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Old 08-26-2021, 01:52 AM   #1
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It's pretty crazy how many non-active military Americans currently live or are in Afghanistan now. There are some students from my neck of the woods that are there right now. Scary stuff.
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Old 08-26-2021, 01:55 AM   #2
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It's pretty crazy how many non-active military Americans currently live or are in Afghanistan now. There are some students from my neck of the woods that are there right now. Scary stuff.

Lots of NGOs operate/operated there as well as non military Government agencies (USAID).
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Old 08-26-2021, 02:01 AM   #3
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Lots of NGOs operate/operated there as well as non military Government agencies (USAID).
I was definitely naive to all of these people that are there.
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It's pretty crazy how many non-active military Americans currently live or are in Afghanistan now. There are some students from my neck of the woods that are there right now. Scary stuff.
There were plenty of times over the last 20 years where we had more military contractors than we had US soldiers. The worst was during the Obama years. He ramped up spending and it was more $ than the Afghanistan country could hold for infrastructure etc, so it trickled over to funding more contractors. I have a good interview about it I'll share when I get a chance.
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It's pretty crazy how many non-active military Americans currently live or are in Afghanistan now. There are some students from my neck of the woods that are there right now. Scary stuff.
Refugee families from Afghanistan living in SD decided to go back to Afghanistan and visit family in May and June.

If youre refugees who fled your country bc of safety reasons and political turmoil ... why would you go back to visit?

Reading the first few articles, I envisioned some PE teacher chaperone trapped with 15 students on some school trip.

Its really Afghanistan refugess who came to American then decided to go back for whatever poorly thought out reason.
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There are some students from my neck of the woods that are there right now. Scary stuff.
Why, knowing the US is withdrawing , why would you go there?
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Old 08-26-2021, 11:27 AM   #7
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Tragic situation unfolding now. Thinking about those stranding in that hellhole Kabul.
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Old 08-26-2021, 02:59 PM   #8
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To be honest zero problems with anybody and their family immigrating from Afghanistan who help carry out the nato, US mission over there. You can’t get more merit based than that…welcome them with open arms
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To be honest zero problems with anybody and their family immigrating from Afghanistan who help carry out the nato, US mission over there. You can’t get more merit based than that…welcome them with open arms
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I don't understand why we can't all agree on that.
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I don't understand why we can't all agree on that.

One word. Politics.
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I don't understand why we can't all agree on that.
I think most do. The Mrs. and my youngest have joined a group that will help settle some of these refugees.
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Old 09-01-2021, 07:45 PM   #12
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I don't understand why we can't all agree on that.
Update

President Biden is a fucking retard…welp that’s not the update

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/s...istan-n1278141

More than 120,000 people of all nationalities were evacuated from the Kabul airport as the U.S. military withdrew, but initial figures suggest that only about 8,500 of those who left Afghanistan in recent months were Afghans, according to numbers released by the Biden administration and estimates from advocates.

Gen Retard Coward Milley should resign.
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Old 09-02-2021, 02:20 AM   #13
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President Biden is a fucking retard…welp that’s not the update

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/s...istan-n1278141

More than 120,000 people of all nationalities were evacuated from the Kabul airport as the U.S. military withdrew, but initial figures suggest that only about 8,500 of those who left Afghanistan in recent months were Afghans, according to numbers released by the Biden administration and estimates from advocates.

Gen Retard Coward Milley should resign.

So America first, fuck the Kurds, poor Afghans. Gotcha. How convenient.
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