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

[tragabigzanda]

FUCK ICE

[BurtReynolds]

Missed opportunity for the propagandists to label them something like "isis - delta variant"

[BurtReynolds]

In other words they launched some missiles into some random mountains.

[simple schoolboy]

In other words they launched some missiles into some random mountains.

I like that identified one of them as a 'planner'. Like ISIS is just some run of the mill midsize manufacturers with program managers, buyers, engineers, etc. You reckon they are on Linkedin?

How many times did we kill the "number two" of Al Qaeda?

[simple schoolboy]

I can't figure why they bothered with suicide bombers, except for the optics. Indirect fire would be far more disruptive to the evacuation effort. Do they not have a ready supply of Iranian 107mm rockets? If we don't have counter battery radar up, might as well make a day of it with some 60 or 82mm mortars.

[spike]

fuck you're creepy

[simple schoolboy]

fuck you're creepy

Consider this Biden admin appologia. It could've been way worse.

[BurtReynolds]

Neat

[E.H. Ruddock]

I'm sure they took the keys to the planes and helicopters though

[simple schoolboy]

I'm sure they took the keys to the planes and helicopters though

How many of those M4s and M249s were in better condition than the average National Guardsman's kit?

[simple schoolboy]

So, that vehicle with supposed ISIS suicide bombers in it that we blew up actually contained an Afghan soldier, a translator, and some kids. Did we get targeting info from the Taliban or... ? Not the first time we murked civilians, but its not like we're lighting up every car in Kabul.

[BurtReynolds]

great job, leaders.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Unfortunately this isn't anything new.

[simple schoolboy]

Unfortunately this isn't anything new.

Sure, but was it our bad intel or did we get it from someone else?

[simple schoolboy]

[E.H. Ruddock]

[simple schoolboy]

Now that we are hearing more of the breakdowns of Asylum Seekers vs US Passport holders vs SIVs that made it out:

Did they resolve the civilians on the runway issue by promising everyone inside the airport would get flown out to get processed elsewhere?

That doesn't really explain the limited helicopter ops for US passport holders and CIVs, but it certainly explains the chaos and why everyone in Afghanistan thought they could snag a golden ticket if they could vault into the airport.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Lol a flight out of Kabul today full of Americans and other westerners went more smoothly than anything the US military did while there

[simple schoolboy]

Lol a flight out of Kabul today full of Americans and other westerners went more smoothly than anything the US military did while there

Did Qatar fly in some air traffic controllers or something?

[BurtReynolds]