If you look at the history of
Embassy evacuations and that of key personnel that supported Americans...many of these evacuations have been a
disaster...some of which resulted in Americans losing their lives.
- Yet, I tend to look at the history of these evacuations in one way...had it not been done...more American lives would have been lost no matter the way it was done.
Thus, I believe a slow withdrawal, would have resulted in more lives lost considering it was being televised globally.
Yet, I keep reading about the parallel with Saigon evacuation. If I"m not mistaken, many Americans were killed in the evacuation of Saigon. So far, we have
not lost a single American life in the Kabul evacuation and the Taliban has not fired a shot to kill anyone that we know about.
People holding onto the outside of those C-17 Aircargo planes is a very disturbing sight but history has shown that such was likely but I didn't expect to see people holding on to the outside of Aircargo planes like Tom Cruise.
I thought they would try holding on to Helicopters. Yet, it was Biden that said NO to his military recommending leaving 3k - 5k troops behind to protect / control an evacuation...that's on him as the
Commander in Chief.
Maybe I'm selfish as a veteran. If we can get out of Afghanistan without any more American lives being lost...it has to be what America wanted but Afghanistians falling out of the Sky...sad, very sad when the Afghanistan leaders abandon their people to the Taliban
without a fight.
Afghanistan leaders, U.S. Republicans and Democrats, Afghanistan military are at fault but I put this disaster more on the Afghanistan leaders / military.
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