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Originally posted by sdy:
CENTCOM spox Capt. Bill Urban: “U.S. military forces conducted a self-defense unmanned over-the-horizon airstrike today on a vehicle in Kabul, eliminating an imminent ISIS-K threat to Hamad Karzai International airport. We are confident we successfully hit the target."

And the BS continues. Nope, not buying this either. This administration, inclusive of the military brass, are completely corrupt and not to be believed on any level.

"ISIS-K: the breakfast cereal for psychopathic barbarians"

Gotta get this off my chest. I watched a video of the military transfer of bodies at Dover airport today, and two feelings overwhelmed me.

One, the sympathy for the families for the completely unnecessary loss of their children. What an incredible waste.

Two, utter contempt for the dipshits in GI Joe costumes and the ancient politicians IMO bringing disgrace to the proceedings. Biden looked like he'd fully checked out in the first 10-15 minutes of the ceremony. I have never found myself in the past harboring such contempt for anyone wearing a US military uniform as I did today.

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
utter contempt

This watch-checking business won't improve the situation any....

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Originally posted by vthoky:

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
utter contempt

This watch-checking business won't improve the situation any....

When mickey points at 2, it’s time for puddin and shows on the tv…

[quote]riginally posted by sdy:
CENTCOM spox Capt. Bill Urban: “U.S. military forces conducted a self-defense unmanned over-the-horizon airstrike today on a vehicle in Kabul, eliminating an imminent ISIS-K threat to Hamad Karzai International airport. We are confident we successfully hit the target."

Wow - we blew up a Toyota Land Cruiser. That will show them who's in charge !!!

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Originally posted by vthoky:

This watch-checking business won't improve the situation any....

Undignified piece of shit.

The fatal failure of Gen. Mark A. Milley over closing Bagram Air Base

Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, must go.

President Biden claims that the military advised him to close Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan and instead use Kabul’s airport to evacuate Americans. They were the ones who said the Afghan army would hold, that the pullout would go smoothly.

If Biden is telling the truth, this disaster is on Milley’s watch. Or Biden is lying (the more likely scenario, based on what sources inside the administration are saying) and Milley failed to do his duty and push back against a commander-in-chief who is making deadly decisions. Either way, he is derelict in his duty — and must either take responsibility for what went wrong or tell Americans the truth about their president.

Biden was reportedly so intent on drawing down the number of troops in Afghanistan to less than 1,000, a force not large enough to secure Bagram, that we gave up its strategic advantage. Not only that, but we left in the dead of night, abandoning weapons and vehicles to the Taliban and demoralizing our Afghan allies. That forced Marines to protect the perimeter of Hamid Karzai International Airport, a situation that the parent of one of the 13 service members who lost their lives compared to a “turkey shoot.” Biden should never have left the safety of evacuating Americans in the hands of the Taliban, or put these young men and women — 11 Marines, one Navy member and one Army soldier — in such danger.
Flag-draped transfer cases of U.S. military service members who were killed by an August 26 suicide bombing at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport line the inside of a C-17 Globemaster II prior to a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, U.S., August 29, 2021.
US military service members were killed by an August 26 suicide bombing at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport.
U.S. Marines/Handout via REUTERS

It’s hard to think of a worse way to handle this pullout. Biden likes to blame former President Donald Trump’s deal with the Taliban for the situation, but even setting aside that Biden could have negotiated to extend the deadline, he’s been president since January. Milley has been chairman of the Joint Chiefs since 2019. What have they been doing all these months? The US could have organized an evacuation from Bagram and held the base until Aug. 31 or longer, if necessary.

Instead, Milley spent his time defending critical race theory to Congress, while Biden ate ice cream.

And the response of the administration since? Let’s talk about COVID, climate change, putting our kids in debt for generations. Biden on Sunday angrily turned away from reporters when he was asked about Afghanistan, saying he’d only talk about Hurricane Ida. Anything but the mistakes that were made.

Biden and the generals cannot bear to hear the truth. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller posted, “People are upset because their senior leaders let them down and none of them are raising their hands and accepting accountability or saying, ‘We messed this up.’ ” For this, he was stripped of command. Scheller knew he was risking his career, but honesty was more important.

