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re: Taliban has taken Kabul. Terrorist attack at Airport at least 12 marines confirmed killed
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:44 pm to Tigerbait357
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:44 pm to Tigerbait357
Al Scramuzza went to Kabul?
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Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:44 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
Not much of a vantage point it seems. And no cover
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:45 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
I'd like that position to have some cover and concealment. Pretty lackadaisaical setup.
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:46 pm to UASports23
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India should be one of our biggest allies in the region. They should start pulling their weight in the world.
They've got enough on their plate between the Pakistanis and the Chinese
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:46 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
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Snipers in a overwatch position at #Kabul International Airport.
Yeah, that’s probably what scared off the Taliban… but it’s just going to make them go into the city looking for stragglers. I don’t think it’s necessarily a good thing they’re no longer near the airport.
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:47 pm to Jim Rockford
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I'd like that position to have some cover and concealment. Pretty lackadaisaical setup.
I mean their location has already been posted on Twitter, so why bother at that point.
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:48 pm to LSUGrrrl
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Actually meant to ask you about this earlier. Why was he not included in the negotiations for safe exit? They got 5000 of their prisoners back.
The original agreement was struck in 2019 and it included swapping 5000 Taliban for 1000 Afghani soldiers who were being held prisoners.
Frerichs wasn't captured until Jan 2020.
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:48 pm to MrLSU
Defence Geek is a good follow on twitter, along with some of the sources he retweets. He has what seems to be a comprehensive list of the countries and planes involved in the airlift.
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:49 pm to WDE24
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BREAKING NEWS ! Taliban Leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Declared Afghanistan's New President and Afghanistan name Changed to "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan."
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:49 pm to Jim Rockford
My Facebook feed is as quiet as its been in 2 years.
The echo chamber is second guessing their life decisions.
The echo chamber is second guessing their life decisions.
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:50 pm to Yellerhammer5
They could at least sandbag it, maybe get in a prone position. Make it a little harder for someone inclined to take a pop at them.
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:50 pm to Pendulum
Yeah, my facebook feed is dead. Wonder if FB is killing or ghosting stuff.
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:50 pm to Yellerhammer5
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I mean their location has already been posted on Twitter, so why bother at that point.
Cover from potential enemy fire is usually a desired thing in combat.
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:51 pm to WDE24
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BREAKING NEWS ! Taliban Leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Declared Afghanistan's New President and Afghanistan name Changed to "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan."
Unless that is "official", they did and announced that yesterday.
This post was edited on 8/16/21 at 10:52 pm
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:52 pm to Bobby OG Johnson
quote:God bless our dudes.
Snipers in a overwatch position at #Kabul International Airport.
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:52 pm to Jim Rockford
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They could at least sandbag it, maybe get in a prone position. Make it a little harder for someone inclined to take a pop at them.
I'm sure they're well out of AK/PKM range to be doing that
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:52 pm to Jim Rockford
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Defence Geek is a good follow on twitter
Yes he is.
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:54 pm to Pisgah Pete
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The original agreement was struck in 2019 and it included swapping 5000 Taliban for 1000 Afghani soldiers who were being held prisoners.
Frerichs wasn't captured until Jan 2020.
I’m talking about the deal Biden made with the Taliban for our safe exit out of there
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:54 pm to WDE24
LINK
Pretty interesting read for those with a few minutes. Former soldier who deployed to Afghanistan twice.
Pretty interesting read for those with a few minutes. Former soldier who deployed to Afghanistan twice.
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I remember how every year the US would have to decide how to deal with the opium fields. There were a few options. You could leave the fields alone, and then the Taliban would shake the farmers down and use the money to buy weapons. Or, you could carpet bomb the fields, and then the farmers would join the Taliban for reasons that, to me, seem obvious.
The third option, and the one we went for while I was there, was to give the farmers fertilizer as an incentive to grow wheat instead of opium poppy. The farmers then sold the fertilizer to the Taliban, who used it to make explosives for IEDs that could destroy a million dollar MRAP and maim everyone inside.
I remember we weren’t allowed to throw batteries away because people who worked on base would go through the trash and collect hundreds of dead batteries, wire them together so they had just enough juice for one charge, and use that charge to detonate an IED.
I remember the look on my roommate’s face after she got back from cutting the dead bodies of two soldiers out of an HMMWV that got blown up by an IED that I have always imagined was made with fertilizer from an opium farmer and detonated with a hundred thrown-out batteries.
Posted on 8/16/21 at 10:54 pm to LegendInMyMind
I noticed a USAF WC135 on that list. It's the plane they use to sniff the air for traces of atmospheric nuclear tests. They seem to be throwing anything with wings and interior cargo space into it.
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