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abstract

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Mar 3, 2012
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so Biden did well to end all this.
Everyone knew that there was a high possibility of casualties to happen, and it did happen, but the fact is Biden did what should've happened long time ago. The last president promised he'll do it, but was to big of a pussy to execute it.Biden should be prased, US lost the war over a decade ago, the Taliban won.
 

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Elvin

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Nov 25, 2005
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Everyone knew that there was a high possibility of casualties to happen, and it did happen, but the fact is Biden did what should've happened long time ago. The last president promised he'll do it, but was to big of a pussy to execute it.Biden should be prased, US lost the war over a decade ago, the Taliban won.
the US hasn't lost shit, it's the Afghans that lost everything.
 

swag

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Sep 23, 2003
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Everyone knew that there was a high possibility of casualties to happen, and it did happen, but the fact is Biden did what should've happened long time ago. The last president promised he'll do it, but was to big of a pussy to execute it.Biden should be prased, US lost the war over a decade ago, the Taliban won.
Well, praised for pulling the trigger.

On the execution, not so much. Here's a great, politically-don't-give-a-crap take from a foreign policy nerd I follow from Portugal who's since been in the U.S.:

https://brunomacaes.substack.com/p/how-and-why-did-biden-get-everything

He himself was in Kabul a couple weeks ago to empty out his father's libarary.
 

AFL_ITALIA

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Jun 17, 2011
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U.S. strikes Islamic State in Afghanistan after deadly Kabul attack

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The United States launched a drone strike against an Islamic State attack "planner" in eastern Afghanistan, the military said on Friday, a day after a suicide bombing at Kabul airport killed 13 U.S. troops and scores of Afghan civilians.

President Joe Biden vowed on Thursday that the United States would hunt down those responsible for the attack, saying he had ordered the Pentagon to come up with plans to strike at the perpetrators.

U.S. Central Command said the strike took place in Nangarhar province, east of Kabul and bordering Pakistan.

"Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties," a U.S. military statement said. It did not say whether the target was connected with the airport attack.

A U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the strike was against an Islamic State militant planning future attacks.

A reaper drone, which took off from the Middle East, struck the militant while he was in a car with an Islamic State associate, the official said. Both are believed to have been killed, the official added.

Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), an affiliate of militants who previously battled U.S. forces in Syria and Iraq, said it had carried out Thursday's attack, which killed dozens of people - including Afghans who were trying to leave the country.

In addition to the 13 U.S. troops killed, 18 injured were flown to Germany.

There are roughly 5,000 U.S. troops at Kabul's airport, helping to evacuate American citizens, at-risk Afghans and other nationalities before Biden's Tuesday deadline.

Thursday's attack marked the first U.S. military casualties in Afghanistan since February 2020 and represented the deadliest incident for American troops there in a decade.

"We will not forgive, we will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay," Biden said in remarks at the White House on Thursday.

He appeared to be fighting back tears and his voice cracked with emotion as he talked about the American "heroes" who died. He ordered flags at the White House and public buildings around the country to be lowered to half-staff.

Biden defended his handling of his most serious foreign policy crisis, saying ultimately it is his responsibility, while assigning some blame to his predecessor, Republican Donald Trump, for the 2020 agreement Trump negotiated with the Taliban.

U.S. forces in Kabul have been anticipating another attack from Islamic State militants.

Late on Friday the U.S. Embassy warned that Americans should avoid traveling to the airport because of security threats, and those at the Abbey, East, North or Ministry of Interior gates should leave immediately.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-...islamic-state-planner-afghanistan-2021-08-28/

It's a start.
 

Fab Fragment

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Dec 22, 2018
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If I fall asleep in a meeting I get fired. If Joe falls asleep in a meeting he gets hired. Fuck this guy!
I still cannot comprehend how all these Generals, politicians, the national security apparatus, etc etc can botch the withdrawal so badly. I mean these guys are professionals. Even the ragtag Taliban would probably have handled this better.
 

Bjerknes

"Top Economist"
Mar 16, 2004
113,563
I still cannot comprehend how all these Generals, politicians, the national security apparatus, etc etc can botch the withdrawal so badly. I mean these guys are professionals. Even the ragtag Taliban would probably have handled this better.
It’s almost like they let it happen that way. :sarcasm2:

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I fell asleep during a town hall meeting once, so I'm thinking I might be qualified to hold public office. Can I count on the Tuz vote next year?
Well, you’re not 80 years old and haven’t done shit in public office for 40 years. So I think I can give you a chance.
 

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