The evacuation command screw up in Afghanistan

 Streiff:

The conditions remain chaotic around Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport. This is the general situation. The Taliban control the terminal and the civil aviation side of the airport. The US controls the military side of the field. There is an indeterminate number of Americans isolated in Kabul and the surrounding area. The numbers range from 5,000 to as many as 40,000. In addition, there are potentially tens of thousands of Afghans who are qualified for evacuation. The Taliban control all points of entry into the airport.

They have given the United States until August 31 to finish evacuation operations. Keep in mind that a single RPG round fired at the military side of the airport will close the airport to all traffic. As best I can tell, the 82d Airborne Division’s ready brigade (about 4,500 with more on the way), the British 2d Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (aka 2 Para) consisting of about 600 men, some Spanish special forces, and a small number of Afghan National Army soldiers are providing security.
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According to some reports, conflict is developing between US forces, who seem to be content to let potential evacuees make their own way through Taliban checkpoints to the airport (we are literally referring them to a web form Up to 10,000 Americans Remain Trapped in Afghanistan as We Face a Second Iran Hostage Crisis) and the British forces who are going out to bring in evacuees. This is from a freelancer inside Kabul Airport.

Why aren't US special forces being used to get people to the airport? There seems to be a general lack of command and control involved in the effort. If there are really 7,000 us troops now in the country, where the hell are they?  The Brits are right to be upset as should all Americans and especially the ones left outside the gates.  This is the kind of screw-up that should get commanders responsible relieved of duty and see a more effective officer put in charge.  It might take Congress to relieve Biden for his obvious lack of concern for US troops he put in harm's way.

The problem is at the very top:

Secretary of Defense: ‘I Don’t Have the Capability’ to Escort Stranded Americans to Kabul Airport

I think they should immediately put a Marine General in charge of the whole operation and bring in some SEALs and Green Berets. 

See, also:

Dem Explodes on Biden for Monstrous Lie He Told in Afghanistan Speech: 'Utter B.S.'

And: 

US officials failed Americans trapped in Afghanistan — where are the resignations?

And: 

Afghanistan was a ghastly display of how wokeness weakens America