First picture: Saigon, Vietnam, 1975
— Wars on the Brink (@WOTB07) August 15, 2021
Second picture: Kabul, Afghanistan, 2021.
History repeats itself in some way or another. pic.twitter.com/INckPYqkGI
* Helicopter - believed to be US Air Force Chinook - seen flying over Kabul today from the US Embassy in Kabul
* It comes as Taliban closes in on the Afghan capital with shots heard on outskirts before fighters stormed city
* Around 3,000 US troops have been sent into city to aid with US evacuation, while British troops also deployed
* It is believed around 500 British staff needed to be evacuated and by Saturday the number was in 'the tens'
This is the moment US diplomats are seen being evacuated from Kabul as Taliban forces stormed the Afghan capital.
In a scene mirroring that of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam war, a US Air Force helicopter was seen taking off from the US embassy earlier today.
The Chinook helicopter was seen taking to the skies above the city - just like in 1975 when a US Marine helicopter was seen evacuating embassy staff from Vietnamese capital.
Read more ....
Update: ‘Manifestly not Saigon’? WATCH US helicopters evacuate Kabul embassy as Blinken defiantly rejects Vietnam pullout comparisons -- RT
WNU Editor: It's too late .... US criticised as it races against time to save its Afghan helpers from Taliban (The Guardian)
4 comments:
Where did the 2 trillion dollars go???
Where are the people resigning in disgrace??
ALL FAILING UP
THIS is what brings down democracy
THIS is what brings down morale among troops and at home
Unaccountability
2 trillion
Hundreds of thousands of civilians murdered
Thousands of troops killed and injured
If you accept THIS, then of course you'll accept forced injections too.
We are but tax paying cattle they experiment with and tyranically control and subdue through fear and division
Imagine a life on earth without THEM
Diplomats queued up to leave on helicopters. Their careers are assured. Most of them are not shot callers, so they did nothing wrong, could do nothing wrong. But why are their careers assured merely for showing up? Someone back in DC could have been doing better analysis than a person punching a ticket on Kabul, but they will get passed over.
Where is Kamala Harris?
Imagine the extra metal plating they put at the bottom of that chopper. Prime target for some AK47 sniping from rooftops one would anticipate
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