One of the various methods police use to catch criminals is to separate the people apprehended at a crime scene and have them tell their stories separately without being able to hear each other. Generally the truth will be found somewhere in the contradictions. Right now we seem to be getting a number of contradicting stories from the Biden administration on Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
Yesterday The Daily Caller<\/a> posted an article about one of those contradictions. In this case, the story and the contradiction both came from the same person.<\/p>\n The article reports:<\/p>\n Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed Sunday that the United States had not given lists of American citizens and allies to the Taliban.<\/strong><\/p>\n Blinken joined \u201cMeet the Press\u201d with NBC\u2019s Chuck Todd and disputed the accuracy of reports indicating U.S. officials<\/a> had handed over lists of people the Taliban should allow through checkpoints and into the airport in Kabul. Just moments later, however, Blinken<\/a> appeared to concede that U.S. officials had handed over passenger manifests for busloads of Afghan allies who were supposed to be allowed through security. …\u201cChuck, it\u2019s simply not the case. The idea that we\u2019ve done anything to put at further risk those that were trying to help leave the country is simply wrong. And the idea that we shared lists of Americans or others with the Taliban is simply wrong,\u201d Blinken immediately pushed back.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWhat was shared?\u201d Todd pressed.<\/strong><\/p>\n Blinken went on to detail the lists of people<\/a> U.S. officials had given to the Taliban in order to ensure their safe passage.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWhen you\u2019re trying to get a bus or a group of people through and you need to show a manifest to do that \u2014 particularly in cases where people don\u2019t have the necessary credentials on them or documents on them \u2014 then you\u2019ll share names of the lists of people on the bus so they can be assured those are the people we\u2019re looking to bring in. By definition, that\u2019s exactly what\u2019s happened,\u201d Blinken said.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve gotten 5,500 American citizens out of Afghanistan,\u201d Blinken continued, saying again that the U.S. had provided passenger manifests or verified the names<\/a> of individuals \u2014 especially those who might not have proper documentation on them.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cBut the idea that we put anyone in any further jeopardy is simply wrong,\u201d he concluded.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you were dealing with humane, rational people who are willing to help you evacuate Americans and friendly Afghans from Afghanistan, that might be a reasonable course of action. However, if you are dealing with people who routinely cut people’s heads off for any minor slight or infraction, you might want to reconsider giving them a list of\u00a0 your allies. I really can’t believe that the people in our State Department are that naive. Unfortunately if they are not that naive, this is being done on purpose. That thought is even more scary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the various methods police use to catch criminals is to separate the people apprehended at a crime scene and have them tell their stories separately without being able to hear each other. Generally the truth will be found … Continue reading
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