‘It is all too familiar’: No matter what, US won’t get all ‘deserving’ Afghans out, journalist who witnessed fall of Saigon says

chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan

The chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan has shown that the US was “totally ill-prepared” for such a scenario, US journalist Jim Laurie told RT, warning that it’s now way too late and many “deserving” Afghans will be left behind.

The ongoing extraction of foreign nationals and locals, who used to work for the occupying forces, bears striking similarities to previous US military failures, Laurie, who witnessed both the evacuation from Cambodia and the fall of Saigon to communist-ruled North Vietnam in 1975, said.

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