Matt Zeller, April 2021:
United States of Al: a comedy that brings home the deadly dilemma faced by Afghan interpreters
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Should collapse come in Afghanistan, it will happen faster than Washington can respond to it. Afghanistan is not Vietnam. We do not have an ocean and boats with which to facilitate a rapid evacuation. We are not the Soviets. We do not have the luxury of getting to drive north into Tajikistan during our withdrawal.
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It seems it was pretty clear to those on the ground what was going to happen.