Rolling Afghanistan Thread

[Leo]

good advice, try following it. he was one of 100 senators -- a junior one at that -- who were quoted about the war. he wasn't a decision maker, which is what you're trying to pin him as.

 

[hmg]

good advice, try following it. he was one of 100 senators -- a junior one at that -- who were quoted about the war. he wasn't a decision maker, which is what you're trying to pin him as.

Cope. Now he's President.

 

[Murphy]

Love from Loughborough

 

[Mr. Tea]

Cope. Now he's President.

What are you even trying to pin on him? That it was the *wrong* decision for the USA to finally leave Vietnam in 75?

 

[HannahB]

Inside Reach 871, A US C-17 Packed With 640 Afghans Trying to Escape the Taliban

The Air Force evacuation flight from Kabul to Qatar came near the record for most people ever flown in the Boeing airlifter.

www.defenseone.com

Amazing photo - most people ever fitted into this type of plane

 

[Leo]

What are you even trying to pin on him? That it was the *wrong* decision for the USA to finally leave Vietnam in 75?

he's trying to pin Biden's election on me.

 

[HannahB]

neon screams has a long bit about the links between drill and taliban/isis aesthetics

There is b&w footage of W Sahara women-soldier drills from the 70s(?) but cannot remember where it was, (16mm?) film so faded onto (VHS?) transfer they appear like ghosts - if anyone knows it, can they post link here?

 

[version]

Is this true?

 

[hmg]

Inside Reach 871, A US C-17 Packed With 640 Afghans Trying to Escape the Taliban

The Air Force evacuation flight from Kabul to Qatar came near the record for most people ever flown in the Boeing airlifter.

www.defenseone.com

Amazing photo - most people ever fitted into this type of plane

Wow. That could be the most people on a single aircraft ever?

Edit: not even close https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-passengers-on-an-aircraft/

 

[Leo]

Is this true?

that's terrible if so.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Well WikiLeaks has form for releasing the names of Afghan civilians who'd worked with US/UK forces.

 

[HannahB]

Megh Updates 🚨 (@MeghUpdates) Tweeted:
Talban inspecting Amusement Parks in #Afghanistan https://t.co/IKZDHXLQYz

 

[...]

Bracing:

After Afghanistan disaster, Taiwan must go nuclear

The images of Afghans chasing an American C-130 plane at the Kabul airport and some plummeting to their deaths will sear the memory of a generation.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

 

[luka]

theres been lots of people on twitter speculating about what the last few days will mean for tawain. i personally think china should nuke america hard, now. wipe the whole place out turn it into radiation desert before its too late.

 

[...]

I think China should nuke the South Bank hard, specifically the area near the Globe Theatre.

 

[DannyL]

I think China should nuke the South Bank hard, specifically the area near the Globe Theatre.

There'd be a lot of collateral damage but, in the words of Madeline Albright, "we think the cost is worth it"

 

[HannahB]

There'd be a lot of collateral damage but, in the words of Madeline Albright, "we think the cost is worth it"

Restore the South Bank wetlands

 

[hmg]

 

[Mr. Tea]

There'd be a lot of collateral damage but, in the words of Madeline Albright, "we think the cost is worth it"

"We had to nuke the South Bank to save it."

 

[HannahB]

UK communities come together to provide for arriving Afghans

Clothes, toys, toiletries and other essentials donated for those fleeing country after Taliban takeover

www.theguardian.com

Rosemary’s Baby photo: goodbye vast mountains, hello new-build grey ghetto white savior racists