Author Topic: Afghanistan Falls To The Taliban After US Withdrawal (Read 95738 times)

yesitsme · « **Reply #1020 on:** August 30, 2021, 11:37:10 PM »

https://twitter.com/AliSH2637/status/1432505863688781824

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #1021 on:** August 30, 2021, 11:40:28 PM »

Quote from: Yehuda57 on August 30, 2021, 10:50:30 PM

They removed every bit of support, including civilian maintenance support, overnight. The Afghans had millions (billions?) of dollars worth of equipment that was completely useless.

But somehow the equipment you claim was useless to the Afghan army is now formidable in the hands of Taliban.

Does the Taliban have civilian maintenance support?

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #1022 on:** August 30, 2021, 11:41:43 PM »

Quote from: yesitsme on August 30, 2021, 11:37:10 PM

https://twitter.com/AliSH2637/status/1432505863688781824

So you don't want to help people who have cancer in NY but you want to help some guy who was urged for months to get out of an obvious war zone and didn't listen?

yesitsme · « **Reply #1023 on:** August 30, 2021, 11:43:57 PM »

https://twitter.com/DYShor/status/1432547835413684229

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #1024 on:** August 30, 2021, 11:45:14 PM »

Quote from: yesitsme on August 30, 2021, 11:43:57 PM

https://twitter.com/DYShor/status/1432547835413684229

Lol, imagine the whining if they would've risked lives to evacuate dogs.

yesitsme · « **Reply #1025 on:** August 30, 2021, 11:53:22 PM »

Quote from: PlatinumGuy on August 30, 2021, 11:45:14 PM

Lol, imagine the whining if they would've risked lives to evacuate dogs.

It's not whining about dogs, it's the planned unplanned exit
BTW cancer is not planned, according to the Biden administration everything went as expected

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #1026 on:** August 30, 2021, 11:55:59 PM »

Quote from: yesitsme on August 30, 2021, 11:53:22 PM

BTW cancer is not planned, according to the Biden administration everything went as expected

On a population level the existence of cancer and other medical conditions is just as foreseeable as idiots staying behind in a burning house.

Do you want to tax the collective to help individuals or not?

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #1027 on:** August 30, 2021, 11:59:26 PM »

https://twitter.com/lizzyshackelfor/status/1432450982630330368

CountValentine · « **Reply #1028 on:** August 31, 2021, 08:33:00 AM »

Quote from: PlatinumGuy on August 30, 2021, 11:40:28 PM

But somehow the equipment you claim was useless to the Afghan army is now formidable in the hands of Taliban.

Does the Taliban have civilian maintenance support?

The claim is they have billions in American equipment.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/taliban-in-control-of-billions-of-dollars-worth-of-military-equipment/vi-AANW0kl?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

Yehuda57 · « **Reply #1029 on:** August 31, 2021, 09:05:39 AM »

Quote from: PlatinumGuy on August 30, 2021, 11:40:28 PM

But somehow the equipment you claim was useless to the Afghan army is now formidable in the hands of Taliban.

Does the Taliban have civilian maintenance support?

Where did I claim that?
ETA: referring to the latter part. The Taliban will have no use for the equipment right now, but with time and training it can become useful

CountValentine · « **Reply #1030 on:** August 31, 2021, 09:10:22 AM »

https://twitter.com/i/status/1423618011991261191

ExGingi · « **Reply #1031 on:** August 31, 2021, 09:40:03 AM »

Today is כג אלול.

Twenty years to the day from the event that prompted US forces entering Afghanistan and overthrowing the Taliban, as they were harboring terrorism.

What now? Are we any safer?

@hvaces42 your thoughts on this day?

yesitsme · « **Reply #1032 on:** August 31, 2021, 10:02:32 AM »

https://twitter.com/HashtagGriswold/status/1432691989477220356

Kobe Bryant · « **Reply #1033 on:** August 31, 2021, 11:16:53 AM »

The Taliban celebrated the US withdrawal from Afghanistan with fireworks and gunfire early Tuesday — as the insurgents also stormed Kabul airport and examined the helicopters, weapons and military uniforms abandoned by the US in their frantic final exit.

Just minutes after the final US troops vacated Kabul’s airport, the Taliban stormed in and triumphantly stood on the tarmac as the militants pledged to secure the country.

aygart · « **Reply #1034 on:** August 31, 2021, 11:33:49 AM »

Quote from: yesitsme on August 31, 2021, 10:02:32 AM

https://twitter.com/HashtagGriswold/status/1432691989477220356

This is totally disingenuous. The true amount is a MAX of 25% of the claim, not 33% HIGHER than the claim.

Kobe Bryant · « **Reply #1035 on:** August 31, 2021, 01:16:32 PM »

https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX/status/1432436704913338380

CountValentine · « **Reply #1036 on:** August 31, 2021, 01:30:03 PM »

Quote from: Kobe Bryant on August 31, 2021, 01:16:32 PM

That is what I said in Feb of 2020.

Mordyk · « **Reply #1037 on:** August 31, 2021, 02:30:45 PM »

Quote from: CountValentine on August 31, 2021, 01:30:03 PM

That is what I said in Feb of 2020.

Well handing over seemed inevitable. What did seem possible was not to give them these shiny choppers to transport people to their final destinations....

skyguy918 · « **Reply #1038 on:** August 31, 2021, 02:34:58 PM »

Quote from: Mordyk on August 31, 2021, 02:30:45 PM

Well handing over seemed inevitable. What did seem possible was not to give them these shiny choppers to transport people to their final destinations....

Not that it matters to the larger discussion, but that's not a hanging/execution, the person is harnessed in and definitely alive.

CountValentine · « **Reply #1039 on:** August 31, 2021, 02:35:26 PM »

Quote from: Mordyk on August 31, 2021, 02:30:45 PM

What did seem possible was not to give them these shiny choppers to transport people to their final destinations....

You get the honor of first use.