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I just don’t buy it. Common sense Would tell anyone otherwise, and I’m sure the UK were getting similar cables. If they weren’t, then all they would need to do is ask their intelligence agency or take 15 minutes to search the internet. So, maybe they didn’t think the country would fall into disarray so quickly, but add another month or three and I suspect the same mad rush to evacuate would’ve occurred.
They are looking to point fingers. Instead of feeling a sense of urgency, UK politicians chose to sit on their dicks, debate COVID ad nauseam, and then watch a football tournament all summer, which, in turn, lead to more debates about racism. Want someone to blame? His name is Boris Johnson and he’s been running around all summer dealing with scandals about this and that.
Rory Stewart and Tom T. can pontificate all they wish about ‘abandonment’. The agreement was put on paper during Trump some time ago, and the room should’ve been read — America wished to get out of Afghanistan, no matter the aftermath. It’s a tragedy. The withdrawal was botched beyond belief. Biden continues to lie. But the UK is lying to herself, too.
That has absolutely nothing to do with your listen to the news comment........
Of course they dropped the ball . Every single country involved did. America happened to be holding more of the ball.
Including my own. ( Australia ) just in case you think I'm not looking at our own leadership with equal disgust.