OK congressman threatened embassy staff as he tried to enter Afghanistan, U.S. officials say

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John Hudson
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A wild scoop: A GOP lawmaker has been trying to travel to *Taliban-controlled Afghanistan* in a rogue evacuation mission despite efforts by the Pentagon & State Dept to discourage him. Officials are unsure of his current whereabouts. From @tylerpager & me

Oklahoma congressman threatened embassy staff as he tried to enter Afghanistan, U.S. officials say
Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin reportedly phoned the U.S. Embassy in Tajikistan seeking help in bringing a large amount of cash into the country as part of a planned helicopter rescue of American...
washingtonpost.com
4:47 PM · Aug 31, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mullin-afghanistan-trip/2021/08/31/62f63bb0-0a90-11ec-a256-709238a1404d_story.html

The call to the U.S. ambassador to Tajikistan came in Monday. On the line, two U.S. officials said, was Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) with an unusual and urgent request: He needed assistance in transporting a huge amount of cash into the country, saying he was going to neighboring Afghanistan to rescue five American citizens, a woman and her four children, stuck in the country. They planned to hire a helicopter for the effort.

Mullin told the embassy that he planned to fly from Tblisi, Georgia, into Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, in the next few hours and needed the top diplomat’s help, according to the two U.S. officials familiar with the incident, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to disclose private conversations about a sensitive matter.

The answer was no. Embassy officials told Mullin they could not assist him in skirting Tajikistan’s laws on cash limits on his way to visiting one of the most dangerous places on earth.

Mullin was outraged by the response, the officials said — threatening U.S. ambassador John Mark Pommersheim and embassy staff and demanding to know the name of staff members he was speaking with.

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[ret5hd]

1. Plot twist:

He just needed a good excuse to leave the country with that much money.

[Lovie777]

2. My gawd . . .

I hope Isis-k or another terrorist group don't capture him, damn.

[rdking647]

3. let them

and if they do dont spend dollar one to rescue him.

[dweller]

4. " Do you know who I am "?!1!

“I’m MarkWayne Mullin, motherf*#ker” !1!
“Now let me speak to the manager” !1!


✌🏻

[magicarpet]

5. No my name is not KKKaren,....

My name is MarkWayne Mullin.

Now I demand to speak with your superior.

[lame54]

9. "Who?"...

"Markwayne Mullin from Oklahoma."
"Where?"

[Botany]

6. Good luck Congressman Mark Wayne dumb fuck

Go into Afghanistan with a bunch of cash and these nice people will kill you, throw your body into a
ditch, and then take the money. And God help them if you have any women with you at the time.

Maybe telling them about "the good news of Jesus Christ" might help.

[LiberalFighter]

7. Any drones available?

[bahboo]

8. boy...it would just be awful...

if something happened to him...asshole....

[dalton99a]

10. Hope he's safe in the arms of ISIS

[ret5hd]

11. "Safe in the arms of ISIS" --clap clap --

(sung to the tune of Deep In The Heart Of Texas)

[electric_blue68]

13. I "shouldn't" laff, should I ...

[ret5hd]

14. WE shouldn't laugh -- fixed it for you, you're welcome.

[electric_blue68]

15. Heh! 👍

[Klaralven]

12. And in case things don't work out...

"When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier."

Rudyard Kipling