–Horace
“Insomnia sharpens your math skills because you spend all night calculating how much sleep you’ll get if you’re able to ‘fall asleep right now.’ “
Actually, no. I didn't vote for Biden. But you did. If Trump hadn't been elected in the first place, Biden would never have been elected presdident, and the House and Senate would likely still be controlled by sensible Republicans.Canon said:
You voted for this. All because some mean tweets made your tummy hurt. Good work.
From what I can tell, from this evening in Afghanistan, August 27th, only 🇺🇸 U.S. and 🇬🇧 British servicemen and women will remain at Kabul Airport.
— Alex Tiffin (@RespectIsVital) August 26, 2021
Nearly every other country has said its operations from the airport have ended, or will by no later than tonight.
Taliban spokesman @Zabehulah_M33 says women will be required to wear hijab & have a male guardian if she is to go far from her home. Further, music will be banned because it is un-Islamic.https://t.co/nrV5SGq2NX
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) August 27, 2021
In honor of the lives lost today. pic.twitter.com/RGlBeSlw7z
— Gary Sinise (@GarySinise) August 27, 2021
‘Afghan Roulette’ UK, France Accidentally Evacuate Security Risk Individuals https://t.co/0Dau2J68Zr
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) August 24, 2021
Democrats drafted articles of impeachment over January 6th despite the fact that not a single person was murdered. They lied REPEATEDLY about what took place.
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) August 27, 2021
Biden just allowed the killing of 13 US troops, 90 Afghans— and 1500 Americans are still stranded.
IMPEACH HIM, FRAUDS.
Jack Bauer said:
Just remember that millionaires like Megan Rapinoe and Maria Taylor are victims in American culture...Taliban spokesman @Zabehulah_M33 says women will be required to wear hijab & have a male guardian if she is to go far from her home. Further, music will be banned because it is un-Islamic.https://t.co/nrV5SGq2NX
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) August 27, 2021
The death toll from the Kabul Airport terror attack has risen to 170 Afghans.
— Alex Tiffin (@RespectIsVital) August 27, 2021
This so far includes 32 men, 3 woman & 3 children. The remaining 132 are still unidentifiable.
200 people also wounded.
13 U.S Service men and Killed.
I know this is going to shock you, but it should have never come to this point where we have thousands of Afghans on the perimeter of the civilian airport.Waco1947 said:
A million moving components and chaos ensues not as a result of Biden but the failure of the Afghan army, the threat and realization of Taliban violence, and the ISIS K bombings..
110,00 people evacuated. And critics here think it was manageable. If so how would you manage it? First on the list how to stop a suicide bomber?
Waco1947 said:
A million moving components and chaos ensues not as a result of Biden but the failure of the Afghan army, the threat and realization of Taliban violence, and the ISIS K bombings..
110,00 people evacuated. And critics here think it was manageable. If so how would you manage it? First on the list how to stop a suicide bomber?
warn other countries, start civilian draw down first, hold bagram until military draw down which is done last. Destroy what we dont take with us. So many things to do differently. Rule number 1 is dont arm your opposition and dont give up a way out aka the military air baseWaco1947 said:
A million moving components and chaos ensues not as a result of Biden but the failure of the Afghan army, the threat and realization of Taliban violence, and the ISIS K bombings..
110,00 people evacuated. And critics here think it was manageable. If so how would you manage it? First on the list how to stop a suicide bomber?
Any war plan goes to hell at first encounter.4th and Inches said:warn other countries, start civilian draw down first, hold bagram until military draw down which is done last. Destroy what we dont take with us. So many things to do differently. Rule number 1 is dont arm your opposition and dont give up a way out aka the military air baseWaco1947 said:
A million moving components and chaos ensues not as a result of Biden but the failure of the Afghan army, the threat and realization of Taliban violence, and the ISIS K bombings..
110,00 people evacuated. And critics here think it was manageable. If so how would you manage it? First on the list how to stop a suicide bomber?
Joe Biden's handling of the withdrawal is indefensible. Cliches don't help.Waco1947 said:Any war plan goes to hell at first encounter.4th and Inches said:warn other countries, start civilian draw down first, hold bagram until military draw down which is done last. Destroy what we dont take with us. So many things to do differently. Rule number 1 is dont arm your opposition and dont give up a way out aka the military air baseWaco1947 said:
A million moving components and chaos ensues not as a result of Biden but the failure of the Afghan army, the threat and realization of Taliban violence, and the ISIS K bombings..
