Over 130,000 refugees were settled in the United States after the Vietnam War—a completely inadequate number. Step 1 was taking them out of harm's way to Guam for processing. Even compared against earlier failures to keep our word, we're doing terribly by Afghanistan.https://twitter.com/jeremyslevin/status/1429662776482574339 …
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The number that really matters in the Afghan evacuation is how many Afghans per day are being allowed through the airport gates, not how many people fly out on planes. There's a lot of buffering involved, but it's who gets let in to the airport that is the limiting function.
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An immediate question the press needs to ask is what Biden intends to do about Afghans who hold US citizenship or permanent residency and are prevented by the Taliban from leaving.
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How many American and civilian casualties from turning a city of 6 million people into a war zone would be acceptable to you? What happens when the Taliban begin firing on C-17s on the way in or out, and what happens if they destroy one on the runway?
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You mean when we were fighting and losing the endless war with them that we finally accepted has to end? Yeah that very psychology has been a long part of the problem.
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this is just a slogan though
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