Taliban Taking Over Afghanistan - Does anyone care?

[Franklin Pierce]

British Evacuation Mission ENDS: Last dedicated civilian flight takes off from Kabul leaving 150 Brits and 1,000 Afghans in clutches of Taliban - with only soldiers and diplomats still to depart

The UK's last civilian evacuation flight has taken off from Kabul, bringing to a close the British rescue mission and leaving behind up to 150 Britons and more than 1,000 Afghans who are now under Taliban rule.

British evacuation mission ends: Last dedicated civilian flight takes off from Kabul | Daily Mail Online

 

[landscapingvol]

For you love

He took out the “one” guy responsible who just happened to be in a shack by himself with no one around? There is zero chance you went to anything higher than community college

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

I blame his administration, yes, and believe that Trump would have had the same people giving him the same bad advice.

LOL. You crazy lib. Trump would not have had the same people as lunatic Biden. There wouldn't have been any personnel with that loony false "wokeism" in Trump's situation room giving advice. The advisors that Biden appoints are trying too hard in finding all that made-up "white supremacy" that's suppose to have worked itself into the ranks. Biden is insane as POTUS.

 

[BreatheUT]

What I saw on that video could have been flown out on one plane. Joe Biden is a complete moron along with all the members of his cabinet that allowed this to happen. The commanders that went along with this should be court marshaled for giving aid to the enemy. If you don't take the arms, you at the very least destroy them. The Biden administration is a complete joke and laughing stock. I don't want to hear one peep about firearms here in the United States "falling into the wrong hands". I'm sure they will start chirping about that again soon since they are nothing but loser hypocrites.

Anyone who voted for Biden should absolutely be embarrassed. These very arms that are being left behind will likely be used to kill people over there who helped us. You can't make this stuff up.

You can't make up a lot of stuff right now. New lows every few weeks. There are so many stupid people in Congress. The only thing they've proven is they can raise enough money advertise and get enough low info voters.

 

[BreatheUT]

They interviewed Beck at an undisclosed location and he talked about the mission he was on to help people this past week.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

Here's a couple of Joe Biden's important military Advisors ....

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

At what level of detail does a President plan. You think he's in the situation room telling them, "oh yeah, almost forgot. Make sure to take the ammo and guns with you on the way out the door."

Blaming Biden for that just shows that your entire approach is partisan-driven.

I'm not blaming Biden.

I blame the ones that are instructing him on which reporters to call on.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

I blame his administration, yes, and believe that Trump would have had the same people giving him the same bad advice.

I think that is why people on both sides of the aisle need to come together and but an end to this M.I.C and destroy the CIA and greatly overhaul the military.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Are any of you guys believing this drone strike and ISIS-K nonsense?

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

I'm not blaming Biden.

I blame the ones that are instructing him on which reporters to call on.

 

[C-south]

Hilarious. You used truth and Trump in the same paragraph as a reason to like Trump. The Dems are just as dislikable on many fronts but Trump was hated by 60% of the nation because he is a despicable human being, an abomination on all things decent and moral and crooked as as a snake. Other than that, he’s a fine fellow. Next subject.

He didn’t kill 13 marines by being an incompetent imbecile.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Taliban says US 'should have informed us' about retaliatory drone strike against ISIS-K that killed two and left one wounded: Militants seal off airport and Pentagon says new threats are 'real and very dynamic'

The Taliban has condemned a US drone strike against ISIS-K suspects following Thursday's deadly suicide attack outside Kabul airport, with a spokesman describing the operation as a 'clear attack on Afghan territory'.

'The Americans should have informed us before conducting the airstrike,' spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters on Saturday, as the U.S. military rushes into the final evacuation of Kabul airport ahead of the Tuesday deadline set by President Joe Biden.

However, Mujahid later took to Twitter to disavow the interview, writing: 'Reuters has interviewed me and distorted my words. I urge the media and journalists not to take these words seriously.'

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid condemned the US drone strike on ISIS-K as a 'clear attack on Afghan territory' but later disavowed the statement, saying that Reuters had 'distorted' his words

Pentagon now says two ISIS-K targets were killed and one wounded in US drone strike | Daily Mail Online

 

[volinbham]

British Evacuation Mission ENDS: Last dedicated civilian flight takes off from Kabul leaving 150 Brits and 1,000 Afghans in clutches of Taliban - with only soldiers and diplomats still to depart

The UK's last civilian evacuation flight has taken off from Kabul, bringing to a close the British rescue mission and leaving behind up to 150 Britons and more than 1,000 Afghans who are now under Taliban rule.

