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Post by bantam147 on Aug 16, 2021 7:12:17 GMT
Well that worked out well didn't it?
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Post by Lofty on Aug 16, 2021 7:34:52 GMT
I can imagine before the US troops left they had one last check with the Afghan troops, "You sure you're ok?" "Yeah lads fine".
As soon as they've gone.
"What's this thing that says safety on these machine gun things?"
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Post by Dick on Aug 16, 2021 8:04:42 GMT
I don't know what to make of politicians, leaders etc. Saying to the Taliban they have a 'responsibility to the international community' or however it was phrased last night. Or the laughable pleas to stop the violence, or not to return to where it was 20 years ago.
'Come on lads, stop cutting off those heads please. Okay, you can cut off 500 heads a year, but no more.'
We kind of knew his would happen years ago - the war in Afghanistan has taken 20 years and result was the Taliban won, everyone else lost. Except now, like with the Mexican Cartels, they have all the equipment, weapons and knowledge left behind by those surrendering.
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Post by rahicscissorbudget on Aug 16, 2021 8:18:28 GMT
British empire, Soviet Union, United States. Fuck it, if the Martians invade I’m moving to Afghanistan, those guys are undefeatable.
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Post by Pyongyang Bantam on Aug 16, 2021 9:29:12 GMT
British empire, Soviet Union, United States. Fuck it, if the Martians invade I’m moving to Afghanistan, those guys are undefeatable. You'd fit right in
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Post by mikehunt on Aug 16, 2021 11:31:44 GMT
Trillions of pounds spent and tens of thousands of lives lost fighting some religious nutcases over the last two decades for the result to be them walking back in to power and people so terrified and desperate they’re clinging to the outside of a USAAF C-17 as it taxis to the runway. Interpreters who have worked for years for the UK not being given asylum in case it encourages others to come here.
Shit decisions all round that will haunt us in in years to come when those politicians who made them will have left politics to earn millions on the boards of companies they gave corrupt PPE contracts to while the working man and woman picks up the bill for the clusterfuck they left behind.
And we’ll vote for their replacements to repeat the mistakes somewhere else.
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Post by bantam147 on Aug 16, 2021 17:11:26 GMT
Trillions of pounds spent and tens of thousands of lives lost fighting some religious nutcases over the last two decades for the result to be them walking back in to power and people so terrified and desperate they’re clinging to the outside of a USAAF C-17 as it taxis to the runway. Interpreters who have worked for years for the UK not being given asylum in case it encourages others to come here. Shit decisions all round that will haunt us in in years to come when those politicians who made them will have left politics to earn millions on the boards of companies they gave corrupt PPE contracts to while the working man and woman picks up the bill for the clusterfuck they left behind. And we’ll vote for their replacements to repeat the mistakes somewhere else. And then act with surprise when the conditions we've created mould the next lunatic who sets off a bomb on the underground.
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Post by Lofty on Aug 16, 2021 17:38:17 GMT
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Post by bantam147 on Aug 16, 2021 17:57:11 GMT
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Post by Neshead on Aug 17, 2021 8:05:10 GMT
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Post by tetchyarse on Aug 17, 2021 11:01:40 GMT
The arms dealers and US security companies made a lot of money, which is all it was ever about. And when we're back in five years, they'll make a lot more money.
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