FOR THOSE OF US WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY SERVING OVERSEAS: AFGHANISTAN FRIDAY UPDATE---UP TO 80K AMERICANS, AFGHANS EMPLOYED BY US WAITING FOR KABUL EVAC

As many as 80,000 Americans and Afghans who once worked for the US still need to be evacuated from Kabul amid the botched withdrawal that has been marred by violence and chaos.  The US has evacuated 7,000 from Kabul since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan five days ago but there are still between 60,000 and 80,000 who need to get out.  That includes more than 10,000 Americans, according to CBS News. MORE AT https://nypost.com/2021/08/19/up-to-80k-americans-afghans-need-to-be-evacuated-from-kabul/

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THE ADMINISTRATION'S SHAME......

--Call Afghanistan what it is: The worst hostage crisis in American histor; MORE AT https://nypost.com/2021/08/19/afghanistan-is-the-worst-hostage-crisis-in-american-history/

--Harris  https://nypost.com/2021/08/19/kamala-harris-tanking-in-poll-as-she-goes-to-ground-on-afghan-withdrawal/

PRAYERS FOR OUR TROOPS, OUR STAFF, THE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF AFGHANISTAN 

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MIRANDA DEVINE - What possessed the White House to tweet out a photo of Joe Biden all alone in a conference room at Camp David as Kabul fell to the Taliban Sunday?  Isolated, feeble, indecisive: that is the lasting image of the president of the United States as his nation suffered the worst self-inflicted humiliation of its history. MORE here

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US CAN'T HELP FLEEING AMERICANS--U.S. forces can’t help Americans flee to Kabul airport, Pentagon chief says; CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/18/us-forces-cant-help-americans-flee-to-kabul-airport-pentagon-chief-says.html

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BIDEN DOUBLES DOWN, SNAPS AT QUESTIONS OVER HORRIFIC SCENES https://nypost.com/2021/08/18/defensive-biden-doubles-down-on-afghanistan-withdrawal-amid-chaos/

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APPROVAL RATING PLUMMETS; MORE FROM THE TELEGRAPH HERE

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WHERE'S KAMALA https://nypost.com/2021/08/18/kamala-harris-keeps-low-profile-after-afghanistan-chaos/

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The kinder, gentler Taliban - already killed a woman for not wearing a head covering. MORE AT https://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2021/08/the-kinder-gentler-taliban-already-killed-a-woman-for-not-wearing-a-head-covering-.html

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THE AMERICANS LEFT BEHIND  https://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2021/08/wsj-email-the-americans-left-behind.html

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THANK YOU TO CROTON'S TOM FARANDA FOR THE INFO:

• Jesuits, Missionaries of Charity, stranded in Afghanistan--https://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2021/08/jesuits-missionaries-of-charity-stranded-in-afghanistan-.html
• One of the many tragedies: Afghan adoptions  https://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2021/08/one-of-many-tragedies-afghan-adoptions-.html
• WSJ, SPECIAL REPORT  https://tomfaranda.typepad.com/folly/2021/08/wsj-special-editorial-report-afghanistan-.html