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Afghan mess up

(161 Posts)
Mt61 Wed 16-Jul-25 13:47:42

I think Biden left a mess behind withdrawing troops as fast, leaving weapons & artillery behind for taliban to claim.
I feel we should look after the interpreters & their family & so should the USA. Their mess.

Iam64 Wed 16-Jul-25 13:41:40

Where is your evidence that many of these men will be sex offenders? Shocking inflammatory post imo

AGAA4 Wed 16-Jul-25 13:38:59

The Afghans who have arrived are those that have served with the British army. Their names and addresses were leaked while the Tories were in power. 4,500 have arrived so far with up 7000 in total being here eventually.
As for many being sex offenders what a ridiculous thing to say.

MayBee70 Wed 16-Jul-25 13:36:08

And all the news items refer to mistakes made by ‘the government’. The media are not pointing out that it was a mistake made by the Conservatives government…

LizzieDrip Wed 16-Jul-25 13:33:06

Afghan people who worked for us and helped us died and are still at risk now because of a ‘mistake’. And all you can think about are people coming here that shouldn’t be. Words fail me….

Hear, hear MayBee 👏👏👏

MayBee70 Wed 16-Jul-25 13:30:23

eazybee

Yet another shambles, where there does not seem to be any account of how many have entered, how many are genuine claimants, where they are, and if their families are allowed to come too.
This country is being filled up with young men from violent countries, and no track is kept of their whereabouts.

Afghan people who worked for us and helped us died and are still at risk now because of a ‘mistake’. And all you can think about are people coming here that shouldn’t be. Words fail me….

Primrose53 Wed 16-Jul-25 13:25:58

eazybee

Yet another shambles, where there does not seem to be any account of how many have entered, how many are genuine claimants, where they are, and if their families are allowed to come too.
This country is being filled up with young men from violent countries, and no track is kept of their whereabouts.

And many of these men will be sex offenders.

eazybee Wed 16-Jul-25 13:06:24

Yet another shambles, where there does not seem to be any account of how many have entered, how many are genuine claimants, where they are, and if their families are allowed to come too.
This country is being filled up with young men from violent countries, and no track is kept of their whereabouts.

Oreo Wed 16-Jul-25 13:02:06

It happened, it was done by accident and am sure the Marine in question will regret it to his dying day.
The important thing is that we started to get them out an I read that thousands have been brought here to safety.

Maremia Wed 16-Jul-25 12:49:45

I think the priority should be to get them out to safety. Not sure if that has been achieved.

Grantanow Wed 16-Jul-25 12:11:06

A real blunders- not by a civil servant - but, according to the DT, a Royal Marine responsible for vetting Afghan applicants. And one it took the MOD 18 months to realise and only then by an email from a concerned individual. The disclosure seems to have been widely shared on social media and the Taliban claim to have seen it too. Lives were put at risk and it was right to invite such Afghans to the UK but the case for secrecy and superinjunction was surely weak given the Takiban had the data.