{"id":28148,"date":"2016-04-28T22:09:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T02:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=28148"},"modified":"2016-04-28T22:09:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T02:09:56","slug":"betraying-those-who-have-helped-us-in-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=28148","title":{"rendered":"Betraying Those Who Have Helped Us In The Past"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Free Beacon<\/a> is reporting today that the 2017 defense appropriation bill would have a devastating impact on the interpreters and other civilians in Afghanistan<\/a> that worked with our troops while we were there.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Under the Special Immigrant Visa\u00a0program, Afghans who worked as translators for the U.S. military<\/a> and support operations are eligible to apply for American visas<\/a> if their lives are at risk in Afghanistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But according to advocates for the SIV<\/a> program, the latest version of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act<\/a> in the House of Representatives<\/a> would limit eligibility to translators who worked directly for the U.S. military or intelligence agencies. Interpreters in other support roles, such as working with the American<\/a> embassy in Kabul<\/a> or for base security, would no longer be qualified for the visa program.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As U.S. troops pull out of the region\u00a0and the security situation deteriorates for American allies, thousands of Afghans currently under threat from the Taliban<\/a> could be impacted.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf this becomes the law of the land, in all intents and purposes there will not be an SIV program anymore,\u201d said Matt Zeller, a former Army captain who runs the interpreter advocacy group No One Left Behind. \u201cAnd we will be outright turning our backs on a group of people we have made a fundamental promise to.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under the Obama Administration, America has been a horrible ally to its friends. In the future, no one will step forward to help our troops because they will not trust us to protect them in the future. Hopefully, our next President will be able to correct some of the misdeeds done by the current administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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