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Plans underway to house Afghan refugees
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Posted By: Imright, 8/16/2021 5:32:25 PM

The Department of Defense is preparing to house thousands of Afghan refugees on military bases in the US as the Biden administration scrambles to evacuate the Special Immigrant Visa applicants amid the Taliban’s​ ​rapid takeover of Afghanistan, according to reports.Up to 30,000 Afghans who worked with the US military over the 20-year war would be relocated to military bases in Wisconsin and Texas, according to a statement from the Defense and State departments, Fox News reported.“The situation in Afghanistan may lead to DoS [Department of State] allowing Afghan SIV applicants

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Reply 1 - Posted by: bassman 8/16/2021 5:34:35 PM (No. 881598)
Not one sane decision made since Jan 20th.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: WV.Hillbilly 8/16/2021 5:37:59 PM (No. 881601)
Are there not bases on other soil where they can be housed?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: stablemoney 8/16/2021 5:43:09 PM (No. 881607)
The major cities of Texas are full with illegals in apartments, hotels, motels, and under bridges. So now we are bringing the Afghans into military bases. Soon Texas will have more illegals, Afghani's, Iraqi's, and Chinese than anyone else. The citizens built the schools, the roads, the hospitals, thinking the bonds they voted for, would build facilities for them. No. The citizens are being squeezed out, put in the back of the line, or out of the line.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Bur Oak 8/16/2021 5:44:13 PM (No. 881609)
I don't believe the DOD. The DOD will not be able to get them out. The DOD is merely covering for their incompetence with a lie.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: paral04 8/16/2021 5:55:07 PM (No. 881628)
Not more Muslims here. Look what happened when we let Somalians in. We got the Omar woman.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 8/16/2021 5:58:12 PM (No. 881633)
#2, these refugees represent another 30,000 dim voters. It's all about changing America's demographics. Whites are to become a minority.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Come And Take It 8/16/2021 6:07:07 PM (No. 881650)
I have seen numbers approaching 60,000 is what they want to evacuate. Stuffing C-17s like sardines will get you about 150 per flight. That's 400 round trips to get everyone out - more if the numbers are more than expect or you have injured on litters. There's only about 180 C-17s in existence, and I doubt anywhere close to 1/2 are deployed here. It's going to take a long time to get that many people moved out. I don't think it's going to happen because I don't think the Taliban is going to let us hold the airfield for that long.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: JackBurton 8/16/2021 6:31:24 PM (No. 881679)
If.... IF you can get 'em out. I'd take odds.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: TrueBlueWfan 8/16/2021 6:38:46 PM (No. 881687)
There's not going to be many interpreters left alive because this brain dead excuse for a president wasted weeks. I don' t mind them, but refugees in general are better off somewhere else.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: skacmar 8/16/2021 6:59:36 PM (No. 881716)
IF they are actual refugees who assisted the US military (and earned the right to be here), come on over. Biden's foot dragging on their evacuation has put them and their families in danger. Return the Central American invaders home and let the Afghans stay in their place. Of course, if Biden fails to get them into the US, they can always fly to Mexico and just walk over the border where they will be welcomed with open arms and money / benefits.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Words have Meaning 8/16/2021 7:03:01 PM (No. 881720)
Hey. why not house 30,000 afghans in military bases? These soldiers also will make great waiters. Can I have another Coke, please?
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Come And Take It 8/16/2021 7:04:56 PM (No. 881724)
Sorry #10, I have to disagree. The last thing we need over here are thousands more 7th Century barbarians. They have had twenty years to figure out how to not drop their rifles at the first sign of the enemy. They failed. I don't want one more muslim let in this country regardless of the circumstances that led to their defeat.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 8/16/2021 7:23:49 PM (No. 881738)
No, no, no, no and no! Resettle Afghans in neighboring muslim countries of Central Asia.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Geoman 8/16/2021 7:34:18 PM (No. 881747)
As a Texan, I say we have taken more than our share of refugees from all over the world. How about housing them at Andrews AFB and Ft Belvoir, both inside the DC Beltway? Maybe a few thousand at Camp David?
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Reply 15 - Posted by: danu 8/16/2021 10:06:56 PM (No. 881848)
stunning and brave: quid pro joe and hillz and wuhan nan have plenty of mansions to donate to the cause.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: DVC 8/16/2021 10:40:58 PM (No. 881877)
Send them to as Muslim country.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: Oldenoughtoknowbetter 8/16/2021 10:43:25 PM (No. 881883)
Send them to Oregon. They don't have to read, write or do math there anyway. Also, the buck stops with Biden? Make that about $0.89 due to inflation under him.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: PChristopher 8/17/2021 12:16:51 AM (No. 881929)
I suppose that the Dems will expect them to vote Democrat.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: mifla 8/17/2021 6:39:43 AM (No. 882094)
The Taliban control the roads to the airport and can likely shot any plane out of the sky with the arms we left. They hold all the cards.
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