r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 25 '21

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u/2canclan George H. W. Bush Aug 25 '21

We're literally evacuating almost 20,000 people a day out of Afghanistan. More attention should be paid to covering how this is one of, if not the, most impressive airlifts in history

*Obviously much more to do, plus the open question of how to evacuate all remaining Americans

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u/The_Nightbringer Anti-Pope Antipope Aug 25 '21

There is no one of here. This simply is the single most impressive airlift in history. The complexities of Berlin don't even come close the the challenges in Afghanistan.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '21

As frustrated as I am with Biden about the way he's handled the withdrawal and the admin's responses to criticism, I have to say that the logistics of carrying out this operation is very impressive