We are more than a week into the Afghan evacuation. The operation has turned into something in between Dunkirk and the Berlin Airlift and seems to be going better than I would have thought possible when it started. Two weekends ago, I thought that we would be looking at a chaotic bloodbath as we had to fight to bring out the last Americans. The reality has been very different.
It is interesting to watch as they continue to pull out larger numbers of people every day. I was one of those extremely critical of Joe's handling of this, and even more so his stupid remarks. Owning your mistakes is the first step in correcting them.
That said, the challenges are intriguing. Every night as i watch the reports on the news i find myself scratching my head. How the hell do you manage an evacuation when the guy who helped us and has his green card or proper paperwork shows up with 20 or 25 relatives? Seriously gang, what would you do? My immediate reaction is, his wife and kids, after that sorry.
Am i callous? Maybe. I am also a realist. We can't take everyone out. And as far as the October 1 deadline, tell them to blow it out their ass. Seriously, we don't leave till every American is out. I want the war to end like most other American's but the Taliban shouldn't be dictating to us and especially if they are prohibiting people from getting to the airport.
At some point we either are a super power or we aren't.
I know as a hardcore Socialist Democrat you only see this crisis as one of perception but it's not. It is an unmitigated disaster. This has nothing to do with Uncle Joe's foreign Policy, "Leading from Behind" is not the problem here. The problem is planning and execution and that is evident everywhere in this mess. You can hold out hope that this won't end with Taliban holding US Hostages and US and coalition fighting men and women dying to rescue them but even if that does not happen, this retreat was executed as well as the Jimmy Carter's Tehran rescue. Remember?
It is interesting to watch as they continue to pull out larger numbers of people every day. I was one of those extremely critical of Joe's handling of this, and even more so his stupid remarks. Owning your mistakes is the first step in correcting them.
That said, the challenges are intriguing. Every night as i watch the reports on the news i find myself scratching my head. How the hell do you manage an evacuation when the guy who helped us and has his green card or proper paperwork shows up with 20 or 25 relatives? Seriously gang, what would you do? My immediate reaction is, his wife and kids, after that sorry.
Am i callous? Maybe. I am also a realist. We can't take everyone out. And as far as the October 1 deadline, tell them to blow it out their ass. Seriously, we don't leave till every American is out. I want the war to end like most other American's but the Taliban shouldn't be dictating to us and especially if they are prohibiting people from getting to the airport.
At some point we either are a super power or we aren't.
https://twitter.com/TheValuesVoter/status/1430978946171027462/photo/1
"Joe Biden may pull off the pullout"
It's looking less likely.
The first will be an interesting day.
I know as a hardcore Socialist Democrat you only see this crisis as one of perception but it's not. It is an unmitigated disaster. This has nothing to do with Uncle Joe's foreign Policy, "Leading from Behind" is not the problem here. The problem is planning and execution and that is evident everywhere in this mess. You can hold out hope that this won't end with Taliban holding US Hostages and US and coalition fighting men and women dying to rescue them but even if that does not happen, this retreat was executed as well as the Jimmy Carter's Tehran rescue. Remember?