Biden to Announce 'Operation Allied Refuge' to Airlift All Eligible Afghans

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

President Joe Biden is set to soon unveil a massive airlift of Afghan interpreters and other personnel who served the ending U.S. military mission in the war-torn country, two individuals familiar with the operation told Newsweek.

The undertaking has been named "Operation Allied Refuge" and will be spearheaded by the U.S. Air Force, which is tasked with getting tens of thousands of prospective Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants out of Afghanistan amid fears of reprisal as the U.S. military withdraws.

Naveed Shah, government affairs associate for Common Defense, attended a Zoom meeting earlier Wednesday where a senior White House official confirmed that the operation would begin later this month.

"This is going to SIV eligible applicants — even if they are not in the pipeline," Shah told Newsweek. "It is far broader than the original 18K, and will include Afghans all stages of the application process and even those eligible for an application."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/biden-to-announce-operation-allied-refuge-to-airlift-all-eligible-afghans/ar-AAM9ui2

[leftieNanner]

1. Wonderful News!!

I have been waiting and hoping that the Biden Administration would act on this. It should really happen yesterday, but it sounds like they can move pretty fast now.

[RobinA]

4. Tell Me!

I was having flashbacks to 1975.

[LifeLongDemocratic]

2. 18K employees

For all those businesses complaining they can't find employees well here are 18,000 for you to pick from.

[Volaris]

6. Yes, but the whiplash will be the Trumpers screaming bloody hell about

How biden is just letting in all 'those people' from all those Shithole Countries, with their communist fascist Democrat Party sharia law.

You KNOW they're gonna...

[LifeLongDemocratic]

12. So? F*ck the Trumpers

[marybourg]

7. My first thought, too.

[lagomorph777]

3. Whew.

I hope they survive long enough to get on the planes.

[sarisataka]

5. Should have not announced it,

Just done it.

Now anyone who wants to punish/kill Afghans who worked with the US knows they need to act sooner rather than later.

[Klaralven]

8. This is a really bad idea

First refugees, and especially their descendants, do not necessarily stay loyal to the US. For example, the Tsarnaev brothers who bombed the Boston Marathon were undoubtedly given entry to the US through the influence of their uncle, a US intelligence asset.

https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2013/05/03/uncle-ruslan-tsarnis-organization-may-have-funded-terrorists/

Second, refugees tend to advocate for US foreign policy positions that benefit their home country, rather than the US. Cuban refugees are a prime example. But there are many others, such as former Eastern Europeans. I was friends with Latvian student who wanted the US to somehow "free Latvia".

[LifeLongDemocratic]

10. Wrong website

Are you sure your not a republicon. I think your on the wrong website. We care about other human beings on DU.

[Fiendish Thingy]

13. Educate yourself beyond one personal anecdote and a high profile news story

Tens of thousands of Refugees from Viet Nam, Cambodia, Iraq, Kosovo and other countries America has waged war on have successfully settled in the US and become contributors to their communities.

[doc03]

9. I picture a scene like the end of Vietnam

where people were hanging from hellicipers trying to get out.

[totodeinhere]

11. Unfortunately they will never get everyone who will be in danger out.

But at lease some will be saved.