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re: Taliban has taken Kabul. Terrorist attack at Airport at least 12 marines confirmed killed
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:42 pm to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:42 pm to LegendInMyMind
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The Embassy has been completely evacuated, and those people are waiting at the airport (quite a few have supposedly already left the airport).
Our ambassador was on the first plane out.
The British ambassador called him a pussy while filling out visa's for their Afghan contractors.
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Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:43 pm to BigJman
quote:Yep. Too bad we can't trade. We have plenty of face-cover requiring, statue destroying, authoritarian government craving people over here.
People in the US are taking that for granted and we will have to fight for it again in our lifetimes.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:43 pm to Taxing Authority
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Little or no word on any americans that are in the city that were told to "shelter in place" and are now stuck.
Lol @ shelter in place. “You guys just sit tight... don’t call us we’ll call you. K, tks bye” -signed the state dept.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:44 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:That's no where near 10,000 people.
Looks like a successful Kabul evacuation! US military aircraft just left Afghanistan 1 hour . Now Otw to respected bases at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
(3) USAF KC-135 Tankers
(2) USN/MC C-130Js
(1) USAF KC-10 Extender
(1) USAF C-17 Globemaster
(1) Dept of State Dash 8-300
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:44 pm to LegendInMyMind
Casandra Fairbanks pointed out a really important and jarring issue with this already horrific clip: where are the women and children? I see two women and two kids in that clip. I can only imagine what’s being done to them off screen.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:45 pm to MattA
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Little or no word on any americans that are in the city that were told to "shelter in place" and are now stuck.
Lol @ shelter in place. “You guys just sit tight... don’t call us we’ll call you. K, tks bye” -signed the state dept.
Sen. Cotton said his office had been contacted by Americans that are NOT at the airport and not able to get there due to Taliban checkpoints.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:46 pm to BuckyCheese
Awful
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:46 pm to Wolfhound45
quote:KC-10s have an entire deck for passengers/cargo.
Thanks for the link. However, this is the only meaningful lift that you listed. The other two are just "in air" fuelers.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:46 pm to BuckyCheese
More airport video:
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Complete Chaos at #Kabul Airport. LINK
This post was edited on 8/15/21 at 11:47 pm
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:48 pm to Taxing Authority
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Yep. Too bad we can't trade. We have plenty of face-cover requiring, statue destroying, authoritarian government craving people over here.
I mean, I’m in amazement that people don’t realize how good Americans have it.
This is the most comfortable lifestyle through history that anyone has ever had - “oppressed” or not.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:49 pm to Taxing Authority
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That's no where near 10,000 people.
While that wouldn't be all of them, anyway, evac flights have been running all day. That list wouldn't be all-inclusive.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:50 pm to LegendInMyMind
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More airport video:
Not a single woman or child in that video. This is about to get extremely dark.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:51 pm to BuckyCheese
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Sen. Cotton said his office had been contacted by Americans that are NOT at the airport and not able to get there due to Taliban checkpoints.
I’m trying to figure why all of these US citizens are there? Outside of military and embassy, what possible reason would there be for an American to be in Afghanistan?
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:53 pm to The Pirate King
Contractors
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:57 pm to Taxing Authority
quote:Tracking. But I am focused on "bulk" lift. I am fairly certain they are there to keep the lift in the air. Only filling up with passengers (possibly) after they have gassed everyone else up.
KC-10s have an entire deck for passengers/cargo.
You have to admit, that is a very weak lift plan. And yet, they are at the end of the line. Hard to get anything into there now.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:58 pm to The Pirate King
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I’m trying to figure why all of these US citizens are there? Outside of military and embassy, what possible reason would there be for an American to be in Afghanistan?
Business opportunities. Look at any base etc here in the states. Barksdale for example...take a walk through the BX. Pizza Hut and other civi food places as well as other stores. Now multiply that 50 fold at some city like Kabul. Giant US presence means security (well, did) and opportunity for business. Lots of people here would have no problem signing a well paying contract to work overseas at these spots.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:58 pm to SuperSaint
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trust your post in middle easter threads more than anyone on this site fwiw
Lol. I can't even find many of those posts anymore. I wish I could. But thanks for reading.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:59 pm to Impotent Waffle
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Contractors
Like private security types?
Posted on 8/15/21 at 11:59 pm to OMLandshark
Posted on 8/16/21 at 12:00 am to Taxing Authority
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KC-10s have an entire deck for passengers/cargo.
This is true, with no cargo, you can stack a goodly amount of people in one.
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