Thread: U.S. leaves its last Afghan base, effectively ending operations

Originally Posted by misskit

Australia Evacuates More Than 300 Overnight From Afghanistan - PM

Hopefully, all vaccinated - and/or keeping the distance - off they go into the lockdown...

Originally Posted by Klondyke

To this must be added the suicides of war veterans and their number is absolutely scary. In the USA, about 6,000 soldiers are killed every year

The majority of homeless people in the UK are ex-military. One of the charities that tries to help them is Combat Stress, which is funded 75% by charitable donations and a little bit by the NHS.

I am all for acts of Christian charity and it is good to see some of those mothers and children who might be at risk being evacuated from Afghanistan on my tax pound, it is very heartwarming. However, I'd be a great deal more impressed if those former military personnel who risked their lives and continue to suffer demonstrable PTSD were ahead of them in the queue.

It's well and truly over . . .

Originally Posted by panama hat

It's well and truly over . . .

She looks like she's seen the inside of that burger truck a few times.

The main thing that caught my eye in that picture was the high-tech wooden ramp. For all those billions spent I'd have expected them to have a diamond-studded titanium foldable ramp, at least.

Originally Posted by Shutree

The main thing that caught my eye in that picture was the high-tech wooden ramp. For all those billions spent I'd have expected them to have a diamond-studded titanium foldable ramp, at least.

They left all the good stuff at Bagram.

This should be a big seller.

Originally Posted by Shutree

The main thing that caught my eye in that picture was the high-tech wooden ramp. For all those billions spent I'd have expected them to have a diamond-studded titanium foldable ramp, at least.

"Overheads". You forgot the "overheads".

During the presidency of President Obama, I pressed the Pentagon to answer for a $43 million dollar gas station built in Afghanistan.

This project was revealed as part of an audit conducted by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

When I pressed for answers, the Defense Department responded by saying that the direct cost was actually only 5 million dollars. But that number didn’t include the massive overhead costs charged to the project, which pushed the overall price tag to 43 million dollars.

Grassley: $10,000 Toilet Seat Cover Doesn't Pass the Smell Test, DoD Flushing Taxpayer Dollars Down the Drain

^Why Navalny, so keen to discover a corruption, did not stay outside Russia?

We love to accuse everyone else of corruption, don't we?

“And what are we going to do?” Putin warns of dangerous situation in Afghanistan

MOSCOW (Agencies): Russia is against the placement of refugees from Afghanistan in the countries of Central Asia, since, using the visa-free regime, militants will be able to penetrate into the territory of the Russian Federation, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.


“Only now has it been said about Afghanistan. It has a direct bearing on our security,” he said on Sunday at a meeting with representatives of United Russia.


Putin noted that Western countries “are persistently raising the issue of placing refugees in Central Asian countries before obtaining visas for the United States and other countries.”


“This means that you can send to these countries without visas to our neighbors, but we do not want to take them without visas. This is just a humiliating approach to solving this issue,” Putin continued.


According to him, this issue will be discussed on Monday at a meeting of the leaders of the CSTO countries and other venues.


“Imagine, refugees entered any of these countries. Who among these refugees, how do we know? There may be thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, or maybe millions, and we have no visa requirements with our closest allies and neighbors. restrictions, and the border is a thousand kilometers. I got on anything – even a car, even a donkey and drove across the steppe. And what are we going to do about it? ” – said Putin.


“We don’t want some kind of militants to appear again under the guise of refugees … we actually had hostilities in the North Caucasus,” President Vladimir Putin added.


Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, at a meeting between Putin and representatives of United Russia, said that the Taliban are still fulfilling their promises to end hostilities and start a national dialogue in Afghanistan, and have launched first contacts with representatives of the country’s main political forces.

https://thefrontierpost.com/and-what...n-afghanistan/

Originally Posted by misskit

“And what are we going to do?”

Your prob now Vlad. The days of the US keeping the Taliban and the other bad actors busy along your borders and China's are over. Enjoy.

Originally Posted by Norton

Your prob now Vlad. The days of the US keeping the Taliban and the other bad actors busy along your borders and China's are over. Enjoy.

Since he has a taste for invading other countries now, maybe he could have a crack himself.

Originally Posted by Norton

The days of the US keeping the Taliban and the other bad actors busy along your borders and China's are over. Enjoy.

Oh gimme a f'kin break.

Like the US was just helpin' a brother out.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Oh gimme a f'kin break.

Like the US was just helpin' a brother out.

Of course they weren't but the effect was the same.

^He looks like a goblin in that pic!

He was at my workplace in Abu Dhabi more often than pretty much all the 'managers' at the time.

Currying favour with..well..

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He still seems to think he's some kind of figure on the world stage.

Go figure.

Originally Posted by misskit

He looks like a goblin in that pic!

You could be right.

The goblin king...

^ Their skills on guitar were probably quite similar.

Originally Posted by cyrille

He was at my workplace in Abu Dhabi

Notated.

Oh! Bob Geldof was like a fucking doorman there too.

Every ex-Jumeirah Jane wanted a photo opportunity* with him.

*Now we call it a 'selfie'

Originally Posted by cyrille

He was at my workplace in Abu Dhabi.

Everyone needs to go to the loo sometimes sybille.

Originally Posted by misskit

^He looks like a goblin in that pic!

More of an Orc. IMHO.

His teeth, even with his mostly hidden!

Originally Posted by misskit

“Only now has it been said about Afghanistan. It has a direct bearing on our security,” he said on Sunday at a meeting with representatives of United Russia.

Good luck, Vlad . . . you do so well with the Chechens, have another crack