US Marine takes care of baby during evacuation of Kabul airport

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Link to tweet

[reality1]

1. Wait, what?

I thought it was all chaos and bedlam?

[martingale73]

5. How did that baby get to the marine?

Marines don’t normally travel thousands of miles seize control of part of an airport to take care of strange infants.
People are giving their infants to soldiers and marines because they want to get their kids out. It’s am amazing act of love on parents who are facing a horrific future.

That’s chaos and bedlam in my book….

[cinematicdiversions]

7. In all fairness when people start handing their babies over to marines to take out the country

It is a sign of at least a little chaos and bedlam

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. Marine knows what he's doing.

Baby looking at his dimples.

[LizBeth]

4. I was thinking the same.

[tblue37]

3. Look at the smile on that man's face. The baby is a spot of sweetness in a stressful day.

[nuxvomica]

6. The singular duty of the hero is to protect the innocent

Which is why people usually take on the role reluctantly, or like most Republicans, reject it entirely. And yet, there are rewards, as can be seen in that photo.