Jeff Tiedrich on the reaction to today's suicide bombings by ISIS:

[tblue37]

Jeff Tiedrich
@itsJeffTiedrich
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your reminder that when four American soldiers were killed in Niger in 2017, Trump's response was to say nothing for 12 days and then call one of the widows a liar
Jeff Tiedrich
@itsJeffTiedrich
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1h
hey, remember when Trump defeated ISIS? me neither

https://twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich

[doc03]

1. Why did TFG release the Taliban leader and 5000 Taliban? wtf

[Whiskeytide]

2. I think it's customary to release prisoners when you surrender to a foe. n/t

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. Didn't have to do it way ahead of time though (nt)

[Caliman73]

5. Trump was negotiating with Baradar, who was in a Pakastani prison.

That was the price of the "peace deal". You know, Trump is such a great negotiator and all. Didn't you read "The Art of the Deal"? It's all right in there.

Seriously though, this was a group that opposes the Taliban for not being radical enough I think, right?

The Taliban may be the next empire to fall for trying to control Afghanistan. We just need to be out of there like yesterday.

[onetexan]

12. Bingo - the Con sacrificed our troops & everything the US had done in Afghanistan for his political

gain, or to put Biden's admin in a position with little wiggle room to pivot. This is the mess he created; the fallout is his doing.

[wnylib]

20. It occurred to me today that

we might see a strange alliance in the near future between the US and the Taliban against Isis as the common enemy.

We once allied ourselves with the Soviet Union against Nazis, then after WWII were allied with former Nazis against the Soviets.

[TomCADem]

4. Though ISIS and the Taliban Are Actually Enemies

It is sort of like when Dubya used 9/11 to justify an invasion of Iraq. Not all Muslims are the same.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/26/asia/taliban-afghanistan-al-qaeda-intl-cmd/index.html

ISIS and the Taliban: Mutual loathing
While the Taliban's connections with al Qaeda endure, both groups loathe ISIS, which has tried to establish a foothold in Afghanistan. The ISIS branch known as IS Khorasan (IS-K) has a presence in eastern provinces such as Nangahar and Kunar, but it has been diminished by Taliban attacks.
However, Abdul Syed, a researcher and author on militant movements in Afghanistan and Pakistan, says that through devastating attacks in Kabul and Jalalabad, IS-K "has transformed to a new shape for a long battle in Afghanistan." He told CNN that it enjoys support from radical Salafists in several provinces.
Some captured IS-K fighters were being held at a prison outside Kabul, which the Taliban overran as their offensive on Kabul accelerated. There are unconfirmed reports -- denied by the Taliban --that their fighters killed at least one senior IS-K detainee, Abu Umar Khurasani.
According to one regional counter-terrorism source, upwards of 100 and perhaps many more ISIS prisoners escaped two jails near Kabul that in the chaotic days leading up to the fall of Kabul and have avoided re-arrest.

[DickKessler]

6. Truth!!

[GoCubsGo]

7. Thanks for the reminder, Jeff.

[George II]

8. The tweet:

Link to tweet

[SunSeeker]

9. K & R & Retweeted!

[Hekate]

10. It's really a shame Pompeo couldn't have been at the airport today. nt

[W_HAMILTON]

11. Remember when Trump released 5,000 Taliban soldiers from prison and said...

...they were going to start fighting the terrorists for us?

Add that to the list of 30,000+ lies.

[Grokenstein]

15. Turns out he didn't mean US.

...and then the cultists began braying "Maybe we're fighting on the wrong side LOL" when people started pointing out that the Taliban and the American Taliban have so much in common.

[LymphocyteLover]

13. I was thinking about that too

Fuck Trump, that evil POS has only brought us grief

[LymphocyteLover]

14. is there any doubt that trump and his evil minions are gloating about the death of our troops now?

[NoMoreRepugs]

18. Everyone in tRUMPWorld and the Reputinican party is dusting off their Benghazi scripts.

[LymphocyteLover]

23. Yep-- they are going to politicize the crap out of this

[IggleDuer]

16. Did President Biden specifically order the troops to stay at that hotel?

Thinking Khobar Towers.

[IggleDuer]

26. Correction: Marine Barracks in Lebanon in 1983.

[IcyPeas]

17. trump said to widow "he knew what he signed up for" (paraphrasing)

[BigmanPigman]

19. Wasn't Gen Kelly in on the insults too?

Didn't they put down a Dem rep from FL and lied about what was said?

[tblue37]

24. Yep. nt

[keithbvadu2]

21. I don't remember multitudes of GOP investigations for Niger like Benghazi.

I don't remember multitudes of GOP investigations for Niger like Benghazi.

[erpowers]

27. Calls For Resignation

I also do not recall GOP politicians and celebrities calling on Donald Trump to resign. I do not recall GOPers asking about the whereabouts of VP Pence. I do not recall GOPers calling the Trump Administration the most incompetent administration in history.

[czarjak]

22. "Only suckers and losers serve", Don?

[Blue Owl]

25. Fuck trump

Crank up the hellfires for that motherfucker