Taliban Taking Over Afghanistan - Does anyone care?

Do you care?

  • No

    Votes: 40 23.1%

  • Hell No

    Votes: 48 27.7%

  • Yes, we should invade and send in Troops

    Votes: 25 14.5%

  • I like Pie

    Votes: 60 34.7%
  • Total voters
    173
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Franklin Pierce said:
Jen Psaki WON'T Commit To Evacuating US Citizens Trapped in Afghanistan If Troops Leave By August 31 and says Biden 'stands by' his decision to withdraw because it's in the 'interest of the American people'

  • Psaki said there were 11,000 'self-identified' Americans, but may be more who later come forward for help
  • That figure was a discrepancy between the Pentagon's 5,000 to 10,000 figure
  • After evacuating only 700 on Monday, the Pentagon hopes to evacuate between 5,000 and 9,000 per day until the end of the month
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday would not commit to the US continuing efforts to get 11,000 Americans out of Afghanistan if they were still there at the end of the month.

Jen Psaki won't commit to helping trapped Americans leave if they stay past August 31 | Daily Mail Online
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Creating another refugee dump isn’t in the best interest of any American.
 
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Mental Health Counselors and Chaplains Meet Crew after Body Parts Found in Landing Gear During Air Force Flight from Kabul: Report

The crew of an Air Force plane, on which human remains were discovered following takeoff from a chaotic scene at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, reportedly were met by mental health counselors and chaplains after landing.

Air Force Chief of Media Operations Ann Stefanek confirmed on Tuesday that "human remains were discovered in the wheel well of the C-17 after it landed" at a base in Qatar, and videos posted to social media show what appears to be bodies falling from the sky after takeoff. A report by the New York Times offered more details about the harrowing events that led to the grisly finding by the crew.

Mental health counselors and chaplains meet crew after body parts found in landing gear during Air Force flight from Kabul: Report
 
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KB5252 said:
Are they sure they want to do that?
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President Harris?

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Franklin Pierce said:
Jen Psaki WON'T Commit To Evacuating US Citizens Trapped in Afghanistan If Troops Leave By August 31 and says Biden 'stands by' his decision to withdraw because it's in the 'interest of the American people'

  • Psaki said there were 11,000 'self-identified' Americans, but may be more who later come forward for help
  • That figure was a discrepancy between the Pentagon's 5,000 to 10,000 figure
  • After evacuating only 700 on Monday, the Pentagon hopes to evacuate between 5,000 and 9,000 per day until the end of the month
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday would not commit to the US continuing efforts to get 11,000 Americans out of Afghanistan if they were still there at the end of the month.

Jen Psaki won't commit to helping trapped Americans leave if they stay past August 31 | Daily Mail Online
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If they are people the military or government brought over or asked to come then we absolutely have to get them out. However if they went on their own for whatever reason that's just too bad. There are places a sensible American just wouldn't go. Afghanistan is one. It's almost as stupid as going to NK
 
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Yeah, now there is chatter that the planes we saw over the last few days were supposed to be carrying Americans, not Afghanis...

This Air Force crew reportedly evacuated 800 people from Kabul on a single flight

C-17A reg. 01-0186, designated flight RCH (Reach) 871, is based out of Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. According to reported air traffic, the flight took off from Kabul on August 15. Following its departure, RCH 871 made radio contact to report their status. A one-minute sound recording posted online contains what sounds like an air traffic controller communicating with the flight.

“Ok, how many people do you think are on your jet?” the controller inquires. The audio only reveals one side of the conversation. “800 people on your jet?!” he asks in disbelief. “Holy…holy cow,” he says after taking a second to process that number. He goes on to commend the Air Force crew on their accomplishment and asks details about the passengers. Because the audio is one-sided, whether or not the majority of the passengers are Afghan nationals fleeing the country cannot be confirmed. However, given the situation, it is a good assumption to make. The audio concludes with the controller asking for their ETA at OTBH, the airport code for Al Udeid Air Base Qatar.
 
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Exiled Afghan president’s daughter living artist life in NYC while women dread return of Taliban overseas

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While women in Afghanistan are consumed with dread about the return of the Taliban’s oppressive rule, the daughter of the country’s exiled President Ashraf Ghani is living the artist life in New York City.

Mariam Ghani, a 42-year-old visual artist and filmmaker, enjoys a bohemian lifestyle in her Brooklyn loft, where the contrast to harsh Taliban rule over women and girls couldn’t be more stark.

The Post caught up to her Tuesday, days after her dad abandoned the country to the Taliban and his citizens to the extremist militant group’s control.

Daughter of exiled Afghan President Ashraf Ghani living artist life in NYC
 
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Franklin Pierce said:
Terrified Afghans Scramble to Delete their Digital History amid fears Taliban have seized Afghanistan's biometric database and will use it to hunt down 'enemies'

Terrified Afghans are scrambling to delete their digital history amid fears the Taliban have seized Afghanistan's biometric database which they could use to track and target their 'enemies'.

Afghans have reportedly been going through their phones and deleting messages, pictures as well as their music history for fear of repercussions from the Islamic militants who have taken control of the country.

After years of a push to digitise databases in the country, and introduce digital identity cards and biometrics for voting, activists warn these technologies could be used by the Taliban to hunt down vulnerable groups.

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Terrified Afghans are scrambling to delete their digital history amid fears the Taliban have seized Afghanistan's biometric database which they could use to track and target their 'enemies'

Afghanistan crisis: People scramble to delete digital histories amid fears Taliban have seized data | Daily Mail Online
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This is an underrated post...
 
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Franklin Pierce said:
Exiled Afghan president’s daughter living artist life in NYC while women dread return of Taliban overseas

Miriam-Ghani.jpg


While women in Afghanistan are consumed with dread about the return of the Taliban’s oppressive rule, the daughter of the country’s exiled President Ashraf Ghani is living the artist life in New York City.

Mariam Ghani, a 42-year-old visual artist and filmmaker, enjoys a bohemian lifestyle in her Brooklyn loft, where the contrast to harsh Taliban rule over women and girls couldn’t be more stark.

The Post caught up to her Tuesday, days after her dad abandoned the country to the Taliban and his citizens to the extremist militant group’s control.

Daughter of exiled Afghan President Ashraf Ghani living artist life in NYC
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She doesn't give a flying **** about any of those women left there.
 
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05_never_again said:
The United States.

If you think how we left Afghanistan is an indication that we would do nothing if the Chinese moved on Taiwan, then I dunno what to tell you.
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The only thing stopping the Chinese from running roughshod over Taiwan is the Taiwan Strait.

They don’t have the Amphibious capability (right now) to execute an invasion. They will one day.
 
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