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| Number of Americans rescued in AFG... 'inexplicably vague' |
| 2021-08-25 |
| [Blaze] A leaked cable from the U.S. Department of State detailing the number of American citizens who have been successfully rescued from Afghanistan in recent weeks raises serious questions about the Biden administration's handling of evacuation efforts. What are the details? Biden administration officials have been inexplicably vague regarding both the number of Americans that have been evacuated and the number that remain stranded within the Taliban-controlled country, saying only that "several thousand" have been pulled out. It turns out, their refusal to offer specifics may be due to the fact that their evacuation efforts have been largely unsuccessful. According to a State Department cable — which was obtained by Politico national security reporter Alex Ward — as of Monday night, only 4,407 American citizens have made it onto outbound flights from Kabul since the evacuation operation began on Aug. 14. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 As best I can put it together, the current truth is that (1) the August 31 deadline is no longer a deadline like it was just yesterday and (2) "as many as" 1,500 Americans remain in Afghanistan. That comes from Al-Graudian's live feed here. You get the impression that the regime runs a focus group every couple of hours and adjusts the truth according to the focus group results. |
| Posted by: Matt 2021-08-25 16:39 |
| #8 Who are all those "Americans" and why were they there in the first place? |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2021-08-25 14:27 |
| #7 ^ Americans of all sorts threw a lot of money around in Afghanistan. The Americans who were throwing the money didn't care because it wasn't their money. And they certainly didn't think about consequences. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-08-25 12:10 |
| #6 How did a couple thousand troops need 32,000 "interpreters?" |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-08-25 11:15 |
| #5 We're in "...If a tree falls in the forest..." territory here. If they leave thousands of Americans behind but nobody from the Administration admits it (and God knows the media will lose their interest in this story at some point)...did they really leave thousands of Americans behind? |
| Posted by: Crusader 2021-08-25 10:12 |
| #4 But they can overbook their commercial flights here in the US and toss you if your mask doesn't fit correctly. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-08-25 07:28 |
| #3 If they can't tell you how many crossed the southern 'border' last week, how would you expect them to know what they're going half way around the world? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-08-25 07:04 |
| #2 Magic numbers, always meant to be fluid. Goalposts moving, etc. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-08-25 06:22 |
| #1 Inexplicable to some possibly, but surely as designed. Accountability requires some sort of metrics. Without accurate metrics, there is no method of accounting, or accountability. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-08-25 05:55 |