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    1. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

      "what would you tell your allies in NATO" "article five is sacrosanct, NATO is solid, NATO is being consulted, we checked in with everyone about this, all of our troops will get out safely, no one has died. we're working to get NATO civilians out" stronger answer

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    2. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

      eigenrobot Retweeted eigenrobot

      oh holy shit a journalist just raised this point explicitly wrt South Korea and Taiwan "how can you be a global leader without making sacrifices" goddamnhttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1427690949535174658?s=19 …

      eigenrobot added,

      eigenrobot @eigenrobot
      what was actually bad though was that he was asked about whether Biden was still committed to South Korea and he responded that that was different because that isnt a civil war sitch which you know doesnt make me feel great about how the white house might decide to frame Taiwan
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    3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

      Holy fuck he just completely refused to answer not good extremely not good what the fuck

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    4. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

      he spent thirty seconds talking about sacrifices and then just pretended to be interrupted and moved onto the next question incredibly egregious I'm floored

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    5. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

      "how are you actually going to ensure people will get to the airport" "well keep talking to the Taliban"

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    6. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

      jen psaki with additional updates. her clothes fit and her hair isnt fucked up. looks like her makeup is off tho. black smudge under her left eye shes just reading stuff

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    7. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

      "why isnt the US providing help for US citizens to get to the airport" "let me refer you to Jakes comments that were talking with the Taliban. also some Americans have been making it to the airport"

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    8. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

      "if there are still Americans stuck at the end of the month what are you going to do" "we're not focusing on that right now"

      8 replies 7 retweets 95 likes
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    9. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

      "does the president still have confidence in his intelligence teams" "yes and hes still taking advice from the daily" REASSURING

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    10. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

      "will you acknowledge this is a failure like David axlerod says you should" "[word salad meaning 'no']"

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      eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

      "the president has made it clear that he doesnt trust the taliban so why are you trusting them to let people to the airport" "uhhh we're watching them. and eventually we have the military" ok so she said there may be some kind of vague military response if there are problems?

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        2. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

          she mentioned the Taiwan relations act at least, and affirmed it. somewhat passingly

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        3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

          fuzzy on numbers of people in Afghanistan, punted to State

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        4. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

          "why did you not have a plan to secure the airport. you fucking idiots" "stuff happens"pic.twitter.com/6mVIU2Me1a

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        5. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

          press conference over

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        6. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

          we're so fucked

          10 replies 5 retweets 149 likes
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        7. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

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          friends and allies of america i am really genuinely sorry for this shit show https://twitter.com/lolitsnotreal_/status/1427703931912835080?s=19 …

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        8. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

          listening to state briefing, have to work but will update if anything interesting guy is much more clinical guys name is Ned Price. and looks and talks like a guy named Ned Price his collar is curled up but his light brown jacket fits

          3 replies 0 retweets 74 likes
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        9. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

          journalists are hammering this guy hes answering more competently but not giving answers absolutely no commitments on getting people to the airport its pretty extr*ordinary

          2 replies 2 retweets 71 likes
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        10. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

          journalists are raising specific cases of americans who are trapped in their apartments after being turned back from the airport spox not giving answers

          2 replies 2 retweets 62 likes
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        11. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

          its interesting listening to this because its clearly a lower production value press conference. reporters getting follow up questions, everything less shouty way more time for reporters to pin the guy

          1 reply 0 retweets 56 likes
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        12. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

          theyre mad that hes giving them crap they already know and that hes refusing to talk about new stuff from the main press conference theyre directly contradicting shit hes saying its pretty impressive currently arguing about SIVs

          2 replies 1 retweet 59 likes
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        13. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

          reporter is straight up calling him a liar about US ability to extract people given the (i) count of people who need extraction and (ii) current rate at which the extraction is occurring

          4 replies 0 retweets 65 likes
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        14. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

          its a hash basically just waiting for commentary about Taiwan / Korea

          2 replies 0 retweets 49 likes
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        15. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 17

          eigenrobot Retweeted Teddy

          guess this dude has a reputationhttps://twitter.com/TeddyRaccovelt/status/1427715742368256002?s=19 …

          eigenrobot added,

          Teddy @TeddyRaccovelt
          Replying to @eigenrobot
          Just so U know price is a serial liar about just, like, facts
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        16. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 18

          hopped in late to a Pentagon briefing "why didnt you keep bagram running" "we decided to collapse bagram instead of abandoning the embassy for tactical reasons given our mission set with the constraint of reducing troops"

          3 replies 2 retweets 36 likes
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        17. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 18

          "are you thinking of retaking bagram" "good question but I won't discuss here"

          3 replies 1 retweet 30 likes
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        18. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 18

          "if you have a deconfliction process with the Taliban why cant you get afghans past the checkpoints" "we're emphasizing that they need to let documented afghans through. right now we see our chokepoint as moving once they get to the airport. but yes there have been incidents"

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        19. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 18

          conference over, will watch from beginning later

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        20. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 18

          by which I mean now opens by stating current focus of defense is keeping airport running securely, also increasing pace. flown out several thousand since early August, working to increase the rate "working with State to process paperwork"

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        21. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 18

          defense secretarys suit and tie ensemble is flawless

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        22. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 18

          joint chiefs of staff chair has incredibly bushy eyebrows. one eyebrow hair is out of place and hanging over his right eye. v distracting "we/l have some brutal postmortems but right now our priority is evacuating Americans and ppl who supported us. will not leave them."

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        23. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 18

          "if we identify threats to the airport we will respond militarily and every organization in the country is aware of this"

          1 reply 1 retweet 17 likes
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        24. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 18

          "intelligence identified multiple scenarios including this one. but we did not anticipate a collapse in 11 days. [shortest estimate was "weeks"]

          2 replies 0 retweets 25 likes
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        25. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 18

          "evacuating the afghans who supported us for twenty years is /personal/ and we're going to get them out."

          2 replies 1 retweet 24 likes
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        26. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 18

          confirmation that special forces are operating somewhere, not sure whether this is surprising or whether this means anything

          4 replies 1 retweet 27 likes
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        27. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 18

          chairman once more emphasizing that this is Personal. he seems fairly pissed in a marginally restrained way

          2 replies 0 retweets 20 likes
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        28. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 18

          first question "are you considering sending troops to escort people to the airport to handle checkpoints" "we're focused on airfield security. we have to be able to defend it from some specific threats. we'll continue to coordinate with Taliban" oof

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        29. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 18

          "how are you going to get everyone out of the country. tons of Americans arent even in Kabul dude" "we're just working with Taliban atm. we have the capability to do other things. this would be a policy decision and we will follow policy"

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        30. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 18

          "we dont have the capability to collect large numbers of people. this is different than small numbers of people in extremis" hmm

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        31. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 18

          "at what point do you start pulling out american capacity" "great question. before we started. so, we have to develop a detailed plan. weve been thinking about this for a while and continue to think about them" ok thats not an answer

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