BAP Enthusiast said:

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Agthatbuilds said:

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2. He's now forwarded me a text message from an Afghan friend. He asked that I tweet it.

"Terrorists are going door to door and killing pilots and SOFs, raping their families, and taking their houses. Two of my friends were shot dead. In Kabul."

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— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 15, 2021

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You should never believe a word Bill Kristol says.

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Not controlled opposition. Just opposition.

عناصر من طالبان وهم يلهون في متنزه في كابول 🙄🙃 pic.twitter.com/35OgXqgtJ7

— شؤون تركية (@TurkeyAffairs) August 16, 2021

Airlift has resumed. German military heavy lift plane has arrived.

BAP Enthusiast said:

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Agthatbuilds said:

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2. He's now forwarded me a text message from an Afghan friend. He asked that I tweet it.

"Terrorists are going door to door and killing pilots and SOFs, raping their families, and taking their houses. Two of my friends were shot dead. In Kabul."

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— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 15, 2021

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Says a taliban defender.

Oops
Keep forgetting this is not the political opinion thread.

TChaney said:

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عناصر من طالبان وهم يلهون في متنزه في كابول 🙄🙃 pic.twitter.com/35OgXqgtJ7

— شؤون تركية (@TurkeyAffairs) August 16, 2021

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Waiting for the inevitable road rage.

Eliminatus said:

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Oops
Keep forgetting this is not the political opinion thread.

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What are you talking about?

Taliban parade two men through streets with blackened faces and nooses around necks https://t.co/dCEr2n8GBG pic.twitter.com/1oWOu3d7PN

— New York Post (@nypost) August 16, 2021

Epoch Times is reporting that US Troops at the airport are taking and returning fire

Yukon Cornelius said:

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Guest on msnbc just said the taliban have “our biometric database” of everyone who worked for US and are using it at checkpoints. When / how did that happen? Was that a massive story at the time or wtf? They used AF as a testing ground for biometrics and this is how it ends up?

— Amanda Milius (@AmandaMilius) August 16, 2021

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Well that is the end use of the product

will25u said:

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Taliban parade two men through streets with blackened faces and nooses around necks https://t.co/dCEr2n8GBG pic.twitter.com/1oWOu3d7PN

— New York Post (@nypost) August 16, 2021

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What do they do? Are they homosexual?

annie88 said:

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will25u said:

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Taliban parade two men through streets with blackened faces and nooses around necks https://t.co/dCEr2n8GBG pic.twitter.com/1oWOu3d7PN

— New York Post (@nypost) August 16, 2021

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What do they do? Are they homosexual?

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Thieves.

Tarred and paraded around.

BohunkAg said:

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After the fall of Saigon, President Ford hosted a press conference.

To his credit, it took over 35 minutes and he took over 20 questions from the press.https://t.co/YZHEes4CRE

— Michael New (@Michael_J_New) August 16, 2021

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...and in comparison, he played football for Michigan without a helmet. Think that was a running joke about his mental acuity...but you get the point.

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annie88 said:

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will25u said:

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Taliban parade two men through streets with blackened faces and nooses around necks https://t.co/dCEr2n8GBG pic.twitter.com/1oWOu3d7PN

— New York Post (@nypost) August 16, 2021

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What do they do? Are they homosexual?

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Thieves.

Tarred and paraded around.

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So homosexuals are thrown off of buildings and thieves are just paraded around.

Interesting.

Squadron7 said:

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It is pretty clear at this point that if we get everyone out it is only due to the good graces of the Taliban.

Good grief.

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This is the best summary of the current state of play.

whatthehey78 said:

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BohunkAg said:

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After the fall of Saigon, President Ford hosted a press conference.

To his credit, it took over 35 minutes and he took over 20 questions from the press.https://t.co/YZHEes4CRE

— Michael New (@Michael_J_New) August 16, 2021

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...and in comparison, he played football for Michigan without a helmet. Think that was a running joke about his mental acuity...but you get the point.

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Vietnam fell not because of Ford's policies, but because the Democrats in Congress, including Joe Biden, failed to support the South, as promised.

Joe Biden voted on withdrawal from Vietnam?

The "charg d'affaires" is there.

Ag In Ok said:

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Joe Biden voted on withdrawal from Vietnam?

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Not on the withdrawal.

He was among the Democrats who withheld promised support from South Vietnam, which lead to the fall of the South.

Not to be a Debbie downer or anything, but we saw what isis did with small arms and technicals. And now there are billions of dollars worth of weapons, bombs, planes, trucks, helos, and I would assume tanks. More weapons than many countries have.


So....what's gonna happen with all that.

I'd guess you would have to know how to use those things and most of these people can't read....probably also a lot of routine maintainence and stuff. I'd imagine they will be sold to somewhere else.

They will be trained by Pashtuns who turned over their allegiance in advance. They won't be fully operational but they may likely have the ability to scale up over time. Parts on the other hand will be very hard to come by.

Again, we need to embrace India.

As we unfortunately just showed, without maintenance you're in trouble trying to operate some of the more complicated equipment. Busted up helos may never fly again.

I'm more worried about new drones in crates and the ammo, guns, and maybe even missiles and such. We're in theater right now and might have to face some of our own equipment.

True but a lot of that gear has already made it to Iran and undoubtably will be in China. It's a disaster.