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Rhiannon12866

(205,908 posts)
Sat Sep 4, 2021, 05:57 AM Sep 2021

Stephen Miller's remark during meeting stuns officials - CNN



Stephen Miller seemed floored by the idea, raised during a fall Cabinet meeting in 2018, of  keeping open the doors for Afghan allies and other Middle East refugees to enter the US. 

"What do you guys want?" Miller, then a top adviser to President Donald Trump, asked incredulously, according to one person in the room. "A bunch of Iraqs and 'Stans across the country?"

His words stunned many in the meeting, but they were no accident. Under Miller's guidance, several sources told CNN, the Trump administration was purposefully slow-walking the entry of all refugees -- including allies who aided American soldiers in Afghanistan. Aired on 09/03/2021.



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Stephen Miller's remark during meeting stuns officials - CNN (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 OP
Betraying those who served with us scumbags Duncanpup Sep 2021 #1
I don't understand all the arguing about a "failure" to evacuate Afghans RVN VET71 Sep 2021 #2
It's because media people can't keep up with presidents that multi-task. jaxexpat Sep 2021 #4
True. RVN VET71 Sep 2021 #5
By jove Watson, I think you've got it. jaxexpat Sep 2021 #6
Miller must be removed from the landscape The Wizard Sep 2021 #3

RVN VET71

(2,697 posts)
2. I don't understand all the arguing about a "failure" to evacuate Afghans
Sat Sep 4, 2021, 07:47 AM
Sep 2021

What the hell, man. 120,000+ people evacuated and a commitment to work with the Taliban to get out more. What is the failure? It looks to me like Biden’s actions punched little Stevie Nazi in the mouth because of its success.

And it was successful, goddammit. Trump and Miller tried to make it impossible but Biden flew over their obstructions and got more than 120,000 people out. What more do these jackasses on MSM want from the President? What more could anybody have done in light of the Trump-Miller legal obstructions laid in the turf like land mines to prevent a smooth exit?

jaxexpat

(6,844 posts)
4. It's because media people can't keep up with presidents that multi-task.
Sat Sep 4, 2021, 09:42 AM
Sep 2021

We are a nation of lazy people at the top. Biden shakes their reposed little world.

RVN VET71

(2,697 posts)
5. True.
Sat Sep 4, 2021, 09:59 PM
Sep 2021

Good journalism requires the journalist to report on facts, to get those facts, and see what those facts mean and represent. Stupid, slipshod journalism determines the narrative than looks for “facts” to support it. If those facts aren’t clear, they resort to “people in the administration say” or “sources report that . . . “ -- or they just out and out lie (as in the case of Fox).

The Wizard

(12,547 posts)
3. Miller must be removed from the landscape
Sat Sep 4, 2021, 08:15 AM
Sep 2021

preferably in Butner, NC, deported to Siberia, or thrown into a Death Valley FEMA camp.

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