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re: USA tells Brits to stop extracting their trapped Citizens
Posted on 8/18/21 at 11:00 pm to RollingwiththeTide
Posted on 8/18/21 at 11:00 pm to RollingwiththeTide
There is no way to sneak 10s of thousand from all over Afghanistan in 10 days...they have to start moving everything from the airport a few days before.
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Posted on 8/18/21 at 11:06 pm to GeauxFightingTigers1
Well what I said was just a not so serious thought. Something for consideration. But just to finish it out then they could at least get as many as they could. Maybe in some of the further areas so the people closer could be rescued another way. If it got hot then you are closer to the airport.
Posted on 8/18/21 at 11:12 pm to GeauxFightingTigers1
I think the crux of the current situation comes down to what is the real pull out date.
If it's 8/31 then the US has a huge task to get everyone out.
If it's 9/11 as the Taliban have said, it's still a huge fast job to get everyone out.
If we're going to stay until they are all out, it will work if the Taliban allow it to work. If they choose to, the Taliban can shut down that airport stranding our troops and people.
Everyone saying we should impose our will on the Taliban is failing to grasp the situation. If that runway is shut down, We're surrounded in enemy territory with no logistical support other than what we could airdrop in.
It would take a massive mobilization to put enough troops on the ground to take control of Kabul back from the Taliban. Would Biden be willing to commit to that size escalation? He has sure been adamant about the need to leave. Turning around and putting 30K plus troops and their support on the ground would be a massive reversal.
If it's 8/31 then the US has a huge task to get everyone out.
If it's 9/11 as the Taliban have said, it's still a huge fast job to get everyone out.
If we're going to stay until they are all out, it will work if the Taliban allow it to work. If they choose to, the Taliban can shut down that airport stranding our troops and people.
Everyone saying we should impose our will on the Taliban is failing to grasp the situation. If that runway is shut down, We're surrounded in enemy territory with no logistical support other than what we could airdrop in.
It would take a massive mobilization to put enough troops on the ground to take control of Kabul back from the Taliban. Would Biden be willing to commit to that size escalation? He has sure been adamant about the need to leave. Turning around and putting 30K plus troops and their support on the ground would be a massive reversal.
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