Day: July 13, 2022

Full List of American War Weapons Lost In Afghanistan

BY DAN WOS

SEE: https://www.ammoland.com/2022/07/full-list-of-american-weapons-left-afghanistan;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational & research purposes:

USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- No one has done more to strengthen the ability of the Taliban in their mission to perpetrate evil on the World than Joe Biden. While desperately trying to destroy the 2nd Amendment, Democrats are simultaneously handing over $83 billion worth of training and equipment to the enemy in a botched retreat from Afghanistan.

Aside from the fact that the Biden Administration pulled our military out while leaving unarmed and defenseless American Citizens behind, the enormous list of weapons and true military hardware that was gift-wrapped and handed to the Taliban is of great concern. The list of military equipment left behind in Afghanistan as a result of this haphazard military evacuation is extensive and includes the following:

American Aircraft, Equipment & Armored Vehicles

  • 2,000 Armored Vehicles Including Humvees and MRAPs
  • 75,989 Total Vehicles: FMTV, M35, Ford Rangers, Ford F350, Ford Vans, Toyota Pickups, Armored Security Vehicles etc.
  • 45 UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopters
  • 50 MD530G Scout Attack Helicopters
  • ScanEagle Military Drones
  • 30 Military Version Cessnas
  • 4 C-130s
  • 29 Brazilian made A-29 Super Tucano Ground Attack Aircraft
  • Heavy Equipment, Including Bull Dozers, Backhoes, Dump Trucks, Excavators

=208+ Aircraft Total

American War Weapons Lost in Afghanistan

At least 600,000+ Small arms M16, M249 SAWs, M24 Sniper Systems, 50 Calibers, 1,394 M203 Grenade Launchers, M134 Mini Gun, 20mm Gatling Guns and Ammunition

  • 61,000 M203 Rounds
  • 20,040 Grenades
  • Howitzers
  • Mortars +1,000’s of Rounds
  • 162,000 pieces of Encrypted Military Communications Gear
  • 16,000+ Night Vision Goggles
  • Newest Technology Night Vision Scopes
  • Thermal Scopes and Thermal Mono Googles
  • 10,000 2.75 inch Air to Ground Rockets
  • Reconnaissance Equipment (ISR)
  • Laser Aiming Units
  • Explosives Ordnance C-4, Semtex, Detonators, Shaped Charges, Thermite, Incendiaries, AP/API/APIT
  • 2,520 Bombs
  • Administration Encrypted Cell Phones and Laptops ALL operational
  • Pallets with Millions of Dollars in US Currency
  • Millions of Rounds of Ammunition including but not limited to 20,150,600 rounds of 7.62mm, 9,000,000 rounds of 50.caliber
  • Large Stockpile of Plate Carriers and Body Armor
  • US Military HIIDE, for Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment Biometrics

This is the information you are not supposed to have. According to Forbes, the Biden Administration is not helping transparency by “hiding key audits on Afghan military equipment.”

A GAO spokesman said “The State Department requested we temporarily remove and review reports on Afghanistan to protect recipients of US assistance that may be identified through our reports and thus subject to retribution.” However, the reports included no recipient information.

Never in American history have we seen such military failure.

The idea that American Citizens, left behind in Afghanistan, would be left defenseless as Taliban fighters go door to door seeking them out while using the weapons this Administration left behind, leads any logical thinking person to believe that there were ulterior motives. This is a mistake that a group of third-graders playing backyard tag wouldn’t be so foolish to make. The top priority is to get your teammates to safety, but apparently, the Biden Administration had a different plan.

While Joe and his Cover-Up Queen, Jen Psaki, praise their Administration’s actions and try to convince American Citizens that leaders around the World support this decision, former Commander of British Troops in Afghanistan, Colonel Richard Kemp, spoke out specifically on the effects this decision will have on NATO.

“President Biden has just completely destroyed it’s (NATO’s) credibility. Totally destroyed it, single-handedly. What we face now is a terrorist threat coming out of Afghanistan that is greater than the terrorist threat before 911.”

He added, “People have been talking about impeaching President Biden. I don’t believe President Biden should be impeached. He’s the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Armed Forces, who’s just essentially surrendered to the Taliban. He shouldn’t be impeached. He should be court-martialed for betraying the United States of America and the United States Armed Forces.”

President Trump implied that Joe Biden’s decision lacked intelligence and common sense. “Leaving our Military till the end was such a simple decision that anyone with intelligence and common sense would have made.”

