Anyone else opine that this clusterf*ck is not the result of incompetance but something more sinister?


Total Calamity: Biden May Activate the Civil Reserve Air Fleet
JACOB BLISS
21 Aug 2021

President Joe Biden could activate the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF). United States airline companies have been put on alert since Friday that the CRAF is a possibility, according to multiple reports.

If Joe Biden activates the CRAF, this would mean that commercial airlines companies can possibly be required to help with the evacuation process in Afghanistan after the president botched the withdrawal, leaving thousands of Americans and U.S. allies left in the country trying to flee in fear for their lives in a country conquered by the Taliban terrorists.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the Biden administration is already making leeway to invoke the CRAF to help with the evacuation from Afghanistan. Doing this would mean Biden has come to terms with finally ramping up the evacuation process by requiring commercial companies to help the C-17 aircraft transport the evacuees from the region. CRAF is authorized under the Defense Production Act, which former President Donald Trump used last year to help with the manufacturing and production of equipment to combat the Chinese coronavirus.

The WSJ reported:

The White House is expected to consider activating the Civil Reserve Air Fleet, or CRAF, created in 1952 in the wake of the post-World War II Berlin Airlift, to provide nearly 20 commercial jets from up to five airlines to augment U.S. military efforts to transport Afghan evacuees from bases in the region, according to U.S. officials.

Officials are considering alternatives for ramping up the evacuation effort, which include expanding the number of bases in the region to reduce overcrowding, officials said, a move that could augment the use of civilian airlines or avert the need for them. Additional military bases in the U.S. also are being designated to provide housing for arriving Afghan evacuees.

The report noted that the civilian planes would not be allowed to fly to and from the airport in Kabul; instead, it would help transport the thousands of Americans and Afghan allies in airbases in Qatar, Bahrain, and Germany. Doing this would relieve the strain on bases in the region, which are quickly being filled with Americans and Afghans.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/...erve-air-fleet/