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Canada’s Bungled Afghanistan Evacuation No Cause for Boasting

Canada’s Bungled Afghanistan Evacuation No Cause for Boasting
A family evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan walks through the terminal at Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va., on Aug. 30, 2021. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana
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If anyone in our government dared present the disastrously bungled evacuation from Afghanistan as cause for self-congratulation, you’d expect their tongues to cleave to the roofs of their mouths. But they’re not that kind of people.

John Robson
John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”
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