. The Brits have an old one. Just need to dust it off and drive on.
Eh, let’s not. As I recall, that British plan didn’t work out very well the first time around.
Harry Flashman had a plan that worked-attach yourself to a competent Cavalry NCO, follow him as far as possible, show abject cowardice at the key moment and get astronomically lucky.
Well, all of that and the fact that he was a fictional character incented to allow George MacDonald Fraser to write about virtually every English disaster during the 19th century which made it inconvenient to kill him off in the first book.
This is what happens when politics gets into the workplace. Everyone is too busy watching their backs as the management plays games with their lives. One day the bill will come due.
Nobody has the balls to craft a plan because nobody has the balls to accept the responsibility if/when things go to shit. And things will go to shit. It’s easier to say “What difference at this point does it make” after the smoke clears.
I wonder if the US Embassy complex in Kabul is as large as the one in Saigon in 1975?
Netflix has a fascinating documentary on “The Last Days in Vietnam” – worth watching as we get ready for the latest version of the same old song….
I’ve been there a few times myself, it was Camp Eggers when I was in the litterbox and it’s not too far from Kabul International Airport.
Netflix also has a documentary called Exit Afghanistan which shows some Scandahoovian ISAF troops vacating a FOB and handing it over to the ANA…and the resulting cluelessness and Taliban resurgence. And the band played the waltzing matilda…
I really wish this in some way was even a little surprising to me. This administration seems to take some arrogant satisfaction from forging ahead with little regard for lessons that should already have been learned and the realities of dangerous foreign policy locations.
Preparation for the worst of situations has always been part of the training for our best troops.
I sometimes think our current administration is unaware of the reality of the statement, “It is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in battle”
Without preparation, only disaster awaits.
The geniuses who advise the Head Genius are clueless. They have no idea what’s what, anywhere in the world. That includes Kabul, Damascus, Baghdad, Havana, just to name a few.
Whatever B. Hussein 0bama & Company CAN fuck up to no end, they will and do so in the worst possible way. What haven’t they rendered FUBAR since they took the helm?
Not a single thing, API.
NASA.
Personally, I think some of it is intentional, to make whoever gets the job next look as bad as possible and waste enormous amounts of time and energy trying to fix things. But I also think that it includes the opposite side of that coin, the one with the motto ‘GAS/GAF Attitude at Work’.
If Trump gets the job, he will wear himself out trying fix things and yes, point the finger at the Fool on the Hill.
If Clinton gets it, she’s already in the shit spot over Benghazi and she will spend a lot of time trying to make up for her stupid shit mistakes, AND, yes, she’ll point the finger at the Fool on the Hill as well.
I doubt anyone will waste a second blaming any shrubbery for what is to come.
Just keep your weapons clean, your ammo dry, and make every single round count. We may not get a resupply. – J.B.
Too little too late…..
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/2016/03/27/marine-corps-needs-hundreds-more-embassy-security-guards-post-benghazi/82161934/
That embassy won’t be setup for a take-down like the Benghazi consulate unless the Obama Regime is planning another handover of classified info to the enemy. And, this time, the inbred jihadiscum better not kill the planned for hostage so that the Obama Treason Factory can provide them with the millions of dollars to support their cause under the guise of buying back “our guy”.
Spent more than a few years working in Embassies and consulates throughout centcom aor. There is a plan for NEO operations at every embassy and consulate however, we all know the maximum effective range of a plan is the first point of contact with the enemy. Out of all the Embassies, Consulates and facilities I worked out of the vast majority did not have Marine Security Guards. Unsung hero’s at most of these facilities are RSO’s working with local officials to provide security.
Tony180…This is on a different subject, but I know it will piss you off as it has me. RE: Alan Macintosh, just a loser POS; but one who has taken advantage of and ruined a military widow. Man, I know you’re up for the chase, same as me. You and I both can either eliminate his home and high school of record right quick. On his bio, he claims to have attended Church Hill, Tn near Kingsport. That places him in Hawkins County, Tn…..but in all my digging I have yet to find a link to that area. BTW, Nashville was my home for ten years before moving west to Camden where I dived for mussel shells (in addition to scattered inland commercial diving jobs throughout the Southeast). Good times, great memories, and probably the best 16 years of my life. I remember you saying during the Gallatin search on that Griffith fellow you did not live far from Gallatin. You never told me where.
Anyway, two old Volunteers would probably be the best to search Tennessee for leads to this dishonest bastard. Please keep in touch, let me know how your digging is going, and most of all take care of yourself. Likely we will be heading back to the Nashville area late Spring of next year. Would enjoy touching base with you. S/F
Jarhead, I’m outside of Clarksville but I have a buddy in Bristol, Tn that is from Kingsport. He has family and friends throughout that area so I’ll give him a call and see what we can find on this fine upstanding citizen. To take advantage of anyone is wrong but to ruin a military widow combined with his stolen valor shitbaggery deserves some special attention. You and your family are more than welcome to stop by whenever you’re in the area. Late spring I’ll take you out to some secret crappie honey holes and we can fill up the live well with some slabs!!