110,00 people evacuated. And critics here think it was manageable. If so how would you manage it? First on the list how to stop a suicide bomber?
https://newatlas.com/the-walrus-the-us-army-contemplates-building-an-aircraft-the-size-of-a-football-field/4538/Quote:
September 6, 2005 Moving an elephant atom by atom costs a lot more than moving the elephant in one pre-assembled lump. And that is what the US Army's Project Walrus is about putting together an entire action unit of war machinery, with all the wiring and plumbing preinstalled, and placing it in the most strategic place. Whilst this would completely rewrite the way that war is conducted, the Walrus - a massive lozenge-shaped blimp the size of a football field capable of transporting 500 tons at a time - could offer solutions to myriad peacetime problems, opening land-locked countries to trade, enabling heavy construction materials to be delivered into urban centres with minimum disruption, freeing our highways of high volume, heavy loads, offering a more robust and agile air transportation network capable of absorbing disruptions due to weather or attack. Indeed, business logistics could again be completely rethought and streamlined because many physical transportation limits would no longer apply once a fleet of commercial walruses became available. The walrus does not require an airstrip and can land on water or on open ground.
Googoogajoob.jupiter said:https://newatlas.com/the-walrus-the-us-army-contemplates-building-an-aircraft-the-size-of-a-football-field/4538/Quote:
September 6, 2005 Moving an elephant atom by atom costs a lot more than moving the elephant in one pre-assembled lump. And that is what the US Army's Project Walrus is about putting together an entire action unit of war machinery, with all the wiring and plumbing preinstalled, and placing it in the most strategic place. Whilst this would completely rewrite the way that war is conducted, the Walrus - a massive lozenge-shaped blimp the size of a football field capable of transporting 500 tons at a time - could offer solutions to myriad peacetime problems, opening land-locked countries to trade, enabling heavy construction materials to be delivered into urban centres with minimum disruption, freeing our highways of high volume, heavy loads, offering a more robust and agile air transportation network capable of absorbing disruptions due to weather or attack. Indeed, business logistics could again be completely rethought and streamlined because many physical transportation limits would no longer apply once a fleet of commercial walruses became available. The walrus does not require an airstrip and can land on water or on open ground.
Waco1947 said:
A million moving components and chaos ensues not as a result of Biden but the failure of the Afghan army, the threat and realization of Taliban violence, and the ISIS K bombings..
110,00 people evacuated. And critics here think it was manageable. If so how would you manage it? First on the list how to stop a suicide bomber?
The deal included the avoidance of encounter (US vs Taliban), which had been what was happening. And are you asking why keep Bagram open?Waco1947 said:Any war plan goes to hell at first encounter.4th and Inches said:warn other countries, start civilian draw down first, hold bagram until military draw down which is done last. Destroy what we dont take with us. So many things to do differently. Rule number 1 is dont arm your opposition and dont give up a way out aka the military air baseWaco1947 said:
A million moving components and chaos ensues not as a result of Biden but the failure of the Afghan army, the threat and realization of Taliban violence, and the ISIS K bombings..
110,00 people evacuated. And critics here think it was manageable. If so how would you manage it? First on the list how to stop a suicide bomber?
I do have a question, why keep it open?
You know what, these kind of rhetorical questions seem incredibly insincere and disingenuous. Tell you what, I had a few beers with two retired AF pilots yesterday, special ops, tours over a 20 year period. They got shot at, they lifted injured comrades and they gave dead ones rides too. They explained VERY clearly how this could have been avoided, by Biden, with not a hint of bias.Waco1947 said:
A million moving components and chaos ensues not as a result of Biden but the failure of the Afghan army, the threat and realization of Taliban violence, and the ISIS K bombings..
110,00 people evacuated. And critics here think it was manageable. If so how would you manage it? First on the list how to stop a suicide bomber?
serious? Larger airport, more locations to move people out of..Waco1947 said:Any war plan goes to hell at first encounter.4th and Inches said:warn other countries, start civilian draw down first, hold bagram until military draw down which is done last. Destroy what we dont take with us. So many things to do differently. Rule number 1 is dont arm your opposition and dont give up a way out aka the military air baseWaco1947 said:
A million moving components and chaos ensues not as a result of Biden but the failure of the Afghan army, the threat and realization of Taliban violence, and the ISIS K bombings..
