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2021-08-21 Afghanistan

In last 24 hours, 5,700 people evacuated from Kabul aboard 16 Air Force c-17s, 18,000 altogether; 169 Americans rescued from outside the wire

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Posted by Fred 2021-08-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Taliban/IEA

#1 Taylor said US aircraft flew some 6,000 people, including a couple of hundred US citizens...

I'm not impressed with that ratio, at all.

Posted by Raj 2021-08-21 00:16|| 2021-08-21 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't think anyone is gonna call it 3-D chess, but it does seem to have morphed into a wholly-ownned subsidiary of Joe's immigration "policy."

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-21 06:51|| 2021-08-21 06:51|| Front Page Top

#3 If the C-17s are taking people out, they could have also brought the supplies in for those military there. I suspect they're empty.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-08-21 08:43|| 2021-08-21 08:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Something tells me Thursday evenings DEFAC menu no longer includes Mongolian BBQ.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-21 08:51|| 2021-08-21 08:51|| Front Page Top

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