Congressmen back from Kabul: Even if we extend the withdrawal deadline, there’s no way we’ll get everyone out HotAir

Moulton and Meijer are only saying out loud what others are whispering behind closed doors. Defense officials have been loath to say publicly, though, what seems increasingly clear: Some people will be left behind, the Times reported this morning. There is no way with the numbers of people on the ground that we will be able to get everybody out by Aug. 31, a combat veteran working on the relief effort confirmed to the WSJ. It s not just Afghans and possibly Americans who ll be stranded either. G7 leaders had pleaded with Biden not to withdraw since the American troop presence at the airport is the only thing making the evacuation of their own nationals possible. No country would be able to evacuate all their citizens and at-risk Afghan allies by the Aug. 31 deadline, allied officials had said, per the AP. They needed more time. They re not going to get it.

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Not good. Very bad.