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U.S. Considers Ordering Commercial Airlines to Help in Afghan Evacuation
Wall Street Journal ^
| 8/21/20
| Gordon Lubold & Alison Sider
Posted on 08/21/2021 4:36:30 PM PDT by Bearshouse
The Biden administration is making preparations to invoke an emergency civil aviation program, while adding to the number of U.S. bases that can house Afghan evacuees
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; airlift; airlines; treason; wsj
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WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is planning a dramatic ramp-up of its airlift from Kabul by making preparations to compel major U.S. airlines to help with the transportation of tens of thousands of evacuees from Afghanistan, while expanding the number of U.S. military bases that could house Afghans.
To: Bearshouse
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posted on
08/21/2021 4:37:20 PM PDT
by
KingLudd
To: Bearshouse
Delta Airlines, we need an answer now.
Uh, no.
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posted on
08/21/2021 4:37:39 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
(Only a fool plays a rigged game by the rules)
To: Bearshouse
Wonder how the optics will appear when several get blown out of the sky 10 mins after takeoff when some Tali sneaks on with C4 tucked away under his man-dress?
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posted on
08/21/2021 4:37:56 PM PDT
by
Levy78
To: KingLudd
How many millions of Afghans do they plan to move ?
To: Eddie01
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posted on
08/21/2021 4:38:41 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
(Only a fool plays a rigged game by the rules)
To: Bearshouse
Bet there won’t be many Americans on those planes.
Importing military age males who abandon their women and kids to the Taliban...
What could go wrong.
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posted on
08/21/2021 4:38:48 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
To: Bearshouse; neverdem; SunkenCiv; Cindy; LucyT; decimon; freedumb2003; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; ..
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posted on
08/21/2021 4:39:18 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
To: Bearshouse
Great.
How much will an upgrade cost if I want a seat inside the aircraft?
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posted on
08/21/2021 4:40:37 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Bearshouse
Sounds like another one of Nancy’s ideas , save millions and the World will love us and then she wet her Depends
To: Bearshouse
I wonder if they’ll require travelers to have covid jabs.
To: Bearshouse
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posted on
08/21/2021 4:40:47 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
Feel sorry for whoever has to clean the goat semen off the seats in first class
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posted on
08/21/2021 4:40:50 PM PDT
by
dsrtsage
( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
To: Bearshouse
What for? If they can’t reach the Americans now, bringing in more planes won’t help.
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posted on
08/21/2021 4:41:18 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Bearshouse
This couldn't possibly go wrong.
No way one them could get shot down....
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posted on
08/21/2021 4:41:35 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
To: grey_whiskers
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posted on
08/21/2021 4:41:36 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: Bearshouse
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posted on
08/21/2021 4:41:47 PM PDT
by
kanawa
((Securing the 2022/2024 elections is of paramount importance.))
To: Bearshouse
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posted on
08/21/2021 4:41:48 PM PDT
by
kanawa
((Securing the 2022/2024 elections is of paramount importance.))
To: Bearshouse
Now how to get the British, French, Germans, even the Russians to defend those airlines when the U.S. military will not. < /notsureifsarc >
To: billorites
No no , that plane had some many onboard they started falling out the wheel wells
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