“I think we are only beginning to learn the scale of what has gone on here.”
Yes, some of the damage the Johnson government has done to Britain won’t be apparent for years. But eventually it will be clear to the entire world.
“Former UK Veterans Minister: We’ve Taken in Afghan Evacuees ‘We Really Shouldn’t Have,’” by Jack Montgomery, Breitbart, September 23, 2021 (thanks to Henry):
Former British defence minister Johnny Mercer has warned that Boris Johnson’s government has evacuated some Afghans “we really shouldn’t have”, while many deserving cases have been abandoned.
Mercer, a former Captain in the 29th Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery who served three tours of duty in Afghanistan, made the remarks in the context of the Ministry of Defence admitting to a second leak of vulnerable Afghans’ personal information by email.
“I’ve been concerned from the start as to how these individuals have been treated — the whole thing was such a rush to the door when Kabul fell that these mistakes were inevitable,” he said, although there is little excuse for the nature of this particular leak, which resulted from an official or officials not taking the basic security precaution of bcc’ing recipients of an email to Afghans hoping to be evacuated, so their contact information and in some cases profile pictures would not be visible to everyone.
Perhaps more concerning for many members of the public, Mercer also said that, in his view “we’ve taken out people we really shouldn’t have, and failed to bring out the majority of those we should,” adding: “I think we are only beginning to learn the scale of what has gone on here.”…
Walter Sieruk says
As for what that former defense minister of the United Kingdom had said “We’ve taken people out of Afghanistan that we really shouldn’t have.”
Wiser and truer words are seldom ever spoken.
somehistory says
He should be prepared for the fake “phobic” word to be hurled at him.
somehistory says
Instead of catching gold fish, trout, bass, mullet and catfish in the net, they caught up sharks, blow-fish, piranha, and a whole lot of water moccasins.
As did the U.S. and any other Western nation which evacuated people in a rush without verifying who was getting on the planes.
This has already proven true with respect to the scum housed on the military base in WI and not just the two pictured on this site a day or two ago.
Wellington says
Agreed, somehistory. Right now the West is largely led by a bunch of fools in combination with some very nefarious and avaricious people.
No doubt about it, the West is descending due to, let’s see here, and in no particular order, Islam, Leftism, cowardice, overall ignorance, and taking the extraordinary affluence and technological expertise developed by the West for granted.
somehistory says
Wellington,
As a kid, and young adult, I could never have imagined this country as it is now. Not in my wildest nightmares…and some are really wild…could I have dreamed it all.
This is a story I just received in my email:
https://www.gopusa.com/taliban-official-strict-punishment-executions-will-return/
“KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — One of the founders of the Taliban and the chief enforcer of its harsh interpretation of Islamic law when they last ruled Afghanistan said the hard-line movement will once again carry out executions and amputations of hands, though perhaps not in public.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Mullah Nooruddin Turabi dismissed outrage over the Taliban’s executions in the past, which sometimes took place in front of crowds at a stadium, and he warned the world against interfering with Afghanistan’s new rulers.
“Everyone criticized us for the punishments in the stadium, but we have never said anything about their laws and their punishments,” Turabi told The Associated Press, speaking in Kabul. “No one will tell us what our laws should be. We will follow Islam and we will make our laws on the Quran.”
Evidently, biden and crew won’t be criticizing them.
Wellington says
Well, somehistory, as I have said for years, if you can have gay marriage, anything is possible. Anything.
somehistory says
Wellington, when I was a teenager living in Tampa (not the Bay haha), there was a club in town that only had those as patrons and I thought then, “What gives?” as I would see them walking hand in hand or arm in arm down the sidewalk near the club. They were bold enough then to do more than just walk and touch limbs.
Never imagined even seeing those things that the country would accept…and some even embrace…it enough to say it was “marriage.”
I’m not surprised any longer by what I find out, but I am frequently…usually several times a day…disgusted, and angered even, by what is happening.
gravenimage says
The Taliban are not slaughtering people due to gay marriage–this is orthodox Islam.
Walter Sieruk says
The United Kingdom has already had too much violent and murderous incidents Muslim terrorist attacks.
For example, there were those London jihad vehicle truck and knife attacks and even some hatched murder Islamic attacks . Of course was that horrendous jihad bombing in the citiy of Manchester in which many young innocent girls were murdered and many more terribly injured .
It’s very important “Not to tempt fate ” and to allow all those uvetted Muslim “refugees” into England , or any other Western country for that matter .
For a number of them may probability be jihadists who are human bombs, with their bombs vests just waiting for the city and time to explode in.
tgusa says
“I think we are only beginning to learn the scale of what has gone on here.”
Translation: We’ve really screwed ourselves this time.
OLD GUY says
We really shouldn’t have. No Shit.
gravenimage says
UK: Former defence minister says ‘we’ve taken out people’ from Afghanistan ‘we really shouldn’t have’
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Johnny Mercer is right–but I doubt that any of them will be deported.