WaPo Bromance with Dem Virginia Governor Candidate Terry "The Grifter" McAuliffe Is Over-the-Top

 

Dems: McAuliffe win shows 'roadmap' for beating Youngkin

By Sarah Rankin | AP  June 9, 2021 at 7:44 p.m. EDT

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mcauliffe-win-sets-up-virginia-clash-with-outsider-youngkin/2021/06/09/b6f112c8-c8df-11eb-8708-64991f2acf28_story.html?commentID=290d4fec-ede6-49b0-addd-e9c705e43854

It’s hard to tell if this Washington Post (WaPo) article is a news or an opinion piece? With the way WaPo Liberal columnists masquerading as reporters sneak their opinions into articles, it’s impossible to distinguish which is which and especially with the way the WaPo is fawning over Terry as their pick to be the next Virginia Governor. Why doesn't the WaPo even mention in any of their coverage anything about McAuliffe’s GreenTech scam illegally selling Chinese billionaires immigration US Visas as part of his sham GreenTech scheme? His Republican opponent, Glenn Younkin, spent 30 building businesses while McAuliffe's business experience was in a scam that would have made Bernie Madoff blush.

McAuliffe and his sham GreenTech Automotive (now bankrupt and out of business) were investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for Visa fraud when McAuliffe attempted to gain tax credits from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP), the state’s business recruitment agency, to build GreenTech Automotive's factory in Virginia. He refused to supply VEDP with proper documentation of their business strategy and investors, which caused the VEDP to decline economic incentives for GreenTech Automotive. McAuliffe later falsely claimed during his gubernatorial run that VEDP was uncooperative and uninterested in GreenTech Automotive. 

In 2017, McAuliffe was sued for defrauding investors at GreenTech Automotive with the firm declaring bankruptcy in 2018. McAuliffe gave 32 wealthy Chinese nationals EB-5 visas in exchange for $560,000 investments into GreenTech Automotive, which exceeded the Department of Homeland Security's determined quota for GreenTech Automotive.

To be fair, shouldn’t the WaPo mention this in any of their glowing and positive articles about their darling, Terry “the Grifter” McAuliffe? Also, McAuliffe should have to report all WaPo Virginia election articles to the FEC as “in Kind” campaign donations.

Biden's Afghanistan Abandonment -- The Obama-Biden Iraq Abandonment 2.0

 

Hostage advocates concerned by US pullout from Afghanistan

By Eric Tucker | AP June 9, 2021 at 1:54 p.m. EDT

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hostage-advocates-concerned-by-us-pullout-from-afghanistan/2021/06/09/d6ac911a-c8d9-11eb-8708-64991f2acf28_story.html?commentID=d62894e6-e07c-49bd-9d47-c2be5505178d

This Washington Post (WaPo)  article includes this passage: “The departure of all U.S. special operations forces from Afghanistan will make counterterrorism operations, including the collecting of intelligence on al-Qaida and other extremist groups, more difficult. The administration hopes to be able to compensate through the military’s wide geographic reach, which has only expanded with the advent of armed drones and other technologies. The administration has said it will retain a U.S. Embassy presence, but that will become more difficult if the military’s departure leads to a collapse of Afghan governance.”

 

Several recent WaPo articles have been very supportive of the Biden Afghanistan Abandonment while attempting to insulate Biden from the inevitable blame for the Afghan Government collapse and eventual reentry of US Troops similar to the Biden-Obama Iraq fiasco. The WaPo is doing this by misrepresenting the deal that the Trump administration ultimately signed with the Taliban in February 2020.   Although the Trump deal called for all U.S. troops to leave Afghanistan by May 2021, the withdrawal was dependent on conditions on the ground at the time so it is arguable that a pull out never would have happened.

Anyone that believes President Biden has a clue what he’s doing with his precipitous abandonment of Afghanistan should listen to the 2 June 21 C-SPAN interview with former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and LTG (Ret) H.R. McMaster when they labeled Biden Ignorant.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?512248-1/leon-panetta-hr-mcmaster-discuss-us-troop-withdrawal-afghanistan

Both agreed Biden’s recent presentation to Troops at JB Langley-Eustis was “misleading and disgraceful.” They ridiculed Biden’s Afghanistan plan as non-existent and his understanding of the situation as naive. This should scare all Americans.

We’ve been in Afghanistan for 20 years and have fewer killed then ONE month of losses in Vietnam. Hardly “huge.”  We are now negotiating with adjacent countries for basing rights to continue our operations in country from “over the horizon” when we have developed Bagram Airfield (BAF) with two 10,000 foot active runways capable of handling any aircraft flying and excellent accommodations for 20,000+ troops.  Keeping a small 2,000 residual force in Afghanistan would be the low cost solution to “keeping a lid” on the place.  It appears Biden learned nothing from the Biden-Obama desertion of Iraq only to have to reintroduce troops again. According to Panetta & McMaster, Biden is on track for a repeat.

Replacing BAF with “Over-the-Horizon” capabilities is a myth. Contrary to “Bug Out” Biden’s “Over-the-Horizon” comments we have NO UAV platforms or bases capable of sustaining an “Over/the-Horizon” campaign.  Doha to Bagram is 1500 miles and an Air Force MQ-1B Predator or an Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle cruising speed is <200 MPH so just to get “on station” with ~450 lbs of ordnance is a 15 hour round trip. If we still controlled BAF problem solved.

USAF Prepares for Over-the-Horizon Operations After Afghanistan Withdrawal

https://www.airforcemag.com/usaf-afghanistan-withdrawal-over-the-horizon-operations-funding/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%206.9.21&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

I would add, look at BAF’s location in relation to Iran in case we ever had to conduct operations against them.  Maintaining a small presence and control of Bagram would be the “low cost” smart thing to do but no one has ever accuse Biden of being smart.

Washington Post Opinion: The way forward on containing Iran’s nuclear ambitions

 

Opinion by Bob Menendez & Lindsey Graham June 3, 2021 at 10:33 a.m. EDT

Bob Menendez, a Democrat, represents New Jersey in the U.S. Senate and serves as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Lindsey Graham, a Republican, represents South Carolina in the U.S. Senate.

Senator Melendez (D-NJ) and Senator Graham (R-SC) were right to oppose the original JCPOA and advising caution in going into any new agreement that must be much more comprehensive and enforceable. Everyone should read their sage advice and follow it going forward – Especially President Biden.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/03/menendez-graham-iran-nuclear-ambitions/

Also, any new agreement needs to be in the form of a treaty that needs to be ratified by the Senate.

 Remember, the Biden-Obama was duped by Iran last time and both the US CENTCOM commander and out commander in Afghanistan as well as US Intelligence acknowledge it was Iran and NOT Russia that was paying a bounty to kill US Troops in Afghanistan. As a matter of fact, Iran was using the Billions of dollars the Biden-Obama Administration gave them to pay the bounties which is why troops call it the “Biden Bounty.”

US intelligence indicates Iran paid bounties to Taliban for targeting American troops in Afghanistan

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/17/politics/iran-taliban-bounties-us-intelligence/index.html

 Afghanistan war: US spies doubt reports of Russian 'bounties' for troops

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56775660

 U.S. commander: Intel still hasn't established Russia paid Taliban 'bounties' to kill U.S. troops

"It just has not been proved to a level of certainty that satisfies me," Gen. Frank McKenzie told NBC News. McKenzie oversees U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/u-s-commander-intel-still-hasn-t-established-russia-paid-n1240020