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(23,539 posts)105,000 evacuated from Afghanistan vs 1 from the Whitehouse. So by percentage the number of deaths in Afghanistan is miniscule.
Jon King
(1,910 posts)Overall violence. At the Kabul airport, one deranged lunatic blew themselves up, and that is how everyone else got killed. It was a one person act.
On January 6th, thousands of people were enraged. Thousands of people hit and stomped and smashed and rioted and threatened.
One violent person vs thousands.
overleft
(356 posts)orangecrush
(19,546 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,329 posts)left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)including at least 13 U.S. service members and 90 Afghans,
at the Kabul airport ..."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/afghanistan-kabul-airport-explosion-11629976397
WTF !
Jim G.
(14,811 posts)It says "more peaceful". And by comparison it was.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)I guess you missed the mob of people trying to get onto planes at the Kabul airport.
And those at the gates who were being beaten back and killed by the Taliban.
Oh well ...
Jim G.
(14,811 posts)But I'm standing by what I said.
Are you somehow assigning blame to Biden for the actions of the Taliban?
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Don't make stuff up and put words in my mouth.
No where did I even hint at any connection.
Hasta la vista
Sayonara
Auf Wiedersehen
NJCher
(35,661 posts)his rage over losing is not over and continues in the form of parents shouting at school board members over masks.
The remark in the OP is about evacuation and is not about tragedy.
Evolve Dammit
(16,725 posts)With a lot of help from Fox , AM hate radio and propaganda "news outlets" of which there are many. Throw in social media and it is a huge movement of brainwashing and violence- incitement.