CMV: The US Government should waive any visa requirements and launch a Dunkirk style hail mary Berlin airlift mass evacuation of any women or children from Afghanistan who want to be relocated to the United States, no questions asked.

Afghanistan is a lost cause and countless thousands of afghans have grown up in a democracy and are going to be plunged into a handmaid's tale dystopia very soon. I met an all girls law school team of afghan women at an event a few years ago, and I can't imagine what they must be going through right now. If America got taken over by a fanatical religious group like in the handmaid's tale I would hope other nations would take the citizens of my nation in. Yes, there is nuance, and there are even theocratic Islamic nations which aren't all that bad to live in. But the Taliban will not treat women or anyone else fairly. The United States can and should immediately send as many of our planes as possible and draft civilian airliners if possible to send to Afghanistan and offer to rescue and relocate as many afghans as want to leave, the entire population of Kabul if they want to leave. We can settle them in large American cities like Detroit or Pittsburgh that have seen population declines and the influx of immigrants will benefit America in the same way the influx of Vietnamese immigrants benefited our nation. This is a moral imperative. The United States and NATO gave an entire nation of women and young people hope for the future. It's a shame that Afghanistan couldn't stand on it's own, but if we actually care about feminism and human rights at all it is our responsibility to rescue as many people as possible.

Edit: because a lot of people are harking on this. Yes I care about men too, but I would want to prioritize women and children because Taliban policies target women far more than men and deny children an education. Also it's a Titanic lifeboat type situation at this point. Didn't meant o offend anyone by being anti men and the change my view point was that we should take as many people as possible, not the women part. Thanks for all the responses.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/andyman1994
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German photo I own taken at Dunkirk 2 months after the evacuation of Dunkirk. Do y’all think those 2 big ships are destroyed and got washed up to shore? reddit.com/gallery/ryookv
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The evacuation of dunkirk.
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German forces move into Dunkirk hours after the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force. Curious German officers inspect the memorial to the French aviation pioneer, Louis Bleriot on the sea front at Dunkirk. It is surrounded by German vehicles and the litter of the British evacuation.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/qaiankqjpb
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The guy who was Second Officer on the Titanic survived and went on to rescue more than 100 soldiers during the WWII evacuation at Dunkirk. theinternetsaysitstrue.co…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/FantasticMikey
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Dunkirk and the evacuation of France 1940
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Woman lounging in the beach with allied supplies and artillery pieces after the Dunkirk evacuation, 1940. [2100x1400]
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British Infantry, 1940 evacuation of Dunkirk
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πŸ‘€︎ u/YaBoiStumpy
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1940 Dunkirk. The English oppose the embarkation of the last French who had just protected their retirement // Vichy France // 1940s // Michel Jacquot // Anti-British Poster of a scene of British soldiers forcing French soldiers away from evacuation vessels at Dunkirk
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In Dunkirk (2017), Christopher Nolan used eleven "little boats" that actually took part in the real-life Dunkirk evacuation in 1940, saving the lives of countless soldiers.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Numerous-Lemon
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British and French troops awaiting evacuation from the beaches of Dunkirk, France, 4 June 1940.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Beeninya
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The Great Boatlift of 9/11 was the largest sea evacuation in history. The Dunkirk Evacuation saw the rescue 339k soldiers over the course of 9 days. On 9/11, nearly 500k citizens were rescued. It took 9 hours. youtu.be/18lsxFcDrjo
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πŸ‘€︎ u/misterdickolas
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On the evening of May 26, 1940, the British began the evacuation from Dunkirk, using the codename Operation Dynamo. Some 800 to 1,200 boats, many of them leisure or fishing craft, eventually aided the evacuation. This photos shows wet, cold, and desperate allied soldiers climbing aboard a ship.
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British and French troops awaiting evacuation from the beaches of Dunkirk, France, 4 June 1940.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Beeninya
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Allied troops awaiting evacuation at Dunkirk. 1940.
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On this day in 1940 Operation Dynamo began. In northern France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk. Over the next eight days 338,000 men will be saved.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/filosoful
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British and French troops awaiting evacuation from the beaches of Dunkirk, France, 4 Jun 1940.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Beeninya
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US Coast Guard, taking cues from the Dunkirk evacuation, created the Coast Guard Auxiliary (citizen patrol) during World War 2 to conduct U-boat surveillance. Citizen's boats were upgraded with Depth Charges, sonars, military radios, and machine guns. They guarded ports and rescued sailors. reddit.com/gallery/ll31rg
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My Grandfather Edward, driver RASC British expeditionary force, died December 1940 from wounds received after evacuation from Dunkirk.
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fun fact: the 9/11 boatlift was the largest sea evacuation in history, larger even than the evacuation of Dunkirk during WW2
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Evacuation of Dunkirk (1940)
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British Cruiser Mk IV tanks on exercises after the evacuation from Dunkirk; 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Armoured Brigade, 1st Armoured Division, on Thursley Common, Surrey, July 1940
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Tenyearnotes
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British Cruiser Mk IV tanks on exercises after the evacuation from Dunkirk; 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Armoured Brigade, 1st Armoured Division, on Thursley Common, Surrey, July 1940
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Still in Dunkirk waiting for evacuation
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The British Expeditionary Force in France on the Dunkirk coast await evacuation while enduring German Air attacks.
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A RAF Lockheed Hudson from the No. 220 squadron approaches the Dunkirk beaches during the BEF evacuation from France, 1940. See pic for colorization credits, pls always credit the author.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/abt137
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German photo of British ships abandoned in the aftermath of the Dunkirk evacuation. From my collection.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/AHumbleCollector
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What was happening in western Europe between the Dunkirk evacuation (1940) and D-Day (1944)?

