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Taliban Seize No. 2 Afghan City, Prepare to March on Kabul
Wall Street Journal via MSN ^
| Aug. 1, 2021
| Yaroslav Trofimo
Posted on 08/13/2021 7:17:35 AM PDT by libstripper
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Latest on the Xkden s**t storm. I'd be surprised if Kabul lasts more than a week, since the Taliban are only 30 miles away. There are 4,000 people employed at the U.S. embassy, 1,400 of whom are Americans. What's going to happen to the rest? It's looking like quite a few thousand people will need to be airlifted out, using what airplanes? How long are commercial airlines going to continue fling into Kabul, given the strong likelihood that the Taliban have at least some man portable AA missiles?
To: libstripper
So, exactly what is the plan to secure the nukes Afghanistan has?
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posted on
08/13/2021 7:18:40 AM PDT
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(Polls are no longer designed to measure public sentiment but to influence it.)
To: IllumiNaughtyByNature
You’re thinking of Pakistan.
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posted on
08/13/2021 7:24:43 AM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(I identify as fully vaccinated. )
To: libstripper
“There’s going to be no circumstance when you’re going to see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy of the United States from Afghanistan.”Biden has it handled
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posted on
08/13/2021 7:25:17 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
(Let's make crime illegal again!)
To: libstripper
There are 4,000 people employed at the U.S. embassy, 1,400 of whom are Americans. What's going to happen to the rest?
It's worse than that, since many other countries are depending on the U.S. to get their citizens out: "More than a dozen nations have contacted the U.S. military for assistance in removing their personnel from Kabul should the security situation dictate it, officials said."
To: libstripper
“What airplanes”
They are bringing in AC 130’s. My guess is in the end they will start jamming people in like sardines for evac as well as covering fire for the final turn tail and run operation.
They should have quietly drawn down the Embassy to 100 people a month or more ago and assisted the Afghani loyalists in fleeing to Pakistan. Trump would likely have done that and kept a security force in the area until everyone was out. Now its Saigon 2.0
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posted on
08/13/2021 7:29:47 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: libstripper
Sent Meghan, AOC, and .. over to do a dance workshop / engage the Taliban with woke views
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posted on
08/13/2021 7:30:04 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: libstripper
Posters keep comparing this to Saigon, but I think it may be more accurate to compare it to the fall of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979.
Will we see American hostages?
To: MustKnowHistory
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posted on
08/13/2021 7:36:44 AM PDT
by
donozark
(Awaiting the arrival of Biden's Black Marias...)
To: MustKnowHistory
I would guess if necessary we would pour in up to 10,000 troops and bring in more planes and helicopters if Kabul is really at risk of falling. 3,000 troops are not enough.
To: MinorityRepublican
Get out of there! Also, and more importantly don’t bring them here.
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posted on
08/13/2021 7:42:50 AM PDT
by
teevolt
To: libstripper
I’ve never been to Afghanistan. I would assume that life in Kabul and one or two others cities is at least somewhat “modern.” There must be a generation born as long as a 1995, who have grown up with decent schools, grocery stores, cell phones, stability, etc...and its all they know.
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posted on
08/13/2021 7:44:21 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: MinorityRepublican
I would guess if necessary we would pour in up to 10,000 troops and bring in more planes and helicopters if Kabul is really at risk of falling. 3,000 troops are not enough. Having given up the territory, we would be "re-invading" it, and the basic rules of warfare are that an invasion force must be huge relative to the size of the forces they are attacking. You are correct, even if just to hold Kabul and environs, we would be talking tens of thousands of troops.
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posted on
08/13/2021 7:46:53 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: 1Old Pro
Actually a helicopter evacuation is not feasible. It was only possible in Vietnam because of the off shore presence of the US Navy. The Navy can’t help if Afghanistan. Where would the helicopters go? Imagine the troops can secure or construct quickly some airfields in the countryside where C 130s can make some quick lands, load and go. Inevitably there will be more Americans maimed and killed.
Will they be wearing masks on the helicopter and plane?
Asking for a Karen friend.
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posted on
08/13/2021 7:48:58 AM PDT
by
moviefan8
(#restorethesnyderverse)
To: allendale
Agree, this time it will be the troop carrying planes taking off from the airfield one after another.
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posted on
08/13/2021 7:52:50 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
(Let's make crime illegal again!)
To: MinorityRepublican
I am not sure they could get 10,000 troops in there in time.
To: 1Old Pro
It may be too late to prevent the Taliban having American hostages and taking over the embassy. I hope to god I am wrong. It may be one hell of a firefight and unsettling footage. 9/11/21 will be a day of utter disgrace and despair.
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posted on
08/13/2021 8:22:49 AM PDT
by
shanover
(...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
To: P-Marlowe
"It currently possesses as many as 160 nuclear weapons, produces enough fissile material for up to 15 warheads per year, and could be on track to surpass the U.K.'s arsenal. "
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posted on
08/13/2021 8:23:55 AM PDT
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(Polls are no longer designed to measure public sentiment but to influence it.)
To: P-Marlowe
Never mind, I read the article wrong, you are correct.
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posted on
08/13/2021 8:25:23 AM PDT
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IllumiNaughtyByNature
(Polls are no longer designed to measure public sentiment but to influence it.)
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