Afghanistan

[jsx1043]

State does not want to be without its never ending war.

Troof. Blood and treasure.

The cronies in the MIC have to make their living somehow. $10,000 for a toilet seat doesn’t go as far as it used to.

 

[KellyinAvon]

Only United States citizens can vote.
Refugees in the United States cannot vote.
Refugees must be permanent residents for at least 5 years before applying for citizenship.

In any event, what about Afghan refugees turned US citizens would make you think that they would "vote blue?"

Somaliias in Minnesota

 

[KG1]

Don’t worry, we’re going back. My best friend’s whole battalion just got spun up with warning orders. 72 hours and he’s wagons east.

They’re going the wrong way for a pullout. That’s not how any of this works.

 

[tbhausen]

We won’t be.China will try to maintain peace now since it’s their companies who are doing most of the resource extraction.

The taliban are hardline Muslims who I sincerely doubt will help the Chinese track down down escaped uighers.

Afghanistan Wanted Chinese Mining Investment. It Got a Chinese Spy Ring Instead.

Desperate to jump-start its economy, Kabul is sick of waiting for Beijing to tap the country’s mineral wealth.

foreignpolicy.com

Illegal mining for Chinese market fuels Taliban in Afghanistan

China can help reduce conflict driven by mining of lapis lazuli in northern Afghanistan, writes Stephen Carter

chinadialogue.net

The taliban are a direct threat to chinas oppression of their Muslim populations and their mining operations. I say let them have a go at it.

I like how you think.

 

[rhamersley]

'Rumors That The Taliban Have Taken Over Are Unfounded,' Says Jen Psaki Wearing Hijab

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Many are expressing concerns over how far the Taliban has managed to advance after Press Secretary Jen Psaki gave her latest press conference while wearing an Islamic Hijab.

babylonbee.com

 

[KG1]

That damn Trump ****ed everything up. First it was the current crisis at the southern border and now it’s the cluster **** in Afghanistan.

 

[BugI02]

There is very little, if any, heroin in the average junkie's syringe these days. Fentanyl by itself is more plentiful and therefore cheaper. If anything, folks are cutting their fentanyl with heroin because "safety".

And the Chinese are one of the biggest producers of fentanyl already, why would they wish to involve middle men in providing America with the seeds of its self-destruction

 

[BigRed]

If they wanted an effective pull out, they should have tasked somebody with experience.

Was Harris too busy?

 

[tbhausen]

Random thoughts here, please bear with me.

May 1971: Colonel David Hackworth predicted Saigon would fall in 4 years. His prediction was within 30 days. We don’t have any David Hackworths anymore it seems.

B-52s stopping the taliban. Nearly 50 years ago B-52s stopped the NVA in Operation Linebacker. Christmas 72 the BUFFs brought the NV to the table with Operation Linebacker II. Saigon still fell within 30 days of Hack’s prediction.

paraphrasing Sun Tzu, no State has ever gained from prolonged war. He also said something about not knowing victory if you know neither your enemy or yourself. The Art of War was written 2500 years ago, and Sun Tzu was right.

The incredibly narcissistic and foolish Jenn Psaki (spelled wrong, don’t care) actually uttered something to the extent of the taliban needed to be aware of their role in the international community. Seriously? The enemy is in the 7th century on a good day. If stopping a soccer game to behead someone is a typical Tuesday, they really don’t care about the opinion of the quote-unquote international community.

This spokes-fool was in the Obama administration and interchangeable with the even more annoying Marie Harf (Spelled wrong don’t care.) She once said you couldn’t kill your way to victory. I remember thinking that everyone from Sun Tzu to Curtis LeMay would disagree.

Damn near 20 years. A couple more weeks it’ll be like we were never there. Except they have better equipment now.

The Chi-Coms are playing the long game and playing nice with the taliban. WTF-over?

Too much blood and treasure for a people who are in the 10th century on a good day.

Damn straight. And King David would disagree, too.

 

[BugI02]

State department employees don't always get that option.

A new job is better than a toe tag

 

[Bugzilla]

Troof. Blood and treasure.

The cronies in the MIC have to make their living somehow. $10,000 for a toilet seat doesn’t go as far as it used to.

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Those need to be C notes!

 

[tbhausen]

I feel very sorry for the vets and families who sacrificed so much who have to be asking why they did so.

I think that's got to be counterbalanced against how many *more* vets do we make there? I asked on another forum with folks in uniform who have what I would consider good access and the smarts to make informed opinions from that access and the consensus was the Afghan gov't was never (literally never) going to be capable of holding the nation without the US holding a gun for them.

I'm truly heartbroken. Mission creep got us into something that was totally undoable and the people who paid the price were the Americans willing to serve their country and, now, the Afghanis who believed in us. Absolutely terrible choices seemed to be the only ones available at this point.

None… Make no more vets there.

 

[jwamplerusa]

Don't you know that splat at 160mph from 1000 feet had to hurt.

Nah, it's not the fall that hurts; it's that sudden stop at the end!

 

[KellyinAvon]

And the Chinese are one of the biggest producers of fentanyl already, why would they wish to involve middle men in providing America with the seeds of its self-destruction

I was thinking the same thing. Plus they can outsource their rapists.

 

[BugI02]

So, I'm left to wonder if the deep state/MIC complex thought getting out of Afghanistan was actually a good idea ... so good they didn't want Trump being the one to pull it off?

Otherwise, if they did not so think, why would they obey Biden's wishes anymore than they did Trump's in the matter. There is a disconnect

 

[jsx1043]

They’re going the wrong way for a pullout. That’s not how any of this works.

Only thing the administration can do to make this debacle worse is to yo-yo back and forth on this thing...so of course that’s what they are going to do. It’s gonna be the damn hokey-pokey over there with all the in and out...

 

[jsx1043]

If they wanted an effective pull out, they should have tasked somebody with experience.

Was Harris too busy?

 

[jsx1043]

 

[rooster]

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I noticed all the m16’s but totally missed that trigger discipline.

 

[Pepi]

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That room deserves a M67