So I tried to google it and do some research but I'm having a bit of trouble finding anything. Most WWII timelines that I look at jump to either the eastern front or the Pacific theater. I know there was the Battle of Britain but that was "only" 3 months. Were people in places like Germany, France, and England/UK basically hanging out on their respective side of the English Channel waiting to see what happened next? Did everyone just go about their lives as "normal", or at least as close to normal as things could get at the time?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/bobthebobofbob
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Is it true that the soldiers returning from the evacuation at Dunkirk were expecting to be shamed by the British public for their defeat?
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British troops evacuated from Brest during Operation Ariel, 16–17 June 1940. Aerial was the evacuation of Allied forces and civilians from ports in western France from 15 to 25 June 1940. The evacuation followed the evacuation of Dunkirk and the Allied military collapse during the Battle of France.
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In World War II, during the British evacuation from Dunkirk, did the Germans anticipate such a large civilian help in the evacuation? If not, what was their reaction to it?
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πŸ‘€︎ u/midget_messiah
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Rare colour footage of Dunkirk in the aftermath of the evacuation of Allied soldiers in 1940. v.redd.it/yac8i5g3zzx61
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The Evacuation at Dunkirk, 1940 youtube.com/watch?v=m0pmJ…
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People were sunbathing on the beaches of England during the Dunkirk evacuation. Guess today they would be known as influencers

My great uncle recently passed away at the grand age of 102,he was a veteran of WW2 and was evacuated from Dunkirk.During the eulogy at his funeral my dad mentioned how sad and confused my great uncle had been at the sight of sunbathers on the beaches after he had just witnessed the terror of war across the channel. RIP great uncle Ray.

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Today 80 years ago Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of the BEF at Dunkirk began. More than 330,000 soldiers made it to the UK.
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Dunkirk evacuation, June 4th, 1940
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L’Hopital Maritime near Zudycoote during the Dunkirk Evacuation in 1940 vs. in 2009
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German forces move into Dunkirk hours after the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force. Curious German officers inspect the memorial to the French aviation pioneer, Louis Bleriot on the sea front at Dunkirk.
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First ever painted model! Based it on a local β€˜small boat’ that took part on the Dunkirk Evacuation reddit.com/gallery/lj3jgn
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TIL 4000 British troops sacrificed themselves and distract the German advance long enough for the evacuation of Dunkirk to be a success. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sie…
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THE MIRACLE AT DUNKIRK - Operation Dynamo was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940 after being surrounded by the German army.
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πŸ‘€︎ u/DiosMioMan2
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Indian troops play a game of chess at their camp in the English midlands during World War II on 10th July 1940, right after Dunkirk evacuation in June 1940
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"ORP BΕ‚yskawica" destroyer, constructed on Isle of Wight in 1935. Among its many campaigns, it was part of the evacuation of Dunkirk. In 1952 modernized with Soviet weaponry, finally decommissioned in 1976. Currently in the National Maritime Museum in GdaΕ„sk, Poland. Feb 2020. [3582Γ—2686] [OC]
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