Afghanistan is fucked again and I am putting it in this thread.
Did anybody see the videos of the people clinging onto the plane as it was leaving Kabul? The poor fuckers were dropping out of the air like scenes from 9/11. What an absolute mess.
starting to wonder if trump does have a path back to the potus.
Was it? The only issue I found, was lambasting the Afghan military, saying they did not want to fight. 69k have died the last 10 years, so that was a silly thing to say. Other than that, what is the plan? I don't believe we should have left, but this is what the previous administration negotiated. I am more of a Powell devotee and firmly believe that if you break it, you own it.
starting to wonder if trump does have a path back to the potus.
Was it? The only issue I found, was lambasting the Afghan military, saying they did not want to fight. 69k have died the last 10 years, so that was a silly thing to say. Other than that, what is the plan? I don't believe we should have left, but this is what the previous administration negotiated. I am more of a Powell devotee and firmly believe that if you break it, you own it.
My step-dad spent two tours in Afghanistan working along the Americans in training Afghan forces.
I haven't had a chance to talk to him about it yet but I am sure he's gutted to see what has happened. I remember many stories he's told me of the Afghans he met and how friendly, supportive and nice they were. Two of his most prized possessions are paintings he bought from a very young artist in Kabul - the painters parents and siblings were all killed by the Taliban.
Members of the California Parole Board have recommended that Sirhan Sirhan be paroled, after serving more than five decades behind bars for the assassination of Sen. Robert F Kennedy.
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