Posted on 08/18/2021 10:24:56 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Overnight, the US only put 2,000 people on 18 C-17 planes - an average of 110 per flight. This despite a single C-17 being used on Sunday to fly out 640 Afghans because the crew refused to leave them behind
Just a fraction of that number have made it onto the most recent flights, despite US pledge of 9,000 per day
In one shocking case, a German plane with room for 150 departed Kabul on Tuesday with just seven on board
Meanwhile, the UK has managed to rescue around 1,000 people out of a total of 7,000 the MoD accounted for
Comes as Taliban controlling the airport entrances are barring ex-pats and would-be migrants causing chaos
Around 50,000 people are said to be outside the gates, with Westerners unable to get through the crush
Western nations vowed to take more than 100,000 Afghan refugees - pledge that appears increasingly hollow
Evacuation flights out of Kabul are taking off near-empty after the Taliban formed a ring of steel around the airport - blocking tens of thousands of desperate Afghans from entering as westerners said they are unable to get through the crush.
Those on the ground say the Taliban are blocking anyone who does not have a foreign passport from entering the airport, meanwhile foreigners including British and German expats say they have become trapped in the chaos, unable to get through the disorderly crowds to board flights home.
The situation is fueling fears that the West's Afghan allies have almost no hope of making it out of Afghanistan.
And there are growing fears that the fate of Westerners could become a bargaining chip fo the Taliban, and they could even end up as hostages.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Fears thousands of westerners will end up HOSTAGES , never Biden and the Tallyband as Best Friends
The situation is totally under control...believe us...pay no attention to what you see and hear...
We are entering the Twilight Zone...
This is going well.
Where’s Biden?
“We never saw this coming” say the “experts”....
“Fears thousands of westerners will end up HOSTAGES...”
Eh, I think they already are.
That was not a planned flight. Normally a C-17 carries about 100.
I want Biden and Milley in front of a firing squad.
The reason the State Department and Pentagon are having the nervous breakdown
Sorry to sound like the guy from Airplane, but “They paid their tickets, they knew what they were getting into.....I say, ‘Let ‘em Crash!’”
“Where’s Biden?”
At the ice cream shop, drooling.
The Biden Administration is sounding more and more like Baghdad Bob every day.....
Putting your faith in Banana Republics can be hazardous to your health and safety.
The United States is the top Banana..
Took VP Harris three months to find the Mexican Border. Apparently she is equally confused as to where the Afghanistan Border is, as she leaves soon for Singapore...
He is going to talk about the VIRUS at four o’clock
No Afghan is going to go to the airport and show a visa to the U.S. he will be shot
Surprise! Islamic terrorists are still our enemies.
Last night Trump was saying it’s a no brainer, that you grab and HOLD the airport and evac route. You bring out high value equipment, You evacuate nationals, and any others you deem, you evacuate the embassy, and then military is last to leave.
This was the opposite. The military left in the dead of night, the embassy scrambled away as the panic grew. Then half of Kabul and thousands of US nationals were left to endure the airport madness. All the equipment was left behind and abandoned. And we rush to send in 3000 soldiers and marines into an impossible situation.
They were sent to regain control of something we never had to lose in he first place.
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