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

Originally Posted by helge

^^You went for Sabang with a low comment.

You did it before to me.

It's low, Harry.


Did your employer chop of any hands or heads lately or is it flogging week ?

Se what I mean ?

You're being retarded again.

Originally Posted by panama hat

I think invading in the first place was a bit of a boo-boo

Ofcourse
But to be fair; alot of US allies were eager emough to follow them there, in the name of solidarity after 9-11.

Could Bush have opted out of invading Afghanistan ?

No

You're being retarded again.

Just about had enough of your indirect slurs against my parents

Originally Posted by helge

But to be fair; alot of US allies were eager emough to follow them there, in the name of solidarity after 9-11.

The aftermath of 9/11 could have been a PR 'moment' for the US but the mixture of indignation of having been attacked on home soil, a gung-ho and hungry military-industrial complex, an ineffectual halfwit president with war-mongering advisors . . .

Originally Posted by helge

Could Bush have opted out of invading Afghanistan ?

No

I never understood the invasion - the rationale, there didn't seem to be a end-phase after 'kill bin-Laden'. Why the need to occupy

Originally Posted by panama hat

Why the need to occupy

The only possible ..revenge that Bush had on the shelf.

He couldn't just flatten the country. I guess it would have been a bad

Originally Posted by panama hat

PR 'moment' for the US

Iraq is a different story

But I see your point, Du Knast Kandidat

Iraq and Afghanistan were about making an obscene amount of money.

cf Cheney and Halliburton/KBR

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Iraq and Afghanistan were about making an obscene amount of money.

cf Cheney and Halliburton/KBR

Yup!

Originally Posted by helge

Du Knast Kandidat

Reformierter, danke schön.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Iraq and Afghanistan were about making an obscene amount of money.

cf Cheney and Halliburton/KBR

Surprised, usually there are the chinkies after the money...

^ Well, they are now.

I doubt there is a lot of left... (besides, will the generous taxpayers be still supplying the money?)

Originally Posted by Klondyke

I doubt there is a lot of left...

1.4 billion

Originally Posted by Klondyke

I doubt there is a lot of left... (besides, will the generous taxpayers be still supplying the money?)

Not a problem they have it in Print, at this very moment.

Ferocious fighting is taking place in a major Afghan city, amid fears it could be the first provincial capital to fall to the Taliban.

Lashkar Gah in southern Helmand province is under heavy assault from the militants, despite persistent US and Afghan air strikes.

The Taliban are said to have seized a TV station. Thousands of people fleeing rural areas took shelter in buildings.

"There is fighting all around," a doctor told the BBC from his hospital.

Afghanistan: Street fighting rages as Taliban attack key city - BBC News

And our very own three stooges are celebrating.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Thousands of people fleeing rural areas took shelter in buildings.

How utterly sad

Some are fleeing the Tali, others US bombing. How sad indeed.

Originally Posted by sabang

Some are fleeing the Tali, others US bombing. How sad indeed.

No, they're fleeing the talitubbies because they don't want their kids getting acid thrown in their faces just for going to school.

Then they must be fleeing the Northern Alliance warlords too- I believe they are even worse.

Originally Posted by sabang

Then they must be fleeing the Northern Alliance warlords too- I believe they are even worse.

Both created by hostile and twisted blowback.
Ignoring or forgetting the finer points of historic perspective.

Originally Posted by sabang

Then they must be fleeing the Northern Alliance warlords too- I believe they are even worse.

Just when you thought that someone could not get more blinkered and ignorant, they raise the bar.

You lot shoulda listened to me, and scarpered out of ghan years ago- with some pride left.

US, UK embassies in Afghanistan accuse Taliban of war crimes

KABUL (Agencies): The U.S. and British embassies in Kabul said on Monday the insurgent Taliban may have committed war crimes in southern Afghanistan by carrying out revenge murders of civilians, a charge denied by the insurgents.


Suhail Shaheen, a Taliban negotiating team member based in Doha, told Reuters that tweets containing the accusations were “baseless reports.”


The Taliban denies the US accusations of “massacre” of civilians in Kandahar province and invites human rights activists and the media to investigate, a spokesman for the movement, Zabiullah Mujahid, told RIA Novosti.


The Taliban deny this claim. “We also call on human rights defenders and the media to come and investigate on the spot. We are indifferent to American Twitter messages. They should know their business and focus on their departure, and not engage in unnecessary conversations and accusations,” Mujahid said.


The U.S. Embassy in the capital Kabul tweeted a statement accusing the Taliban of killing dozens of civilians in the area of Spin Boldak in southern Kandahar province.


The statement was also tweeted by the British embassy.


“These murders could constitute war crimes; they must be investigated & those Taliban fighters or commanders responsible held accountable,” the U.S. Embassy tweeted.


In a second tweet, it said: “The Taliban’s leadership must be held responsible for the crimes of their fighters. If you cannot control your fighters now, you have no business in governance later.”


The tweets, accompanied by calls for a ceasefire, stepped up the United States’ public criticism of the group as U.S. troops withdraw and the Taliban goes on the offensive.


U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said last week that Afghanistan would become a ‘pariah state’ if any future Taliban rule in Afghanistan resulted in atrocities against civilians.


The insurgents gained control last month of the strategic area of Spin Boldak, which lies at a border and trade crossing with Pakistan, and heavy fighting has taken place since as Afghan forces try to recapture the area.


https://thefrontierpost.com/us-uk-em...of-war-crimes/

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

their kids getting acid thrown in their faces just for going to school.

Suddenly, everybody in Afgh. has been surprised, why on earth (especially in Afgh.) there is an increased demand for acid HCL and H2SO4... (ask 'arry...) (chinkies supplies?)

Originally Posted by sabang

You lot shoulda listened to me, and scarpered out of ghan years ago- with some pride left.

Get on Twitter. The Afghan special forces are fucking shit up.

Originally Posted by misskit

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said last week that Afghanistan would become a ‘pariah state’ if any future Taliban rule in Afghanistan resulted in atrocities against civilians.

Has this idiot been locked up in a basement for the last 30 years ?

Yeh, it's called the Beltway.