110,00 people evacuated. And critics here think it was manageable. If so how would you manage it? First on the list how to stop a suicide bomber?
I do have a question, why keep it open?
It was a result of Biden failing to listen to his military advisors and all I know is that in the last year of Trump's presidency no attacks of Americans killed in Afghanistan. (That fact was even stated on NPR!)Waco1947 said:
A million moving components and chaos ensues not as a result of Biden but the failure of the Afghan army, the threat and realization of Taliban violence, and the ISIS K bombings..
110,00 people evacuated. And critics here think it was manageable. If so how would you manage it? First on the list how to stop a suicide bomber?
Depends on whether your cost calculations include the damage and death from enemies using those weapons on us and our allies.GoldMind said:
I've long been under the impression that it costs more to bring our munitions back than it does to buy new stock.
Can anyone verify?
Aid organisations/media have been now told that NO Afghans are flying anymore until 31st August, the deadline for US withdrawal.
— Nafiseh Kohnavard (@nafisehkBBC) August 27, 2021
“The Taliban are checking all flights. It's just military and foreign citizens & those already Inside the airport.”
And now this: https://t.co/wMcEtLJhz2
— Nafiseh Kohnavard (@nafisehkBBC) August 27, 2021
There are reports that Taliban special forces units--many of whom are using stolen American military hardware--are now attempting to secure Kabul Airport following yesterday's bombing attack. pic.twitter.com/RHvpQW5T5n
— Evan Kohlmann (@IntelTweet) August 27, 2021
There are reports indicating that Taliban forces have entered the military part of Kabul Airport.
— Nafiseh Kohnavard (@nafisehkBBC) August 27, 2021
Trying to confirm it with the Coalition.
So we're not letting them on the flights for now, and they're not being allowed past checkpoints to get to the airports either. Therefore, our government is currently allowing the massacre of any single one of those people.Jacques Strap said:
Multilingual MidEast Correspondent for BBC World Service.Aid organisations/media have been now told that NO Afghans are flying anymore until 31st August, the deadline for US withdrawal.
— Nafiseh Kohnavard (@nafisehkBBC) August 27, 2021
“The Taliban are checking all flights. It's just military and foreign citizens & those already Inside the airport.”And now this: https://t.co/wMcEtLJhz2
— Nafiseh Kohnavard (@nafisehkBBC) August 27, 2021
If I ever wonder how people can have blind loyalty to a leader regardless to the cost in human life, freedom, or economics, you always remind me.Waco1947 said:
A million moving components and chaos ensues not as a result of Biden but the failure of the Afghan army, the threat and realization of Taliban violence, and the ISIS K bombings..
110,00 people evacuated. And critics here think it was manageable. If so how would you manage it? First on the list how to stop a suicide bomber?
Quote:
The Pentagon said that "thousands" of ISIS Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) prisoners were freed by the Taliban during their takeover of Afghanistan in the days leading up to the bombing near the Kabul airport, which killed 13 U.S. service members Thursday.
During a press briefing Friday, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby responded to a question from Fox News' Jennifer Griffin about how many prisoners were released from the prison at Bagram, Afghanistan, and why they were not removed before the U.S. pulled out its troops.
"How many ISIS-K prisoners were left at Bagram and are believed to have been released from the prison there, and why weren't they removed before the U.S. pulled out to some place like GTMO?" asked Griffin, referring to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
"Well, I don't know the exact number. Clearly, it's in the thousands when you consider both prisons, because both of them were taken over by the Taliban and emptied. But I couldn't give you a precise figure," responded Kirby.
"Blind loyalty" is a straw man.Harrison Bergeron said:If I ever wonder how people can have blind loyalty to a leader regardless to the cost in human life, freedom, or economics, you always remind me.Waco1947 said:
A million moving components and chaos ensues not as a result of Biden but the failure of the Afghan army, the threat and realization of Taliban violence, and the ISIS K bombings..
110,00 people evacuated. And critics here think it was manageable. If so how would you manage it? First on the list how to stop a suicide bomber?
So you're saying Sleepy Ol' Joe should have done this?Waco1947 said:"Blind loyalty" is a straw man.Harrison Bergeron said:If I ever wonder how people can have blind loyalty to a leader regardless to the cost in human life, freedom, or economics, you always remind me.Waco1947 said:
A million moving components and chaos ensues not as a result of Biden but the failure of the Afghan army, the threat and realization of Taliban violence, and the ISIS K bombings..
