Posted on 08/17/2021 12:34:38 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A former Royal Marine commando has demanded Boris Johnson "get a grip" on the evacuation effort from Kabul as he warned: "People are going to die."
Paul "Pen" Farthing - who founded an animal shelter in Afghanistan's capital - described to Sky News the "unimaginable horror show" as his wife and a pregnant employee attempted to get a flight out of the city.
And he accused both the UK and US governments of "not telling the truth" about the chaos within the city following its takeover by the Taliban.
"My wife and my country manager, who is 34 weeks' pregnant, they were told by the evacuation teams that they need to get to Kabul airport within the next hour to get their flights, their evacuation flights out," Mr Farthing said.
"There is no security on the outside of Kabul airport. They got caught in a crush, in a stampede.
"Boris Johnson and all of the senior staff of this government need to know what a complete cluster they are making of this withdrawal from Afghanistan," he added.
"People are going to die. Outside it is not secure.
"And if the British military are there and they will not get outside and rescue some of the people that they've been sent to get out of Kabul safely, then what is the point in them being here?"
"We cannot get to Kabul airport. Outside of that perimeter, the Taliban now control everything," he said.
"I am beyond furious. This government, along with Joe Biden, have created an absolutely unimaginable horror show of a withdrawal from Afghanistan.
"And somebody's going to die, because there is no control outside of that airport.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
Horrible!
Before leaving the "Führerbau," Chamberlain requested a private conference with Hitler. Hitler agreed, and the two met at Hitler's apartment in the city later that morning. Chamberlain urged restraint in the implementation of the agreement and requested that the Germans not bomb Prague if the Czechs resisted, to which Hitler seemed agreeable.
Chamberlain took from his pocket a paper headed "Anglo–German Agreement", which contained three paragraphs, including a statement that the two nations considered the Munich Agreement "symbolic of the desire of our two peoples never to go to war again."
According to Chamberlain, Hitler interjected "Ja! Ja!" ("Yes! Yes!") as the Prime Minister read it.
The two men signed the paper then and there.
When, later that day, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop remonstrated with Hitler for signing it, the Führer replied, "Oh, don't take it so seriously. That piece of paper is of no further significance whatever."
Chamberlain, on the other hand, patted his breast pocket when he returned to his hotel for lunch and said, "I've got it!"
Word leaked of the outcome of the meetings before Chamberlain's return, causing delight among many in London but gloom for Churchill and his supporters.
The stupids in America have started a real WW3
As you noted, Chamberlain botched his meeting with Hitler. But Chamberlain eventually realized the error of his ways. He even took a position in Churchill’s War Cabinet.
Will Biden and his handlers eventually realize the error of their ways? Not a chance.
This is more of a rout than a withdrawal.
You have to be a special kind of stupid (or it’s just a get-rich-quick scam) to run an animal shelter in a war zone.
Don’t know if Royal Marines ever become ex-; but, if they’re like US Marines, there is no such thing as an ex-Marine.
Semper fi.
Must be a piss poor Royal Marine if he isn’t aware that a full retreat is perhaps the most dangerous military movements.
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The taliban was always a fanatic force that was never killed off and were just waiting for the opportunity to emerge from their hidey holes.
We civilian citizens in America have about 24 hours to do something ... or it's all over
imo
You know what? Even in places under the shadow of war, you have restaurants, shops, and evidently, animal shelters. Life always wants to go on. Find someone else to hate on.
Thank you.
Sure, but all that is run by locals. I'm of the mind that no Westerners have any business being in Afghanistan at this time unless absolutely necessary. An American running an animal shelter in Kabul doesn't pass the test.
Oh, btw, I don't hate the guy, I pity his foolishness.
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