The War on Terror /Central Asia/Mid East/Africa thread

[McParadigm]

[elliseamos]

Riot Act does feel like forever ago.

[BurtReynolds]

The US Embassy in Kabul cost $773.9 million to build.

[Bammer]

And people think they have it bad living in the US of A.

[Bi_3]

Promises made…

[elliseamos]

Promises made…

Oh, well, you see, it's just a pilot, so he's right it's not people it's a person.

[BurtReynolds]

Strong Baghdad Bob vibes

[Bi_3]

Strong Baghdad Bob vibes

The only good thing right now is that it’s over a year until the midterms, so hopefully Afghanistan will all be forgotten by then just like it has been for the last 10 years

[BurtReynolds]

I think this is the only way this could have happened, and frankly this is looking like the best case scenario since it's not particularly violent so far, but it should be worrisome in the extreme that the pentagon and government seemed to believe their own bullshit. They have to know better.

[Simple Torture]

Strong Baghdad Bob vibes

I'm pretty sure this was the first meme I can remember.

[dimejinky99]

If they decide to turn up to the airport and round those people up who can’t get out, it’ll be a bloodbath. Hopefully not.

[BurtReynolds]

From what I gather the airport is protected by thousands of marines. They probably won't fuck with them.

[BurtReynolds]

That's a dangerous situation though for sure.

[BurtReynolds]

Why do so many people not trust our institutions again?

[dimejinky99]

The airport is surrounded by taliban.

[Bi_3]

I think this is the only way this could have happened, and frankly this is looking like the best case scenario since it's not particularly violent so far, but it should be worrisome in the extreme that the pentagon and government seemed to believe their own bullshit. They have to know better.

I didn’t mean to sound callous about the situation on the ground, and I agree that the fewer killed the better, but this is one piece of a larger puzzle and it’s gonna be hard to convince countries in Africa to side with us over China now.

[dimejinky99]

Gun fire at the airport now.

[BurtReynolds]

I think this is the only way this could have happened, and frankly this is looking like the best case scenario since it's not particularly violent so far, but it should be worrisome in the extreme that the pentagon and government seemed to believe their own bullshit. They have to know better.

I didn’t mean to sound callous about the situation on the ground, and I agree that the fewer killed the better, but this is one piece of a larger puzzle and it’s gonna be hard to convince countries in Africa to side with us over China now.

I agree, but to fix that is going to require a complete overhaul of how we do things militarily and diplomatically. My hope is that this "nation building" strategy becomes a thing of the past. It is unworkable.

No idea how to fix the Pentagon though.

[dimejinky99]

Colonialism is great isn’t it?

[bada]

I for one cannot wait until China takes over policing the world.