There were people vacationing in Afghanistan. There is a story about several people who went there on break to visit with relatives and they are stuck there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tgo01
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There were people vacationing in Afghanistan. There is a story about several people who went there on break to visit with relatives and they are stuck there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tgo01
I wouldn't really consider visiting relatives in Afghanistan to be a vacation. Maybe we just differ on what we consider a vacation to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gelston
Vacation doesn't necessarily mean sunny beaches or theme parks. It just means a leave of absence from work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tgo01
I mean. The only story I can find talks about heading there to visit family. It's not like they were sent there from work... What do you call it when you're not at work and visiting people? Vacation?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tgo01
As far as self medicating. I'm not saying that's what killed him. I'm saying his choice to self medicate instead of seeking proper help earlier is what likely killed him.
So if I visit my relatives 10 miles away is that a vacation too?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gelston
You must not have looked very hard, probably because it doesn't fit your narrative.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfster
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An American woman, and former military interpreter, remains trapped in Afghanistan after the last US flight departed.
She worked for the US military as an interpreter and was there trying to help vulnerable Afghans evacuate before the Taliban took over.Quote:
Sara and 37 Afghans she was trying to save were living in her house.
But I guess maybe she was just vacationing too right?
I mean, she wasn't there on behalf of the military, as she was former military. So while I can respect her reason for being there, she still willfully went there and knew the risks during a war.
Did we leave embassy staff / family behind? That'd be a huge fuckup, far more than a civilian trying to save the world.
And if you'd listened to the interview she gave, you'd know she DECIDED to stay behind until all the children she was teaching could be evacuated to. Even the damned article says she was pretending a random man and six kids were theirs, do you honestly think if she'd gotten through the checkpoints she'd have been given a magical pass to abduct seven randoms without paperwork? Get a clue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tgo01
People who are still in Afghanistan are still there due to choosing to be left behind. Even the dozen or so kids from the El Cajon school district were Afghanistan children who were temporarily in the United States for schooling. They went home to visit their actual families. No, they weren't American citizens despite how you might want to lie about it. All sorts of folks had legitimate Visas and didn't get evacuated and for every one legitimate, twenty others were trying to pass of copies of someone else's visa or wanted to us an application as means of escape. It doesn't work that way.
So instead of crying your salty tears over the fewer than two hundred actual citizens who chose not to leave, you look at the UNPARALLED 120,000+ Afghans who were transported to temporary holding countries to validate their claims.
She probably didn't think an incompetent ghoul would be occupying the White House that would prioritize scoring a political win over saving lives.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfster
What a monster!Quote:
Originally Posted by Seran
Also you're full of shit because she said she tried to escape several times but couldn't because of Taliban checkpoints and one time when she made it to the airport she couldn't get through the crowd of people and was tear gassed.
Maybe JUST MAYBE Biden could have acted like a leader for once and had the military hold onto the entire city of Kabul until all citizens were evacuated instead of allowing the Taliban to take control of the entire country and set up checkpoints while US civilians were still trapped in the country.
Knock it off with your partisan bullshit already. Biden is a complete failure. He got Americans killed because of his incompetence. His incompetence has now allowed hundreds of Americans to be trapped in Afghanistan.
Go fuck yourself.