This is the problem with X allowing a high percentage of terrorists on the platform—the good guys and those tracking them like @TrackingAQ end up getting reported and suspended, while the actual threats remain.👇 @Support@elonmusk
I woke up today to learn that yet another Libyan al-Qaeda commander from our 2012 Benghazi attacks is now back in Afghanistan. And by “back,” I mean he hasn’t set foot there in over 20 years—because we put him in Guantánamo Bay, released him without real oversight, let him kill Americans, and never once tracked him since. We being the government, of course—not those of us still hunting down our own attackers.
This terrorist is one of the top three al-Qaeda in Libya leaders. Meanwhile, we’re being sold the lie that we’re taking out senior al-Qaeda leaders in Syria. In reality, we’re eliminating opposition to the new Syrian leader backed by al-Qaeda—the same al-Qaeda that sent him 10,000 fighters for his November blitzkrieg.
Al-Qaeda’s senior leadership is in Afghanistan. Period. Full stop. Actively plotting attacks on the U.S. homeland. Change counterterrorism policy now—before the next attack costs us more than the first two 9/11s.
Let’s address a critical question—one that many in our government still fail to grasp. When Kabul fell in 2021 and the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan, the Taliban had secured control of the country. Biden had even set a full withdrawal deadline of September 11th. So why, just two weeks before achieving everything we were told the Taliban wanted, did the Haqqanis plan a joint attack with ISKP that killed 13 of our servicemembers? (If you haven’t read HKIA: Know Thy Enemy, it’s free in bio.)
We were told the Taliban only care about Afghanistan, right? That Sirajuddin Haqqani only wants to lead Afghanistan. But then why did he help plot the October 7th attacks with Hamza bin Laden? Why did he and Mullah Yaqoub (Mullah Omar’s son) invite Abu Mohammad al-Julani to Afghanistan in November 2021 and offer a safe haven for his fighters and Al-Qaeda operatives to train for their successful blitzkrieg that occurred almost three years to the day?
Because we’ve been lied to.
Now, Sirajuddin—alongside his in-laws in the bin Laden family—is plotting a massive attack on the U.S. homeland. Over the past four years, we’ve let an alarming number of Haqqanis in due to incompetence—have any even been deported yet? Meanwhile, our Afghanistan policy still funds the Taliban to fake fight ISKP, yet those same funds fuel terrorist camps, foreign fighters, and two major plots on U.S. soil: this one by Al-Qaeda and another by the IRGC. Yes, the IRGC plot targeting President Trump. And to make matters worse, those funds also reach ISKP, because ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and the Taliban senior leadership agreed to coordinate the U.S. homeland attack together—another truth no one is willing to admit. That our enemies came together.
I get that everyone wants to give the new administration some time and patience, but our counterterrorism policy isn’t shifting fast enough against this plot. This isn’t a question of if, but when—a phrase we ironically said almost every single day while working in Benghazi. Now, here, every day that passes is a lost opportunity to limit the total number of American casualties when the attack occurs.
Terrorism cannot be put on the back burner. The federal government and this administration must make it a top priority—today. And no, a single strike on ISIS in Somalia isn’t enough. If one more person tells me it is, I’m going to choke them.
DO MORE.
Some of y’all Chiefs fans need a 2-15 season BAD.
This is such a shitty take. Our starters lost one game en route to their 3rd Super Bowl appearance in a row, with major holes in the roster. If that’s not fun enough for y’all, go find another team
The NFL is not rigged and the refs aren’t cheating for the Kansas City Chiefs.
STOP COMPLAINING AND WHINING ABOUT IT. Your favorite team just isn’t good enough to beat the Chiefs in the championship rounds of the game.
Here Are the Chiefs Stats:
-17th in % of scoring drives aided by penalties for a first down in 2024
-8th in roughing the passer penalties called on defenders hitting Mahomes since 2018
-Tied for 1st in offensive holding penalties called against them with 31 in 2024
-Tied for 2nd fewest unnecessary roughness calls in their favor in 2024 with 2
-32 of 61 penalties called against the Chiefs in their last 9 playoff games have been when Patrick Mahomes was not on the field. So it’s not a Mahomes bias.
I have seen some in the playoffs based stats that truly amount to the Chiefs being a more disciplined and fundamentally sound team than their more aggressive counterparts trying to knock them off.
At the end of the day if you want to beat the Chiefs, you have to stop beating yourself and committing league backed and reviewed penalties in the championship moments of the game.
Stats via @vinnieiyer
@J810Anderson Clear FS on 2nd and goal in the 3rd Q that would've taken the Bills off the GL as well. Could've changed the outcome of that drive in a big way.
But you know what? It doesn't matter. Refs miss calls, and winners overcome.
Roughing the passer calls per 100 pass Attempts:
Patrick Mahomes .636%
Russel Wilson .710%
Baker Mayfield .730%
Kirk Cousins .743%
Desean Watson .781%
Jared Goff .781%
Josh Allen .936
It’s a tracked stat. We can put this one to bed now and just let them cry.