Operation Allies Refuge, Evacuation of Civilians from Kabul STYLELOCATIONAfghan refugees evacuated from Kabul line up for processing after arrival at Ramstein Air Base August 21, 2021 in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany. Ramstein Air Base is providing temporary lodging for evacuees from Afghanistan as part of Operation Allies Refuge. Credit Image: Ssgt. Emma James/U.S. Air/Planet Pix via ZUMA Press Wire Ramstein-Miesenbach Pentagon Rheinland-Pfalz Germany *** Operation Allies Refuge, Evacuation of Civilians from Kabul STYLELOCATIONAfghan refugees evacuated from Kabul line up for processing after arrival at Ramstein Air Base August 21, 2021 in Ramstein Miesenbach, Germany Ramstein Air Base is providing temporary lodging for evacuees from Af Poolfoto ZUMAPRESS.com ,EDITORIAL USE ONLYNo Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria
President Biden is getting twice as many people out of Afghanistan as national security officials set as their goal, and Republicans are saying nothing.
The White House provided new numbers on evacuations to PoliticusUSA:
From August 23 at 3:00 AM EDT to August 24 at 3:00 AM EDT, a total of approximately 21,600 people were evacuated from Kabul. This is the result of 37 US military flights (32 C-17s and 5 C-130s) which carried approximately 12,700 evacuees, and 57 coalition flights which carried 8,900 people.
Since August 14, the U.S. has evacuated and facilitated the evacuation of approximately 58,700 people. Since the end of July, we have re-located approximately 63,900 people.
John Harwood noted that this is two to four times higher than the goal set by intelligence officials:
It is not surprising that as the Biden airlift operation has ramped up, the only thing that Republicans and Fox News can do is absurdly claim that Americans are being stranded in Afghanistan.
The GOP was already planning an entire 2022 attack ad campaign around the airlift, but it those ads may backfire as, at the current pace, the US airlift will be a massive success.
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