Taliban in Kabul as President Flees

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Mercor, Aug 15, 2021.

  1. Ricter

    Ricter

    An inevitability.
     
    #1001     Aug 26, 2021
  2. Wallet

    Wallet

    It was the way we left that was disgusting.
     
    #1002     Aug 26, 2021
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  3. Ricter

    Ricter

    Rear guard actions can be no other way. The last 5 guys to leave are only 5 guys.
     
    #1003     Aug 26, 2021
  4. Wallet

    Wallet

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57682290

    US left Bagram Airbase at night with no notice, Afghan commander says

    General Asadullah Kohistani told the BBC that the US left Bagram at 03:00 local time on Friday, and that the Afghan military found out hours later.

    Bagram also contains a prison, and there are reportedly up to 5,000 Taliban prisoners left in the facility.

    The Taliban have been advancing rapidly in Afghanistan as US troops withdraw.

    General Kohistani said on Monday that Afghan forces were expecting the Taliban to attack Bagram.
     
    #1004     Aug 26, 2021
  5. Ricter

    Ricter

    In small instances it's going to work, but there is no way to sneak everyone, military and civilian, out.
     
    #1005     Aug 26, 2021
  6. It is too late for it to be of value to us now. We also abandoned Americans right at the start of the withdrawal. If retaking Bagram would change that in any way, then I would take it back in a nano-second but I dont see how it could. Unless somebody made a case for it being needed in future.

    Frigging Pentagon and Cent Command generals droning on about how much capability and super duper equipment we have on the ground there and at the Kabul airport. Yeh, okay. They are like the doctor who brags about how good he is except all his patients die.
     
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    #1006     Aug 26, 2021
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  7. Wallet

    Wallet

    My response was aimed at the conversation regarding using Bagram as a secondary point for extraction. We no longer hold the base.

    In a normal, sane world, people evacuate their civilians, weapons, non-essential staff before they withdraw from strategic strongholds.o_O
     
    #1007     Aug 26, 2021
  8. userque

    userque

    #1008     Aug 26, 2021
  9. Leftist morons circling the wagons. Sorry boys, this is all on Biden. Spin away, ain't nobody buying it but the koolaid drinkers. Congrats Joe, now change that diaper cause I'm sure you're shitting yourself
     
    #1009     Aug 26, 2021
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  10. Mercor

    Mercor

    #1010     Aug 26, 2021
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