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As Taliban tighten their grip, Kabul airport only way out
The Associated Press ^ | August 14, 2021 | By TAMEEM AKHGAR and JON GAMBRELL

Posted on 08/14/2021 2:41:53 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

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To: silverleaf

Don’t use the word “you” on me dude. I’m just the messenger. 😆


61 posted on 08/14/2021 4:39:40 PM 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)
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To: lodi90
We haven't been fighting a war in Afghanistan for at least a decade. The war ended when Bin Laden died.

Staying there, like staying in Germany and Japan, was a wise decision. We had a base of operation against Islamic terrorism.

Now, Al Qaeda or another terrorist group will reform with the Taliban's protection, launch terrorist attacks against this country or American interests abroad and we'll have to go back and wipe that terrorist group out. We'll lose a lot more lives when that happens than if we had stayed in Afghanistan.

Rinse. Wash. Repeat. It's the same pattern over and over again.

62 posted on 08/14/2021 4:46:48 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: janetjanet998

Just like the helicopters here

The Fall of Saigon April 30, 1975
https://rumble.com/vl5t4u-the-fall-of-saigon-april-30-1975.html

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Yeah, logistically, how Biden & Co think they are going to avoid an equivalent debacle is beyond me.


63 posted on 08/14/2021 4:52:09 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: Kazan

\We’re not fighting Islamic extremism here. The enemy is already inside the wire. Given that it makes absolutely no sense sending America’s best to die half way around the world for nothing.


64 posted on 08/14/2021 5:09:48 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Well, look on the bright side of things.

At least Biden's DOJ, FBI, and DHS has the terrorist Trump voters, white bigots, and anti-vax liars and rumor-mongers under control and they are putting them in "safe" lockdown and will shortly be demanding their "passport" papers to even move from their lairs. That's the important thing. They won't escape this time.

65 posted on 08/14/2021 6:51:16 PM PDT by Gritty (All those who’ve lied about everything for 5 years are the ones demanding I take the vaccine-JKelly)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“We’ve got zips in the wire!”


66 posted on 08/14/2021 6:53:20 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: precisionshootist

“...biden/harris will be forced to resign in the near future...”
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Pelosi is next in line and would be president if that were to happen.

From the frying pan into the fire....all three of them are a nightmare from Hell.


67 posted on 08/14/2021 7:00:06 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (I like oil. I like gasoline. I like coal. I like natural gas. I like nuclear power. )
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.biden/harris will be forced to resign in the near future...” _______________________________________________________ Pelosi is next in line and would be president if that were to happen. From the frying pan into the fire....all three of them are a nightmare from Hell.“

As long as biden/ harris are forced to resign and the record shows they were never legitimately elected then the country could still be saved. Pelosi would have zero power as president, far far less than she does as speaker and would have zero chance at reelection.

68 posted on 08/14/2021 7:53:50 PM PDT by precisionshootist
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To: lodi90
Given that it makes absolutely no sense sending America’s best to die half way around the world for nothing.

The planning for most terrorist attacks on US soil takes place in the middle east. And, now, we can bet on those attacks being planned from Afghanistan.

Apparently, you learned nothing from 9/11 or the rise of ISIS.

We're going to have to go back again at some point when the next terrorist group rises and more lives will be lost than if we had stayed in Afghanistan.

69 posted on 08/14/2021 9:54:06 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: dynachrome

Broadcasting that 5,000 troops are being sent to Kabul lets the Taliban know they have about 24 hours or so to wrap up business easily.


70 posted on 08/14/2021 10:09:51 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Kazan

Apparently, you learned nothing from 9/11 or the rise of ISIS.

We’re going to have to go back again at some point when the next terrorist group rises and more lives will be lost than if we had stayed in Afghanistan.


Apparently, you’ve learned nothing from five years of bipartisan coup that has shredded our Constitution. We’ve got way bigger fish to fry than a few goat humpers in Afghanistan. Trusting our government to do anything in a patriotic manner at this moment is a fools errand.


71 posted on 08/15/2021 9:35:37 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: lodi90
You must have Alzheimer's worse than Biden if you don't remember 9/11 or the terrorist threat ISIS posed. That is the result of the foreign policy you're advocating, the same one Bill Clinton practiced.

Isolationism is moronic. Ignoring Islamic terrorists won't make them go away.

72 posted on 08/15/2021 3:56:18 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Kazan

Pulse night club ring any bells? The enemy is inside the wire here. Both in the swamp and muslim terrorists. Nothing good comes of sending America’s best home in body bags from that dump hole. Period.


73 posted on 08/15/2021 4:47:10 PM PDT by lodi90
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