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Originally Posted by ureout
what I don't understand is that the treaty with the taliban was signed in Feb, of 2020... why didn't American citizens start leaving then?? also why were most of the armed forces removed before the evacuations were complete??
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I was there in February 2020, we were leaving. It was horrible for those that did. COVID hysteria was in full motion by then. If you could get a flight you could expect to be quarantined at every stage, every country. A military run quarantine is not like a vacation. Our news source was MSM who were besides themselves with paranoia. We were concerned to come back to the US, it sounded like a disaster.
No one could come into theater, we kept whoever we could. When I left in April, 20 I got the same reception that you would give a first date who just told you that they had AIDS. In fact those deployed were under far less risk than you in Florida as every aspect, every risk was managed to minimize our exposure.
It's really easy to guess what should have been done but you didn't live it.