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Old 21st Aug 2021, 17:47
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Flugplatz
 
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Can't believe what a nasty, selfish and inward looking old man Biden's turning out to be. He portrays someone who would happily discard any and all of the supporting NATO forces at Kabul if he thought it would enable US personnel to make a clean break. Sad that it has come to this; wouldn't be surprised if the Paras' CO and in-situ RAF commander are now having to watch the US troops like a hawk to see if they are preparing to do a sneaky runner.

Although it is clearly chaotic at the airport, at least it is sort of stable while they are still doing the NEO part - God knows what it is going to like as US/ other NATO they start withdrawing their evac. forces and collapsing the perimeter. So much depends on the 'goodwill' and capacity of the Taliban but I've got a horrible feeling that things are going to get a lot more desperate. Hope their is some kind of plan-B though I can't imagine what that might be, unless troops are successfully thinned-out so that smaller A/C such as C-130/Chinooks can take the last ones out to a staging point
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