The Taliban is acting all high and mighty after they essentially kicked us out last month. And sadly they still have leverage over us since there are still claims that there are stranded Americans stuck in Afghanistan. So when the Taliban threatened us about flyovers, it was surprising that the Pentagon basically said No, we will do what we want.
“The Taliban on Wednesday warned the U.S. against flying drones over its “sacred airspace” or there could be “negative consequences.”
“We recently saw [the] United States violating all international rights, laws and … commitments made to the [Taliban] in Doha, Qatar, as Afghanistan’s sacred airspace is being invaded by U.S. drones,” a spokesperson said on Twitter.
“We call on all countries, especially [the] United States, to treat Afghanistan in light of international rights, laws, and commitments … in order to prevent any negative consequences.”
The Pentagon did not reply to the Taliban warnings and instead directed Fox News to comments made by press secretary John Kirby, who said the U.S. retains “all necessary authorities to execute over-the-horizon counterterrorism operations.”
“We remain confident in these capabilities moving forward,” he told reporters Friday. “Without speaking to specific rules of engagement surrounding airstrikes, there is currently no requirement to clear airspace with the Taliban. And we do not expect that any future over-the-horizon counterterrorism strikes would hinge on such a clearance.”
But we still have, as of mid-September, about 100 Americans stranded over there…
“So as of the end of last week, we had about 100 hundred American citizens in Afghanistan who told us that they wish to leave the country. And I want to emphasize that this is a snapshot in time. It’s more accurately a moving picture, as you know, stepping back for a minute to know precisely at any given moment of time exactly how many American citizens are in any country,” Blinken told the House Foreign Affairs Committee.”
So whereas I am all for playing hardball with the enemy, Biden put us in quite the predicament when he decided to abandon Americans in hostile territory. So glad Biden decided to prioritize Afghanis over American citizens when they were evacuating.
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