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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are they the people who helped the American government during this 20y war or just regular people who want out of the new Taliban government?

Also, are they staying here or are they going to be moved throughout the country?[/quote]

Conservative here. I have a close friend who is helping with the effort. She assured me that they are all vetted in multiple checkpoints throughout the airport and indeed are definitely those that helped us. She's in cybersecurity.

She also (disturbingly) told me that there are very few Americans among them and that those Americans have 90 days to pay back all evacuation expenses while Afghanis are getting $1200 per person in the family, housing, food, clothing, furniture etc. [/quote]

Did she also tell you that those Americans are private citizens (obviously not essential military/government personnel) who went to Afghanistan of their own volition and ignored numerous prior warnings to leave the country, thus putting our service people at risk to safely get them out? I’m confused as to why you as a self described conservative would find it disturbing that these individuals are expected to pay their own evacuation costs rather than putting the burden on the American taxpayer? Or is your issue that the vetted Afghanis, who regularly risked their lives to help US personnel on the ground, are being given a whopping $1200 and some second hand household goods to attempt to completely rebuild their lives after we decided to abandon the effort.[/quote]

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