Posted on 08/26/2021 1:26:11 AM PDT by blueplum
The UK last night told its Afghan allies who are still trying to get out of Afghanistan to head for the border rather than attempt to get into Kabul airport where US and British forces are winding down their operations.
As evacuation efforts entered their final hours, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace appeared to signal in a briefing to MPs that there are few places left on British planes. ..
...A US order that Britain must pull out its 1,000 soldiers and officials before the US begins its withdrawal has reduced the time available to process the final claims.
US commanders have also insisted on 'two to three days' to conduct a unilateral extraction of their 6,000-strong force, meaning the last UK troops are expected to fly out on Sunday.
The order came as the Taliban further tightened its grip on the airport...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Joseph Stolen is an idiot.
Someone else is calling the shots, and it ain’t the other idiot.
Biden is despicable.
Basically a 12-day hike (from Kabul) if you head straight north, avoid Taliban check-points/general roads. Mountain streams along the way to refill your canteen. I probably wouldn’t do it in the winter months.
Well... Joe will go down in history with a legacy of infamy and the first woman president will take the baton of his legacy and go with him in to the trash heap.
Pick your poison. Watch the last flight leave the Kabul Airport or make your way to the border of either Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan or Turmkenistan.
One hell of “Choose your own adventure”
I can’t believe they’re telling people to run into Iran and run into Pakistan
Have you seen the lines at the border crossing?. It’s just as massive.
Note to the UK: BiteMe’s betrayal?!
That’s bleeping rich.
You bloody expletives-deleted helped install the demented expletive-deleted.
Hitch a ride on a captured war materiel caravan heading to either. /s
That didn’t work out for the British the last time.
Nice neighborhood.
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