Morning Jolt: Biden Abandons Our Allies: What It’s Really Like on the Ground in Kabul

On the menu today: I'm going to warn you ahead of time, I've heard from my reader trying to get his former Afghan employees out of the country, and the news is very bad. Don't let the happy talk coming from well-dressed officials behind lecterns in Washington fool you. The situation on the ground is chaotic and dangerous, and the outlook for hundreds of thousands of Afghans is about as grim as it gets.

Biden Chooses to Abandon our Afghan Allies

This morning, the New York Times reports that, "at least 250,000 Afghans who may be eligible for expedited American visas remain in Afghanistan." But that's a big number, an abstraction too big to get our heads around.

One of my readers has been trying to get his former Afghan employees out of the country, as they are eligible for expedited visas under the State Department's Priority 2 program. (See here ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY August 26 2021 WITH JIM GERAGHTY August 26 2021 Biden Abandons Our Allies: What It's Really Like on the Ground in Kabul On the menu today: I'm going to warn you ahead of time, I've heard from my reader trying to get his former Afghan employees out of the country, and the news is very bad. Don't let the happy talk coming from well-dressed officials behind lecterns in Washington fool you. The situation on the ground is chaotic and dangerous, and the outlook for hundreds of thousands of Afghans is about as grim as it gets. Biden Chooses to Abandon our Afghan Allies This morning, the New York Times reports that, "at least 250,000 Afghans who may be eligible for expedited American visas remain in Afghanistan." But that's a big number, an abstraction too big to get our heads around. One of my readers has been trying to get his former Afghan employees out of the country, as they are eligible for expedited visas under the State Department's Priority 2 program. (See here ...   READ MORE

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