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re: Taliban has taken Kabul. Terrorist attack at Airport at least 12 marines confirmed killed
Posted on 8/14/21 at 10:51 pm to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 8/14/21 at 10:51 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:Reading this thread tonight brings to mind Marcus Luttrell and those on his tab who died over there. Thousands of both physical and mental disabilities in a war that goes all the way back to the Soviet invasion and our counter moves to arm these fanatics.
I will never pretend to know how you folks feel watching this.
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Posted on 8/14/21 at 10:52 pm to BallsEleven
quote:I don’t see that being viable.
As long as the helicopters have aerial refueling capabilities they can fly them out.
The time required to pull that off isn’t there, especially for the sheer numbers of individuals/helicopters.
The people in Kabul are in a cleft stick.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 10:53 pm to BuckyCheese
So you don’t use them at all?
Please…
Please…
Posted on 8/14/21 at 10:53 pm to BallsEleven
quote:
As long as the helicopters have aerial refueling capabilities they can fly them out.
That seems a bit of a reach... thats a lot of people with limited space with the clock dwindling down.
I hope they can get everyone to safety
This post was edited on 8/14/21 at 10:55 pm
Posted on 8/14/21 at 10:54 pm to Jim Rockford
This is what the British having working on their evacuations:
Per The Daily Mail
Per The Daily Mail
Posted on 8/14/21 at 10:55 pm to BuckyCheese
quote:Exactly.
You're talking 1000's of people.
Around 50 on a Chinook.
Think.
We don’t have the assets or time for such an operation.
Imagine if they have anti-air capabilities.
The only way to pull this off, in my opinion, is a full ground assault to break the lines and create a “safe passage”, per se.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 10:56 pm to MrLSU
It's a tax write off.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 10:57 pm to MSUDawg98
Ironically the war practically nobody wanted, Iraq, turned out somewhat better than the war practically everybody initially thought was justified. Iraq isn't a functioning western democracy but for the moment it isn't in chaos or controlled by a caliphate.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 10:59 pm to Scruffy
I never said it would be your main Avenue of getting people out.
But if they are there, you use them to get out who you can.
But if they are there, you use them to get out who you can.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 11:00 pm to Scruffy
I believe it’s going to be a longer run than when they tried to rescue the hostages in Tehran.
I’m just catching up on the news. I’m not military but I think the folks in Kabul are screwed. For sure the Afghani’s. The Taliban is going to slaughter them from what I know.
I’m just catching up on the news. I’m not military but I think the folks in Kabul are screwed. For sure the Afghani’s. The Taliban is going to slaughter them from what I know.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 11:03 pm to Scruffy
quote:
The only way to pull this off, in my opinion, is a full ground assault to break the lines and create a “safe passage”, per se.
They need to keep the runway at the airport operational.
And that basically comes down to if the Taliban wants to let them escape. They can mortar it from miles away.
Without that runway things become very difficult.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 11:03 pm to VernonPLSUfan
The Taliban does not know who they are messing with
Posted on 8/14/21 at 11:04 pm to BuckyCheese
Haven’t they already shelled it earlier? Or was that another airport?
Posted on 8/14/21 at 11:05 pm to Bigfishchoupique
@KarenMMiddleton
quote:
More unconfirmed reports from #Afghanistan claim the Taliban have also taken Daykundi province between Herat & Kabul, a district in Nuristan province north-east of Kabul & a district in Logan province immed south. This is becoming a Taliban ring of districts around the capital.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 11:06 pm to Tigerbait357
As an aside, for those of us who aren’t military, do the officers become more obese with the higher rank?
That seems to be disgraceful, IMO.
That seems to be disgraceful, IMO.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 11:09 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:
Ironically the war practically nobody wanted, Iraq, turned out somewhat better than the war practically everybody initially thought was justified.
It’s not a coincidence that Iraq hung Saddam pretty early on and we had to track down Osama in Pakistan years and years later.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 11:09 pm to Scruffy
quote:
As an aside, for those of us who aren’t military, do the officers become more obese with the higher rank?
That seems to be disgraceful, IMO.
Didn't have a bunch of fat bastards running WWII.
Posted on 8/14/21 at 11:11 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:
#UPDATE: #Russia says its embassy in #Kabul will continue to operate despite #Taliban's control of dozens of cities and advance on #Afghanistan capital LINK
#Taliban
Posted on 8/14/21 at 11:12 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:
Well, Russia seems unfazed:
Russia has never had issues sacrificing it’s own people.
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