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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 9:26 pm to member12
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:26 pm to member12
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"The intelligence community assessment has always been accurate; they just disregarded it," the official told ABC News, speaking about the Biden administration
This just proves the point I've been trying to make that this was not solely an Intelligence failure. Plenty of people within and outside the chain of command warned this was a distinct possibility. They were ignored by this administration.
This post was edited on 8/15/21 at 9:27 pm
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Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:28 pm to LegendInMyMind
It reminds of people who ask me to help them move and say everything is packed up and it ends up taking three days and they leave furniture behind
Well except without the murder
Well except without the murder
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:28 pm to Sun God
Honestly this is to the point where it feels like when Stalin went on a drunken mental breakdown for 2 days when Germany invaded without saying anything. That is how bad this is looking.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:29 pm to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:30 pm to LegendInMyMind
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This just proves the point I've been trying to make that this was not solely an Intelligence failure. Plenty of people within and outside the chain of command warned this was a distinct possibility. They were ignored by this administration.
I feel like the potential for Afghanistan to be in the hands of the Taliban by 9/11 was pretty widely discussed in mainstream media, even
Even Biden's bad soundbites aside, how did they not anticipate and plan for an accelerated timeline?
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:30 pm to LegendInMyMind
ABC
It gets worse and worse, optically, for Biden.
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Afghanistan's collapse: Did US intelligence get it wrong?
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Just days ago, a U.S. military analysis reported by ABC News predicted that Kabul could fall within 90 days -- not by the weekend.
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But numerous U.S. officials tell ABC News that the opposite was true, insisting that key intelligence assessments had consistently informed policymakers that the Taliban could overwhelm the country and take the capital within weeks -- essentially repeating the 1975 fall of Saigon, when helicopters hastily evacuated diplomats from the U.S. embassy's rooftop as the North Vietnamese Army stormed into the South Vietnam capital.
It gets worse and worse, optically, for Biden.
This post was edited on 8/15/21 at 9:33 pm
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:31 pm to OMLandshark
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You’ve got to be shitting me. For all intents and purposes we don’t have an executive branch right now.
We haven't had one since January 20th.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:31 pm to OMLandshark
There is a new video out of kabul showing desperate people still rushing into airport terminal as the morning arrives. some even brought luggage as if they have hopes of getting out.
LINK
LINK
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:31 pm to LegendInMyMind
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New video from #Kabul Monday morning of people rushing towards Kabul airport with gunfire in background. #Afghanistan LINK
This isn’t over. Thing you need to realize is that members of the Taliban will strap dynamite vests to themselves to bomb girl’s schools. All they want is to kill and subjugate as many people as possible to meet their beloved Allah as a friend. These people can’t be bribed with power and peace. They want the destruction of everyone who disagrees with them, even if it means they themselves are killed.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:32 pm to LegendInMyMind
Forbes story on Thursday:
Kabul could come under pressure from the Taliban in just 30 days and could fall to the group within 90-days, Reuters reported, citing an unnamed U.S. intelligence official.
My that's some damn strong intelligence officials we have.
Kabul could come under pressure from the Taliban in just 30 days and could fall to the group within 90-days, Reuters reported, citing an unnamed U.S. intelligence official.
My that's some damn strong intelligence officials we have.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:33 pm to LegendInMyMind
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This just proves the point I've been trying to make that this was not solely an Intelligence failure. Plenty of people within and outside the chain of command warned this was a distinct possibility. They were ignored by this administration.
You know I saw these original reports and now you are seeing some Media outlets saying it was an intelligence failure as they thought it'd take 90 days, a few weeks ago, and a week later they said 30 days.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:33 pm to LegendInMyMind
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This post was edited on 7/26/22 at 10:38 am
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:33 pm to Gravitiger
quote:really wish there was an option to ignore posts from certain peeps on TD so they don’t clog up the thread.
Posted by Gravitiger online
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:33 pm to LegendInMyMind
LINK
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The first day of Taliban rule in #Kabul, brave girls on their way to school. I hope these girls are not deprived of schooling.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:33 pm to Taxing Authority
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Go home. You're drunk. Bloomberg spent almost $100m of his own money on gun control advocacy the last election cycle. He is not a moderate. Not even in the same zipcode.
You know that. The average dummy doesn’t though.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:34 pm to OMLandshark
Here's what I think will happen:
The Taliban will stick more or less to their pledge of moderation in the early days, perhaps even being somewhat gracious towards Western interests initially (allowing them to make us eat shite on the world stage). The media will back off, heat will die down off Biden, and then the theocratic terror will really begin in earnest about the time Americans are checking out.
Which is the worst case for the Afghans, and the worst case for Americans who want to see their leaders held accountable so we can stop getting into quagmires and getting out of them so horrifically.
The Taliban will stick more or less to their pledge of moderation in the early days, perhaps even being somewhat gracious towards Western interests initially (allowing them to make us eat shite on the world stage). The media will back off, heat will die down off Biden, and then the theocratic terror will really begin in earnest about the time Americans are checking out.
Which is the worst case for the Afghans, and the worst case for Americans who want to see their leaders held accountable so we can stop getting into quagmires and getting out of them so horrifically.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:34 pm to LegendInMyMind
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This just proves the point I've been trying to make that this was not solely an Intelligence failure. Plenty of people within and outside the chain of command warned this was a distinct possibility. They were ignored by this administration.
Why are you taking a random intelligence official at their word? There are some visibly memorable times they haven't been very accurate. And several I can think of with regard to Afghanistan in particular. Everyone might be in CYA mode and just start pointing the finger because this is clearly a clusterfrick.
This post was edited on 8/15/21 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:34 pm to Gravitiger
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None of that happened.
It’s like you think people aren’t capable of reading or something. Or maybe you also have dementia like your fearless leader that you voted for.
Keep showing people how stupid you are, and why shouldn’t be allowed to vote.
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:35 pm to member12
Another tweet about a C-17 being loaded with up to 800 people.
USAF C-17A RCH871 Left Kabul about 3 hours ago.
LINK
If that’s even close to true (I doubt it), it’s pretty crazy and you will be reading stories about that.
USAF C-17A RCH871 Left Kabul about 3 hours ago.
LINK
If that’s even close to true (I doubt it), it’s pretty crazy and you will be reading stories about that.
This post was edited on 8/15/21 at 9:39 pm
Posted on 8/15/21 at 9:35 pm to LegendInMyMind
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"The intelligence community assessment has always been accurate; they just disregarded it," the official told ABC News, speaking about the Biden administration
We once impeached a President over a phone call. Makes you think…
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