Interpreters who helped U.S. in Afghanistan denied needed Visas; U.S. says they face no threat when

[catbarf]

[QUOTE=Keys;42836184]Does anyone else find it ironic that when Snowden and Manning blew all those whistles, the US started screaming about how it put hundreds of US informants in danger.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=snookypookums;42836208]You're right - but this can also be argued on the point of "Why did the Americans promise them this if they knew they could not deliver once the job was done?"

Either way you look at it, they [I]used[/I] these people and left them to die, so despite their valid reason which impedes their ability to help, they are still responsible for their deaths.[/QUOTE]

An interpreter who's done his job is protected as an act of goodwill. An informant who can provide more information is protected as an act of necessity. Governments are all about pragmatism, history is full of examples of practical self-interest getting in the way of self-professed moral standards.

Not saying it's right, just saying it's always been this way and I doubt it'll ever change. A nation is a representation of its people and most people are by nature insular and self-interested.

[Gordy H.]

[QUOTE=catbarf;42836426]An interpreter who's done his job is protected as an act of goodwill. An informant who can provide more information is protected as an act of necessity. Governments are all about pragmatism, history is full of examples of practical self-interest getting in the way of self-professed moral standards.

Not saying it's right, just saying it's always been this way and I doubt it'll ever change. A nation is a representation of its people and most people are by nature insular and self-interested.[/QUOTE]

This has nothing to do with a the government not wanting these people to move here. People like informants and interpreters in the War on Terror were PROMISED US visas before they even began their work and visa slots were allotted for them by congress.

I don't think it is sinister nor does it have anything to do with pragmatism. It's just bureacracy gone wrong, with the State Department using pre-typed responses while a man is pleading for them to save his families life.

Also, interpreters were rarely brought back in WW2, Korea and the Gulf War because there was no danger of reprisals for them. Korean interpreters lived in South Korea and most of the Gulf War interpreters were from surrounding countries.

In the case of Vietnam, we actually airlifted 125,000 Vietnamese out of Vietnam in the months after the Fall of Saigon.

[Reshy]

Well with how we treat our allies it's no surprise we have no shortage of enemies.