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LAID TO WASTE Taliban seizes a THIRD of Afghanistan in blitz offensive after US wastes nearly $1TRILLION in ‘pointless’ 20-year war
The Daily Sun (US) ^ | Olivia Burke

Posted on 06/28/2021 5:46:53 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX

THE Taliban have seized control of a THIRD of Afghanistan as they continue to accelerate their blitz offensive while the US continues to withdraw their forces.

The US has wasted nearly $1trillion on the "pointless" 20-year battle trying to stave off the terror group who are fighting to gain ultimate control over the war-torn country.

The Taliban have been on tenterhooks to forge ahead with their scheme since President Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of troops back in April and have since continued at "lightning speed".

Jihadist forces have now advanced across rural areas, putting them in reaching distance of major cities such as Herat and Kabul.

A recent US intelligence report warned they could take the capital, Kabul, within six months.

(Excerpt) Read more at the-sun.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; islamofascism; obamaswar; taliban; unitedkingdom; war; waronterror; waste
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To: Pining_4_TX

All the wounded warriors. Thousands of amputees. Thousands.


61 posted on 06/28/2021 7:04:04 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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To: JonPreston

“When I see our wounded warriors I think of what the neocons did to them and our country.”

Dittos. Nice tagline, too!


62 posted on 06/28/2021 7:04:52 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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To: rdcbn1

“The sad thing is that we won decisive victories in both Afghanistan and Iraq only to have the victories squandered and thrown down the toilet by feckless politicians and generals.”

Afghanistan is incapable of running a modern democracy. Impossible.


63 posted on 06/28/2021 7:06:35 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

“Neither syphilis nor moslems will ever be eradicated from this earth.”

Muslims are the fire ants of the human race. And there is only 1 way to get rid of fire ants. Complete, all out war, decimation. Until not one is left.


64 posted on 06/28/2021 7:08:40 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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To: Pining_4_TX
I am beginning to think it won't be six months, but will look like the last flights out of Saigon. The government officials and army will be fighting to get transportation to get out with the Americans to avoid being killed en masse.
65 posted on 06/28/2021 7:09:32 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: rfreedom4u

I’m not sure you understand the true intentions. The Taliban for religious reasons had almost completely eradicated the poppy trade and fields. And would have except we went in to intervene and build the trade back up again “For their protection” of course.


66 posted on 06/28/2021 7:11:18 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: 11th_VA
Serving in the military was one of the best decisions I ever made (45+ years ago) - but the older I get, the more I feel played. But at the company level - best friends you’ll ever have.

My sentiments exactly. They were best friends but also individuals that you could trust....sometimes with your life.

67 posted on 06/28/2021 7:11:20 PM PDT by Ben Hecks (Don't Google it - Duck it!)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Re: 6 - I think the motives and objectives were good for 2-3 years. After that, we tried to force onto Afghans something they did not want. The results speak for themselves.


68 posted on 06/28/2021 7:15:40 PM PDT by Fury
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To: cuban leaf

We all recall what happened to the Soviet Union after they were defeated in Afghanistan. Their economy collapsed. But that can’t happen here.


69 posted on 06/28/2021 7:16:00 PM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: Pining_4_TX

::Bush, Cheney, and the rest of them ought to hang their heads in shame.::

~~~~~
Also

Bush, Cheney, and the rest of them ought to hang.


70 posted on 06/28/2021 7:22:44 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: JonPreston

Yeah. We’re too big to fail. ;)


71 posted on 06/28/2021 7:25:25 PM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: Pining_4_TX
Kabul 1968.vs

Kabul 2009.

Islam is a cancer.

To view, right click on the broken image and open in new tab. Scroll down and be mortified at what evil men have wrought

72 posted on 06/28/2021 7:27:15 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Pining_4_TX

I said on September 12, 2001 the best “anti-terror” strategy was a straight-up travel ban with all Muslim countries of South Asia, Mid-east and North Africa. They can’t attack America if they aren’t in the country.

Bush and the deep state decided that $$Trillions in wars and useless nation-building was a better idea.


73 posted on 06/28/2021 8:06:17 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Pining_4_TX

Unexpected.


74 posted on 06/28/2021 8:13:16 PM PDT by lurk ( )
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To: Pining_4_TX
The war wasn't pointless. Al Qaeda and Bin Laden needed to be hunted down.

The notion that Afghanistan or any middle eastern country could be turned into a Western-friendly democracy, however, was a dumb and costly belief.

75 posted on 06/28/2021 8:16:37 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Lurkinanloomin
True, and some brave folks are working on that goal. New edition of Robert Spencer's book next month should show Biden's fraud is second rate in comparison. But polio should be the easier goal and it's difficult to conceive anyone sane would defend it. I'd be sorely tempted to declare them Hostis humani generis and have them treated accordingly. The civilized world could have declared victory and ceased its routine polio vaccinations years ago if not for their activities.
76 posted on 06/28/2021 8:18:21 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer
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To: Pining_4_TX

I guess we have not learned the lessons of Vietnam after all.
In war you have to fight to win, not to fight for the hearts and souls.


77 posted on 06/28/2021 8:19:51 PM PDT by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHGreco RomNQkryIIs)
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To: Pining_4_TX

We got so hung up on Afghan girls being able to go to school.

I don’t care about Afghan girls or their schools. We needed to be there for about three months. Not 20 years.

The slaughter is going to be heartbreaking.


78 posted on 06/28/2021 8:24:54 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Pining_4_TX

Should have just let the Russians keep it.


79 posted on 06/28/2021 8:32:16 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Pining_4_TX
I still don't think it was a "pointless war," I think it was pointless rules of engagement.

I still believe that the so-called "Bush Doctrine" was correct: attack them over there as a military engagement instead of waiting to engage them over here as a policing matter.

Just look at how the Left has "progressed" to defunding the police today. Imagine how they would have reacted to engaging terror cells running rampant across America in 2001-2004 and beyond?

It was best to pick a ground, whether it be Afghanistan or Iraq, and let that be the magnet for drawing the enemy in, instead of waiting for them to make the second move in Boston or Chicago or Miami or Los Angeles, or Indianapolis or Dallas or Salt Lake City or Tulsa.

-PJ

80 posted on 06/28/2021 8:34:02 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (* LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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