Leak Reveals Livid 82nd Airborne Colonel Tried to Save US Citizens Before Being Forced to Abandon Them

Amidst the frantic Afghanistan evacuation effort, one high-ranking navy officer allegedly had a sober message to ship non-public residents on Sunday as they labored collectively to get as many individuals as doable out.

“We’re f***ing abandoning Americans,” the unnamed U.S. navy commander reportedly mentioned by way of textual content message.

The messages had been despatched in a gaggle chat made up of “non-public residents working with non-public networks and the navy to rescue stranded Individuals,” in keeping with Just the News.

WARNING: The next tweet incorporates vulgar language that some readers will discover offensive. 

Leaked textual content messages despatched by a U.S. navy commander to non-public residents, launched by @JustTheNews.

“Sure, we’re fucking abandoning Americans.” pic.twitter.com/XAqLbakZHr

— Michael Austin (@mikeswriting) September 1, 2021

This message, coming from an Military colonel assigned to the 82nd Airbourne Division who was presumably on the ground in Afghanistan, enormously contradicts President Joe Biden’s rhetoric describing the withdrawal effort as an “extraordinary success.”

Pres. Biden on U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan: “The extraordinary success of this mission was because of the unimaginable ability, bravery, and selfless braveness of the US navy and our diplomats and intelligence professionals.”https://t.co/Wfv8QKQBYU pic.twitter.com/CE4d6TSm6Y

— ABC Information (@ABC) August 31, 2021

Michael Yon, a former Particular Forces soldier and struggle correspondent, was among the many non-public residents receiving the messages, which had been then despatched to Simply the Information.

On account of Biden’s strict evacuation deadline, Yon mentioned that his group was pressured to desert a gaggle of Individuals on the Kabul airport as they had been “waving their passport screaming, ‘I’m American.’”

“Individuals had been turned away from the gate by our personal Military,” Yon mentioned, in keeping with Simply the Information.

Individuals left behind then “scattered to secure homes to keep away from be captured,” the outlet reported.

This prompted Yon to ship a scathing email — which he additionally shared with Simply the Information — to an Military main who deserted these Individuals.

Yon alleged that each the key and Gen. Mark Milley — the chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Employees — had been instructed the place the Individuals had been however left them behind anyway.

“You guys left Americans on the gates of the Kabul airport. Three empty jets paid for by volunteers had been ready for them. You and I talked on the cellphone. I instructed you the place they had been. Gave you their passport pictures. And my electronic mail and cellphone quantity. And also you left them behind,” Yon wrote.

“And that is Particular Operations Command. Basic Milley additionally knew. Nice job saving yourselves. In all probability get a variety of medals.”

The president’s hasty withdrawal left as much as 200 Individuals behind in Afghanistan, KTLA-TV reported.

All of these folks had been left behind after the Taliban, in keeping with The Associated Press, “insist[ed] the airlift should finish” by Biden’s promised Aug. 31 deadline, whether or not or not all Individuals had been evacuated.