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Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw Issues Blunt Response On The Taliban’s Threat: ‘Go F*ck Yourself’

By • August 24, 2021 6:25 pm

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (Texas) issued a blunt response to Taliban forces demanding that the US withdraw American troops in Afghanistan by the August 31 deadline earlier set by the Biden administration. 

In a tweet, the former Navy SEAL who lost his right eye in combat, told Talibans to “go f*** yourself” following the statement from the Talibans threatening the US of “consequences” should it extend the presence of its troops in Afghanistan.

“The only proper response from America to these dirty savage terrorists should be: Go f*** yourself,” Crenshaw said on Monday.

The Taliban threatened the U.S. On Monday after President Joe Biden signaled that troops may stay in Afghanistan past August 31 to continue evacuating American citizens and U.S. allies. The terrorist group warned of “consequences” should the United States leave troops in Afghanistan past the deadline.

The Taliban made the threat to the US after President Joe Biden indicated that American forces may stay in Afghanistan beyond August 31 to finish evacuating American civilians and US allies.

“There’s discussions going on among us and the military about extending.  Our hope is we will not have to extend, but there are going to be discussions, I suspect, on how far along we are in the process,” Biden said on Sunday as the US continued to conduct a chaotic evacuation of thousands of its personnel and citizens from Afghanistan through Kabul’s Karzai International Airport.

“We discussed a lot with the Taliban. They’ve been cooperative in extending some of the perimeter,” he added.

Biden went to deflect the potential threat from the Taliban saying that so far, no attacks have been made against US forces.

Taliban warns US of “consequences” for extension

“So far the Taliban has not taken action against US forces. So far they have, by and large, followed through on what they said in terms of Americans to pass through, and the like. And I’m sure they don’t control all of their forces. It’s a rag tag force,” the Democratic president claimed.

Nonetheless, after Biden’s remarks, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen urged the Biden administration to follow through with its August 31 deadline.

“It’s a red line,” Shaheen said. “President Biden announced that on 31 August they would withdraw all their military forces. So if they extend it that means they are extending occupation while there is no need for that.”

“… If the US or UK were to seek additional time to continue evacuations — the answer is no. Or there would be consequences,” Shaheen threatened.

“It will create mistrust between us. If they are intent on continuing the occupation, it will provoke a reaction.”

On August 14, the Taliban took Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, and overthrew the US-backed Afghan government with little to no resistance. 

The terror organization launched a lightning blitz to seize Kabul, capping off a lightning blitz by the terror group to capture Afghanistan following Biden’s scheduled withdrawal of American troops in the country. 

Since then, reports of the Taliban mistreating women, as well as hunting locals who worked with the US and NATO forces over the years have surfaced.

This comes as the US military and State Department continue to scramble to evacuate Americans still trapped in the country, as well as Afghan allies.

Thousands of Americans and its allies remained trapped behind Taliban roadblocks, however, making it impossible to reach Karzai airport for evacuation. The US embassy in Afghanistan, which has relocated its facilities near the airport, issued a caution to Americans not to travel to Karzai on Saturday.

“Because of potential security threats outside the gates at the Kabul airport, we are advising US citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a US government representative to do so,” the embassy said in a security alert.

 

Despite this, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki insisted on Monday that Americans in Afghanistan are “not stranded.”

The Biden administration is also unable to provide the number of Americans in Afghanistan.

“We cannot give you a precise number,” Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, earlier said — noting that the US had been in contact with a “few thousand Americans” and planning arrangements to evacuate them from Afghanistan.

Earlier reports said “up to 15,000 Americans remain in Afghanistan” after the country fell into the hands of the Taliban.

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