Military.com: Pentagon Denies It Left Military Dogs Behind in Afghanistan
The U.S. military on Tuesday denied reports in the wake of its departure from Afghanistan that it had left working dogs behind at the airport in Kabul, or that it had abandoned dogs in cages.
Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said in a tweet that U.S. troops did not leave dogs in cages at Hamid Karzai International Airport when its last flights took off Monday afternoon, East Coast time.
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Update: Pentagon denies, criticizes viral reports that US left service dogs in Afghanistan (USA Today)
WNU Editor: The dogs at the airport either came from families who could not take them onto departing aircraft, or contractor dogs who faced the same flight restrictions. In my opinion, the US military should have made an exception to the dogs who worked with the contractors.
4 comments:
If it's a choice between people or dogs it's see ya later Rover.🐕
They will try every angle they possibly can to get the public emotional and willing to continue the forever-wars. WNU editor takes the bait 90% of the time these past two weeks.
Sorry. The contractor dogs situation is still in committee. We'll get back to you as soon as we can.
Really?, l think not since many are alive because of them
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