Do they really have that many papers they need to burn?Plus it gives time to finish up any last diplomatic stuff at the Embassy
Like, is a big old bonfire not an option?
Do they really have that many papers they need to burn?Plus it gives time to finish up any last diplomatic stuff at the Embassy
Yes and no. It has to be able to be burned without any risk of things escaping.Do they really have that many papers they need to burn?
Like, is a big old bonfire not an option?
I don't suppose the 5000 troops are going to be carry some explosives with them.Yes and no. It has to be able to be burned without any risk of things escaping.
They left quietly in the middle of the night.I don't suppose the 5000 troops are going to be carry some explosives with them.
maybe blow up some of those Humvees and armored cars instead of letting the Talibs have them for free?
It was feared that pulling out the embassy would cause the collapse of the government. As it turns out it doesn't matter. So now they have to send troops to secure the perimeter of Kabul airport, because ANA can't be relied upon not to turn on them during evacuation, reinforce embassy perimeter during evacuation, bring in a helicopter unit with full support staff and fly all the people from embassy complex to the airport. Probably also engineers detachment that will make sure that any confidential tech in the embassy (owned by CIA and NSA) that can not be removed will be destroyed.Why send in more troops to leave? It'd be better to get the embassy people out before the full withdrawal,
Pretty sure that the stuff the Iranians can get they already saw/copied from the IraqisWhat advanced equipment? The stuff USA gave to Afghanis is a bog standard gear that Iranians already produce equivalents of.
Hardly something special. The main language in the Talebans`s core provinces is Pashto, whereas many other tribes and provinces speak Dari, Farsi, or even Uzbek.According to some locals who witnessed a wholesale execution of Afghan SF forces by Talibs, the bastards didn't speak a local dialect.
Which means they come from elsewhere.
What are the odds that the remnants of ISIS fled to Afghanistan and joined the Talibs?
This new offensive of theirs has all the trademarks of the ISIS blitz on Mosul back in 2014.
I'm watching clown world from a distance.America the paper tiger. The whole world is watching the collapse of the American empire, and you guys are cheering it
I'm watching clown world from a distance.
I'm not American.Good luck with your new isolationist policy, America. You don't want to be involved in the Middle East? You're an empire, not just any regular country. You don't get a choice. You think the power vacuum you're leaving behind will simply remain unfilled? You think the chaos you caused has nothing to do with you and won't touch you? In a decade or two don't act surprised when the Middle East you left will come directly to you instead, just like it did once already 2 decades ago.
Yeah, this was to be expected. sighhttps://twitter.com /MauriceMartin01/status/1426289725720178689
Government personnel hung. Just join them together in case I violate NSFW rules.
Sorry, I said "you" but I didn't actually mean you specifically, just Americans in general.I'm not American.
They'll be busy targeting "white supremacists" that they'll miss the real terrorists.Sorry, I said "you" but I didn't actually mean you specifically, just Americans in general.
Let's see how the "put our head in the sand and hope nobody touches us" strategy works out for America in the next decade or two.
Afghanistan of all places? That's more of a belated rolling back of imperial overstretch. The whole nation building effort there was a mistake, no reason to keep pumping blood and money into it. This should have been a hunting expedition all along. And once that objective was done, fuck the whole place. And if it becomes a shithole again? Look who's at its borders and will suffer the bulk of that. Enemies, treacherous frenemies, and client states of enemies. Fuck them too.America the paper tiger. The whole world is watching the collapse of the American empire, and you guys are cheering it
Because we arnt an empire and are tired of being in a country so back aas wards. If we pulled out of Japan or Djibouti or South Korea. Then you gave a point.America the paper tiger. The whole world is watching the collapse of the American empire, and you guys are cheering it