Afghanistan

[DadSmith]

British Lawmaker Eviscerates Biden Over 'Shameful' Afghan Withdrawal in Passionate Condemnation of U.S. President

A British lawmaker delivered a passionate speech that provided a remarkable contrast to the bloodless, callous, and incomprehensible remarks delivered by U.S. President Joe Biden on his disastrous Afghan withdrawal. British MP Tom Tugendhat, a UK Conservative Party politician and Afghanistan War...

trendingpolitics.com

Don't know if you all read this already. Biden is also making allies angered more so than Trump ever did.

The above article is a sad but good read.

 

[NKBJ]

About countries with valuable resources getting kleptocratic governments, just find a copy of


The book that told about how first world governments use corporations to get their way with third world governments. Hmm, or was it how corporations use the militaries of first world governments to make third world governments surrender their resources? Sometimes it gets hard to tell the difference.

But it really hasn't changed much at all since US Marine General Bulter (1888-1940) published his expose' in 1935.

https://ia902605.us.archive.org/29/items/WarIsARacket/WarIsARacket.pdf

 

[bwframe]

I have the pentagon press conference on in the background. Are you folks catching this? These lost balls are in charge of our military?

Found a video (no talking until 48 minutes in. )

 

[Cameramonkey]

If they cant figure out how to edit a video, how will they do the important stuff?

 

[bwframe]

If they cant figure out how to edit a video, how will they do the important stuff?

As much as I was bitching, it's the Washington Post that put their whole video up. To give them credit, they got it up very quickly after the PR.

 

[printcraft]

 

[Leadeye]

I don't think that either of the two people in that interview realize that those taliban "country boys" are going to do what ever they want regardless of western opinion. It's not a matter of being patient.

When you think about it, no less that the POTUS has served up this county to them on a plate for an ice cream cone. How can anybody make threats that they would expect to have any teeth.

 

[Expat]

Don't forget these are the people that thumbed their noses at the civilized world and destroyed all of those Buddhist statues and stuff that were thousands of years old. They don't care what anyone else thinks.

 

[natdscott]

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Don't forget these are the people that thumbed their noses at the civilized world and destroyed all of those Buddhist statues and stuff that were thousands of years old. They don't care what anyone else thinks.

Seems like another group was just bent on destroying statues from the past recently... can't quite put my finger on it though...

 

[Expat]

Seems like another group was just bent on destroying statues from the past recently... can't quite put my finger on it though...

Almost like the American Taliban...

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Almost like the American Taliban...

 

[JCSR]

FJB that's all I got.................

 

[Cameramonkey]

As much as I was bitching, it's the Washington Post that put their whole video up. To give them credit, they got it up very quickly after the PR.

But the whole video should never have been released. that kind of edit takes less than 5 minutes. Find the actual start, split the track, delete the first part, save. After about 5-10 mins of rendering you have a proper, professional video.

 

[BugI02]

FJB that's all I got.................

Being more like BigRed, I see

 

[printcraft]

Almost like the American Taliban...

There is an amazing amount of overlap isn’t there?

 

[grillak]

Taliban mocks America in a propaganda video that shows its fighters dressed up in US Army uniforms and gear

Videos and images released by the Taliban show that the group has seized huge stocks of American weapons, vehicles and military drones.

www.yahoo.com

 

[bwframe]

But the whole video should never have been released. that kind of edit takes less than 5 minutes. Find the actual start, split the track, delete the first part, save. After about 5-10 mins of rendering you have a proper, professional video.

WP is pretty famous for video like this. I have seen it many times. Probably because they are the only video up on the fresh news, as they were when I searched.

It is the WP, so its not like they give a about what you or I think of their work.

 

[ditcherman]

Being more like BigRed, I see

He’s contagious!

 

[HoosierLife]

Let me see if I've got this straight...

U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan warns US citizens to avoid airport in Kabul​

The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan issued a security warning on Saturday advising U.S. citizens to avoid the airport in Kabul.
"Because of potential security threats outside the gates at the Kabul airport, we are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a U.S. government representative to do so," the embassy posted Saturday morning.

Afghanistan’s stranded thousands wait for Biden to make good on evacuation pledge: LIVE UPDATES

At least 13 countries have agreed to accept evacuees from Afghanistan, at least temporarily, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says, while at least 12 others have agreed to be transfer points

www.foxnews.com

Yeah I saw that. What are our people supposed to do?

Shelter in place… ‍smh.