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Rhiannon12866

(205,229 posts)
Fri Aug 20, 2021, 06:56 PM Aug 2021

'This Situation Is Chaos': Ahmad Shah Mohibi On The Situation At Kabul Airport - MSNBC



Rise to Peace Founder Ahmad Shah Mohibi discusses what the situation is in Afghanistan as thousands of people wait and try to get to the Kabul airport as the U.S. withdraws from the country. Aired on 08/20/2021.




Flights Out Of Kabul Have Resumed At Seemingly Slower Pace - MSNBC



Flights have once again began flying out of the Kabul airport where U.S. troops are coordinating extraction efforts at a seemingly significantly slower pace than when they began. Aired on 08/20/2021.


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msongs

(67,395 posts)
1. one suspects the main problem is where to put these refugees after the planes land wherever
Fri Aug 20, 2021, 07:06 PM
Aug 2021

they are going. loading them up is the easy part

Rhiannon12866

(205,229 posts)
6. I thought the original anticipated destination was Guam, but they'll run into the same issue there
Fri Aug 20, 2021, 07:19 PM
Aug 2021

Too many people are desperate to get out and TFG's actions have made life there - and the attempts to get out - more dangerous for everyone.

Texaswitchy

(2,962 posts)
3. To bad Trump didn't get everyone out when he was President.
Fri Aug 20, 2021, 07:09 PM
Aug 2021

No he gave the country to the Tailban and took out most of the troops.

He left everyone else behind.

The Afgan military will not fight without our military.

Put the blame on him.

Also why are so many Americans still there.

I would have got my ass out.


Like the virus all Trump can to is mess things up.

President Biden increased the time to the end of August.


Rhiannon12866

(205,229 posts)
5. That appears to be the major problem, Biden is stuck with the clusterfuck that TFG created
Fri Aug 20, 2021, 07:15 PM
Aug 2021

And now Republicans have the nerve to condemn Biden's efforts to resolve this dangerous situation - business as usual.

 
7. 'This Situation Is Chaos': Well NO FUCKING SHIT!
Fri Aug 20, 2021, 07:44 PM
Aug 2021

Sorry for the outburst, but I am POBB (Pissed Off Beyond Belief) at the whole situation.

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