Pentagon spokesman Kirby says ‘Americans get stranded all the time’ after US troops depart Afghanist

[Elderberry]

American Military News by Ryan Morgan   August 31, 2021

Pentagon spokesman Kirby says ‘Americans get stranded all the time’ after US troops depart Afghanistan with citizens left behind

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby defended the fact that U.S. citizens have been left behind in Afghanistan, saying such circumstances are commonplace for Americans.

During an interview with MSNBC on Tuesday, Kirby faced questions about how Americans will be able to leave Afghanistan now that the final U.S. troops have left the country. Kirby said, “It’s not completely unlike the way we do it elsewhere around the world, I mean we have Americans that get stranded in countries all the time.”

Kirby could not provide an exact figure when asked how many U.S. citizens were left behind in Afghanistan after the final U.S. military flight departed the country on Monday. One report estimated around 250 Americans were still in Afghanistan, on Monday, unable to make the last flights out of the country.

More: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/08/pentagon-spokesman-kirby-says-americans-get-stranded-all-the-time-after-us-troops-depart-afghanistan-with-citizens-left-behind/


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[IsailedawayfromFR]

Not with a military present to extract them, jackals.

[Free Vulcan]

They're gonna 'hold the Taliban accountable' after they turned tail and left in humiliation while leaving our own citizens behind.

[EdinVA]

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