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Our boys' last stand in Kabul: Drama as British paratroopers desperately hold the line amid airport anarchy in Afghanistan as ministers admit it may be engulfed within 48 hours
Daily Mail ^ | August 20,2021 | By MARK NICOL AND DAVID WILLIAMS

Posted on 08/20/2021 7:03:16 PM PDT by Hojczyk

British Paratroopers have desperately tried to hold the line at Kabul airport amid fears the rescue mission could collapse in days, leaving thousands behind.

As dramatic pictures showed the airport being surrounded by scenes of anarchy and anguish, the Paras mounted a frantic last stand to prevent the operation descending into chaos.

Women and children were crushed in a stampede as huge crowds tried to escape the Afghan capital and reach the sanctuary of an evacuation flight.

US President Joe Biden said it was one of the ‘most difficult’ airlifts in history and admitted he could not guarantee what the ‘final outcome’ would be.

He said he wanted all Americans out of Afghanistan by August 31 – a move that appears to set a deadline for the evacuation of all Westerners and their allies. Boris Johnson said Britain was having to ‘manage the consequences’ of the ‘emphatic’ decision by the US to withdraw its troops from the country. He admitted the rescue effort faced ‘formidable’ challenges and the situation in Afghanistan was ‘precarious’.

Armed Forces minister James Heappey conceded the UK would not be able to rescue everyone who has been promised sanctuary here and the operation at Kabul airport may remain open for only two more days

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; kabul
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1 posted on 08/20/2021 7:03:16 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

“Hold until relieved!”


2 posted on 08/20/2021 7:03:48 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Hojczyk

Two more days....??

Funny how you have to go here to get real news


3 posted on 08/20/2021 7:04:18 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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Meanwhile the Rats aim to beat down the American citizens with forced vaccinations.

FU, Rats and vaxholes!


4 posted on 08/20/2021 7:04:25 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Hojczyk

This is going to get a lot uglier.


5 posted on 08/20/2021 7:09:40 PM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: Gene Eric

Exactly.


6 posted on 08/20/2021 7:13:36 PM PDT by dragonblustar (Matthew 24:10 And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. )
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To: HighSierra5

I noticed Biden only promised to get all Americans out of Afghanistan, but he didn’t qualify they would be alive or not.


7 posted on 08/20/2021 7:13:55 PM PDT by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: Hojczyk

I think it would be easier to sneak out of kabul and head for a border rather than try the airport. Not much easier for sure.


8 posted on 08/20/2021 7:14:22 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: Hojczyk

America is touching bottom and digging further into the abyss. The only answer I see cannot be written here. Obviously, we will see the Harris administration very soon.


9 posted on 08/20/2021 7:14:35 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Cvengr

Someone just posted to me that Kirby said the infant the US took over the wall was returned to his father OUTSIDE the airport.


10 posted on 08/20/2021 7:15:48 PM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: Hojczyk

Hauling those babies in is a whole lot of big heart over weak mind. They should know much better.


11 posted on 08/20/2021 7:20:00 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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To: Hojczyk

So much chaos


13 posted on 08/20/2021 7:30:15 PM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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Kirby said yesterday that the Taliban checkpoints are open and the air evac is proceeding smoothly

Someone is lying

14 posted on 08/20/2021 7:34:59 PM PDT by atc23
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To: abigkahuna

Plugs is just doing as instructed. Perhaps the ccp wanted this. It makes America look weak.


15 posted on 08/20/2021 7:35:28 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (On Telegram, I'm "TooDamTall" no quotes)
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To: HighSierra5
"This is going to get a lot uglier."

Biden will have is in a shooting war with the UK before this is all over.

16 posted on 08/20/2021 7:37:47 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: Hojczyk

“he could not guarantee what the ‘final outcome’ would be.”

This has got to be the most stupid thing I have ever seen by anyone ever.

That pig faced stupid asshole.


17 posted on 08/20/2021 7:38:24 PM PDT by crz
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To: HighSierra5

It is going to make the Bataan death march look like a day hike in the woods.

What a worthless lying stupid...P#ick Bidet is.


18 posted on 08/20/2021 7:40:45 PM PDT by crz
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To: atc23

“ Kirby said yesterday that the Taliban checkpoints are open and the air evac is proceeding smoothly

Someone is lying ”
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Since the Biden administration and all its allies are ALL liars it’s easy to figure out.


19 posted on 08/20/2021 7:51:48 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: Hojczyk

Remember, Boris Johnson called meeting Biden “a breath of fresh air.”


20 posted on 08/20/2021 8:14:58 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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