Frankly, as an American, I have no problem with the British Paras doing what they are doing to get their people.
Apparently, Biden left all our allies hanging with the timing of this. It's a freeking mess of our President's making.
I feel for all the soldiers on that base that are told to just stand there with their dicks in their hands, watching another military work.
It get's ugly, for the Talidan...The British Paras are risking triggering a confrontation with the Taliban, which is why the U.S. isn't doing it and why there is tension on the ground between the two forces. All it takes is the Taliban getting upset and this gets very, very fucking ugly fast.
Yep.It get's ugly, for the Talidan...
As it is, even with the US media doing their dammed hardest not to actually cover the shit going on on the ground the US is a hairs breath away from just bulldozing through everything. And once that happens the Taliban lose.
If the hostages die they get bombed to smithereens that operation rolling thunder and all the bombs in WW2 would look like a sideshow.It get's ugly, for the Talidan...
As it is, even with the US media doing their dammed hardest not to actually cover the shit going on on the ground the US is a hairs breath away from just bulldozing through everything. And once that happens the Taliban lose.
Nation building was a mistake. It should've been a punitive expedition before leaving a minor presence for the Taliban opposition to take advantage of.Yep.
Basically, we in the Army want out, glad to get out. BUT as soon as things start going to shit, we going there to show them they better be glad we leaving
Oh for sure.If the hostages die they get bombed to smithereens that operation rolling thunder and all the bombs in WW2 would look like a sideshow.
Nation building was a mistake. It should've been a punitive expedition before leaving a minor presence for the Taliban opposition to take advantage of.
They should have some brains when they have seen what happened to ISIS.Oh for sure.
Some people say the Taliban are afraid to mess with the Brits, it's more they are scared it causes the US to get invovles
Yea, people see Biden doing nothing and think that's that.Yep.
Basically, we in the Army want out, glad to get out. BUT as soon as things start going to shit, we going there to show them they better be glad we leaving
It get's ugly, for the Talidan...
As it is, even with the US media doing their dammed hardest not to actually cover the shit going on on the ground the US is a hairs breath away from just bulldozing through everything. And once that happens the Taliban lose.
No... We will send in fifty to sixty thousand troops with "kick them out of the city" orders...Ugly how? What are we going to do, bomb them? Oh wait....
U.S. Airstrikes in Afghanistan Could Be a Sign of What Comes Next - August 3rd
US unleashes B-52s in bid to stem Taliban advance - August 7th
US B-52 bombers and gunships sent into action in Afghanistan in attempt to stop Taliban advance on key cities - August 7th
B-52s Airstrikes Against Taliban - August 10th
The Taliban still achieved decisive victory in 11 days despite this all out effort. Nevermind the last month or even this year, how exactly is bombing now supposed to achieve anything when it categorically failed to achieve decisive results in the past 20 years? To be blunt, they have us by the balls here; if we upset them, they use small arms, mortar fire and MANPADS to shut down the airport. Once the water, food and ammunition runs out the Taliban kill or capture everyone there or still trapped in Afghanistan.
This "America Fuck Yeah" outlook is going to get a lot of people killed in the immediate term and in the long term if people fallback on it instead of actually realizing it has no basis in reality and we need to learn from Afghanistan.
That's what happened to ISIS when the gloves were out.No... We will send in fifty to sixty thousand troops with "kick them out of the city" orders...
You need to understand the Taliban can't actually hold ground against the US military if the US military actually tries.
That's what happened to ISIS when the gloves were out.
Yes and even that will only be a delay until the leadership sorts itself out. Domestic pressure will see to that.Even the strongest military can be rendered useless with incompetent leadership, and that's where we are here.
So destroy the Kabul and spend another 20 years throwing lives and money away occupying the country.No... We will send in fifty to sixty thousand troops with "kick them out of the city" orders...
You need to understand the Taliban can't actually hold ground against the US military if the US military actually tries.