Hypothesis about Saigon rooftop replay in Kabul regardless of Biden assertion it could not occur

Biden administration and different officers are anxious a couple of replay of the notorious Vietnam Warfare finale on the roof of the Saigon embassy as they transfer to evacuate American diplomats from Afghanistan, regardless of Biden’s unequivocal declare {that a} comparable situation wouldn’t unfold.

“American lives are in danger as a result of President Biden nonetheless doesn’t have a plan,” stated Home Armed Providers Committee rating member Mike Rogers, R-Ala. in an announcement. “Weeks in the past, President Biden promised the American those who we might not have a Saigon second in Afghanistan. Now, we’re watching President Biden’s Saigon second unfold earlier than us.” 

5 unnamed present and former Biden officers advised the New York Instances that State Division officers are “tense” and “anxious” concerning the security of American diplomats that the Biden administration is presently trying to evacuate from Kabul because the Taliban quickly features management of the area.

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“A number of folks gloomily revived a comparability that each one wished to keep away from: the autumn of Saigon in 1975, when People stationed on the U.S. Embassy have been evacuated from a rooftop by helicopter,” the report acknowledged.

Negotiators have reportedly requested the Taliban to not assault the U.S. Embassy in Kabul if the fear group overtakes town, threatening overseas support, The New York Instances reported, citing officers.

Final month, President Biden stated there was no comparability between america’ withdrawal from Afghanistan and the chaotic exit from Vietnam.

“Mr. President, some Vietnamese veterans see echoes of their expertise on this withdrawal in Afghanistan,” Biden was requested by a reporter on July 8. 

“Do you see any parallels between this withdrawal and what occurred in Vietnam, with some folks feeling,” the reporter continued earlier than being minimize off by the president.

“None in any respect,” Biden stated. “Zero.  What you had is you had complete brigades breaking by the gates of our embassy, six, if I’m not mistaken. The Taliban will not be the south — the North Vietnamese military. They’re not — they’re not remotely comparable by way of functionality.  There’s going to be no circumstance the place you see folks being lifted off the roof of an embassy … of america from Afghanistan. It’s not in any respect comparable. “

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Earlier right now, Afghanistan’s third-largest metropolis, Herat, positioned on the border with Iran, fell to the Taliban. The Taliban have additionally claimed to have seized Kandahar Metropolis, the nation’s second-largest and the Taliban’s religious residence.

With no U.S. navy forces on the bottom and only a few property within the skies, the Pentagon can’t affirm Kandahar has fallen, however officers acknowledge, “It doesn’t look good.”

U.S. navy officers on the Pentagon inform Fox Information the photographs of the Taliban taking on Afghanistan are “demoralizing.”

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“That is all melting down in a brief time frame,” one U.S. navy officer stated. 

Biden in April pushed again former President Donald Trump’s deadline for a U.S. navy withdrawal from Could to Sept. 11, after which modified it to the top of August. The withdrawal started in Could; by early July, the state of affairs was quickly deteriorating: The Pentagon on July 9 detailed “regarding development” by the Taliban within the wake of the withdrawal. 

Lucas Tomlinson contributed to this report

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