Posted on 08/20/2021 3:59:32 PM PDT by Enlightened1
‘The Brits, you guys are going outside the wire to rescue people...the US are beholden to an old man and his cabinet who can’t do anything.’
Former Trump adviser @SebGorka praises British forces in Afghanistan and slams President Biden for a ‘lack of action.’
https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1429191371064324096
The #British Paras might not have all the military equipment #America does but my god they have the Flexed biceps balls to go out and get British citizen’s into the #kabulairport from #Kabul and not just hope they can make it to the airport #Afghanistan
https://twitter.com/CaptainBr1tain/status/1429057500209364994
Tweets from Jane Ferguson (PBS)
1. The #BritishMilitary here at #KabulAirport have shown breathtaking levels of toughness, professionalism and - rare in war times I must say - compassion. I’ve been moved to tears by their actions, diving into dangerous crowds to pull visa-holders into the base....
2. ...guarding sleeping women and children, helping them find the right transportation to the US air strip for their flights, pulling their own food out of their pockets and handing it to refugees in need, sleeping out on the cement, little supplies, parched in the sun...
3. ....there are young men here who have lost their voices days ago, sunburned faces, dusty uniforms, exhausted, still working to help people in what is. humanitarian mission few soldiers are really prepared for....
4.... They are strict about not being filmed, so I don’t have many pics and videos sadly, but plenty of notes and memories of kindness and bravery. “We want to help people too,” one of them told me when I thanked him....
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