got people s lives being lost in trying to flee, and chaos at the airport trying to flee, and chaos at the airport. there is 5000 or more us troops airport. there is 5000 or more us troops there, but they aren t actually troops there, but they aren t actually being able to control what is going actually being able to control what is going on at the airport. and interestingly, the uk i believe will be trying interestingly, the uk i believe will be trying to work with france to try to get be trying to work with france to try to get a be trying to work with france to try to get a un be trying to work with france to try to get a un resolution, which they are hoping to get a un resolution, which they are hoping russia and china will also are hoping russia and china will aisoioin are hoping russia and china will alsojoin in. if russia and china do oin alsojoin in. if russia and china do join with alsojoin in. if russia and china do join with other countries, that would
way of life on the line. if we don t take in way of life on the line. if we don t take in these refugees, these people who tried take in these refugees, these people who tried their best to help us and trust who tried their best to help us and trust us who tried their best to help us and trust us against the background of violence trust us against the background of violence that they were facing domestically, and we leave them to their fate domestically, and we leave them to their fate to be killed or their families their fate to be killed or their families to be killed, who will never families to be killed, who will never trust us in the west again? what never trust us in the west again? what does never trust us in the west again? what does that say about our standards? and what does it say about standards? and what does it say about our standards? and what does it say about our long term determination to protect about our long term determination to protect and
really populations to continue, then there really is populations to continue, then there really is a populations to continue, then there really is a serious threat to the west. really is a serious threat to the west. not really is a serious threat to the west, notjust within really is a serious threat to the west, not just within that country. at the west, not just within that country. at the moment we must focus on the people at the moment we must focus on the people within afghanistan who need to escape people within afghanistan who need to escape and need to leave british citizens to escape and need to leave british citizens and those who helped us because citizens and those who helped us because their lives are further at risk because their lives are further at risk but because their lives are further at risk. but down the line, we definitely have an issue of how to protect definitely have an issue of how to protect our definitely have an issue of how to prot
just think we are in such a different position now. we are duty bound different position now. we are duty bound morally and, as a matter of honour, duty bound morally and, as a matter of honour, to duty bound morally and, as a matter of honour, to ensure that the people we led of honour, to ensure that the people we led to of honour, to ensure that the people we led to believe in afghanistan would we led to believe in afghanistan would have a brighter future, people who risk would have a brighter future, people who risk their lives to help us we must who risk their lives to help us we must take who risk their lives to help us we must take them in. we cannotjust turn our must take them in. we cannotjust turn our backs on them. and that is why i turn our backs on them. and that is why i feel turn our backs on them. and that is why i feel so turn our backs on them. and that is why i feel so sad that joe turn our backs on them. and that is why i feel so sad thatjo
think what this shows, and this is the important point, is this situation has been created by the west, by western intervention you mentioned that tony blair spoke about imbecilic, but it was tony blair who, 22 years ago, made that great speech saying the west should intervene and change regimes and government, bring goodness to the world. this was a new form of imperialism not all that removed from what alfred milner said more than a century ago. but this is what the west is now paying for, going into countries and not understanding what is there, and trying to change them. what s happened in afghanistan? a corrupt regime where the army and everything else, the president leaves and flies away with a pot of gold, things like that. and basically, we have created this mess. and instead ofjust bringing our hands, we should admit the mess we ve created, and that goes back to several politicians, notjust what