US Forces evacuated Baghram Air Base in the dead of the night without any warning. They turned off the electricity and the water and left. They did not inform the incoming Afghan Commander, who did not learn about them leaving until two hours after they had departed.
There is currently a scramble to save the native interpreters and others who helped us. While there are rumors about some arrangements being made with Tajikstan to house them until they can be processed to come to America, that is all conjecture.
When I was in Iraq training the NEW IRAQI ARMY I had an I-T (Interpreter-Translator) named Ayman. A wonderful young Christian guy and recent graduate of Baghdad University. When we prepared to leave he begged for us for help. He had already lost two cousins and an in-law, murdered because he had helped us. I met with Duncan Hunter, who proved to be no help at all.
If we leave these allies abandoned, it says a lot about who and what we are. It also hurts any chances that allies will trust us in any future conflicts. This whole episode is a national disgrace.
The bloody floodgates are being opened. It will continue to haunt us for years.