Will Milley show such courage?

https://nypost.com/2021/08/29/...f-gen-mark-a-milley/

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This watch-checking business won't improve the situation any.... Roll Eyes

That picture with a "thought bubble": 10 Minutes to Wapner

From the UK Times newspaper




https://www.powerlineblog.com/...t-we-left-behind.php



The final U.S. departure from Kabul airport is under way and “core diplomatic staff” have departed, a U.S. official who left Kabul earlier on Monday told Reuters.

A second official confirmed that the bulk of diplomats had pulled out.

We left C130's behind?

Providing war material, aid and comfort to the enemy is treason. F this fraudulent administration and every single brain dead fool who enabled them.

These are the same assholes who don’t trust American citizens with semi-auto firearms and want to call common use rifles “weapons of war”. They have forever lost any moral high ground in this argument. F them and F their attempt to hollow out any more of what is left of the 2nd amendment.

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:
[quote]riginally posted by sdy:
CENTCOM spox Capt. Bill Urban: “U.S. military forces conducted a self-defense unmanned over-the-horizon airstrike today on a vehicle in Kabul, eliminating an imminent ISIS-K threat to Hamad Karzai International airport. We are confident we successfully hit the target."

Wow - we blew up a Toyota Land Cruiser. That will show them who's in charge !!!

It was a freakin’ tuk tuk … and who believes this was HVT/necessary/important???

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We left C130's behind?

https://www.defensenews.com/ai...ft-now-what-happens/

The Afghan air force operated 23 A-29 attack planes, four C-130 cargo planes and a total of 33 militarized versions of the Cessna Caravan, some of which were configured for a light attack mission, according to the special inspector report.

It also flew about 150 helicopters, which included the American-made UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter and armed MD-530s, as well as the Soviet Mi-17, which the Afghan air force was in the process of retiring.

Of the Afghan air force’s inventory, perhaps the most advanced is the A-29 Super Tucano, a turboprop attack plane built by Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer and modified by Sierra Nevada, an American defense firm that integrates the aircraft with U.S.-made sensors and weapons.

Unlike a fighter jet built for speed and maneuverability in a dogfight, the A-29 is optimized for counterinsurgency missions where an aircraft needs to fly slow and low to strike targets on the ground. The aircraft can be flown by relatively inexperienced pilots and operated in austere environments.

President Trump on Afghanistan in 2012.
Interesting to note that they said 700 Billion had been spent there so far.
It's what, 1.8 Trillion now?
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1427461040825114624

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:
We left C130's behind?

If you hadn't been paying attention, Afghanistan HAD a functioning air force, they're not all goat farmers and rock gardeners.
They had C-130s, A-29s and a bunch of helicopters, we know a bunch of that hardware ended up in neighboring Uzbekistan as pilots saw the writing on the wall when the govt and their commanders sold the country out and the Taliban began targeted assassination campaign on pilots.

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They had C-130s, A-29s and a bunch of helicopters, we know a bunch of that hardware ended up in neighboring Uzbekistan as pilots saw the writing on the wall when the govt and their commanders sold the country out and the Taliban began targeted assassination campaign on pilots.

Tangential question would then become, how many aircraft are still in country?...

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Originally posted by feersum dreadnaught:

When mickey points at 2, it’s time for puddin and shows on the tv…

No, when Mickey points to the 2, it is squat cobbler time.

When Mickey points to the 3 it is time for juice boxes and pudding.

That list of military hardware we left behind. God help me, it’s so hard to wrap my head around the level of incompetence. Has there ever in our history been anything comparable?

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Originally posted by stoic-one:

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They had C-130s, A-29s and a bunch of helicopters, we know a bunch of that hardware ended up in neighboring Uzbekistan as pilots saw the writing on the wall when the govt and their commanders sold the country out and the Taliban began targeted assassination campaign on pilots.

Tangential question would then become, how many aircraft are still in country?...

Indeed, but...don't let the tabloid or, sensationalist headline take away from the outrage. Getting a photog of a 'captured' C-130 would make the front page of any rag...we've yet to see it. A Blackhawk getting taken out for a joy-ride, but never getting off the ground still makes an impression on the unknowing. The Taliban are very eager to 'display' their 'victory', we've only seen piles of small arms.