If the Democrat’s goal was really to keep weapons out of the hands of dangerous people, wouldn’t Taliban fighters be at the top of that list?

New data reveals just how much danger the Biden Administration has put American Citizens in. In an effort to save face, Pentagon Press Secretary, John Kirby, said some equipment was destroyed. However, new photos of Taliban fighters using American weaponry is surfacing every day. It is unclear exactly how many weapons have fallen into the hands of the Taliban, but according to the Hill, even the Biden Administration has acknowledged it’s a “fair amount.” 

 

 

 

So while Democrats are trying desperately to disarm American Citizens, they are simultaneously arming foreign terrorists to the teeth and beyond. Is this sheer incompetence or something else?

It will take articulate strategy and extreme force to repair the damage Joe Biden and his Administration have done. The effects the World will endure as a result of this colossal failure will be felt decades, possibly centuries into the future.

The Afghanistan debacle also reveals the left-wing gun hypocrisy here at home. Isn’t it interesting how we don’t see Shannon Watts and her angry mob of gun-grabbing misfits pleading to get “actual” weapons of war out of the hands of real Terrorists? This, even at a time when those weapons are pointed directly at defenseless, fellow Americans immediately after their “President” has abandoned them. Instead, Everytown is ramping up articles painting lawful, American gun-owners as Terrorists. The shameful behavior of these anti-American groups never seems to reach its pinnacle and the incompetence of this administration is likely to result in the loss of American lives.

The 2nd Amendment is not a privilege.
It’s your right.

Dan Wos

Oklahoma natural gas plant explodes, damaging critical NGL hub

Image: Oklahoma natural gas plant explodes, damaging critical NGL hub

BY ETHAN HUFF

SEE: https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-07-12-oklahoma-natural-gas-plant-explodes-damaging-hub.html;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational & research purposes:

(Natural News) One of the country’s leading midstream natural gas service providers went up in flames over the weekend in yet another mysterious explosion incident.

ONEOK, Inc., a large-scale operator of major natural gas liquids (NGL) systems, had its NGL fractionation facility in Medford, located about 85 miles south of Wichita, Kan., explode out of nowhere on Saturday, potentially disrupting the flow of hydrocarbons to energy export hubs on the Texas Gulf Coast.

As we reported back in June, another major natural gas terminal, this one owned by Freeport Liquefied Natural Gas, also went up in flames this year.

“There is an active incident at the plant south of town, and we are asking all residents south of Main Street to evacuate your homes and go to the Medford public school building,” announced the Grant County Sheriff’s Office in a Facebook.

Video footage of the Oklahoma explosion, shared by KWCH Eyewitness News, can be seen below:

KWTX News 10 also shared footage from a different angle:

In a statement, ONEOK explained that the “incident” did not result in any injuries that the company is “aware of.” ONEOK continues to work with local emergency responders and “appreciate[s] their quick response.”

“Our focus continues working with emergency responders to extinguish the fire and the safety of the surrounding community and our employees,” the company added.

At least four natural gas plants have exploded in the U.S. since early June

The NGL products that ONEOK handles just so happen to be used broadly in all sectors of the United States economy. The company’s now-badly damaged fractionation plant separates NGLs into various NGL products including ethane, propane, butane, and natural gas.

According to reports, NGL products are used in inputs for petrochemical plants, such as for the purpose of generating electricity at power plants, creating fuel for cooking, and mixing fuel for vehicles.

ONEOK’s Medford fractionation facility feeds NGL products directly into pipelines that run through Texas to Mont Belvieu on the Gulf Coast, a major export hub for energy products.

“There’s no word (yet) on disruptions to pipeline flows,” one report explained.

Since early June, at least four different natural gas facilities, just in the U.S. alone, have exploded or caught on fire under mysterious circumstances. One of them was the Freeport facility on June 8, as well as the:

• Petro Star refinery explosion in Valdez, Ak., on June 27

  • Energy Transfer pipeline explosion in Wallis, Tx., on July 7

These explosions follow a spate of similar explosions and fires at food processing plants, dozens of which have been partially or fully destroyed over the past several months.

The ONEOK and other natural gas explosions come at the worst possible time for the Texas power grid, about half of which is powered by natural gas. Texas is currently in the throes of the very hot summer season, which means more power outages could soon be on the way for Texans.

