Taliban Taking Over Afghanistan - Does anyone care?

[rjd970]

Disagree with the ones I've met out of the 10th.

They won't die trying. They'll call friends before that happens...

Spent some time at Campbell. Those guys are no joke.

 

[Grand Vol]

Spent some time at Campbell. Those guys are no joke.

Quiet Professionals for certain.

 

[StarRaider]

thanks xiden!

https://www.usnews.com/news/world-r...ation-of-former-us-air-base-at-bagram-sources

 

[volinbham]

So all 5 of the guys we traded for Bergdahl are in the new government - one is a governor of a province and the others are in the national government.

We traded them to get one guy out yet are leaving 100s behind now.

Makes no damn sense.

 

[KB5252]

That has been my experience around these guys. It’s not arrogance, it’s a sense of supreme confidence and they really believe there is nothing they can’t do, and will die trying if necessary.

When you've chosen a career that mandates you do what less than .01% of the Earth's population can do, you hone your will and resolve that you will succeed under the most extreme circumstances. Failure isn't an option because that means you or your brothers in arms die, they prepare and will themselves to succeed in everything they do.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

So all 5 of the guys we traded for Bergdahl are in the new government - one is a governor of a province and the others are in the national government.

We traded them to get one guy out yet are leaving 100s behind now.

Makes no damn sense.

Who didn't see them coming back to bite us in a big way when they were released?

Thanks Barry!

 

[StarRaider]

So all 5 of the guys we traded for Bergdahl are in the new government - one is a governor of a province and the others are in the national government.

We traded them to get one guy out yet are leaving 100s behind now.

Makes no damn sense.

one of them has a "questionable track record" according to xiden's idiot sycophant blinken

 

[volinbham]

one of them has a "questionable track record" according to xiden's idiot sycophant blinken

I may be wrong but he's not one of the five, he's ANOTHER terrorist in charge of stuff.

 

[volinbham]

I don't get mad about much but I'm quite worked up about not only our leaving our people behind but also the lack of any passion/urgency from Biden or Blinken or anyone about getting them out and the outright acting like this whole thing was a roaring success with just a normal hiccup here or there. Hell, Pelosi today was congratulating the admin about the great job they did getting people out while admitting things were a little "hazy" at first (whatever the f that means).

It really pisses me off and I can't believe no one in the administration and much of the media seem to give a ****.

 

[StarRaider]

I may be wrong but he's not one of the five, he's ANOTHER terrorist in charge of stuff.

You are correct sir, he is not one of the terrorists that barry obama traded for a trader.

 

[Carl Pickens]

Can this admin make the USA look any more pussified than it already has? Damn….

 

[volinbham]

Can this admin make the USA look any more pussified than it already has? Damn….

and they can't get their story straight - some of the time it's because we can't verify who's on the plane; some of the time it's the Taliban. The only thing consistent is Blinken is a sadsack whenever he talks - grow a damn pair and do something

 

[CagleMtnVol]

I may be wrong but he's not one of the five, he's ANOTHER terrorist in charge of stuff.

Nope he's now basically the VP of Afghanistan.

 

[BreatheUT]

There was a George Floyd mural in Kabul? Talk about cultural imperialism.

I bet those rainbow flags got out of the embassy ok.

Too bad for the Apache helicopters.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

There was a George Floyd mural in Kabul? Talk about cultural imperialism.

Imagine trying to explain to an Afghani woman why this guy has been turned into a “hero” and why his picture is all over America and for some ****ing reason in Afghanistan.

A guy dying because some dick cop put his knee on his neck happens about 50 times before noon in Afghanistan, except when it happens over there the knee is a serrated blade.

 

[ClearwaterVol]

So all 5 of the guys we traded for Bergdahl are in the new government - one is a governor of a province and the others are in the national government.

We traded them to get one guy out yet are leaving 100s behind now.

Makes no damn sense.

It is amazing how you guys don't care about the 5000 taliban Trump got released, one of whom is in a position of power now. You are only concerned when it fits your tribal agenda.

 

[CagleMtnVol]

 

[rjd970]

I don't get mad about much but I'm quite worked up about not only our leaving our people behind but also the lack of any passion/urgency from Biden or Blinken or anyone about getting them out and the outright acting like this whole thing was a roaring success with just a normal hiccup here or there. Hell, Pelosi today was congratulating the admin about the great job they did getting people out while admitting things were a little "hazy" at first (whatever the f that means).

It really pisses me off and I can't believe no one in the administration and much of the media seem to give a ****.

Afghanistan: Taliban to allow 200 people including Americans to fly out of Kabul airport - CNN

The Taliban's acting foreign minister, Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaki, thanked Qatari special envoy Mutlaq Al-Qahtani for his country's efforts in restarting flights out of Kabul International Airport, the Taliban said in a statement posted on an official account.

