Posted on 08/14/2021 9:32:50 PM PDT by blueplum
Insurgents tightened grip on Afghanistan by capturing Mazar-e-Sharif - a heavily defended city in the north
Fighters were then filmed raiding the luxurious home of infamous warlord Army Marshal Rashid Dostum
In a statement last night, US President Joe Biden blamed Donald Trump and the Afghan army for the carnage
He said he 'will not pass this war onto a fifth president' and criticsed the Afghan Army for failing to fight
Taliban fighters have invaded the palatial home of top Afghan warlord and US ally and videoed themselves lounging on his gold furniture and inspecting his golden tea set - as their advance closes on capital Kabul amid a scramble to get Westerners out.
General Rashid Dostum's home is in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif which fell to the Taliban yesterday and now there are claims that the advancing fighters have reached the outskirts of Kabul.
Dostum was a key US ally during the 20 year campaign against the Taliban and famously fought with the Special Forces 'horse soldiers' shortly after 9/11.
...In a statement last night, Biden blamed Donald Trump and the Afghan army for the carnage and said his predecessor cut a deal that left the warlords 'in the strongest position militarily since 2001'.
He said: One more year, or five more years, of US military presence would not have made a difference if the Afghan military cannot or will not hold its own country.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
“I suppose we will have to give refuge to all the Afghan people that fought with us???”
1. Only if we ever want to have allies in any other country where U.S. forces intervene. Who would EVER trust us enough to be an interpreter or guide, or provide us with food or other services?
2. It’s too late for 90% of them. Only a lucky few already at Kabul Int’l Airport will ever make it out. The rest are stranded around the country, and the Taliban will torture and execute many of them.
And woke cowardly military
Ah yes, the same generals who said that the biggest threat were Trump supporters...
Wondering if the talyban have the weapons Clinton gave them at Benghazi....
...and those weapons can be turned on any aircraft taking off/landing at the airport...
The Taliban resurgence is clear proof that the unwillingness to kill is a losing proposition
War is won by killing.
The Taliban were allowed to live.
They won
If European law and pacifist refusal to kill prevails, the world is lost
They laid down their weapons but the knew right where they left them, it took seconds for them to pick them back up.
They laid down their weapons but they knew right where they left them, it took seconds for them to pick them back up.
I have known lots of civilians that did a tour in Afghanistan. And eyedigress is correct, they are they to provide a specialty service that was requested by the US and major multinational companies.
Yes, they made a small chunk of change along the way, but hazardous duty tends to pay well.
Now, if we want to complain that the companies making billions off the US government, the contracting officers and their political leadership are at fault then we have a story.
But it is one that will never see the light of CNN etc.
That militant Muslim is probably overjoyed.
As long as ValJar has any part in any US administration, she will bring in enough Muslims to ensure that there are weapons for the Taliban to use.
And to trade with the Chinese for more.
More like 90 minutes
1. Only if we ever want to have allies in any other country where U.S. forces intervene. Who would EVER trust us enough to be an interpreter or guide, or provide us with food or other services?
We shouldn’t have cut and ran!
The map you posted reminds me of when I was a geology student at a school of mines, we were always told to never accept a job in any country that ends in “stan”
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