From MSN/PA:
“Former Marine tells public to
‘get behind’ bid to keep Afghan air corridor open”
A former Royal Marine turned
animal welfare charity boss in Afghanistan has urged the public to “get behind
the Prime Minister” as he seeks to persuade Joe Biden to keep the Afghan air
corridor open. There are fears that the last evacuation flights could leave the
country on August 31 as the Taliban tighten their grip, leaving thousands of
vulnerable people with no means of escape.
Paul Farthing, known as “Pen”,
founded the Nowzad animal shelter in Kabul rescuing dogs, cats and donkeys
after serving with the British Army in Afghanistan in the mid-2000s. Since the
collapse of the Afghan government, he has been campaigning to have all of his
staff and their families, as well as his 140 dogs and 60 cats, evacuated from
the country in a plan he has dubbed “Operation Ark”.
On Monday morning, a jubilant Mr
Farthing announced the UK Government has granted visas for all of his staff and
their dependents. In a video posted on Twitter, Mr Farthing told his 28,000
followers: “I need you to do a couple of things for me, please send Boris
Johnson some love. “I don’t care what party you support, he is behind Operation
Ark 100%, he has also granted visas for our 68 staff – that’s absolutely
fantastic, cheers prime minister – I owe you a pint.” He continued: “So,
everybody get behind him now, thank him, and also help him out – he needs help
convincing Joe Biden to keep this air corridor open. “The British want to stay,
they want to get the job done but Joe Biden is going to force everybody’s hands
again just like he did when he deserted this country.” Mr Johnson is due to
chair a meeting of the G7 on Tuesday.
Mr Farthing urged the public to
message Mr Biden on every social media platform they have to tell him to keep
Kabul airport open. “Let’s get behind the British Prime Minister, he’s doing
the right thing, he’s trying to force Joe Biden to keep this open so let’s get
behind him,” he said. He finished: “Thanks everybody, love you to bits. Let’s
get this done this morning.”
Mr Farthing previously managed to
get his wife and his heavily pregnant shelter manager out of the country, but
warned the latter is now stranded in a “hell hole prison camp” in Germany. Mr
Farthing said that despite being a US citizen who left on an American
evacuation flight, she is now with 9,000 other refugees in a camp which he said
does not have enough food supplies or toilets. He told PA: “The west created
this and I truly believe that getting my country manager out of Afghanistan was
the right thing to do because I thought she’d be treated with dignity and a
little bit of priority because she’s 33 weeks pregnant. “But to see her now
trapped in a hell hole prison camp … I can’t express how angry, upset,
disappointed and disillusioned I am. “She doesn’t even know exactly where she
is right now.” He added: “She’s scared, because what happens if she has the
baby in that camp – have they got the right facilities, have they got anything
set up, and what if there’s complications?” The rest of the Nowzad team,
including Mr Farthing, are due to fly out from Kabul in the coming days, if
they can get through the chaos at the airport, his campaigner Dominic Dyer has
said.
^ Our Allies (like the British)
can't count on Biden. The Afghanis who worked for us for 20 years can't count
on Biden. The American people can't count on Biden. He really is a
Commander-In-Failure. Here’s hoping someone on Biden’s Staff will start to see
reality and start doing what is right before it’s too late – since we already
know we can’t trust Biden or his “reality.” ^
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