Crazy Minutes

   Since we will keep the minutes of our homeowners meeting in September - for the first time - we decided to practice by recording a pentagon briefing on Tuesday. Here goes: 

Q. How many Americans are still unaccounted for?

A. Well...ah...it's a...we don't...ah...it changes by the hour.

Is the president firm on an August 31 end date? 

It is...ah...true...a...a...must get to the...airport by the end of August. 

There are blockaids...people are unable to get there. 

We are...working on that...ah...throughput...and processing. 

Some have told their congressional reps they are trapped.

Ah...there is no constraint. It's ah...ah.. retrograde situation.

Are those who helped us a priority?

Ah...the situation...ah...is constantly fluid. There is dissonance.

What do you say to family members back home?

We are facilitating passage...ah...ah...improving visibility.

Does the president have a plan in case people are left behind?

Ah...the dispositions of the draw down are what we are concerned about first and foremost. There is no constraint. You can ask Centcom about that. Ah...there are bottlenecks...and structure...but also deliberations.

We hear our forces in Kabul will begin withdrawal this Friday.

They...they are already beginning to process out. ISIS-K is nearby.

Won't the Taliban then have total control before the 31st? 

Ah...that is speculation. We're in...ah...deliberations with the Taliban, and...ah...trusting they will keep their word. 

So, a collection of terrorists are dictating to the mighty U.S.   

We are constrained by the agreement made by President Trump. 

Does Obama regret freeing those five terrorists from Gitmo? Isn't Biden the vice president who handled the draw down in Iraq, and ISIS emerged from the chaos? And won't terrorists from Afghanistan start coming through our southern border?

Ah...that's all the time we have today. We might update you tomorrow.

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