Medicins Sans Frontieres leaves Afghanistan

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The first time they have completely pulled out of the country in 24 years. I have to say that does not strike me as the best of signs.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 13:40 (twenty-one years ago)

combine this with Karzai's sudden reversal overture to the warlords, and things look kinda bleak (not that they didn't always, but sheesh).

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 13:43 (twenty-one years ago)

This is why it was important for us to get involved in Iraq. Otherwise we might have had to make a serious effort at achieving a foreign policy success. Thankfully SNAFU will continue to be operating procedure. *Spits*

― Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 14:39 (twenty-one years ago)

eleven years pass...

‏@samueloakford
Big detail from Pentagon investigation: *no one* was firing from inside the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz.

‏@ggreenwald
As @MSF said categorically & repeatedly from the start

https://theintercept.com/2016/04/29/the-joke-of-u-s-justice-and-accountability-when-they-bomb-a-hospital/

― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 April 2016 16:13 (nine years ago)

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