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Originally Posted by SunnySide
Did you want to stay in Afghanistan? We sent a group to meet with the Taliban and allow the peaceful evacuation of our Embassy. All embassy personnel and diplomats have been evacuated.
We are now flying up to 5k afghan translators, contractors etc out per day.
We sent an addl 5k US troops to secure the translators, contractors evacuations.
This is what a withdrawl from a hostile country looks like.
You talk like we had diplomats killed and taken hostage.
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/16/10280...kabuls-airport |
I always thought nation building in Afghanistan was not the best of ideas.
But that is not the issue. The issue is allowing them to advance without getting our people out. At the moment, all our people are not out.