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ItsjustMe

(11,230 posts) Sun Aug 15, 2021, 10:52 PM Aug 2021

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'I am about to die': Afghan Interpreter's message to US veteran (CNN)

Kristen Rouse, a US Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, describes the messages she and other veterans have received from Afghan interpreters who are unable find safety as the Taliban besiege the country.

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'I am about to die': Afghan Interpreter's message to US veteran (CNN) (Original Post) ItsjustMe Aug 2021 OP

If we left a lot of these good folks behind then a SERIOUS mistake was made Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2021 #1

We will be bombarded by this kind of stuff for quite awhile, rightly or wrongly. Hoyt Aug 2021 #2

This! PortTack Aug 2021 #3

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)

1. If we left a lot of these good folks behind then a SERIOUS mistake was made

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Sun Aug 15, 2021, 11:03 PM

Aug 2021

I have to say.

I really hope the West got most of these people out beforehand

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

2. We will be bombarded by this kind of stuff for quite awhile, rightly or wrongly.

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Sun Aug 15, 2021, 11:05 PM

Aug 2021

PortTack

(32,762 posts)

3. This!

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #2)

Sun Aug 15, 2021, 11:07 PM

Aug 2021

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