Betrayal of Afghan Interpreters(theatlantic.com)
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Betrayal of Afghan Interpreters
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/bidens-betrayal-of-afghans-will-live-in-infamy/619764/
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They are stranded because the Afghan Army was worse than a papertiger and so every plan made to evacuate people assumed weeks to do so in an orderly fashion, which turned out to be, what, a week?
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This is horrible, America didn't support our veterans of this boondoggle, now we're allowing this? Seriously, I'm no longer proud of the time I served in our military, I bear it as a mark of shame now because after these 20 years it seems my service helped to do more harm than good. Shameful. This country should immediately send in rescuers, I don't care if it takes all of the special forces, we need to extract these people now.
I'll be writing everyone I know, all my reps in government. Everyone should do the same.
I'll be writing everyone I know, all my reps in government. Everyone should do the same.
What a disaster. We could have pulled out after the "Mission Accomplished" banner and had the same result. Instead, 20 years later, we have 2,400 Americans dead, 20,000 wounded, $3+ Trillion spent, and the unanswered question of what exactly they sacrificed so much for.
This comes to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket
It should have been a mission to go in, occupy territory, get Bin Laden, get out.
I feel for the civilians, but there are those who are worse of (NK, women in Saudi Arabia).
I feel for the civilians, but there are those who are worse of (NK, women in Saudi Arabia).
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I have to wonder if the intent was genuinely ever to take them. This has been an ongoing issue for a long time and nothing was done.
Similar chaos happened during Bush to Obama transition and now in Afghanistan. I assume government transition for a country which invaded yours is always a red flag.
This is the opposite of what the UK is doing with home secret Priti Patel allowing Afghans that helped during the war into UK protection
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/more-afghan-interpreters-...
Much to what the opposition propoganda will have you believe that she's deporting people which is the opposite of the truth with deportations down to record lows since labour days
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/more-afghan-interpreters-...
Much to what the opposition propoganda will have you believe that she's deporting people which is the opposite of the truth with deportations down to record lows since labour days
Reminder that the first confirmed beheading was three weeks ago (https://nypost.com/2021/07/24/translator-who-worked-for-us-a...). The idea that the exit plan would continue without any pause or consideration was unconscionable.
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The Hazara will be persecuted. Women will be delegated back to being second class citizens. Some of these women who've never known what that was like, where they've gone to university and held real jobs and weren't just objects for child bearing, will go back to being derided and having no rights. Afghan men perhaps didn't do enough to fight for this, but the women certainly can't be held accountable here, but they'll be the ones to suffer the most.
I'm deeply saddened by what's happened and I can only hope that anyone that wants to get out can.