left behind

Funny you used Devito. In Romancing the Stone in Columbia his bro says "I'll send the boat back for you....soon.....very soon."

I haven't seen it in like 25 years I gotta watch it again..

Yeah, yeah, nah. Trump administration made the withdrawal deal in February 2020 that it would be completed by May 2021. It was in the news. Anyone there past May is an idiot. No one was "left behind".

I couldn't tell you why any American would want to be there. Maybe dual citizenship, family or contract work. BUT...if they believed Afghan Army and Ghani would be leading and a peace deal with Taliban was upheld I can see why they did. In july Biden had a call with Ghani and pushed for him to fix the perception that they could handle the Taliban. Biden also told us that the Taliban taking over is not inevitable.

Hahaha if they were living and working there they would know it's a total shitshow and farce for marked up projects that were absolutely unnecessary. Yeah sure, they believed the hash-smoking Afghan army could handle the Taliban without US support, with the obvious ongoing role they play there, controlling parts of the country for decades.

Don't really believe there's any more but a handful of actual Americans there anyhow. Not more than the more than 10,000 the lying media would have a gullible public believe.

Your stance: they were duped by the US Government and Afghan Government so they deserve this

Who says 10,000 Americans are there? It is 100 or "low hundreds" according to US Government

Absolutely. The Trump administration announced the withdrawal in February 2020 to be completed by May 2021. 15 months not enough notice? And when Joe Stalin delayed the date and broke the deal the Taliban started taking territory immediately. Almost another 3 months to GTFO. And they STILL are able to get out. Turns out it was the US State Department that delayed the charter flight out, not Taliban. Who cares about some mercs or pork barrel project contractors. You think it was tourists who took a wrong turn at Albuquerque?

It was the media who were chanting over 10,000 "left behind" at the outset. Never believed it for a second.