Posted on 08/09/2021 9:35:49 AM PDT by kingtom
The Taliban seized a sixth Afghan provincial capital on Monday following a weekend blitz across the north that saw urban centers fall in quick succession and the government struggle to keep the militants at bay.
Taliban terrorist seized most of the capital of northern Afghanistan’s key Kunduz province on Sunday, and took another neighboring provincial capital after a month long siege. The advances were the latest in a series of blows to government forces as U.S. troops complete their pullout after nearly two decades in the country.
The terrorists planted their flag in the main square of Kunduz city, where it was seen flying atop a traffic police booth, a video obtained by the Associated Press showed.
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Nice work, Biden!!
20 years, billions of dollars and thousands of lives down the drain.
Never should have set one boot on the ground in that God forsaken land.
Breaking news? Really?
yup- how soon before we see videos of Americans beheaded?
The Taliban picked up all kinds of weapons, vehicles, and material. Really, how hard could it be for them to “blitz” across the sand dunes and capture the mud huts of the unfortunates still living there?
True.
Now it will be a codevelopment zone of Little China Enterprises and the Taliban. Until one dominates.
Wonder what the Muslims will feel about the fate of their brethren in the concentration camps in China?
The Military Industrial Complex wants us to remain there for more than 20 years?
I’m not seeing how Biden could have played this differently. I suppose he can order more bombing runs and the like, but would that change the outcome?
Afghanistan’s fate belongs to George W. Bush. It was his to win or lose.
B52s and specters last week. Time to deploy the fembots.
I got one question.
Even the Taliban needs a constant supply of food, ammo, and POL. Where the hell is it coming from?
Nope. We've literally had 20 years to train and equip the Afghan Army and Air Forces to fight the Taliban themselves. If they refuse to fight for their own country, then F 'em.
The Afghans aren't worth one more penny of our treasure, nor one more drop of Patriot blood.
They all can go to Hell. Thank you Biden for delaying the Afghan withdrawal longer than President Trump had originally planned.
From the Afghan Army's dropped and abandoned arms and supplies, and from the Afghan villages they retake.
What a useless government!
You jackasses need to study Patton instead of CRT!
“Americans love a winner. Americans will not tolerate a loser. Americans despise cowards. Americans play to win all of the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor will ever lose a war; for the very idea of losing is hateful to an American.“
The ANA would have to losing more supplies than they’re expending for that to work.
They can’t be that incompetent can they>
They act like it’s a big surprise. The Tollybon are scary people. Nobody is going to fight them. We didn’t even fight them. We had rules of engagement like playing cards with a blindfold on. We were going to see this regardless of who was president. It was Trump who wanted to end the partial occupation. If he was president you would be saying thanks Trump. No withdrawal was going to result in anything but the Tollybon taking over. Guess what? It’s not our problem.
“Even the Taliban needs a constant supply of food, ammo, and POL. Where the hell is it coming from?”
Us. Of the billions of dollars in arms we’ve sent to the country, half were sold to the Taliban by corrupt locals, and the other half surrendered to them when the Afghan’s fled the battlefield at the first sign of danger.
> You jackasses need to study Patton instead of CRT! <
It was up to George W. Bush to play the Patton card - and right after 9/11. Had he done so, the entire civilized world would have supported him.
But no. W decided to go into nation-building instead. That was doomed to fail from the start. So this mess is all on George W. Bush. Obama, Trump, and Biden are all just bit players in the tragedy.
All this to go after a physically ill man hiding in a cave.
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