Peter Baker

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @NBCNews: One of Afghanistan's first female mayors said Sunday she’s waiting for the Taliban to come and kill her: “I can’t leave my fam… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nytimes: The American military restored order on Tuesday at Kabul’s international airport, a day after scenes of chaos and desperation.… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nytimes: News Analysis: The desperate scenes at the Kabul airport will now give Afghanistan a place in America’s national memory as ano… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @AndrewRestuccia: The White House has been saying for days that vulnerable Afghans who were cleared to leave the country chose to stay i… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The Post's loss is the Times's gain. @JulieATate is the gold standard, absolutely. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"I hate to see it end like this": In 20 years, more than 775,000 US troops deployed to Afghanistan and many are watching the Taliban victory with a roiling mix of sadness, rage and relief. ⁦@David_Philipps⁩ https://t.co/oiGASPT6YM — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @washingtonpost: U.S. intelligence warned on Aug. 10 it would take 30-90 days for the Afghan government in Kabul to collapse. The capi… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nytimes: The number of people in the U.S. hospitalized with Covid-19 has reached the heights last seen during the overwhelming winter w… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @juliaioffe: According to @AndyKimNJ’s congressional office, Afghan passports that were submitted to the US embassy for visa processing… — PolitiTweet.org

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The drumbeat of warnings raise questions about why Biden officials and military planners seemed ill-prepared to deal with the Taliban’s final push into Kabul, including a failure to ensure security at the airport and rushing thousands of troops back to protect the American exit. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

US spy agencies warned of a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and rapid collapse of the Afghan military even as Biden and his aides said publicly that was unlikely to happen as quickly. ⁦@MarkMazzettiNYT⁩ ⁦@julianbarnes⁩ ⁦@adamgoldmanNYT⁩ https://t.co/53Dwk8D6Mc — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Biden faces angry and increasingly public criticism from lawmakers in both parties over the chaos descending on Kabul. ⁦@CatieEdmondson⁩ https://t.co/1UHA8QkzFL — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Abdul Ghani Baradar, the new face of the Taliban as it has swept back to power in Afghanistan, was released from prison in Pakistan under pressure from the Trump administration as part of its peace talks. ⁦@jessdonati⁩ @margheritamvs⁩ https://t.co/zwHSqHic6P — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

As the Taliban sweeps back into power 20 years after Sept. 11, the remarkable team from ⁦@frontlinepbs⁩ previews its documentary on how all this got started. https://t.co/SgiytaLhQu — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nytimes: The front page of The New York Times for Aug. 17, 2021. https://t.co/1nJPwknbc0 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nytimes: In the last seven days, the single most stunning week in two decades of war in Afghanistan, the country’s armed forces folded… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @AaronBlake: Literally the next part of her quote: "It's utterly bizarre." It's fun to mislead people into thinking this is somehow an… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @adriennemong: Our video team found footage of the Taliban entering Kabul in 1996 and compared it to footage from the past two days. Sim… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @sbg1: One point though: it’s not yet a worst case scenario. It could yet get worse. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"The persistent & ultimately ineffectual US presence allowed the Taliban to portray themselves as a nationalist movement—and their Afghan rivals as puppets of the latest foreign power vainly trying to exert its influence over Afghanistan" ⁦@Indira_L⁩ https://t.co/YzYXw33Fpg — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @mitchellreports: .@washingtonpost publisher Fred Ryan wrote @JakeSullivan46 urgently requesting that 204 @nytimes, @WSJ, @washingtonpos… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @JenGriffinFNC: Just received a first hand account that the Taliban have already started going house to house in Kabul to look for any A… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @thehill: Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta: "I strongly recommend to President Biden that he take responsibility, admit the mistake… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @amyewalter: Even before the Afghanistan debacle, approval ratings for Biden were already on the decline. In this polarized era, I don’t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TimAlberta: She's risking her life, reporting in detail from across Kabul, trying to inform the world about a surreal and complex set o… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @michaeldobbs: Thanks. There are some haunting parallels, I agree. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @tackettdc: 7 killed in Kabul airport chaos as Taliban patrols capital https://t.co/WeBuK7xBUN — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

For Biden, the indelible Saigon-like picture he hoped to avoid. A dark day in modern history. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @sbg1: My friend @EdwardGLuce has it just right. Put simply, we’re too much partisan bs in Washington and too little dealing with the aw… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @sbg1: 8/16/21 https://t.co/oe4dIscyra — PolitiTweet.org