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Roughly two dozen former leaders of the US army – together with retired chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a former Supreme Allied commander of NATO and several other former commanders in Afghanistan – despatched a letter to US congressional leaders Saturday night urging them to behave rapidly to avoid wasting Afghan allies who at the moment run the chance of deportation.
Specifically, the retired generals and admirals are asking congressional leaders to incorporate the Afghan Adjustment Act within the omnibus spending invoice, Act Daily News is first to report.
The letter, organized by #AfghanEvac, argues that the laws isn’t solely “a moral imperative,” it furthers “the national security interests of the United States.”
If it fails to move, the retired flag officers write, “the United States will be less secure. As military professionals, it was and remains our duty to prepare for future conflicts. We assure you that in any such conflict, potential allies will remember what happens now with our Afghan allies. If we claim to support the troops and want to enable their success in wartime, we must keep our commitments today.”
Signatories embrace names many Americans may know, akin to former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine General Joseph Dunford, Navy Admiral Mike Mullen and Air Force General Richard Myers; former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Admiral Jim Stavridis; and the Special Ops Commander through the bin Laden raid, Admiral William H. McRaven.
Other signatories served as commanders in Afghanistan akin to Army Gens. Stan McChrystal, David McKiernan, John “Mick” Nicholson Jr. and David Rodriguez.
“With the Afghan Adjustment Act, we would implement the strictest security vetting in our immigration system for Afghans, keeping our country secure,” the letter says, with the previous flag officers declaring that the laws will preserve “our country’s binding commitments, too often sealed in blood, that were made to men and women who joined us, shohna-ba-shohna (shoulder-to-shoulder).”
Those pushing the laws argue that point is operating out for the tens of 1000’s of Afghans who’re within the US and now run a danger of being deported if the Afghan Adjustment Act doesn’t change into legislation. Many Republicans in Congress raised real considerations about vetting and different points, however the laws supporters argue these points have been addressed.