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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"About 21,600 people have been evacuated out of Afghanistan in the last 24 hours." Some of the logistics of this shit show have improved. CW: auto-play audiohttps://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/afghanistan-news-taliban-refugees-08-24-21/h_99dfb509124f98fee67a954768569697 …
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The number to watch is not the number evacuated, but the flow through the airport gates.
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