If you think that, I hope to **** you didn't vote Brexit.
Afghanistan - 20 years on
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If you think that, I hope to **** you didn't vote Brexit.
Caporegime
Yeah he should have left it for the taliban!?
What else was he going to do with it?
If only the afgan army had taken their weapons or disabled the left behind vehicles etc it would have even better...
There is an attempt at a resistance forming a new Northern Alliance and I believe a few KPF hold outs still - but I don't think they care much for Ghani and not sure who would support them as they are going to need substantial foreign support to survive in a conflict with the Taliban.
Soldato
Someone worth listening to:
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1427899515282116612?t=kGqifLTDnk1NXzE_upbDtg&s=19
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1427899515282116612?t=kGqifLTDnk1NXzE_upbDtg&s=19
Soldato
Yes Saleh the vice President who is acting on Twitter as if he's the legitimate president. He is working with the late masouds son in Panjshir area.
For the sake of the country I hope no one backs them, but from what I see it's quite an isolated place don't think they can do much harm.
No this won't be the end of it it will be like Syria with proxy militia the Russians and Chinese will back the Taliban and the west will back the ones taking on the Taliban.
Caporegime
Most Muslims around the world support shariah law.
Why do you think we have shariah councils on the UK? Do you think they would exist without any support?
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What the ****, so why did we spend the last 20 years fighting them if they're now the good guys lol
Caporegime
Because we got caught up in a mess with no real end game. Unless the US and UK were going to commit forces for generations to Afghanistan there was no other real outcome to be expected.
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What he said is incredibly disrespectful to all those servicemen and women who either lost limbs, their mind/soul or worst their lives against this enemy, who were still an enemy just 3 days ago but now are suddenly not ?
Imagine serving over there for 20 years only to be told the people you were fighting weren't actually your enemy but a force for love and inclusion
What sort of image does it send to China & Russia ?
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What he said is incredibly disrespectful to all those servicemen and women who either lost limbs, their mind/soul or worst their lives against this enemy, who were still an enemy just 3 days ago but now are suddenly not ?
Imagine serving over there for 20 years only to be told the people you were fighting weren't actually your enemy but a force for love and inclusion
What sort of image does it send to China & Russia ?
It's the imge it shows to smaller nations that's the real issue.
Russia stood by Assad, through thick and thin. He's still in power.
There are a few local strongmen will see that as evidence of reliability.
Syria isn't exactly a prosperous nation because of it though. China is still bullying HK and all of it's neighbours so they aren't sending a nice message.
I don't know what people expect the UK to do with this. It was a US led operation and the UK was there as support. It will put us off going to wars with the US in future though because what they have done has damaged the UK's reputation. They had our backing and threw us under a bus.
If the Taliban or their friends attack the UK I can't see there being another war or some big operation. We'll get straight to the point and send in the SAS etc to bump their leaders off.
I don't know what people expect the UK to do with this. It was a US led operation and the UK was there as support. It will put us off going to wars with the US in future though because what they have done has damaged the UK's reputation. They had our backing and threw us under a bus.
If the Taliban or their friends attack the UK I can't see there being another war or some big operation. We'll get straight to the point and send in the SAS etc to bump their leaders off.
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So do you think there would be another invasion in Afganisthan by allied forces if they start to cause trouble ?
Caporegime
As expected, the Australian government is doing the absolute minimum to help Afghan refugees.
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For contrast, we took in 80,000 Vietnamese after the Vietnam War.
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For contrast, we took in 80,000 Vietnamese after the Vietnam War.
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It doesn't matter if Syria is prosperous- Assad is still alive and in control. The opposition (including ISIS) was crushed and the Turks got told off by Big Daddy Putin, who let them play with Armenia instead.
I agree with the rest of your post.
Caporegime
I doubt it as you'd expect the same outcome.
LOL @ “the Taliban want an Afghanistan that’s inclusive for all”
If he actually believes that then I have a bridge in London to sell him.
I mean they’re not as bad as ISIS (in fact for their first documented execution in Kabul they dragged the former ISIS leader out of the local jail and shot him!). But I don’t fancy the chances of women under the Taliban, for a start there are now plenty of single guys with guns in Kabul who’ll perhaps be looking for brides fairly soon.
Man of Honour
Reports that UK Forces are worried the US could just pull out of Kabul:
Britain fears US forces may pull out of Kabul airport within days | Afghanistan | The Guardian
There's also been some reports that the US and UK are barely speaking on the ground with the US annoyed that UK troops are still going in and out of Kabul to collect people for repatriation flights.
Seems like it could be quite tense over there between the "allies"
Britain fears US forces may pull out of Kabul airport within days | Afghanistan | The Guardian
There's also been some reports that the US and UK are barely speaking on the ground with the US annoyed that UK troops are still going in and out of Kabul to collect people for repatriation flights.
Seems like it could be quite tense over there between the "allies"