MADRID, December 18 (PRESS EUROPE) –
More than 20 former US Army officers, including retired chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a former NATO supreme commander, have sent a letter to the US Congress calling for swift action to “rescue” their Afghan allies in the country. he could be deported.
Specifically, retired generals and admirals have called on lawmakers from both houses to include the Afghan Adjustment Act in the budget bill, as reported by CNN.
The letter argues that the legislation is not only “a moral imperative” but promotes “the national security interests of the United States.”
If it isn’t approved, according to the retired military, “the United States will be less safe.” “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 is happening now with our Afghan allies. If we say we support the troops and want to enable their wartime success, we must honor our commitments today,” they said.
“With the Afghan Adjustment Act, we would implement the strictest security oversight in our immigration system for Afghans, keeping our country safe,” the letter reads, while former officials note that the legislation will maintain “binding commitments” from part of the United States. , “often sealed in blood” which were done to men and women enlisting in US troops.
Proponents of the legislation argue that “time is running out” for the tens of thousands of Afghans in the United States who now face deportation if the Afghan Adjustment Act is not signed into law.
