10 Afghan refugee families (and counting) in my city now

oldman said:
As a former Marine and veteran of Vietnam, I am very disappointed in the way my country left Afghanistan. It looked like a Chinese fire drill. NATO has also been a disappointment. Supposedly, they had an agreement with the Taliban that they would not intervene with any of the U.S. or it’s allies during the departure phase. As I watched the scenes and listened to the reporting last evening, that didn’t seem to be happening.

I keep wondering why the U.S. didn’t at least supply military air support during the evacuation. I heard one reporter on the BBC say that the Chinese was aiding the Taliban with directing them on how they should be responding to the evacuation by the U.S. If that’s true, I understand why the U.S. isn’t backing any resistance against the Taliban at this time. The U.S. does not want to force a confrontation with the Chinese and we can’t go back in. It would look like we were going back on our word. And we can’t have that. (sarcasm)
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I also heard reports that the Chinese have at least offered to assist the Taliban. In what capacity, I'm not sure.

The Taliban isn't what I'd call a sophisticated bunch, tactically speaking. Supposedly, they and NATO had an agreement about allowing Afghans to depart, but I'm betting the Taliban's on-ground communications and orders are chaotic, and that's causing much confusion at the air base. They are also not a patient bunch, which is likely why we keep the planes moving whether they're at capacity or not. A plane sitting too long on the tarmac could set them off.
 

According to the US State Department several countries are helping with transiting and final relocation.

“We extend special thanks to our partners around the globe who have been instrumental in this operation in all of its many parts. Bahrain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Qatar, Tajikistan, Turkey, the UAE, the United Kingdom, and Uzbekistan have been or will soon be transiting Americans or in some circumstances, others, through their territories to safety,”

“Albania, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Mexico, Poland, Qatar, Rwanda, Ukraine and Uganda have also made generous offers regarding the relocation efforts for at-risk Afghans,”
 
Nosy Bee-54 said:
According to the US State Department several countries are helping with transiting and final relocation.

“We extend special thanks to our partners around the globe who have been instrumental in this operation in all of its many parts. Bahrain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Qatar, Tajikistan, Turkey, the UAE, the United Kingdom, and Uzbekistan have been or will soon be transiting Americans or in some circumstances, others, through their territories to safety,”

“Albania, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Mexico, Poland, Qatar, Rwanda, Ukraine and Uganda have also made generous offers regarding the relocation efforts for at-risk Afghans,”
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Hey, they are welcome to all they want. I appreciate their willingness to step up and be our friend. We have enough to care for coming in for free from the South. Over 1.3 million as of 8/1. Aren’t we generous? Just don’t ask for anything additional to be added to Medicare.
 

oldman said:
As a former Marine and veteran of Vietnam, I am very disappointed in the way my country left Afghanistan. It looked like a Chinese fire drill. NATO has also been a disappointment. Supposedly, they had an agreement with the Taliban that they would not intervene with any of the U.S. or it’s allies during the departure phase. As I watched the scenes and listened to the reporting last evening, that didn’t seem to be happening.

I keep wondering why the U.S. didn’t at least supply military air support during the evacuation. I heard one reporter on the BBC say that the Chinese was aiding the Taliban with directing them on how they should be responding to the evacuation by the U.S. If that’s true, I understand why the U.S. isn’t backing any resistance against the Taliban at this time. The U.S. does not want to force a confrontation with the Chinese and we can’t go back in. It would look like we were going back on our word. And we can’t have that. (sarcasm)
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It looks like a committee met with the agenda to brainstorm every wrong way to do it. I think we're going to be hearing a lot from your fellow Marine Seth Moulton in coming days.
 
It's like I said before, now that the USA has an open border policy with the Afghans, then in the interest of fairness we need one with refugees from Central America's evil governments.
 
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