Taliban advances into major Afghan cities for first time in two decades

[BidenPresident]

KANDAHAR — The Taliban is ramping up pressure on some of Afghanistan’s largest cities, striking busy transit hubs and pushing front lines deep into urban areas for the first time since the militants were overthrown nearly two decades ago.

Taliban fighters launched rockets Saturday at airports in Kandahar and Herat, two of the country’s largest cities and busiest economic centers. The attacks disrupted commercial travel, though flights in and out of Herat subsequently resumed.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...s-afghanistan/

[Jack]

Who could have seen this coming?

[Micawber]

power fills a vacuum. US can't be a permanent repelling force to stand up a govt that cannot ever defend itself.
Esp with no strategic objective. Were it Russia or China invading, it would be otherwise, perhaps.
But I see no good argument to be made for being their permanent free army considering all the issues we have at home
with butter issues, jobs, deficit spending, healthcare etc.

[BidenPresident]

Who could have seen this coming?

Right. Taliban was always the ruling power in Afghanistan.

[BidenPresident]

power fills a vacuum.

The US just delayed the inevitable.

[Micawber]

The US just delayed the inevitable.

I guess so. Someone had hope the government created by the US could at some point stand up to the Taliban. Obviously they were wrong.
I wonder how wrong I would be to anticipate a Taliban atrocity in the works? For women, enemy fighters. Scores will be settled. Ugly revenge will happen.

[Jack]

Right. Taliban was always the ruling power in Afghanistan.

Religious Quacks. We need more Religious Quacks in the world. Maybe Kim will give them nuclear weapons, that would be cool.

[BidenPresident]

Religious Quacks. We need more Religious Quacks in the world. Maybe Kim will give them nuclear weapons, that would be cool.

The US is Christian. Same thing.

[anatta]

The US is Christian. Same thing.

no.
Obviously you are unfamiliar wit the Taliban's ultra-strict governing ( they are Salafi) we saw last time

[BidenPresident]

no.
Obviously you are unfamiliar wit the Taliban's ultra-strict governing ( they are Salafi) we saw last time

Like Trump's fascism. Familiar.

[anatta]

Like Trump's fascism. Familiar.

lol..not even in the same universe.
did Trump ban music? google "sharia law"

[BidenPresident]

lol..not even in the same universe.
did Trump ban music? google "sharia law"

Don't need google to find out what I already knew.

[anatta]

Don't need google to find out what I already knew.

well I cant debate willful stupidity.

[BidenPresident]

well I cant debate willful stupidity.

fuck off

[reagansghost]

they don't call republicans the American Taliban for nothing