welshbairn Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, deegee said: “Wound my heart with a monotonous languor” is the correct message. Maybe that's why they all went to a cafe and got caught speaking English with ridiculous French accents.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 21 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Maybe that's why they all went to a cafe and got caught speaking English with ridiculous French accents.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Haha. Old man Joe, 'Our goal was never building a country and helping Afghanistan, it was about destroying terror threats to the USA' Charming. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 He's just chucked the full Afghanistan army under the bus and more or less called them shitebags. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, djchapsticks said: Haha. Old man Joe, 'Our goal was never building a country and helping Afghanistan, it was about destroying terror threats to the USA' Charming. Didn't disagree with his comments on the Afghan military. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Can see this ending with the Americans bombing the shit out of Afghanistan, with us, their little lap dogs in support. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTAN Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 I'm starting to wonder if Trumps "deal" with the Taliban was "please can you wait til Sleepy Joe gets elected". -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 15 minutes ago, ICTJohnboy said: Can see this ending with the Americans bombing the shit out of Afghanistan, with us, their little lap dogs in support. 20 years ago, IIRC somebody in the US military was asked about the bombing campaign. They said that after 3 days they had run out of targets - I.e. not a lot to start with. I expect the same might be true today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladdin Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 17 minutes ago, ICTJohnboy said: Can see this ending with the Americans bombing the shit out of Afghanistan, with us, their little lap dogs in support. There's still a possibility Afghanistan falls into a civil war. The Afghan warlords who are anti-Taliban don't seem to have become involved to the extent most thought they would, yet. You can't see many wanting to give up their personal kingdoms, especially those involved in opium. Apparently the Northern Alliance are reforming too. The Taliban may find it as difficult as any central power in the country to hold on to it. We'll almost inevitably provide air support and manage to back some group which turns out to be worse than ISIS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, SANTAN said: I'm starting to wonder if Trumps "deal" with the Taliban was "please can you wait til Sleepy Joe gets elected". Do you mean he's now conceded he actually lost the election? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefybake Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 2 hours ago, virginton said: A reasonable, academic analysis for those who would like a light refreshment between waves of powerless Western liberal outrage: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/16/taliban-afghanistan-rule-hardline-coalition-powers If the Taliban decide to be a clone, of some sort, of Saudi Arabia.... public executions, stoning, beheading... there seems to me rather little that the US can do/say..... Hhm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 30 minutes ago, Aladdin said: There's still a possibility Afghanistan falls into a civil war. The Afghan warlords who are anti-Taliban don't seem to have become involved to the extent most thought they would, yet. You can't see many wanting to give up their personal kingdoms, especially those involved in opium. Apparently the Northern Alliance are reforming too. The Taliban may find it as difficult as any central power in the country to hold on to it. We'll almost inevitably provide air support and manage to back some group which turns out to be worse than ISIS. If The Taliban screw the nut for a wee while we might help them to fight the others. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Have some faith in Magic Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 https://twitter.com/MarcusReports/status/1427363089834512384?s=19 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 11 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: If The Taliban screw the nut for a wee while we might sell them arms to fight the others. FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Inside the transport plane out of Kabul 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Inside the transport plane out of Kabul Our cabin crew will shortly be bringing you the latest offers you can see in our in flight magazine... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Inside the transport plane out of Kabul Is that Ryanair trying pass off Kabul as Dublin "east," ? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Wherever those poor souls landed first, hope they were given much needed food & water. Hopefully it wasn’t Prestwick. Scottish Government would have provided much needed facemasks. -4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, pozbaird said: Wherever those poor souls landed first, hope they were given much needed food & water. Hopefully it wasn’t Prestwick. Scottish Government would have provided much needed facemasks. They’d take one look at Prestwick and want to go back to the Taliban. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, pozbaird said: Wherever those poor souls landed first, hope they were given much needed food & water. Hopefully it wasn’t Prestwick. Scottish Government would have provided much needed facemasks. After telling them "This is were Elvis was you know" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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