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‘Game over’: Westerners rush to leave Kabul, rescue Afghans
The Associated Press ^
| August 16, 2021
| By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and COLLEEN BARRY
Posted on 08/15/2021 5:00:35 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The chop of U.S. military helicopters whisking American diplomats to Kabul’s airport on Sunday punctuated a frantic rush by thousands of other foreigners and Afghans to flee to safety as well, as a stunningly swift Taliban takeover reached Afghanistan’s capital.
U.S. reports of gunfire at the airport threatened to shut down one of the last avenues of escape in an ever-more chaotic and compressed evacuation.
NATO allies that had pulled out their forces ahead of the Biden administration’s intended Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline were rushing troops back in this weekend to airlift their citizens, while the Pentagon was sending in fresh reinforcements.
Some complained the U.S. was failing to move fast enough to bring to safety the Afghans who fear retribution from the Taliban for past work with the Americans and other NATO forces.
“This is murder by incompetence,” said U.S. Air Force veteran Sam Lerman, struggling Sunday from his home in Woodbridge, Virginia, to find a way out for an Afghan contractor who had guarded Americans and other NATO forces at Afghanistan’s Bagram air base for a decade.
Massouma Tajik, a 22-year-old data analyst, was among hundreds of Afghans waiting anxiously in the Kabul airport to board an evacuation flight.
“I see people crying, they are not sure whether their flight will happen or not. Neither am I,” she said by phone, with panic in her voice.
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bidenforeignpolicy; election2020; gameoverjoe; taliban; wediditjoe
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
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08/15/2021 5:01:51 PM PDT
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grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
08/15/2021 5:01:58 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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08/15/2021 5:02:30 PM PDT
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grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
08/15/2021 5:02:54 PM PDT
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grey_whiskers
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
“Game Over”? Or “We give up”? There’s a difference....
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08/15/2021 5:03:06 PM PDT
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
this ONLY exists because of KNOWN ELECTION FRAUD
supported by the DO”J” and the
sedition of the DO”J” and its endless coverup by the DO”J”,
and the egregious half DECADE-LONG DO”J” coverup
of BOTH the Weiner and Hunter child rape videos discs.
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posted on
08/15/2021 5:04:06 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
08/15/2021 5:04:50 PM PDT
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grey_whiskers
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To: grey_whiskers
How many Americans did you leave in Afghanistan, Joe?
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08/15/2021 5:05:43 PM PDT
by
BusterDog
To: grey_whiskers
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posted on
08/15/2021 5:06:23 PM PDT
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Travis McGee
(EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
08/15/2021 5:06:55 PM PDT
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newzjunkey
(“We Did It Joe!” - The Taliban /s)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Did you know Islam is a religion of peace?
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08/15/2021 5:06:56 PM PDT
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Tzimisce
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To: Diogenesis
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posted on
08/15/2021 5:06:57 PM PDT
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Travis McGee
(EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
FAKE NEWS. It’s now every man for himself and Americans (and few of them) will be the ONLY ones getting out. Our Afghan ‘helpers’ are simply out luck.
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08/15/2021 5:07:41 PM PDT
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BobL
(I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
To: Travis McGee
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08/15/2021 5:07:53 PM PDT
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grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
And Afghans who had booked civilian flights can’t leave because the US has taken over the runways.
Orderly my rear.
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posted on
08/15/2021 5:08:24 PM PDT
by
sockmonkey
(Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
To: Travis McGee
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posted on
08/15/2021 5:08:29 PM PDT
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KC_Lion
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The lives, the equipment, the money. For?? Wives and parents gave up their kids for this?
To: Oldeconomybuyer
To: Tzimisce
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08/15/2021 5:10:14 PM PDT
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Kevmo
( 600 political prisoners in Washington, DC. You cannot comply your way out of tyranny.)
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