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U.S. troops fatally shot at least two armed men who approached Americans at Kabul airport's security perimeter
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Posted on 08/16/2021 6:59:08 AM PDT by janetjanet998

JUST IN - U.S. troops fatally shot at least two armed men who approached Americans at #Kabul airport's security perimeter (WSJ)


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; california; nancypelosi; waronterror
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1 posted on 08/16/2021 6:59:08 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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Might explain this video? Looks like they are taking defensive positions?

US forces’ present at Kabul airport as crowds of Afghans gather in attempt to leave country
https://rumble.com/vl8fvl-us-forces-present-at-kabul-airport-as-crowds-of-afghans-gather-in-attempt-t.html


2 posted on 08/16/2021 6:59:57 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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I hope they didn’t have to call the demented retard in the white house to get permission to shoot.


3 posted on 08/16/2021 7:00:54 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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Sure hope they got permission first from a local JAG. Prayers up for our folks undertaking this.


4 posted on 08/16/2021 7:01:39 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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We’ll see what the Taliban response is. If they swarm the airport it could be the most devastating American casualty count in a long time.


5 posted on 08/16/2021 7:01:47 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: janetjanet998

Biden lied, heroes died.


6 posted on 08/16/2021 7:03:09 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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Our troops are going to be lucky to get out of there in one piece.

Force protection is not an option and Custer faced better odds at the Little Big Horn .


7 posted on 08/16/2021 7:03:13 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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We’ll see what the Taliban response is. If they swarm the airport it could be the most devastating American casualty count in a long time.


I don’t think the main core will....but they have many crazies within their ranks


8 posted on 08/16/2021 7:04:15 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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Big trouble .
BLM and Atfia are upset .
Gen White Hater Austin and Gen CRT Milley are ticked .


9 posted on 08/16/2021 7:05:33 AM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists are the real danger )
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It could also be the most devastating casualty count for the Taliban.

But the threat of taking out one of those planes is real. And they don’t need anything fancy to do it. A Dishka or .50 will easily do the trick.

And therein lies the rub. Something goes sideways, and 6000 troops is going to turn into 8000-10000. And without destroying the city and rooting out the Taliban, door to door, how do you get them out?

There’s not one thing the Democrats do that works.


10 posted on 08/16/2021 7:07:39 AM PDT by qaz123
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Laying in the open on tarmac with no cover or concealment is a terrible defensive position. Without fighting holes, they'll be very vulnerable to mortars, etc..

Not their fault -- it's likely the timeline and tactical situation didn't give them time to do much better. But it still isn't a good position.

11 posted on 08/16/2021 7:08:22 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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There’s not one thing the Democrats do that works.

Yep, the horse is out of the barn.

12 posted on 08/16/2021 7:09:32 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: Huskrrrr

“Biden lied, heroes died.”

...and these ARE heroes. Not the nitwits at the grocery store, elderly home and pharmacy with their “Heroes Work Here” signs.


13 posted on 08/16/2021 7:10:13 AM PDT by albie
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To: dynachrome

A contractor on a gun forum posted that after the diplomatic personnel left, the ROE was at their individual discretion.


14 posted on 08/16/2021 7:10:46 AM PDT by LouAvul (Lying headlines from fake news articles written by pimps masquerading as journalists.)
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Lots of blood on Biden's hands;

Really disturbing footage of people falling from a US Air Force jet that was leaving #Afghanistan and in en route to Doha. pic.twitter.com/ndrAOa9mdY— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) August 16, 2021


15 posted on 08/16/2021 7:12:19 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: 1Old Pro

It could also be one of the highest death counts of the Taliban cuz if they’re going to try and come in Kamikaze style, they’re forgetting that machine guns can cover a wide swath


16 posted on 08/16/2021 7:13:15 AM PDT by RaceBannon (Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for )
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To: LouAvul

Good.


17 posted on 08/16/2021 7:13:42 AM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: qaz123
There’s not one thing the Democrats do that works.

That's not entirely accurate. They desired, planned and succeeded in destroying The Republic, and the light at the end of the tunnel is that proverbial freight train.

18 posted on 08/16/2021 7:14:12 AM PDT by LouAvul (Lying headlines from fake news articles written by pimps masquerading as journalists.)
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“ There’s not one thing the Democrats do that works”

I beg to differ…stolen elections!

Other than that little gem, you are absolutely right.


19 posted on 08/16/2021 7:14:20 AM PDT by bigfootbob
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It could also be one of the highest death counts of the Taliban

Yep, that too.

20 posted on 08/16/2021 7:15:19 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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