Not sure but this didn’t help !
‘Mr Farthing said he was "turned away" into the aftermath of the explosion at Kabul airport.
He posted an update on his plight this morning writing: “The whole team & dogs/cats were safely 300m inside the airport perimeter. We were turned away as Joe Biden had changed paperwork rules just 2 hours earlier.
“Went through hell to get there & we were turned away into the chaos of those devastating explosions.”
Whatever mistakes we’ve made during this shambles it is x100 for Biden and the US. We and the other allies and Afghans have been left to pickup the pieces to some extent
Rightly or wrongly, we supported the US in their hunt for Bin Laden and inflict some damage on the Taliban for hiding terrorists, which was the original aim of the military action, as did other NATO forces and allies. Bidens recent conduct shows no acknowledgement of that support and sacrifice, the lives lost or those that are still stuck there.
Basically he’s ignored military advice and requests from us and other allies to discuss and alter plans. He knows best….apparently...yet they’ve left $80bn worth of military equipment to the Taliban or even worse, ISIS and in the ‘July rush’ vacanted an Afghan military airbase which would’ve been an alternative evacuation route for US and allies/Afghans. They didn’t even tell us or other allies
The bloke and his advisors are a shambles. I say that as someone who hoped and believed that after Trump, America, and to some extent the western world, was now in safer hands.
Trump set the wheels in motion with the agreement but the delivery of that agreement in recent months and key decisions in terms of the exit/withdrawal are with Biden.
I agree with SBD that I’d be worried if Trump was in charge at this point as he’s a total loose cannon and could’ve done anything, however, I honestly don’t think it would’ve got to this point ie he’d have done something weeks ago. The last thing Trump would want is America looking so weak on the world stage. It saddens me to say this as I know that Trump is a dangerous idiot (at best !). What a mess ! Rant over !
Let’s hope City bring some better news and smiles today