Posted on 08/25/2021 9:08:53 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The RAF has evacuated 10,291 people out of Kabul to date.
That includes 341 embassy staff, 2,570 UK nationals and 6,308 under the government’s Afghan relocation programme (ARAP).
Defence sources say there’s been an “uptick” in people being beaten on their way to the airport. The defence secretary has already gone on record to say that not everyone will get out in the airlift.
The BBC has also been told that the terrorist threat remains high with “a very real risk of an attack" on the airport. There is specific concern about the threat posed by ISKP.
Next the 1,000 UK military personnel at the airport will have to be evacuated. There is still the scope of conducting the military drawdown while continuing evacuation flights over the coming days.
The MoD is not giving any timetables for the drawdown.
But given that the US is providing the bulk of security at Kabul airport their forces are expected to leave last.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
The Daily Mail is all over Biden’s betrayal.
With the looming hostage crisis, why is the stock market not tanking — like it did with the fall of Saigon and Iran/Blackhawk down?
Is the Fed just pumping up the market, or is the market inflating itself in the face of unlimited money printing?
And, gold and silver are down...
I don’t get it.
A promise is a promise. You can try to change the subject of the promise made to people who helped protect our military in the field but it changes nothing.
America must keep its promise to our Afghan Allies.
Yeah, like the American government kept its promises to its veterans ... like free medical treatment for life, etc, etc, etc ...
I agree. Don’t shoot the messenger.
It’s our political leadership to whom their word is only a tool of manipulation and then disposed.
Yeah like Agent Orange. I hate that America has politicians who break promises.
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