Projectdynamo rescuing Americans from Afghanistan because the PROGRESSIVE Joe Biden Administration hates Americans

[Atlanticmike]

https://youtu.be/ZsJrxB6pfYo
That's correct!!! Americans still being rescued from Afghanistan because Sleepy Joe doesn't actually care about Americans. Our current President is an incompetent fool!!! Progressives are some of the most narcissistic A-Holes I've ever encountered! Damn!! We're in so much trouble right now.

[K Graham]

Absolute horseshiit. No Americans were "left behind" and none need "rescuing."

Exhibit A : why FOX news is fake news BS.

Tha Taliban have been trying to get ALL Americans out, none have been killed or detained. But some Americans chose to stick around for their own reasons, but probably because they feel confdent they can leave whenever they want.

Here is FOX again lying to their idiot audience, pretending Americans are being held against their will. Meanwhile, no mention of the Americans who were actually imprisoned and killed while Trump was golfing.

[canpakes]

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Mike, you just need to seek out correct information, and you’ll discover that official efforts by the US Government to evacuate Afghans-at-risk as well as any remaining Americans have still continued - even if at a greatly reduced pace - since the Taliban takeover:

What Happened to the Afghanistan Evacuation?
The evacuation of American citizens and others from Afghanistan didn’t end with the departure of the last U.S. troops on Aug. 30.

By Associated Press Wire Service Content • Nov. 26, 2021, at 8:38 a.m.

By BEN FOX, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The evacuation of American citizens and others from Afghanistan didn’t end with the departure of the last U.S. troops on Aug. 30, but it did slow to a trickle. The U.S. airlifted 124,000 people from Kabul, the capital, over about six weeks as the American-backed Afghan military and government fell to the Taliban.

Since then, several thousand people have managed to get out, mostly on flights arranged by the State Department or private groups and individuals. That includes some high-profile efforts, such as the Nov. 18 flight chartered by reality TV star Kim Kardashian West for members of Afghanistan’s women’s youth development soccer team and their families.

Most of the departures, however, have been carried out quietly for remaining American citizens, U.S. residents or people with the special immigrant visa for those who worked as military interpreters or otherwise aided the 20-year, Washington-led war effort. But people involved in these efforts are calling on the United States and other nations to do more to help people escape Taliban rule.


A look at the current situation:

WHO GOT OUT DURING THE INITIAL PHASE AND WHERE DID THEY GO?

As the Afghan government and military fell to the Taliban in August, the U.S. hastily sought to evacuate as many people as possible through the main airport in Kabul. It was a chaotic scene because the collapse happened more quickly than the U.S. government anticipated. The evacuation, mostly on military cargo jets, prioritized American citizens, U.S. permanent residents, special visa holders or those whose work would likely make them eligible, along with their families. The flights also carried people who were considered particularly vulnerable to Taliban retribution or their harsh rule, including journalists and human rights advocates.

The 124,000 people evacuated in the initial phases included about 6,000 American citizens. Some Afghans from these flights have been temporarily moved to at least eight countries that agreed to take people who may ultimately reach the U.S. as refugees or will be resettled elsewhere. The U.S. has so far admitted 73,000 Afghans from this initial phase. They will eventually move to communities around the United States with assistance from private organizations. About 40,000 are still being housed at seven military bases in the U.S. as they complete immigration and medical processing and await resettlement.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE?

In September, the Taliban started to allow some charter flights to leave the country with American citizens, U.S. residents and visa holders, as well as people from other countries and Afghans with proper travel documents. Private organizations with names such as Allied Airlift 21 and Task Force Argo have reported getting charter flights out with hundreds of people. The State Department has chartered flights and says it has evacuated 435 American citizens and 325 people with permanent U.S. resident status — green card holders — since Aug. 30.

People involved in these efforts estimate the total number evacuated at perhaps about 8,000. It's limited for many reasons, including the fact that people are in hiding or have destroyed or lost personal documents when the Taliban took. Applying for an immigrant visa to the U.S. at this point is difficult because the the American Embassy has closed; Qatar recently agreed to handle some consular services for the U.S.

ARE THERE STILL AMERICAN CITIZENS IN AFGHANISTAN?

Yes.

Biden administration officials said this month they believe several hundred remain in Afghanistan. The State Department continues to offer passage out to any citizens or people with permanent resident status. As the U.S. military evacuation ended, Secretary of State Antony Blinken put the number of Americans left behind at under 200, “likely closer to 100." The number flown out by the State Department since then is more than four times that amount.

Blinken has since said the department is in contact with American citizens who have indicated they want to leave. But private organizations such as Task Force Argo and others say they have heard from dozens of people in Afghanistan who have yet to be contacted by the U.S. government. It's a hazy picture for good reason. Americans in Afghanistan were not required to register with the embassy and some people with U.S. citizenship or green cards may be hiding from the Taliban. Blinken also has said some people do not want to leave because they do not want to leave behind family members.

WHAT ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LEAVE?

Human rights groups and organizations working to help Afghans say there are at least tens of thousands of people in Afghanistan who could face reprisals and need to escape. That includes people who worked for the U.S.-backed government or military but also members of ethnic minorities or people who are LGBTQ. Some have fled on their own to other countries and may be able to apply to get to the U.S. elsewhere as refugees.

AfghanEvac is a coalition of more than 100 organizations working to help people get out of Afghanistan country; many of those groups were started by military veterans. Representatives from AfghanEvac recently met with Blinken as part of a campaign to persuade the U.S. to step up the evacuation effort.

