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

[Deep State Witch]

Someone's seen Rambo too many times.

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-Rambo) 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.

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

[Jilly_in_VA]

1. According to the article

which I read earlier, Marky Mark was out of college by age 20 (dropout because apparently injury ruined his wrestling hopes), spent some time as a MMA fighter, and worked in daddy's plumbing business. He obviously has had no home training. I'd call him a pig but that would insult those fine animals.

[nykym]

2. Maybe the cash was for a

down payment on a poppy crop!

[Irish_Dem]

3. Announcing that you are taking huge bags of US cash to Afghanistan seems like a safe thing to do.

What is this guy thinking?

[Jilly_in_VA]

4. Who said he was thinking? n/t

[Irish_Dem]

5. Yep. No thought process, just a dangerous juvenile stunt.

Probably thinks he will look like a hero.
Instead more like a dead fool.