Remember last month when Biden and Blinken lied about “only 100 or so” Americans still being trapped in Taliban’s Afghanistan? The media, including Fox News played along with the lie and continued to extend it. Now we are almost at Halloween and there AT least 300 Americans still trapped and held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan. I know, you must be shocked to hear that Biden and Blinked lied (again), and the media let them off the hooks.
Nearly two months after the U.S. withdrew troops from Afghanistan following 20 years of war, more than 300 American citizens remain in the nation now under Taliban control.
That number is nearly triple the federal government’s original estimate.
The Biden administration and Pentagon says they are working to get those Americans out of Afghanistan.
“We are aware of concerns that some of our members have about their family members, absolutely,” Department of Defense press secretary John Kirby said. “(There is an) interagency effort to find safe passage for these individuals to the best of our ability.”
But he said the repatriation efforts will not lead the U.S. to send troops back to Afghanistan.
Instead, the U.S. Department of State is relying on diplomatic agreements with the Taliban, with press secretary Ned Price saying the U.S. is insisting the Taliban uphold “the right of free passage for those who wish to depart Afghanistan.”
Kirby added that U.S. partners in the region will be key in evacuating Americans.
That’s not good enough for Republicans on Capitol Hill, who continue to slam the Biden administration’s exit strategy.