Good idea. Let’s restart the war. /sarc
He’s supposed to be a vet. He does know that the US troops are surrounded on Kabul Airport, right, and probably can’t be easily resupplied? The Taliban has artillery. They can make the airport untenable and destroy any aircraft that lands there.
I am sure our troops can bust out if they need to, but I am not sure how long they can keep fighting before they run out of supplies and ammo.
Biden’s withdrawal is a total sh!+show. There are no good options left. Those went up in smoke when we abandoned our equipment.
> There are no good options left. Those went up in smoke when we abandoned our equipment. <
I think you’re right about that. The US could retake Bagram airport in an hour. But that would involve killing quite a few Taliban. All the Taliban would need to do then is fire into Kabul’s airport.
Soon there would be no one alive to rescue. Game over.
The idea of retaking Bagram, etc., is extremely risky, but not because of resupply at the airport. Even if the Taliban bombard it, and they don’t have that much artillery, resupply can be done via parachute, among other means, and troops on hand probably can take and maintain a sufficient perimeter to land aircraft. Bagram will probably have to be taken with a parachute assault, at least initially. Air support will be difficult as only the USN can do it, and that at extreme range with no loiter time. But all this can be achieved, I think.
The really big problem is the hostage situation. When the US begins its attack the civilians (of all categories) in Kabul will be murdered wholesale.