This is eerily similar to the end of the Vietnam war. I’d highly highly recommend the documentary The Last Days in Vietnam if anyone wants a parallel to the logistics and difficult decisions going on as I type this. It’s surprisingly un political, just focusing on the human element of a large scale evacuation.
In the months leading up to this, how do you balance making evacuation plans and lists without completely undermining support and troop morale?
Where do you draw the line on who to save, and who to leave behind?
Among the 100s of thousands of claims, how do you verify who legitimately helped Canada and who are most at risk?
The usual armchair experts on here make it sound so easy. Logistically this has been a nightmare, even months before the fall of Kabul.
I don’t have an answer to any of these questions. Do you?
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