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| Former US Marine Captain Evacuating as Many as Possible as Aug. 31 Deadline Looms |
| 2021-08-29 |
Video interview at the link of a group that has gotten 200+ people out of the country. [EpochTimes] Elliot Ackerman has served five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as a U.S. Marine Corps officer and CIA officer. Over the past 10 days, he and his cohorts have unofficially evacuated around 200 people from Kabul airport."We gave these people our word, that if they worked with us, we would stand shoulder to shoulder with them." "Any decent human being would have a hard time turning their back on these pleas for help." Ackerman describes his and his operatives’ timely evacuation of 29 Afghans Thursday. They were able to get the group into the airport just 20 minutes before the ISIS suicide bomb went off. With the Aug. 31 deadline for the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan looming, Ackerman gives his battle-honed perspective on the best course to take, both diplomatically and on the ground, going forward. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Unfortunately, there appear to be few "decent human beings" in charge of our government FIFY. The government has demonstrated it is above the ritualistic kabuki theater of 'free elections' and will pursue its own interests. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-08-29 07:32 |
| #1 "Any decent human being would have a hard time turning their back on these pleas for help." Unfortunately, there appear to be few "decent human beings" in charge of our government's effort. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-08-29 03:32 |