A group of U.S. veterans of the Afghan war launched daring operations in August dubbed the ‘Pineapple Express’ to shepherd Afghan allies and their families to safety
Posted on 09/03/2021 3:24:59 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Even in the midst of deep humiliation, there are still signs of the exceptional nation I’ve loved since childhood
It’s an extraordinary story.
One that saved not only hundreds of Afghans, but some of America’s creed and honor.
Yet it has received little coverage in the press, outside of the United States.
So here it is, from my perspective—that of a French philosopher who has loved America since he was a child.
I don’t have all the pieces of the puzzle.
But on Aug. 28 The New York Times published an op-ed by Elliot Ackerman, a highly decorated Marine veteran of five tours in Afghanistan who has since become a brilliant journalist and novelist.
There is also a long and detailed article, on the site of ABC News, that Tablet’s literary editor David Samuels shared with me.
And I assembled bits of information from U.S. and Afghan sources through telephone conversations that I promised to keep confidential.
The story begins with a handful of veterans who, since April, have been sounding the alarm about the danger facing translators, fixers, and other Afghan comrades in arms who, if President Joe Biden proceeds to implement Donald Trump’s pullout plan, will be in mortal danger.
Their worry only grows when, in mid-summer, it appears that the inconceivable is happening, and that units of the Afghan special forces are being handed over to the enemy, as explained subsequently by retired Lt. Col. Russell Worth Parker in an interview with ABC News.
They implore the president to put off the Aug. 31 deadline.
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A group of U.S. veterans of the Afghan war launched daring operations in August dubbed the ‘Pineapple Express’ to shepherd Afghan allies and their families to safety
It’ll be a movie eventually. One of the bright spots that occurred in the 4-8 years of Hell the Democrats have planned for us all.
the danger facing translators, fixers, and other Afghan comrades in arms who, if President Joe Biden proceeds to implement Donald Trump’s pullout plan, will be in mortal danger.
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This complete BS for the simple reason that had Biden actually implemented President Trump’s pullout plan as it was intended to be accomplished, NONE of the allied comrades you mention would have been endangered.
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