Sunday, August 15, 2021

My Vote For Most Iconic Photo of Evacuation From Kabul



















The Taliban are still outside the city and talking about a transitional government, so no one is forcing that guy at gunpoint to paint over female images, but everyone knows what will be expected of them and they are already complying. 

My vote for most iconic image of the U.S. Embassy's hasty departure is the one below. Forget all the photos of choppers over the embassy, here's the final act of our evacuation: dropping helmets and body armor just before boarding the flight out.


The equivalent in Saigon '75 was the evacuees dropping their small arms into the embassy pool before getting on the chopper.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

There are many hands plying that paint brush.
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