• star_wraith [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I feel like the last few days have been a real preview of what's to come w/r/t climate refugees, ecofascism, etc. It's barely gotten a mention in mainstream news, but the US is barely making a halfhearted effort to get collaborators out of there. And even then, they're looking to other Middle Eastern nations to house refugees, they're not even thinking about letting much of anyone resettle in the US. The fact that Americans and Europeans do not seem to give a single care for potential refugees from a situation THEY created I think is a taste of what we're gonna see in the coming years and decades.

    • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      It’s barely gotten a mention in mainstream news

      I've seen it get a lot of coverage right now -- thing is, it'll be memory holed in six months.

    • JuneFall [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      The question is: If you think the country will not be safe for your allies after the opponent achieves victory, why not give out visas before and do escape orderly?

      Maybe give people material to settle in safety if the region isn't safe? $100 per month per person in Afghanistan would've been possible to pay since 2001 without having had spent more than the war now.

  • JuneFall [none/use name]
    hexagon
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    3 years ago

    Bonus: They also brought a 27 ton memorial stone to Germany from Afghanistan in the past week.

    • Quimby [any, any]
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      3 years ago

      Do you have good sources for these? I'd love to share.

      • JuneFall [none/use name]
        hexagon
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        edit-2
        3 years ago

        Yes.

        https://twitter.com/sduwe/status/1426881145711566853

        The source is DER SPIEGEL Nr. 26 / 26. 6. 2021, it also was published by Bild after "Der Spiegel" brought it (now also published online in parts)

        The 7 people on board is the other news This is a direct link to the German state newscast. They say the situation was "difficult" on the airport and since the German army / airforce did only tell of 7 special persons to get through all others were not send to the starting strip. However of course they could've taken in more since even at that point at the airport there were a other persons.

  • BakedPotatoJohnson [any]
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    3 years ago

    You can't drink men, women, and children. If they wanted on those planes they should have fermented themselves a little! Germans will do anything for some ABV!

  • Quimby [any, any]
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    3 years ago

    Snopes Rating: False ❌

    Reason: The quantity of beer was stated as "at least 20,000 litres."