An engineer on the Qatari team told a news conference Thursday that the airport was now 90% fixed. "There are some technical issues that we cannot fix, but in total all the equipment is working," said Mohamed Naeemi, speaking alongside Al-Qahtani.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday blamed the grounding of charter flights in Mazar-i-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, on the Taliban, saying that the militant group was not allowing them to leave.
The Taliban claimed "that some of the passengers do not have the required documentation," Blinken said.

Blinken is still an idiot, but the narrative that these people are hostages seems to be completely incorrect. Looks like it was just delays due to technical difficulties at the airport and wrong documentation.

As per usual, the press exaggerates and paints a dramatic picture that at best is incomplete, and at worst, completely wrong.

At the end of the day, the Taliban is allowing people to leave now and there doesn't appear to be any kind of hostage demands that have to be met.

 

[hog88]

Afghanistan: Taliban to allow 200 people including Americans to fly out of Kabul airport - CNN







Blinken is still an idiot, but the narrative that these people are hostages seems to be completely incorrect. Looks like it was just delays due to technical difficulties at the airport and wrong documentation.

As per usual, the press exaggerates and paints a dramatic picture that at best is incomplete, and at worst, completely wrong.

At the end of the day, the Taliban is allowing people to leave now and there doesn't appear to be any kind of hostage demands that have to be met.

I wonder what we gave them?

 

[volinbham]

It is amazing how you guys don't care about the 5000 taliban Trump got released, one of whom is in a position of power now. You are only concerned when it fits your tribal agenda.

oh boo hoo - no one said I wasn't concerned about that either. Not sure they are leaders in the government AND my point was our government traded these 5 for a Am. citizen because we "don't leave people behind" yet now we left not just one but hundreds of Am citizens behind. It was commentary about leaving people behind vs not leaving them behind.

 

[volinbham]

Afghanistan: Taliban to allow 200 people including Americans to fly out of Kabul airport - CNN







Blinken is still an idiot, but the narrative that these people are hostages seems to be completely incorrect. Looks like it was just delays due to technical difficulties at the airport and wrong documentation.

As per usual, the press exaggerates and paints a dramatic picture that at best is incomplete, and at worst, completely wrong.

At the end of the day, the Taliban is allowing people to leave now and there doesn't appear to be any kind of hostage demands that have to be met.

Well they are not allowing them to leave from the northern airport and State has told those Americans there to "get to Kabul". Boy that sounds familiar.

Thank God for the Quatari.

Taliban to Allow 200 Americans, Other Foreigners to Fly Out of Kabul

"For more than a week, about 100 Americans and hundreds of at-risk Afghans looking to flee the country have been waiting in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on a deal to allow them to fly out on charter flights. Mazar-e-Sharif’s international airport hasn’t been damaged. These negotiations have been bogged down, thwarting the efforts."

"On Wednesday, Taliban officials told organizers working on the charter flights that they would allow Americans and others with valid passports and visas to fly out of Kabul, but not from Mazar-e-Sharif. At the same time, U.S. officials started calling Americans waiting in Mazar-e-Sharif for flights and told them to come to Kabul.

It remained unclear how many Americans in Mazar-e-Sharif could make it back to Kabul for Thursday’s flight. "

 

[jaybird_1981]

I wonder what we gave them?

Goats?

 

[Tyler Durden]

oh boo hoo - no one said I wasn't concerned about that either. Not sure they are leaders in the government AND my point was our government traded these 5 for a Am. citizen because we "don't leave people behind" yet now we left not just one but hundreds of Am citizens behind. It was commentary about leaving people behind vs not leaving them behind.

We are not leaving anyone behind. Someone just provided you a link that shows how we are still actively getting Americans out of there.

 

[volinbham]

We are not leaving anyone behind. Someone just provided you a link that shows how we are still actively getting Americans out of there.

1. we are leaving thousands of SIV holders and qualifiers behind
2. the Qatari flight apparently isn't getting all the Americans out per the link I posted
3. I do not doubt we are coordinating with the Qatari but they are the ones along with private citizens getting people out

I hope and pray we get everyone out but at this point I'm not holding my breath.

 

[rjd970]

1. we are leaving thousands of SIV holders and qualifiers behind
2. the Qatari flight apparently isn't getting all the Americans out per the link I posted
3. I do not doubt we are coordinating with the Qatari but they are the ones along with private citizens getting people out

I hope and pray we get everyone out but at this point I'm not holding my breath.

At this point I'm not seeing anything to suggest we are abandoning people forever. It just looks like delays. Frustrating, I know. But it appears things are opening back up again, just not as fast as everyone wants.

That's my take, anyway.