{"id":80570,"date":"2021-08-25T17:41:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T21:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=80570"},"modified":"2021-08-25T17:42:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T21:42:36","slug":"this-was-not-an-800-million-embassy-in-kabul-it-was-a-well-planned-theft-of-us-taxpayer-dollars-by-bankster-selected-beneficiaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=80570","title":{"rendered":"This was not an $800 MILLION U.S. embassy in Kabul; it was a well-planned theft of taxpayer dollars by bankster-selected beneficiaries!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>America&#8217;s $800 Million Kabul<br \/>\nEmbassy To Be Abandoned &#8212;<br \/>\nNo Troops Will Guard It<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__2clki NodeBody_container__1M6aJ\">\n<p>The initial Biden plan for the complete US troop draw down from Afghanistan was to\u00a0<strong>authorize a security force of some 600 Marines to guard the massive US embassy\u00a0<\/strong>compound in Kabul. This\u00a0was announced last Spring &#8211;\u00a0of course long before the chaotic botched evacuation events of this month, which has seen all diplomats and military retreat to the confines of Hamid Karzai international airport.<\/p>\n<p>Plans have drastically changed as on Wednesday during a Pentagon press briefing a military spokesman confirmed that\u00a0<strong>the embassy will be completely abandoned<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/kabulembairlift.jpeg?itok=mwUpZeSh\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"7402188f-4ed7-4dbf-9185-ecd96703a5c4\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>Via Associated Press<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-video\" class=\"Advert_verticallySpaced__wnPy3\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;After the US military leaves Kabul on Aug. 31, no Americans will guard the $800 million dollar US\u00a0embassy in Kabul,&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0Fox&#8217;s Pentagon corresponded Lucas Tomlinson\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LucasFoxNews\/status\/1430543697599475718\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/adamandrzejewski\/2021\/08\/17\/10-us-investments-in-afghanistan-that-didnt-pan-out\/?sh=2189c2c374ce\"><em>Forbes<\/em><\/a>\u00a0has recently reviewed, US taxpayers have sunk a\u00a0whopping\u00a0<strong>$1.5 billion to erect and maintain<\/strong>\u00a0it soon after the post 9\/11 American invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, though most estimates commonly put it at $800 million in value (minus maintenance, upkeep, and security costs).<\/p>\n<p>The publication recently went through 10 U.S. investments in Afghanistan that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/adamandrzejewski\/2021\/08\/17\/10-us-investments-in-afghanistan-that-didnt-pan-out\/?sh=2189c2c374ce\">didn&#8217;t pan out<\/a>\u00a0(a bit of an understatement):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>U.S. Embassy:\u00a0<strong>$1.5 billion\u00a0for the U.S. Embassy\u00a0(security, construction and maintenance) plus $157 million for operations since 2001<\/strong>. Embassy officials lowered the American flag this week as the embassy was totally evacuated.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Since last week embassy operations have relocated to the airport, though it seems there may be a minimal US security force still guarding it and perhaps destroying any final sensitive\u00a0equipment so it&#8217;s not left to Taliban hands.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/foreignaid.png?itok=xFy65404\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/foreignaid.png?itok=xFy65404\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/foreignaid.png?itok=xFy65404\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"22c31f0b-9f32-45eb-bb0f-fb3efb78a4da\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Military helicopters have been airlifting personnel from the embassy since the collapse of the US-backed Afghan national government, and as the Taliban approached and took control of the capital city.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time recent reports have indicated\u00a0<strong>both Russia and China plan to keep their embassies in Afghanistan operational<\/strong>, with last week both countries confirming their intent, also as China has signaled it plans to formally &#8216;recognize&#8217; the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/americas-800-million-kabul-embassy-be-abandoned-no-troops-will-guard-it\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/americas-800-million-kabul-embassy-be-abandoned-no-troops-will-guard-it<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America&#8217;s $800 Million Kabul Embassy To Be Abandoned &#8212; No Troops Will Guard It<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}