During the announcement, General McKenzie actually said some Americans left behind “want to stay for awhile”.

In case you don’t believe a human being could be so callous, hear for yourself….

He said the number of remaining Americans is in the “very low hundreds.”
— Yahoo News, 8/30/21

Oh well, that’s not so bad.

White House says ‘small number’ of Americans remain in Afghanistan
US military admits several hundred Americans who wanted to leave Afghanistan are stranded
Sacramento school district confirms 24 students are still stranded in Afghanistan
Animal Rights Group Goes After Biden Administration For Allegedly Leaving Service Dogs Behind
Thousands of American University of Afghanistan students and graduates were left behind
American woman trapped in Afghanistan and tear-gassed at airport:
‘The last flight is gone and we’re left behind’
‘We have Americans stranded in countries all the time’:
Pentagon defends leaving hundreds of citizens in Kabul
Biden Banks On Taliban To Rescue Stranded Americans

Let’s hope and pray over the coming days, weeks and months, we don’t start getting reports of the tradition atrocities we’ve come to expect from the Taliban, especially committed against Americans, stranded by the Biden administration, who chose to remain because they “wanted to stay for awhile”.

Not like anyone in the Biden administration gives a shit about them.

For example, it’s a well know fact there IS a blacklist against Hollywood conservatives. Unless you’re an A-list entertainer, even a hint of Republican orientation can result in your never-going-to-work-in-this-town-again. Whether we’re talking Los Angeles, New York City, Washington, D.C. or any other progressive enclave, employed Republicans must keep their political views to themselves and have had to do so for decades.

Political discrimination is a topic very seldom reported in the it’s-no-big-deal media because it’s proudly practiced against conservatives, but now it will be an issue in need of yet another “discussion” because it could be happening to (heaven forbid) … liberals.

OIG found evidence of leadership and management deficiencies and mistreatment of career employees in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO). These inappropriate practices included disrespectful and hostile treatment of employees, accusations against and harassment of career employees premised on claims that they were “disloyal” based on their perceived political views, and retaliation associated with conflicts of interest.

During the course of this review, OIG received allegations that two personnel actions were undertaken by IO leadership for improper motives: the removal of the IO Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS), a career senior foreign service officer, and the cancellation of the selection process for a career position in the IO Office of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs. OIG found evidence that both actions by IO leadership were likely based on non-merit factors and thus violated Department policy.
— Office of Inspector General Review, August 2019

Two.

Conservatives have and continue to work in environments where partisan liberals fearlessly blurt out their disdain for Republicans, President Trump and are “disrespectful and hostile” to anyone not a Democrat. Thus conservatives are routinely passed over and/or outright ignored in hiring in blue areas if any hint of their party affiliation is discovered. There is no redress.

Only defense.

The Friends of Abe is a small group of Hollywood conservatives who meet anonymously, with the exception of a few well-established high-profile members, because they know damn well they’ll get blacklisted into oblivion if they’re outspoken in their political views.
— Human Events, 1/24/14

In the United States it’s widely perceived that we have rights guaranteeing “freedom of association”. Unfortunately lawsuits, some of whom were decided by the Supreme Court, have made “freedom of association” more on a case-by-case basis but if there was a class action lawsuit including every Republican (who was forced to either keep his or her political beliefs to themselves under threat of verbal assault or even punitive actions including termination), we’d probably see so many aggressor companies, supervisors, and employees named that today’s whiny headlines about a few liberals being hassled would be beyond a bad joke.

Trump appointees routinely bullied State Department staffers, IG reports
Report details ‘subhuman’ treatment of employees
State Department Officials Berated Staff Over Political Views, Report Says
Watchdog Censures Two Trump Appointees for Harassing Career Staffers
Senior Trump officials, including ‘Vino Vixen,’ harassed, abused, retaliated against career State Dept. employees
Democrats slam alleged politicization of Trump State Department after IG report

As someone who’s personally felt the sting of the political discrimination lash (even worse because I’m NOT a black Democrat) and know persons on both coasts who have to work with intolerant liberals who make their political views known loud and proud, multiple times per day, let’s not accept the word of a few State Department employees or the media that have too many believing they’re victims. State Department employees, in particular, have been in full dissent mode against the Trump Administration and have plotting behind the back of the boss since his inauguration.

From AFSA: What You Need To Know When You Disagree With U.S. Policy
Dissent Channel: The State Department’s internal dissent channel, covered in 2 FAM 070, states that the State Department may not punish an employee who uses the dissent channel. It also prohibits raters and reviewers from negatively mentioning an employee’s use of the dissent channel when writing said employee’s EER. The Foreign Service promotion precepts explicitly recognize appropriate dissent as a positive factor to be considered when reviewing employees for promotion.
— USAID Alumni Association, 1/31/17

Try that at your place of employment see what happens once the boss finds out as this kind of public dissent and disrespect is NOT limited to the State Department.

Sorry, conservatives don’t routinely behave like this, especially during work hours.

Employees from two Department of Agriculture research agencies stood and turned their backs to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue at an all-hands meeting Thursday to silently protest a decision to relocate the agencies halfway across the country.
— CNN, 6/13/19

Think about the cultural contempt and partisan unity it would take to do something like this.

Again, NO ONE should have to be concerned about retaliation over their political affiliation, especially at the workplace. But until either everyone has to keep those views to themselves, everyone can speak freely without genuine concern it could cost them their jobs, don’t buy into the media narrative that poor liberals are being bullied on the job and it’s only a Trump-era phenomenon.

That, too, is another media lie.

