Ronald E. Neumann, a former U.S. ambassador to three nations, including Afghanistan, said it could be difficult to convince Americans that they were on their own. But it is one thing to talk in the abstract about leaving Americans behind, and another to do it, he acknowledged. During World War II, he said, embassy officials in France and Poland assisted Americans even after German offensives had begun. “Diplomats were going out in the middle of air raids to find Americans and bring them into embassies,” he said. The last thing the administration wanted was embassy casualties or hostages, and they came close in Afghanistan,” he said.

Source: Ethiopian News February 16, 2022 23:28 UTC