Afghanistan - 20 years on

dowie said:
Yeah, that's the worry, looks like Boris has just caved over that farce with the Animal rescue place too, so some former serviceman + his staff + all the pets will be able to get into the airport and have priority while other humans who worked for the British are still in limbo in the mass of people waiting outside.
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With you on this , it’s just a terrible situation all round . Horrible as it is the animals really should come second and be euthanised , as I’ve previously posted there are some real life death decisions about to be made over the next few days .

Given the troops on the ground need 48 hours to prepare for departure from the airport I’m guessing the airport gates are going to shut maybe Saturday night ? Let’s just hope they all get out safe given what there dealing with .
 
So, we spent 20 years and trillions of dollars “dismantling terror” in Afghan, now we’re telling people to avoid the airport because of an imminent terror attack in hours.

Bravo!
 
Bald-Eagle22 said:
Care to comment further ? Probably not given such a stupid remark.
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He’s right it was embarrassing. People who big themselves up like that while sitting behind a keyboard are just cringeworthy.

And your stance on the animal rescue flight is abhorrent too. The plane is chartered. It’s paid for privately. It’s not costing people seats on planes. Why just euthanise the animals?
 
To be fair to the animal charity guy; he's chartered his own commercial airliner; the animals are going in the hold (where people can't be put) and the remainder of the 250 seats on the plane (that aren't for his staff) are going to be filled by other evacuees; so its really extra plane capacity that wasn't going to be there.
 
RoboCod said:
There's nothing worse than some knuckle head ex remf giving it big licks online embarrassing the rest of the armed forces.
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About what I expected .

You know nothing of my military history but I can assure you it was not stuck on some FOB in Helmand. I’m nearly 60 so you work out where I served .

Point I’m trying to make ( and I don’t care if you don’t like the way I did it ) is these guys will need our support - massively.

But it’s clear to see your obviously a Taliban sympathiser with comments like that .
 
I suppose it depends on whether or not the Taliban have decent anti-air capabilities when it comes to dropping supplies on Panjshir.

May not like intervening in other countries affairs (dealing with Al Qaeda was justified), but considering we did spend a great deal of time ******* away taxes on a rudderless campaign to nation-build, I think it's only right to try to at least help out what could well be a short resistance if we don't.
 
chrismscotland said:
Its been pretty tough seeing the impact on people who aren't currently (or recently) over there but served over a decade ago; I can only imagine what its like for the ones currently in Kabul
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Absolutely , and I don’t think anyone on this forum is yet to realise the mental stress that our troops are going through making literal life and death decisions at the gate of the airport.

I just hope they all get out safely but fear the Taliban might just poke things before they leave .
 
Bald-Eagle22 said:
About what I expected .

You know nothing of my military history but I can assure you it was not stuck on some FOB in Helmand. I’m nearly 60 so you work out where I served .

Point I’m trying to make ( and I don’t care if you don’t like the way I did it ) is these guys will need our support - massively.

But it’s clear to see your obviously a Taliban sympathiser with comments like that .
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Please stop. No one really cares what you did in the army, you’re just coming across as an aggressive troll
 
StriderX said:
I suppose it depends on whether or not the Taliban have decent anti-air capabilities when it comes to dropping supplies on Panjshir.

May not like intervening in other countries affairs (dealing with Al Qaeda was justified), but considering we did spend a great deal of time ******* away taxes on a rudderless campaign to nation-build, I think it's only right to try to at least help out what could well be a short resistance if we don't.
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Dunno if anyone is actually supporting them - Tajikistan supposedly dropped some limited supplied but are under pressure from Russia not to get involved. India makes a lot of noise but doesn't seem to have done much, and Russia may not be happy with them using bases in Tajikistan, and most Western nations seem uninterested.

Don't believe Taliban have anti-air weapons at the moment which have the altitude to touch overflight or range when any air support was at lower levels over Panjshir.
 
robfosters said:
Please stop. No one really cares what you did in the army, you’re just coming across as an aggressive troll
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Robowhathisname and you did , why comment otherwise . Was my original post directed towards anyone on this forum, no but you decided to comment anyhow ! So please don’t run to mummy and ask me to stop.

I can assure you it wasn’t the Army .
 
Rroff said:
Dunno whether to laugh or cry at the Taliban forces all kitted out in plundered US gear, complete with Humvees and the likes, acting like US forces.

On another note this is just going to be seen rightly or wrongly as a cynical attempt at crowd management https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58337632
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I agree.

Biden said in a video that the taliban let the isis out of prison and that the taliban hate isis.
Now Biden is naming isis-k as a threat.

In my opinion. Biden has brought these none starters in to play just in case they need to blame someone for leaving people behind.
 
StriderX said:
I suppose it depends on whether or not the Taliban have decent anti-air capabilities when it comes to dropping supplies on Panjshir.

May not like intervening in other countries affairs (dealing with Al Qaeda was justified), but considering we did spend a great deal of time ******* away taxes on a rudderless campaign to nation-build, I think it's only right to try to at least help out what could well be a short resistance if we don't.
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Another liberal wanting to continue the forever war, dunno how to break it to you but the whole world does not share your values or views on life don't try and impose them, you should have known this by now.

All your stupid intervention would do is kill innocents again and fuel a war in a nation that needs peace.

Disgusting hypocrisy from you.
 
deuse said:
I agree.

Biden said in a video that the taliban let the isis out of prison and that the taliban hate isis.
Now Biden is naming isis-k as a threat.

In my opinion. Biden has brought these none starters in to play just in case they need to blame someone for leaving people behind.
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Biden is an ass, the Taliban killed the Isis khorasan leader who was in jail. They've been at war with them for years.
 
deuse said:
I agree.

Biden said in a video that the taliban let the isis out of prison and that the taliban hate isis.
Now Biden is naming isis-k as a threat.

In my opinion. Biden has brought these none starters in to play just in case they need to blame someone for leaving people behind.
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Of course I don't think it's possible to be too cynical about US politicians.
 
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