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Aussie troops to head to Afghanistan to rescue hundreds from Kabul
news.com.au ^ | AUGUST 15, 2021 | Benedict Brook

Posted on 08/14/2021 7:54:17 PM PDT by Leaning Right

Scores of Australian defence personnel are set to depart for Afghanistan in a last-minute dash to evacuate hundreds of people from the war-torn capital Kabul, which is set to fall to the Taliban.

Australia’s mission to Afghanistan follows similar moves by the US and the UK to fly hundreds of people out of the city including interpreters, contractors and others who worked with allied powers.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; australia
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Good luck to the Aussies. But their preparations will be futile if Kabul’s airport is captured before they can get there. And it will be even worse if the airport falls after they get there.
1 posted on 08/14/2021 7:54:17 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

Who will pay their fines for violating the lockdown?

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2 posted on 08/14/2021 7:55:00 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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So we had to ask the aussies for assistance due to our incompetence. Bidets band of woke imbiciles demonstrates just how far down the chute we have gone.


3 posted on 08/14/2021 8:02:27 PM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: Leaning Right

They’ll probably bring half the population of Afghanistan here...I mean why not? It’s It’s full court globalist press at this point anyways. May as well try to finish us off quickly.


4 posted on 08/14/2021 8:04:17 PM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: Leaning Right

While they are rescuing their people from Kabul, maybe the citizens of Australia can rescue their people from their own government.

I wonder if the Australians in Afghanistan might decide they would more freedom if they stayed there.


5 posted on 08/14/2021 8:04:27 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat ("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
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To: Leaning Right

Pretty sad when a lowly serf like myself could have planned this better.


6 posted on 08/14/2021 8:05:31 PM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: toddausauras

Any one of my seven cats could probably have done better picking out random options from the litter box.


7 posted on 08/14/2021 8:13:32 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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I’m a bit confused as to why Australia would want to risk any lives at this point. I can only conclude that they feel US forces can’t - or won’t - do a satisfactory job in the evacuation.


8 posted on 08/14/2021 8:14:48 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

I’m surprised dementia joe doesn’t ask the Ukraine to help.


9 posted on 08/14/2021 8:17:06 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: Leaning Right

We can now expect an influx of Afghans into the country


10 posted on 08/14/2021 8:17:27 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: Mouton

Australia has its own people there. They probably didn’t have to be asked.


11 posted on 08/14/2021 8:18:24 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Leaning Right

Biden happens.


12 posted on 08/14/2021 8:20:20 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
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To: Mouton

Amerika ist kaput und bleibt zerbrochen.


13 posted on 08/14/2021 8:20:41 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: Leaning Right

Will they be social distancing while fleeing?


14 posted on 08/14/2021 8:23:05 PM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (F*ck Joe Biden!)
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To: Leaning Right

Who started this stupid war in Afghanistan? Afghans did not fly planes into the towers in NYC and Pentagon. First we lose oodles of blood and treasure in Vietnam, then flee the country with helicopters. Youi would think we learn something from the Vietnam debacle. Nope, we start another war against guerilla fighters in Afghanistan which is the last country on earth to become a democracy.

But the folly does not end there. Next we dislodge Saddam who was keeping the jihadists under control. Then the whole middle-east becomes unstable.

These are the reasons why I admire president Trump more than any others in my lifetime of 81 years. He does not want to waste American blood and treasure in useless wars. First real businessman president, and the best.


15 posted on 08/14/2021 8:26:06 PM PDT by entropy12 (President Trump was the best president in my life time of 81 years and counting..)
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To: The Iceman Cometh

Careful...they might bring China Cooties down under.


16 posted on 08/14/2021 8:27:29 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Leaning Right

They would rather go to Afganistan than in lockdown with their family.


17 posted on 08/14/2021 8:30:20 PM PDT by cp124 (Focus on treatment and not an experimental vaccine/flu shot.)
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To: Leaning Right

They ought to be liberating their fellow citizens instead.


18 posted on 08/14/2021 8:39:51 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: Jamestown1630

Australia stupidly believed that Bidet had the situation under control.

Now their folks are at risk and they are freaking.

Never trust a Democrat—some folks just have to learn the hard way...


19 posted on 08/14/2021 9:00:26 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Leaning Right

It’s to get their own people out.


20 posted on 08/14/2021 9:05:59 PM PDT by gcparent (God Bless America )
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