Race to oblivion ! Afghanistan vs. South Vietnam edition

[ten ocho recon scout]

24 minutes ago, St1ck said:

Wonder why the Taliban felt so empowered that they would be able to takeover Afghanistan.

 

Who is that?

[St1ck]

6 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Who is that?

Mike Pompeo 

[Amazing Larry]

7 hours ago, St1ck said:

Mike Pompeo 

Whatever you do, don’t post any substance to surround that photo. 

That was when Pompeo was negotiating with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar for a peace agreement. It worked and the Taliban quit fighting our troops. Of course the Biden admin completely botched our exit but that was much later. 

[St1ck]

6 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

Whatever you do, don’t post any substance to surround that photo. 

That was when Pompeo was negotiating with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar for a peace agreement. It worked and the Taliban quit fighting our troops. Of course the Biden admin completely botched our exit but that was much later. 

I agree Biden botched the exit. I've stayed away from the blame game because while Trump and Biden both made mistakes they are both correct that we needed to get out of there. 

[Amazing Larry]

 

[St1ck]

4 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

 

Hard to tell but I think that was a woman. Wonder how many of those dudes out there are just bailing on their wife and children. 

[Amazing Larry]

 

[Amazing Larry]

 

[Jay]

Maybe they should send Kamala over there to help manage the crisis.

 

[gotbeer]

2 minutes ago, Jay said:

Maybe they should send Kamala over there to help manage the crisis.

 

AOC is already there.

 

[Jason]

10 minutes ago, Jay said:

Maybe they should send Kamala over there to help manage the crisis.

 

Don’t worry she will save the day 

[Taylor]

13 hours ago, Kevin said:

Trump had four years to get us out and then waited till the last minute to negotiate a deal (an election year).  Then still left troops there when he left office. 

Instead of tweeting and calling the Georgia governor to find votes, maybe he should have focused more energy on this. 

But

[Amazing Larry]

Abandoning Bagram when they did will go down as one of the biggest military blunders of all time. 

[Taylor]

17 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

AOC is already there.

 

Somehow I picture Afghanistan as a desert with a bunch of chain-link fences.

[Amazing Larry]

Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled with $169MILLION in his cash-stuffed helicopter and has been given asylum in Dubai on 'humanitarian grounds'

He took with him four cars and a helicopter loaded with $169million in bags of cash - but was forced to leave some of the money behind as it would not all fit on the flight. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9905093/Former-Afghan-President-Ashraf-Ghani-fled-169MILLION-cash-stuffed-helicopter.html

[Don]

3 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled with $169MILLION in his cash-stuffed helicopter and has been given asylum in Dubai on 'humanitarian grounds'

He took with him four cars and a helicopter loaded with $169million in bags of cash - but was forced to leave some of the money behind as it would not all fit on the flight. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9905093/Former-Afghan-President-Ashraf-Ghani-fled-169MILLION-cash-stuffed-helicopter.html

That's some Pablo-esque shit right there.

[arch stanton]

Hey man. Rent in Dubai is through the roof these days

[Jay]

Ghani said he left to "avoid bloodshed"

 

[UndertheHalo]

12 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Yep. Thats essentially it right there. Unlike 01, there was no more northern alliance...

This was the vietnam all over again part. The govt we supported wasnt liked by the people.

Yes.  The guys who were formerly northern alliance are literally fighting with the Taliban now.  A big thing to watch now is to see how they deal with the ISIS elements in the country.  The Taliban really does not like ISIS.  I’ve seen people who know about this stuff comment that in a lot of ways the Talibans most pointed idealogical conflict is with the Isis types that exist in the country. They want them removed/destroyed. 

[UndertheHalo]

All these scum bags go to the UAE or Qatar.  What !? They all flee to the petro slave states.  I can’t believe that’s where they’d shelter. 

Edited August 18, 2021 by UndertheHalo

[arch stanton]

1 minute ago, UndertheHalo said:

All these scum bags go to the UAE to Dubai.  What !? They all flee to the petro slave state.  I can’t believe that’s where they’d shelter. 

That's because you've never been to Billy Blue's on a Monday night for 2 for 1 baby backs 

[Amazing Larry]

6 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

The guys who were formerly northern alliance are literally fighting with the Taliban now.

There are a few Northern Alliance holdouts in Panjshir with the vice president and Ahmad Shah Massoud's son. I don't think they amount to much though. We'll see.

[Amazing Larry]

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

3 hours ago, Lhalo said:

 

Thats not a good look...

[ten ocho recon scout]

32 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

 

Its gonna be funny when the taliban knocks it off and embraces the new world and technology.

"In our defense, when we came to power in 96, there was literally 1 tv in kabul. Of course we went outside and blew shit up.

But seeing the latest kong vs godzilla movie in 4k.... this is... way better"