Seven Afghans who were here training with the US military have mysteriously vanished and no one knows where they are at. It’s not unheard of that foreign nationals sent here for training do go AWOL but only because they want to defect to the United States. The fact that all seven disappeared at about the same time from five different military bases is cause for alarm. The news of the disappearances was announced by U.S. Navy Defense Press Operations Commander Patrick Evans in an email.
From The Conservative Tribune:
Two of those students were training at Fort Benning in Georgia, one was at Fort Lee in Virginia and the fourth was at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas.
Three other Afghan students went missing on Sept. 17. Two of them were at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri and the other was at Fort Gordon in Georgia.
The trainees were expected to complete training, then return to Afghanistan to share what they learned with their fellow soldiers. Apparently they had a different idea, Since five different bases were involved and all of the trainees left at about the same time, it appears that this was a planned disappearance. If it turns out they are terrorists, we may not find then until there is a shooting or a bombing and that would be too late. If they do, it says volumes about the military. We would be left to conclude that they didn’t vet the trainees. Now the US military has given them training that could help them commit a terrorist act.
If the men are found, the plan is to send them back immediately. They will not be allowed to apply for sanctuary or to defect.