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2021-08-25 Afghanistan

BBC LIVE: 80,000 Afghans evacuated with days to deadline

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-25 08:19|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top
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#1 How many Americans are still there and how many have been evacuated?

Posted by JohnQC 2021-08-25 11:11|| 2021-08-25 11:11|| Front Page Top

#2 No one in gov't knows or wants to talk about it. After 1 Sept, it will only be rumor and conjecture. That's the way the gov't wants it.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-25 11:15|| 2021-08-25 11:15|| Front Page Top

#3 80,000 "interpreters' for 2,500 troops. Um. Okey...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-25 11:59|| 2021-08-25 11:59|| Front Page Top

#4 #2, It's pretty clear that Jen Psaki doesn't want to talk about it. From the DailyWire:

REPOTER: Okay. Say after the withdrawal is done, it’s declared, it’s done, everyone’s out, if one U.S. citizen was suddenly discovered saying, “Hey, I really want to get out and I’m stuck,” who knows where, somewhere in Afghanistan or in Kabul, he’s got any problem, would this trigger a diplomatic, military, all hands on deck type thing to get to that person out, whatever the date?

PSAKI: Our commitment continues to be to U.S. citizens. If they want to leave, we will help get them out.

REPORTER: No matter of what the date?

PSAKI: Again, we expect there could be some, but I’m not going to get into it further.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-08-25 12:06|| 2021-08-25 12:06|| Front Page Top

#5 In other words, Joe Biden is basically telling the thousand of UuS citizens who may be trapped, “see ya, sucks to be you”.

Note at last count only about 5000 us citizens had been evacuated.

Posted by Greater the Anonymous5721 2021-08-25 12:38|| 2021-08-25 12:38|| Front Page Top

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