Groups are also enlisting help from Congress, hoping to expand the categories of people who would qualify for the special immigrant visa, perhaps to include those who served in elite Afghan military units. Some are also seeking more financial support from the U.S. government. “We need some help, we really do,” Scott Mann, founder of Task Force Pineapple, which aims to connect people in Afghanistan with flights out of the country. “This is a problem of scale and it is outpacing us quickly.”

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press.

Project Dynamo just brought back 47 dual-citizenship Americans and Afghan refugees. Here’s a pic:



https://fox8.com/news/tampa-volunteers- ... istan/amp/

It’s pretty obvious that some of the folks are families from marriage to Americans or the families of dual-citizenship Afghans, and Afghan refugees. Many of the folks who’d like to leave at this point worked with the US and allies during the war.

Unlike whatever your blanket condemnation of PROGRESSIVES! might suggest to folks who don’t read the news, the folks needing our help now were most endangered by more rabid conservatives several months back, given that the only members of the House of Representatives to vote against expediting visas for these Afghans were Republicans heavily aligned with the Trump/MAGA crowd:

Republican lawmakers who voted against granting visas to 8,000 Afghans who supported the United States’ war effort against the Taliban are facing renewed criticism.

Last month, the House of Representatives gave near-unanimous support to allow the interpreters and contractors who worked with the US military be allowed to relocate under the Special Immigrant Visa programme.

The resolution, introduced by Democratic Congressman Jason Crow, passed by 407 votes to 16.

Those who voted against were all Republicans, and included far-right members Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 7.html?amp

[Atlanticmike]

11 month old left behind in Afghanistan. Joe Biden should be ashamed!!
https://youtu.be/uLO_SU2Bhos

[K Graham]

No one was left behind. You need to stop lying if you have any intention to improve your reputation.

[canpakes]

No one was left behind. You need to stop lying if you have any intention to improve your reputation.

Here’s better information, given that Atlanticmike is only concerned with passing along partisan spin:

It is unknown what type of aircraft they have used and if they have received any kind of US military support in the operation, to use military bases, for example, but the article assures that the State Department is aware of the operation and has provided all the necessary documentation. The State Department coordinated the documentation of the evacuees.

Project Dynamo, which presents itself on its website as a coalition of Army veterans to provide escape routes to the many Afghans who collaborated with US troops, claims to have already evacuated more than 2,000 people since the United States left Afghanistan at the end of last august.
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Many of the evacuees had traveled to Afghanistan to visit relatives, celebrate weddings and funerals, and were unable to return to the United States after the Taliban stormed the capital in a series of bloody shootouts with Afghan National Army troops.

https://www.archyde.com/us-war-veterans ... operation/

Makes sense, given that 11-month-old children aren’t making their own travel decisions.

Here’s how the exits are arranged:

Anyone wishing to leave Afghanistan can register on Project Dynamo's website and upload their passport and visa information for their destination countries.

Project Dynamo then vets and approves the documents with help from the relevant governments, and notifies them that an evacuation flight is being organized.

Once there are enough people for a flight, the group sends them to a safe house. Everyone is then given a measles shot and a COVID-19 test before boarding the flight.

"A safe house is not as spooky it sounds," Stern said. "Everything is controlled ... you're not smuggled, you're not under a carpet. This is all legal."

https://www.businessinsider.com/afghani ... 021-10?amp

[Doctor Steuss]

They're bringing MUSLIM REFUGEES into our country!

What's next, Kenyan MS172 gang members????



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[canpakes]

They're bringing MUSLIM REFUGEES into our country!

On that note … we have Tucker -

On Wednesday’s episode of his Fox News show, Tucker Carlson discussed a conspiracy theory that has recently been embraced by extreme right wingers: That somehow, refugees from places like Afghanistan are part of scheme by Democrats to cheat in elections.

Now to be clear, Tucker was very careful to phrase his discussion of this as though he were merely asking questions. But the main gist was that people should be very concerned about where refugees from Afghanistan will be sent when they arrive here.

After setting up this line of discussion during his opening, Tucker showed a clip from CNN in which Chris Cuomo and Fareed Zakaria were discussing opposition to allowing refugees into the United States. “CNN wants you to know that you don’t have a right to know how many of these people are coming here from Afghanistan, and where they’re going. What neighborhoods are they gonna be living in?” he said after the clip ended.

Tucker argued that “it’s your country, you pay for it, you were born here. It belongs to you. So you have a right to know what happens in your country.” Ok then.

Tucker next talked about the State Department’s recent list of suggested cities that could serve as homes for refugees. The department said the list was comprised of “locations with reasonable cost of living, housing availability, supportive services, and welcoming communities with volunteers and resources.” The list of 19 cities total in both red and blue states includes: Phoenix, Denver, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, St. Louis, Raleigh-Durham, Northern New Jersey (to include Elizabethland Highland Park), Las Vegas, Buffalo, Cleveland, Portland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Salt Lake City.

Tucker looked at the list and said: “You may notice that these communities include an awful lot of swing districts in swing states all over the United States. It’s not just Virginia; Three of these communities are in Texas, a state the Democratic party has tried to flip for years now.”

Tucker also complained about the Pennsylvania cities on the list, “Does Pennsylvania need more people? Probably not, Lot of unemployment between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.”

(The state’s unemployment rate is 6.9 percent, but it suffered like most states from the layoffs and closures of COVID, and that 6,9 percent is actually an improvement as the state recovers.)

“But,” Tucker continued, “Pennsylvania is also a state that Donald Trump won in 2016. Maybe they should go there.”

https://www.thewrap.com/tucker-carlson- ... video/amp/

[Moksha]

Are the board moderators on vacation?

[Atlanticmike]

Are the board moderators on vacation?

Mentally, Canpakes has been on vacation for years!