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US to evacuate Afghans who helped
US troops to Virginia military base

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Posted By: Imright, 7/20/2021 12:16:06 PM

As the US troop pullout in Afghanistan closes in on its end-of-August deadline, the Biden administration has announced it will begin to evacuate Afghans who assisted American forces during the 20-year war to a military base in Virginia to protect them from reprisals by Taliban fighters. Around 2,500 Afghans who worked for the US government will be relocated to Fort Lee, a military base just south of Richmond, while they wait out the process for the special immigrant visa program. Members of Congress have expressed concerns for the safety of the thousands of Afghans who served as interpreters or other staff

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Reply 1 - Posted by: stablemoney 7/20/2021 12:28:29 PM (No. 851394)
Why? This is surrender and defeat. Why don't they defend their country?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: DVC 7/20/2021 12:44:19 PM (No. 851412)
It is a bad idea to import any more Muslims. Islam is fundamentally incompatible with all modern, free societies.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: BigGeorgeTX 7/20/2021 12:47:20 PM (No. 851415)
Sadly, I fully expect at least one Jihad attack on the base by one of these so-called allies who reverts back to Islamic law.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: RuckusTom 7/20/2021 1:10:46 PM (No. 851443)
Why not relocate them to Minneapolis? You know? Where all the Somalis are.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: spacer 7/20/2021 1:55:35 PM (No. 851497)
Reason # 6578 why America should NEVER get involved in foreign wars without a total war and defeat of the "enemy" as the one and only goal. President George Washington was right.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Ogden Pod 7/20/2021 4:01:40 PM (No. 851605)
Who says we have learned nothing from the Vietnam war? We know now to evacuate the locals who supported us before we unceremoniously pull out. Those left behind in Vietnam were killed by the peace-loving fascists who took control after the withdrawal.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: doctorfixit 7/21/2021 5:22:58 AM (No. 851994)
Great. More imported Muslim throat cutters. More Ilhan Omars.
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