“This is a highly organized takedown of the U.S.,” wrote a commenter on a news story about the ONEOK explosion. “Energy infrastructure has been hobbled and food production, too – even baby formula.”

“Death jabs, collapsed supply chains, etc.”

Another wrote that the explosions could be the result of having to run refineries at 95-98 percent capacity “to try to offset Biden’s idiocy.”

It is really starting to seem like these explosions are intentional and planned. More of the latest can be found at Collapse.news.

Sources for this article include:

ZeroHedge.com

NaturalNews.com

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SEE ALSO:

First Oklahoma, now Texas: Another natural gas facility EXPLODES

https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-07-12-oklahoma-texas-another-natural-gas-facility-explodes.html

Governor Abbott Takes Control of Texas Border

Governor Abbott Takes Control of Texas Border

BY DAVID KELLY

SEE: https://thenewamerican.com/governor-abbott-takes-control-of-texas-border/;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational & research purposes:

Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order last week that helps law enforcement return illegals to the border. This is in direct defiance of President Biden’s welcome mat plan for what the White House prefers to call “irregular” migration. 

“I have authorized the Texas National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety to begin returning illegal immigrants to the border to stop this criminal enterprise endangering our communities,” Abbott said. “As the challenges on the border continue to increase, Texas will continue to take action to address those challenges caused by the Biden Administration.”

Abbott’s executive order comes at a time of historic illegal crossings at the border. There were more than 239,000 illegal crossings in May alone, and Abbott said that there were 5,000 illegal immigrant apprehensions in Texas alone over Independence Day weekend.

“While President Biden refuses to do his job and enforce the immigration laws enacted by Congress, the State of Texas is once again stepping up and taking unprecedented action to protect Americans and secure our southern border,” Abbott said in a statement. “The cartels have become emboldened and enriched by President Biden’s open border policies, smuggling in record numbers of people, weapons, and deadly drugs like fentanyl.”

Abbott has taken a number of dramatic measures to cope with the flood of illegal immigrants hitting the state, including busing illegals to Washington, D.C. Last year, the state increased resources and law enforcement to the border under the still-ongoing Operation Lone Star in order to arrest those entering the country illegally.

A recent reported six-day total of 26,000 illegal immigrant arrests were made in the Del Rio, Big Bend, El Paso, Loredo, and Rio Grande Valley sectors.  This represented more than half the total 40,000 estimated to have been apprehended across the entire southwestern border. About 70 percent of those apprehended were reportedly single adults.

Despite a judge stopping President Biden from lifting the Covid-19 pandemic-era expulsion policy Title 42, his administration is failing on enforcing the measure as 65 percent of the 26,000 migrants managed to avoid being deported under the health rule.

Biden’s “border czar,” Vice President Kamala Harris, attacked Abbott in a Sunday television interview over his executive order tapping state officers for migrant arrests. She hammered Abbott’s accusations that the White House is responsible for the migrant crisis, suggesting he “focus on solutions” rather than criticize the administration.

“I would suggest that so-called leaders focus on solutions instead of attacks if they really are concerned about a problem, and that includes the issue of immigration,” said Harris.

Harris herself has done little in her role as border czar to solve the illegal immigration crisis. The vice president maintained that solutions to illegal immigration would include “passing a pathway for citizenship,” a long-held goal for Democrats.

Even with Abbott’s executive order, some Texas counties have declared the illegal immigrant crisis an “invasion” and urged Governor Abbott to do the same. This would give the state greater powers, including returning illegal immigrants into Mexico itself.  A few House Republicans have called for an invasion declaration as well.

Representative Chip Roy (R-Texas) said, “We are dealing with an invasion. Texans are dying from fentanyl pouring into our communities. Our ranchers are getting overrun, their livestock are getting out, their fences are getting cut. Our communities are dealing with that. So, all of these leaders in the counties in south Texas are asking for is that Texas step up, and we go do what the federal government refuses to do.”

Abbott has so far not issued such a declaration, but his executive order did mention the word “invasion,” saying the Biden administration has “abandoned the covenant, in Article IV, § 4 of the U.S. Constitution, that ‘the United States…shall protect each [State in this Union] against Invasion.'”

While Governor Abbott does all he can to protect his state’s border, the solution to immigration rests with the President and Congress.  The Constitution of the United States gives significant authority to the president over immigration, but it gave Congress broad power over immigration too. It’s time for both to stop kicking the can down the road, and once and for all solve the immigration issues plaguing our nation.