16th August, 2021.
As I write … ?
People aren’t flying overhead, trying to kill me.
Thankfully.
As I write.
Westerners are being flown out of Afghanistan: as the Taliban have taken control go the capital city, Kabul.
It’s increasingly messy: I, for one, can only hope the situation eases soon.
But, given the Taliban’s history?
I think once the group’s consolidates power, it’s going to turn nasty.
~≈Á≈~
I think there’s little you and I can do about that.
We CAN read the newspaper, and listen to the media reports on the situation.
From the little I can see? Many of these are critical of the decision to pull out, by US led forces: including the UK’s.
That’s …
Possibly a little hypocritical.
As I recall, many of them were just as critical of going in: it was seen as an American mission.
And many were just as critical of staying there: potentially provoking the terrorist attacks it was supposed to stop.
Frankly?
Had forces stayed?
There would still be that criticism …
~≈Á≈~
