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agingdem

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13. Afghanistan???..who they hell planned this summer trip abroad...

Wed Aug 25, 2021, 06:00 PM

Aug 2021

and what parent would allow their child to travel to an occupied war zone...I know 20 years in Afghanistan is more or less a forgotten war but did mom and dad get the least bit suspicious when a Kevlar vest was on the list of need to bring items???

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 OP

So many other.countries.they.could have.visited Demovictory9 Aug 2021 #1

Not when their extended families live in Afghanistan. This wasn't a country they randomly picked chia Aug 2021 #7

ok Demovictory9 Aug 2021 #17

They are not random students Effete Snob Aug 2021 #23

I didn't see any mention of extended families. It sounds like it was a study abroad or service Dream Girl Aug 2021 #21

No. Cajon Valley is an elementary school district. These are 6 families, including 23 children. chia Aug 2021 #24

No, this is not that Effete Snob Aug 2021 #27

Yep, not smart. If never occured to them it was a war zone? brush Aug 2021 #16

I guess that's why they were on military visas Effete Snob Aug 2021 #29

I hear next year they are planning to go to Yemen. Sorry but I have very little sympathy for them JohnSJ Aug 2021 #2

North Korea seems like a nice summer getaway... agingdem Aug 2021 #5

I don't know what is going on JohnSJ Aug 2021 #9

Afghanistan???..who they hell planned this summer trip abroad... agingdem Aug 2021 #13

Please read this Effete Snob Aug 2021 #33

this evacuation has been in the pipeline for many months... agingdem Aug 2021 #43

+1 They may have family there, but now was not the time to jrthin Aug 2021 #12

I'm reminded of a story from a few years ago ... left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #3

I think they spent a year or two in a prison Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #10

Maybe these students Deuxcents Aug 2021 #4

Was it s buy-bull missionaries group to convert Islamic followers to Jaysus and Christianity ? magicarpet Aug 2021 #6

Because????? SallyHemmings Aug 2021 #8

S-T-U-U-U-U-U-U-P-I-D-!-!-! keithbvadu2 Aug 2021 #11

These are six families, with 23 children among them, that traveled to see extended family and chia Aug 2021 #14

Compassion? Facts? Effete Snob Aug 2021 #15

Right? And thank you. chia Aug 2021 #19

Six families, 23 kids, go to a war zone for summer vacation left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #26

Do you have any knowledge of El Cajon, or the large immigrant and refugee community here? chia Aug 2021 #30

Yes left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #35

20 years when? Because the El Cajon of the past isn't the El Cajon of the present. chia Aug 2021 #36

No left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #39

They're refugee families settled here, and you're calling them dumb? chia Aug 2021 #42

They got out once left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #44

Wow. I'd expect an attitude like that from a RWNJ site, but here? Surprising. chia Aug 2021 #45

That was just a dumb move on their part left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #48

They are families of people supporting the US military Effete Snob Aug 2021 #31

+1000 chia Aug 2021 #40

It was a dumb trip to make left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #41

wth? weren't we telling americans to get out of there a couple months ago? nt orleans Aug 2021 #18

who approved their visas? agingdem Aug 2021 #20

The US military Effete Snob Aug 2021 #32

They were scheduled to return on 17th and decided to extend their stay? blm Aug 2021 #22

No. They planned to be back before school resumed on August 17. chia Aug 2021 #25

Same thing, though. Why delay when US govt is telling you blm Aug 2021 #28

They weren't able to get on their scheduled flights, something the OP has misrepresented from the chia Aug 2021 #34

Oh. blm Aug 2021 #37

So now because they went on a summer vacation to a war zone left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #38

So apparently they were refugees who got out of there? left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #46

So apparently they were refugees who got out of there? left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 #47