They could fly them to the UAE if they used 4 external fuel tanks and nothing else, but it would be on the absolute limit of it's range. Wouldn't be worth the risk.
Afghanistan - 20 years on
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Cowardly dirty attacks are more their thing
Soldato
I've read the same
Being reported elsewhere now with the caveat - this number is expected to rise.
If I was Taliban I'd be patrolling airport to make sure this kind of stuff DOES NOT happen. Very little to gain and a lot to lose from things like this for them, its almost over and now they're inviting a full force on themselves.
I would not be surprised if this is false flag by pro government forces trying to keep NATO involved.
I also do not exclude that this is Taliban but my God would that mean they are dumb beyond belief.
I would not be surprised if this is false flag by pro government forces trying to keep NATO involved.
I also do not exclude that this is Taliban but my God would that mean they are dumb beyond belief.
Soldato
11 US Marines, Navy medic killed in Kabul airport suicide bombing, US officials say
Gone up to 12 now.
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What happens now? I can't see the US letting this go unpunished.
Soldato
""We made clear to the Taliban that any attack, any attack on our forces or disruption of our operations at the airport will be met with a swift and forceful response," - Joe Biden, one week ago"
Come on biden.
Come on biden.
They will blame ISIS not taliban. He'll do nothing as a guess. But political pressure is building.
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Boris and Biden both have a lot of blood on their hands, Just listening to Boris now he still doesn't get it...head buried in the sand, What a weak leader we have.
What happens now? I can't see the US letting this go unpunished.
The issue is that this is more likely other party than Taliban. What exactly does Taliban gain from this - if anything they just bought a whole load of bricks onto themselves literally days before total victory.
Caporegime
I think they will.What happens now? I can't see the US letting this go unpunished.
It was always a very risky situation. Going after the perpetrators would probably end up costing many more lives.
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Without the suicide bombers it's bad enough for the people having to literally walk through and wait in a sewer to possibly escape
What a massive cluster **** this is turning out to be, surely something has to change to secure the area to get everybody out, the other option of just leaving now isn't really an option
Hence why they've been making so much noise about ISIS-K leading up to this.
Watching this stuff it seems like even worse than Saigon - that people constantly said this would never even be close to as bad.
I'm not sure Biden will even survive this honestly. Worlds most powerful millitary alliance by head and shoulders is forced to scramble with tail between legs in such desperate and pathetic attempt. NATO/US government should be tried for letting Kabul fall before evacuations ended.
I mean whats next? A suicide bomber will attach himself or enter next fully packed flight out of the airport because clearly everything is a mess over there.
I'm not sure Biden will even survive this honestly. Worlds most powerful millitary alliance by head and shoulders is forced to scramble with tail between legs in such desperate and pathetic attempt. NATO/US government should be tried for letting Kabul fall before evacuations ended.
I mean whats next? A suicide bomber will attach himself or enter next fully packed flight out of the airport because clearly everything is a mess over there.
What do you expect them to do?
Incompetent in ideal world Yes but when you compare to how well we're doing.... Considering they are a tribally divided warring union meanwhile NATO is most powerful millitary alliance the world has ever seen.
You cant compare against ideal scenario, you have to compare to next best thing. So far NATO has been absolute disaster in whole of this process.
Caporegime
Osama Joe Biden
To think only a few days ago we had lefties saying we shouldn’t even think about implementing sanctions on the country is quite frankly hilarious at this point.
To think only a few days ago we had lefties saying we shouldn’t even think about implementing sanctions on the country is quite frankly hilarious at this point.