Originally Posted by
Ninthace
Perhaps you should consider how such a plan may be written and carried through...
What would you have them do?
"Right, let's get out of Afghanistan"
"Yes Sir, when?'
"By Sep 1"
"Yes Sir, that gives us x days to get our people out safely, since even primary school children in UK know that the Taliban will mobilise as soon as we move to leave."
"The ANA will stop them, we trained them."
"Mmm, we maybe shouldn't bet on that; and when the Taliban do move, road transport will be a no-no. Our aid workers are all over"
20 more mins of this...
"OK, I want a plan in 24 hours that makes our people safe before we tip our hand."
"Yes Sir."
The people saying, "Yessir!" are the ones who supposedly make it that we sleep safe in our beds.
CG