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To: White Lives Matter
Biden, (paraphrasing) “You will not see helicopters picking people off the roof of the US Embassy”. I just saw a twitter video of Chinooks at the Kabul airport. They are ferrying people to the airport. We'll just have to see where they land. Chinooks may be too heavy for the embassy roof. They are quite larger than the Huey's used in ‘Nam.
27 posted on 08/14/2021 7:25:26 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Biden, (paraphrasing) “You will not see helicopters picking people off the roof of the US Embassy”

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Well, he might be right about this.

But only because we might see the Taliban throwing people off the roof.


50 posted on 08/14/2021 8:08:50 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat ("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
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To: ConservativeInPA
[Chinooks may be too heavy for the embassy roof. They are quite larger than the Huey's used in ‘Nam.]

Chinooks are quite versatile. This is from Afghanistan, but back when we were winning:


74 posted on 08/14/2021 9:20:22 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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