Just a "woke" everything is great, we can make the world what we want it to be group of do gooders . . . . Oh, and their from So Cal ?
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Leaving Vietnam vs AFG
- Thread starter jmcquate
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Personal accountability for risk-taking and life decisions... I grew up in the 1980s, is that now a thing of the past?
Long ago, a contractor company I worked for was trying to get into analysts to deploy to Afghanistan for 6-12 months. After learning the details, I’m like, no f-n way would I do that as a ctr: zero deployment training, no body armor, not allowed to carry a weapon (even a personal one), etc. It was just a recipe for either being helpless and useless in any situation, or just flat out breaking the rules daily if you didn’t want to be at the whim of any local with an AK.
Back to oresent day- did people forget that the whole country is still an active combat zone?
Long ago, a contractor company I worked for was trying to get into analysts to deploy to Afghanistan for 6-12 months. After learning the details, I’m like, no f-n way would I do that as a ctr: zero deployment training, no body armor, not allowed to carry a weapon (even a personal one), etc. It was just a recipe for either being helpless and useless in any situation, or just flat out breaking the rules daily if you didn’t want to be at the whim of any local with an AK.
Back to oresent day- did people forget that the whole country is still an active combat zone?
Everyone has their own risk tolerance. If you grew up there then maybe you see things differently. Or if you have a different world view than you do then maybe they don't see the risk. Or they're willing to accept the risk because of a perceived higher calling such as NGO, missionary, journalist, etc or they're just there for the adventure. And this isn't something new, there's a huge history of people going to great lengths as missionaries or to help those in need that spans millennia. I expect that some of these people will not want to be evacuated and instead will stay behind.
Agree on all points. Do you feel the USG owes it to them to rescue those who want to be rescued?
I don't know. Since the risk level changed so quickly in the country and there's a major evac going on there's no reason to not rescue those who want it.
Wink, all you need now is the daily throughput of the NEO and you can perform your arithmetic. ?
The USG most certainly has the ability to get the info they need to pull an AMCIT's bacon out of the fire if needed, but you're correct in assuming that any more than that is getting close to BEADWINDOW territory for multiple reasons.
If there are missionaries in Afghanistan I’ll give them respect for walking the walk
Maybe, maybe not.
Also, people might not stay in one spot - especially when the situation on the ground changes. And the sheer number of them in country makes it difficult to keep track of everyone.
The through put is impressive. Sadly, I still think it very possible we leave some behind when we bug out on the 31st. We will see.
Being a Christian missionary in a mostly Islamic country is tough duty.
Which is tougher: that, or being a conservative professor at an institution of higher learning?
Depends on the department.
That answer speaks volumes about the state of our education system.
But that wasn’t the original question. ?