The United Kingdom goes to recover Afghan collaborators and beyond. The US commanders abandon them. Clutches
Reports emerge that British and American forces are having disagreements at Kabul airport, as British military commanders are overseeing and carrying out rescue missions in the city, while US commanders are sitting comfortably in their armchairs waiting for citizens and those entitled to asylum go, independently, to the airport facing the Taliban checkpoints. After all, we have already said that this was US policy
It seems that the Americans do not even guarantee safe passage once they arrive at the airport.
The British government, on the other hand, has sent 900 elite paratroopers to rescue about 4,000 British citizens in Kabul, indicating that it even expects a direct armed confrontation with the Taliban.
This has caused friction between the British and American commanders because, according to the latter, these missions would jeopardize the peace talks, even if by now these have become completely useless. In addition, the British heavily criticize the treatment that the soldiers with stars and stripes give to the Afghans who try to leave the country.
At the same time there are rumors of strong discontent among the US troops who would like to carry out rescue missions with the British and who, instead, are stopped by their superiors.
Former congressional staffer turned journalist Matthew Russell detailed what is happening according to sources in Kabul:
The United Kingdom has opened a real embassy at the airport to guarantee documents and necessary assistance to asylum seekers and British citizens, but not only. Foreign Minister Priti Patel spoke of five thousand people to be saved, but he also gave indications not to be too restrictive in the people to be evacuated.
After all, the scenes outside the Kabul airport see mothers handing their children over to British soldiers, not American ones.
People are so desperate to escape the #Taliban that they're passing babies and kids forward to the gate at #Kabul airport. #kabulairport #AfghanEvac pic.twitter.com/6NSlIffrD1
– Matt Zeller (@mattczeller) August 18, 2021
Biden's mess is breaking ties within NATO itself. Not everyone agrees to be idle after twenty years of commitment to Afghanistan.
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