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Originally posted by Jimbo Jones:
Maybe Ive seen too many movies but how imaginable is it to think that US troops could, of their own volition, arm up in some MRAPs or Bradleys and take it upon themselves to the city go retrieve US citizens?

That crap that austin was spewing (US isnt capable....) is clearly bullshit. UK, French, Spanish...all doing this.

Could orders to the contrary be considered unlawful and ignored if they know US citizens are under imminent threat?

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Originally posted by corsair:

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Originally posted by Jimbo Jones:
Maybe Ive seen too many movies but how imaginable is it to think that US troops could, of their own volition, arm up in some MRAPs or Bradleys and take it upon themselves to the city go retrieve US citizens?

That crap that austin was spewing (US isnt capable....) is clearly bullshit. UK, French, Spanish...all doing this.

Could orders to the contrary be considered unlawful and ignored if they know US citizens are under imminent threat?

Movies are for entertainment, not information. Ease back on the fantasy. If you think we CONUS civilians are all worked-up about the situation, how do you think all the Joes on the ground are feeling?

There's 30-40+k Western nation nationals in the city looking to get out; the Taliban want them out as much as we want to get them out. There's no doubt that on-the-ground commanders have worked-up plans for getting teams to ID, locate and retrieve them, trying to coordinate the in-bound and out-bound traffic and most important, deconflicting with itchy-fingered Taliban kids and their big-talk masters.

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Originally posted by Jimbo Jones:
It was just a question...

US mil leadership is saying "we cant just go get our citizens"

Clearly thats false as other countries are indeed extracting their citizens.

What info is missing? US troops going back into the city would incite violence, whereas UK / French / Spanish troops get a free pass?

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There's 30-40+k Western nation nationals in the city looking to get out; the Taliban want them out as much as we want to get them out.

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Originally posted by sdy:
https://www.breitbart.com/asia...ratic-system-at-all/

Senior Taliban leader Waheedullah Hashimi said on Thursday the group would not implement democracy in Afghanistan because Afghan culture and Islamic sharia law do not support such a political system.

“There will be no democratic system at all because it does not have any base in our country. We will not discuss what type of political system we should apply in Afghanistan because it is clear. It is sharia law and that is it ,” Hashimi told Reuters.

The Taliban leader envisioned the Taliban forming a mullah-approved ruling council, possibly with a deputy to supreme commander Hibatullah Akhundzada as its “president.”

The most likely choice for council president appears to be Abdul Ghani Baradar, also known as Baradar the Butcher, a founding member of the Taliban who helped its fanatical spiritual leader Mullah Mohammad Omar organize students along radical Islamist lines after the Soviet invasion.

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I guess they haven't received that strongly worded letter from our UN ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield

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Originally posted by Lord Vaalic:
Funny, when you look at that plane picture of the 600 people crammed in, how many women, children, and elderly do you see?

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Originally posted by mbinky:
I guess milking $700 million from the taxpayers for the Kabul embassy wasn't enough...

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Originally posted by sdy:
"We're aware of congestion around the airport."

"We offered them to consider transit to the airport" ????

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"We're aware of congestion around the airport."

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Originally posted by sdy:

The Taliban leader envisioned the Taliban forming a mullah-approved ruling council, possibly with a deputy to supreme commander Hibatullah Akhundzada as its “president.”

The most likely choice for council president appears to be Abdul Ghani Baradar, also known as Baradar the Butcher, a founding member of the Taliban who helped its fanatical spiritual leader Mullah Mohammad Omar organize students along radical Islamist lines after the Soviet invasion.

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Originally posted by Sunset_Va:

That was the first thing I noticed also. Chickenshit cowards , why not seeing that women and children were first in the airport and loaded.

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Originally posted by Sunset_Va:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by mbinky:
I guess milking $700 million from the taxpayers for the Kabul embassy wasn't enough...



I would say that is just lowdown and unbelievable, but the truth is it's believable and still lowdown coming from this malfunctioning Administration.