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A U.S. Army colonel turned away four busloads of Americans, orphans, and others with verified paperwork guaranteeing safe passage out of Afghanistan, members of a volunteer evacuation team claimed in a new documentary.
The evacuees’ documents had been verified, and the group, comprised of Americans, allies, Christians, orphans, and others, was preparing to board a flight out of Afghanistan, which the Taliban controlled by that point. A colonel with the 82nd Airborne met the buses and allegedly demanded they all be sent away.
“No, I don’t care who they are, those people get back on those buses and they go back into Kabul. Get em off this base?” the colonel said,
A US Army colonel is being slammed as a murderer for turning away four bus-loads of Americans, friendly Afghans, and 300 orphans during the country's evacuation from Kabul Airport last year - likely condemning them to their deaths.
The order from the unnamed colonel was delivered on August 25, less than a week before the last troops were withdrawn from the country as the Taliban tightened their grip on the city.
Tim Kennedy, the former MMA fighter turned soldier, was among those who witnessed the incident.
He told a new Amazon Prime Video documentary called Send Me Tim Kennedy: ‘(We) asked if people holding up blue passports and SIVs could get through.
‘He answered: “No, I don’t care who they are, those people get back on those buses and they go back into Kabul. Get em off this base?”’
Kennedy said of the incident: ‘There’s not enough capacity in my soul to be able to mourn four busloads of people that are about to die because the time spend on anguish and mourning could have been spent saving other people.’
originally posted by: VierEyes
a reply to: infolurker
Three hundred orphans would not fit on four buses.
originally posted by: VierEyes
a reply to: infolurker
Three hundred orphans would not fit on four buses.
originally posted by: NorthOfStuff
originally posted by: VierEyes
a reply to: infolurker
Three hundred orphans would not fit on four buses.
Maybe not in Poshville. In the third world, especially in a war zone they can fit over 300 not including the chickens.
originally posted by: NorthOfStuff
a reply to: VierEyes
A school bus can seat up to 70.
That’s 280 observing capacity limits.
When people are running for their GD lives they don’t worry about capacity limits.
Have you ever seen a third world bus loaded with people that gotta be somewhere?
originally posted by: VierEyes
originally posted by: NorthOfStuff
a reply to: VierEyes
A school bus can seat up to 70.
That’s 280 observing capacity limits.
When people are running for their GD lives they don’t worry about capacity limits.
Have you ever seen a third world bus loaded with people that gotta be somewhere?
What part of I'm not buying it don't you get? I've been very clear.
originally posted by: VierEyes
a reply to: infolurker
Three hundred orphans would not fit on four buses.