110,00 people evacuated. And critics here think it was manageable. If so how would you manage it? First on the list how to stop a suicide bomber?
Here's an example of anagram stupidity not the President but military commanders."
"Lt Col Stuart Scheller called attention to remarks from the secretary of defense suggesting the Afghan forces could withstand the Taliban and questioned the advice senior military leaders have been giving the president.
"I'm not saying we've got to be in Afghanistan forever, but I am saying: Did any of you throw your rank on the table and say, 'Hey, it's a bad idea to evacuate Bagram Airfield, a strategic airbase, before we evacuate everyone.' Did anyone do that? And, when you didn't think to do that, did anyone raise their hand and say, 'We completely messed this up?'"
He said there have been questions about whether or not US military personnel who died in the war did so in vain.
Scheller said that "potentially all those people did die in vain if we don't have senior leaders that own up and raise their hand and say 'we did not do this well in the end,'" adding that 'without that we just keep repeating the same mistakes."
The Marine Corps has seen the video but did not say whether or not there will be repercussions for posting it.."
Note the President may have been given bad advice.
If I ever wonder how people can have blind loyalty to a leader regardless to the cost in human life, freedom, or economics, you always remind me.Waco1947 said:"Blind loyalty" is a straw man.Harrison Bergeron said:If I ever wonder how people can have blind loyalty to a leader regardless to the cost in human life, freedom, or economics, you always remind me.Waco1947 said:
A million moving components and chaos ensues not as a result of Biden but the failure of the Afghan army, the threat and realization of Taliban violence, and the ISIS K bombings..
110,00 people evacuated. And critics here think it was manageable. If so how would you manage it? First on the list how to stop a suicide bomber?
Here's an example of anagram stupidity not the President but military commanders."
"Lt Col Stuart Scheller called attention to remarks from the secretary of defense suggesting the Afghan forces could withstand the Taliban and questioned the advice senior military leaders have been giving the president.
"I'm not saying we've got to be in Afghanistan forever, but I am saying: Did any of you throw your rank on the table and say, 'Hey, it's a bad idea to evacuate Bagram Airfield, a strategic airbase, before we evacuate everyone.' Did anyone do that? And, when you didn't think to do that, did anyone raise their hand and say, 'We completely messed this up?'"
He said there have been questions about whether or not US military personnel who died in the war did so in vain.
Scheller said that "potentially all those people did die in vain if we don't have senior leaders that own up and raise their hand and say 'we did not do this well in the end,'" adding that 'without that we just keep repeating the same mistakes."
The Marine Corps has seen the video but did not say whether or not there will be repercussions for posting it.."
Note the President may have been given bad advice.
Once again straw man.Harrison Bergeron said:If I ever wonder how people can have blind loyalty to a leader regardless to the cost in human life, freedom, or economics, you always remind me.Waco1947 said:"Blind loyalty" is a straw man.Harrison Bergeron said:If I ever wonder how people can have blind loyalty to a leader regardless to the cost in human life, freedom, or economics, you always remind me.Waco1947 said:
A million moving components and chaos ensues not as a result of Biden but the failure of the Afghan army, the threat and realization of Taliban violence, and the ISIS K bombings..
110,00 people evacuated. And critics here think it was manageable. If so how would you manage it? First on the list how to stop a suicide bomber?
Here's an example of anagram stupidity not the President but military commanders."
"Lt Col Stuart Scheller called attention to remarks from the secretary of defense suggesting the Afghan forces could withstand the Taliban and questioned the advice senior military leaders have been giving the president.
"I'm not saying we've got to be in Afghanistan forever, but I am saying: Did any of you throw your rank on the table and say, 'Hey, it's a bad idea to evacuate Bagram Airfield, a strategic airbase, before we evacuate everyone.' Did anyone do that? And, when you didn't think to do that, did anyone raise their hand and say, 'We completely messed this up?'"
He said there have been questions about whether or not US military personnel who died in the war did so in vain.
Scheller said that "potentially all those people did die in vain if we don't have senior leaders that own up and raise their hand and say 'we did not do this well in the end,'" adding that 'without that we just keep repeating the same mistakes."
The Marine Corps has seen the video but did not say whether or not there will be repercussions for posting it.."
Note the President may have been given bad advice.