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Taliban has "taken over the civilian side of the Kabul airport
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Posted on 08/16/2021 10:36:48 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: Salamander
GEE I think we have one or more to spare.
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posted on
08/16/2021 11:27:06 AM PDT
by
mcshot
(What was once thought impossible is now here. The possibilities are frightening.)
To: GOPJ; WMarshal
Drop the administration in without parachutes.
That way they will get there faster and do less damage when they arrive.
Aim for the civilian side of the airport.
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posted on
08/16/2021 11:28:15 AM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
To: Sequoyah101
PS: That would at least make them useful for something.
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posted on
08/16/2021 11:29:08 AM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
To: janetjanet998
Jennifer Griffin has confirmed Taliban going door to door rounding up Afgan interpreters and others who are thought to have support American troops - more blood on Biden’s hands for not assisting in relocating these people to safer havens in the Middle East.
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posted on
08/16/2021 11:30:01 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
(Let's make crime illegal again!)
To: 1Old Pro
No doubt Trump would have done that first thing, weeks before pulling everyone else out.
But hey, he did mean Tweets, so he had to go!
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posted on
08/16/2021 11:31:22 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: 1Old Pro
Yup—the Democrats used to whine that the Republicans traded arms for hostages.
This time they give the enemy the arms plus the hostages.
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posted on
08/16/2021 11:32:02 AM PDT
by
cgbg
(A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
To: RummyChick
Bagram should be mentioned in every thread.
Nail them to the wall on this...it did not have to be this way.
Exactly right - Bagram was the most logical exit point. Whomever gave that up must be compelled to stand and justify that decision.
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posted on
08/16/2021 11:32:04 AM PDT
by
larrytown
( There must be a reckoning - resignations, firings and courts martial, to start with.)
To: dfwgator
But hey, he did mean Tweets, so he had to go!Not only that, he used harsh words.
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posted on
08/16/2021 11:32:16 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
(Let's make crime illegal again!)
To: 1Old Pro
He used.....sarcasm!
He knew all the tricks: dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes and satire.
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posted on
08/16/2021 11:33:33 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: larrytown
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posted on
08/16/2021 11:35:05 AM PDT
by
RummyChick
(Bagram was the most logical exit point. Stand up and justify your decision (hat tip Larrytown))
To: hanamizu
The Airport is closer to Kabul than I thought. Trying to maintain a perimeter and get out any of the Americans and other Westerners, let alone Afghan allies, is going to be difficult at best, impossible at worst.
Leaving Bagram AB, the way we did, in the middle of the night, is looking to be a colossal mistake.
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posted on
08/16/2021 11:38:31 AM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
(Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Atsk about franchise opportunities in your area.)
To: janetjanet998
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posted on
08/16/2021 11:47:01 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: janetjanet998
But they only want the best for the Afghan people. No revenge. 🙄
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posted on
08/16/2021 11:48:14 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: 1Old Pro
Oh noes! The Taliban lied. 🙄
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posted on
08/16/2021 11:55:48 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: janetjanet998
For what it’s worth, either the Taliban guy is a really bad shot or it was a warning shot for the guy to get back to the other side.
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posted on
08/16/2021 12:15:18 PM PDT
by
libertylover
(Our biggest problem by far is that most of the news media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
To: janetjanet998
If they really are that close it’s really a cluster. They can probably take out inbound and outbound aircraft just with shoulder launched SAMS. Hopefully they (Taliban) know this will be suicidal. But then again, do they care?
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posted on
08/16/2021 12:23:10 PM PDT
by
CodeJockey
(Dum Spiro, Pugno)
To: V_TWIN
YOu’d have to imagine the bribes are strong
To: Singermom
Whoa horsey.
WE aren't in charge anymore, the Taliban are. All of these cute little retribution ideas won't matter one bit if we can't evacuate our own safely.
We'll be lucky to get most of our people out without many being killed.
Biden screwed this withdrawal up royally. Taking all of our troops out and now having to scramble and fly them back in to see if they can save our folks as well as themselves.
This won't be pretty. It will be a bloody mess. The Taliban don't care about the airport only to the extent they can't stop US and Afghan corroborators at the exit. Beyond that, these people live in the stone ages.
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posted on
08/16/2021 2:08:59 PM PDT
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HotHunt
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