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To: KeyLargo
It's not just closing Bagram, its how Biden closed Bagram.

U.S. Troops snuck out in the middle of the night, and the Afghan Army commander at Bagram didn't know the Americans left until the generators died and there was no electricity.

https://apnews.com/article/bagram-afghanistan-airfield-us-troops-f3614828364f567593251aaaa167e623 Click to copy US left Afghan airfield at night, didn’t tell new commander

BAGRAM, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. left Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base’s new Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans’ departure more than two hours after they left, Afghan military officials said.

7 posted on 08/26/2021 12:26:52 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo

Never knew this. When did the USA sneak away before?


10 posted on 08/26/2021 12:32:27 PM PDT by Lumper20 (Get the border wall built and get back to work on the keystone.)
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To: Yo-Yo

WOW!, I never heard this, I didn’t know our Military Normally scurried off under the cover of darkness, what gives? Who is being Court Martialed? Fired? Impeached? Lined up and...


26 posted on 08/26/2021 12:50:24 PM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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