UPDATE

The long-standing trend of political discrimination against the right has now been verified with numbers!

American workers who like President Trump face sweeping bias against them, with some managers refusing to hire his supporters and those already employed facing discrimination and mockery, according to a new study.

In a survey of hiring managers and workers shared with Secrets, the marketing firm Airtasker found that left-leaning firms are especially anti-Trump, with 20% vowing to reject a job candidate who backs the president.

And those who support Trump and who are already in the workplace face substantial mockery, including name-calling. The survey listed the responses to several examples of what pro-Trump workers face:

28%, joking about them.
23%, overly critical of them.
21%, being dismissive of them.
11% facing name calling.

This has been going on for decades in the workplace. It’s only now that the intolerant left has been so emboldened, it’s being documented.

The survey found that even more than Trump, a job candidate’s view on race and gender politics will help, or hurt, their chances of getting a job.
— Washington Examiner, 8/19/19

Maybe that explains it….

Barack Obama is no longer president and John Kerry is no longer his Secretary of State, so WHY is he meddling in foreign affairs against the Trump Administration?

Former Secretary of State John Kerry has fielded dozens of private meetings and phone calls in recent months in an effort to preserve the Iran nuclear deal, as President Trump appears poised to withdraw from the pact.

The Boston Globe reported on Friday that Kerry, who helped broker the 2015 nuclear agreement, met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the United Nations in New York last month to discuss ways to salvage the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — the formal name for the Iran deal.

He has also met and spoken with a handful of European officials. Last month, he met with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, according to the Globe, and spoke by phone with Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s top foreign affairs official. Kerry also reportedly met with French President Emmanuel Macron, both in New York and in Paris.
— The Hill, 5/4/18

This is not an isolated incident when it comes to Kerry’s “shadow diplomacy” disruption.

Former Secretary of State John Kerry recently urged Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas to resist President Donald Trump, telling the PA leader to ‘stay strong’ and ‘play for time’ – while suggesting he may make a second bid for the White House.
— Arutz Sheva, 1/24/18

In keeping it simple, Iran is a formal enemy of the United States and it can be argued that John Kerry has no business engaging in any kind of diplomatic discussions with any nation, especially without the expressed permission and logistical guidance of the State Department.

State Sponsors of Terrorism
Designation under the above-referenced authorities also implicates other sanctions laws that penalize persons and countries engaging in certain trade with state sponsors. Currently there are four countries designated under these authorities: the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), Iran, Sudan, and Syria.
— U.S. Department of State

President Trump has publicly stated his opposition to the mysterious “Iran nuclear deal” with cash payment and his historically justified mistrust of the Iranian regime. The way it went down still stinks.

The Obama administration is acknowledging its transfer of $1.7 billion to Iran earlier this year was made entirely in cash, using non-U.S. currency, as Republican critics of the transaction continued to denounce the payments. Rep. Ed Royce (R-Fullerton), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, also introduced a bill that prohibits cash payments to Iran and demands transparency on future settlements.

“Sending the world’s leading state sponsor of terror pallets of untraceable cash isn’t just terrible policy,” Royce said. “It’s incredibly reckless, and it only puts bigger targets on the backs of Americans. … This cash bonanza has emboldened Iran’s radical regime, and undermined America’s national security.”
— Los Angeles Times, 9/7/16

While the average American is required to return an employee manual upon leaving a place of employment, it’s not clear how many in the Obama administration still have theirs, which can be extremely problematic for obvious political reasons and Kerry’s unauthorized meetings with an enemy regime could be highly illegal; not like that’s a deterrent.

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
— 18 U.S. Code § 953 – Private correspondence with foreign governments

This appears to be yet another prime example of Democrats who still refuse to accept the results of the 2016 presidential election and the political “elections have consequences” ramifications that came with it. While the left still considers the “Iran nuclear deal” a monumental success (simply because it was signed off by Obama), they have no business meddling against the ongoing negotiations of the Trump Administration, IF such negotiations are going on at this time or not.

Kerry has been on an aggressive yet stealthy mission to preserve the agreement, using his deep list of contacts to try to apply pressure on the Trump administration from the outside. President Trump has a May 12 deadline to decide whether to continue abiding by deal’s terms.
— Boston Globe, 5/4/18

The unsanctioned John Kerry intervention is obviously not in line with the Trump State Department and for any other American, this would be an easily prosecutable offense.

BTW — In case you’re wondering what Kerry’s doing for an official day job, he’s on the “Advisory Council” at an L Street, DC nonprofit called “Diplomacy Works” alongside other Obama fan favorites like Wendy R. Sherman, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and Director of EMILY’S list; Michèle Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Puneet Talwar, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, Special Assistant to President Obama and Senior Director for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf States at the White House National Security Council; Colin H. Kahl, Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East at the Pentagon; Robert Malley, Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf Region, Senior Director on the National Security Council Staff, Special Assistant to the President for Arab-Israeli Affairs (Clinton administration); Jon Finer, Chief of Staff and Director of Policy Planning for Secretary of State John Kerry; and Jen Psaki, White House Director of Communications, Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, White House Deputy Communications Director, White House Deputy Press Secretary.

A nonprofit whose sole mission is to push back on anyone messing with Obama’s Iran deal.

Diplomacy Works provides information and analysis that empowers policymakers and stakeholders to make the case for upholding the JCPOA as a model of effective foreign policy with diplomacy as the tool of first resort reinforced by our unparalleled military capabilities – a policy which keeps America safe and strong at the same time.
— Diplomacy Works

But since when does the rule of law apply to well-connected, senior federal government officials….