Originally Posted by
medod
I don't really understand anyone in the media calling the evacuation a "disaster". It was a highly successful operation spun up in just a couple of days and sustained for a fortnight, and largely met its objectives (in fact I bet it exceeded what the planners thought was possible). Everyone involved should feel very proud. If they mean needing to perform the evacuation is a disaster, fair enough, but I wish they'd choose their words more carefully.
Very much agree with that…unfortunately the MSM narrative has now swung to “Ah, but not good enough because we didn’t get absolutely everybody out who
wanted to get out and we didn’t get all of that Royal Marines cats and dogs out”..