British evacuation mission ends: Last dedicated civilian flight takes off from Kabul | Daily Mail Online

so I guess if we take credit for all the evacuations we also have to take credit for our ally's nationals that get left behind

 

[Franklin Pierce]

PICTURED: The Final Photos of Marine, 23, evacuating Afghans before she was Killed in ISIS-K suicide blast that claimed 183 lives: All 13 slain US troops are identified as one father says Biden's Kabul withdrawal has become a 'turkey shoot'

All 13 US troops slain by an ISIS-K suicide bomb attack in Kabul on Thursday have been identified, and haunting final images of one female Marine show her escorting evacuees days before her death.

Killed were Navy corpsman Max Soviak, Army Staff Sergeant Ryan Knauss, and Marines Hunter Lopez, Rylee McCollum, David Lee Espinoza, Kareem Nikoui, Jared Schmitz, Daegan Page, Taylor Hoover, Humberto Sanchez, Johanny Rosario, Dylan Merola and Nicole Gee.

Just days before she was slain at an overcrowded airport checkpoint, Marine Sergeant Gee was photographed escorting a line of evacuees as they filed into the cargo hold of a C-17 Globemaster to escape Afghanistan. Other photos show Gee holding an Afghan baby.

Father of fallen Marine says chaotic Kabul airport withdrawal was not planned out | Daily Mail Online

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

How many C-17 Globemasters are in the US fleet and are all of them being used for the rescue mission?

 

[Orangeburst]

How many C-17 Globemasters are in the US fleet and are all of them being used for the rescue mission?

Like 220 in fleet, 25 for evac.
Great plane that suffered bunch of cost over-runs and delays and getting worn out with this 20 year global campaign

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Like 220 in fleet, 25 for evac.
Great plane that suffered bunch of cost over-runs and delays and getting worn out with this 20 year global campaign

Hmmm... interesting.

 

[VolStrom]

Like 220 in fleet, 25 for evac.
Great plane that suffered bunch of cost over-runs and delays and getting worn out with this 20 year global campaign

Let me guess, they're made by Boeing and they need another 800 billion to develop another 707/Cessna 152 cross variant that looks just like the C-17 but has wing lets and newer engines?

 

[red butler]

I blame his administration, yes, and believe that Trump would have had the same people giving him the same bad advice.

How would Trump have the same advisors? Certainly there are positions in the government that stay the same between administrations, but I’ve always had the impression that advisors that regularly brief the president were appointed by that president (or the president made the conscious decision to keep a holdover from the previous administration).

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Let me guess, they're made by Boeing and they need another 800 billion to develop another 707/Cessna 152 cross variant that looks just like the C-17 but has wing lets and newer engines?

Hmmm... interesting.

 

[Orangeburst]

Let me guess, they're made by Boeing and they need another 800 billion to develop another 707/Cessna 152 cross variant that looks just like the C-17 but has wing lets and newer engines?

The C-17 already has winglets, and 800B is way too low. Have you seen the KC-46 tanker program? Your disdain of Boeing has been noted.....but appreciated. We are screwed.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

How would Trump have the same advisors? Certainly there are positions in the government that stay the same between administrations, but I’ve always had the impression that advisors that regularly brief the president were appointed by that president (or the president made the conscious decision to keep a holdover from the previous administration).

You mean a guy like James Jeffrey?

Outgoing Syria Envoy Admits Hiding US Troop Numbers; Praises Trump’s Mideast Record

‘We were always playing shell games,’ says Amb. Jim Jeffrey, who also gives advice to President-elect Biden.

“We were always playing shell games to not make clear to our leadership how many troops we had there,” Jeffrey said in an interview. The actual number of troops in northeast Syria is “a lot more than” the roughly two hundred troops Trump initially agreed to leave there in 2019.

 

[NorthDallas40]

Hmmm... interesting.

Any aircraft we build today has a finite fatigue life. It’s driven largely by fuselage pressurization/depressurization cycles. Take an airplane like the DC-3 and it can have near infinite life as long as you don’t bend the bird.

 

[VolStrom]

The C-17 already has winglets, and 800B is way too low. Have you seen the KC-46 tanker program? Your disdain of Boeing has been noted.....but appreciated. We are screwed.

Yeah, but Boeing has new super duper turbo winglets that cause a .00001% decrease in fuel consumption which over a lifespan of 85 years will pay off the national debt.

 

[AM64]

Clancy is a great author. One of the things I enjoy about a good author is the ability through words to visualize what they are talking about. Clancy had that for me.

For me, too; and that's what disturbs me most. A good author paints a very strong image of the characters. When Hollywood miscasts them, it ruins the effect.