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Interpreter Who Saved Biden in 2008 Finally Escapes Afghanistan in Spite of Bungled Withdrawal
ijr.com ^ | October 11,2021 | By Dillon Burroughs, The Western Journal

Posted on 10/11/2021 4:55:40 PM PDT by Hojczyk

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 11: U.S. President Joe Biden walks to the White House residence after exiting Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House October 11, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden and family spent the long weekend in Delaware. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) An Afghan interpreter who helped then-Sen. Joe Biden in 2008 after an emergency helicopter landing in Afghanistan has fled the country along with his family.

Aman Kahlili’s story was first shared by The Wall Street Journal on Aug. 31 as the U.S. was completing its evacuation from Afghanistan. Following weeks of hiding, Kahlili and his family have escaped to Pakistan in an attempt to experience freedom from the Taliban.

An Afghan-American linguist is credited with leading the operation that helped Kahlili to escape, according to a Monday report by the Journal.

Advertisement - story continues below “After 144 hours of driving day and night and getting through so many checkpoints my family was so scared, but right now this is a kind of heaven,” he told the Journal. “Hell was in Afghanistan.”

In 2008, Khalili operated with a team from Bagram Airfield to assist Biden, then-Massachusetts Democratic Sen. John Kerry and Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel after the Black Hawk helicopters they traveled on experienced a forced landing due to a blizzard before reaching the base, The Hill reported

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; california; nancypelosi; waronterror

1 posted on 10/11/2021 4:55:40 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

He’s coming for you Joe!


2 posted on 10/11/2021 4:58:37 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: Hojczyk

Mark my word, Joe will be bragging about him, giving himself credit for the escape. Joe is so Walter Mitty.


3 posted on 10/11/2021 5:00:54 PM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: Hojczyk

Will he remain a muzzy?


4 posted on 10/11/2021 5:04:02 PM PDT by inchworm (al )
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To: Hojczyk

I wish he just walked away.


5 posted on 10/11/2021 5:05:37 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: Hojczyk
“After 144 hours of driving day and night and getting through so many checkpoints my family was so scared, but right now this is a kind of heaven,” he told the Journal. “Hell was in Afghanistan.”

He then went on to say: "Let's Go Brandon!"

6 posted on 10/11/2021 5:09:16 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Hojczyk

Can he interpret Joetatoese? Probably why they left him there to be a Talibunny toy.


7 posted on 10/11/2021 5:16:04 PM PDT by TigersEye (Resistance is not futile!)
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To: Hojczyk

I’m glad he has escaped. He is well deserving of more freedom. But may be best to keep a low profile for a few years. This Biden Admin. has rather strange response instincts. Counterintuitive.

When you think they would be protective of Americans trapped in a 3rd world warzone, the Biden Bunch seems to acts so that these people are meant to remain trapped there.
It’s almost like an agree upon payoff for the Taliban to pretend it’s cooperating.


8 posted on 10/11/2021 5:21:40 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: GreenHornet

......”He then went on to say: “Let’s Go Brandon!”.......

Well there you have the story!


9 posted on 10/11/2021 5:57:43 PM PDT by caww ( )
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To: lee martell

Biden and his family care nothing for others they claim they do.


10 posted on 10/11/2021 5:58:27 PM PDT by caww ( )
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