Largest and most successful airlift in history

Phantasmal said:
Thank goodness we are finally getting out of this occupation where thousand of lives of American lives were taken with very little to show for it. The military knew a long time ago that it was a failure. The Afghan Papers revealed the truths no one but Trump and Biden were willing to face.
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I am not questioning the withdraw. I question the strategy and leadership, the way it is being carried out.
 
RB 60 said:
I am not questioning the withdraw. I question the strategy and leadership, the way it is being carried out.
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There was no other way that do it. The threat of ISIS would have been there at all times. There is no good way to evacuate from a country when there are hostile, guerrilla forces.
 
As of today, 122,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan since August 14.

That is a remarkable job by the United States military under extremely difficult conditions.
 
Phantasmal said:
There was no other way that do it. The threat of ISIS would have been there at all times. There is no good way to evacuate from a country when there are hostile, guerrilla forces.
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All our military equipment should have been taken first, as soon as the Taliban started their takeover, and not left to the Taliban.. We should have only kept what was needed to protect ourselves, then take that last after all the people. When offered, we should have kept Kabul and the other airport. Would have been safer, more orderly and accelerated. Biden & Co. dove into a dark hole and hit bottom.
 
Cypress said:
As of today, 122,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan since August 14.

That is a remarkable job by the United States military under extremely difficult conditions.
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Hopefully none are terrorists.
 
RB 60 said:
All our military equipment should have been taken first, as soon as the Taliban started their takeover, and not left to the Taliban.. We should have only kept what was needed to protect ourselves, then take that last after all the people. When offered, we should have kept Kabul and the other airport. Would have been safer, more orderly and accelerated. Biden & Co. dove into a dark hold and hit bottom.
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We left equipment behind in Iraq and Vietnam, you act like this was a the first time it was done. The bulk of the equipment was left for the Afghan army, which folded to the Taliban. Equipment usually falls into opposing forces hands under such conditions.
 
Phantasmal said:
We left equipment behind in Iraq and Vietnam, you act like this was a the first time it was done. The bulk of the equipment was left for the Afghan army, which folded to the Taliban. Equipment usually falls into opposing forces hands under such conditions.
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yep and biden let it happen, he should have payed attention to history
 
Phantasmal said:
We left equipment behind in Iraq and Vietnam, you act like this was a the first time it was done. The bulk of the equipment was left for the Afghan army, which folded to the Taliban. Equipment usually falls into opposing forces hands under such conditions.
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"The U.S. provided an estimated $83 billion worth of training and equipment to Afghan security forces since 2001."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adaman...t-left-behind-in-afghanistan/?sh=289d151d41db

We should have taken what we could and destroyed the rest.
 
Phantasmal said:
Well, I’m sure you know more than the Joint Chiefs.
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It sure doesn't look like they know very much with the way this thing unfolded. Let's be clear: That's who's really responsible for the mechanics of this failure, not Biden.
Biden just makes the general policy, they were responsible for the way it got done. (or were supposed to be)
 
RB 60 said:
The way they allowed so much of our weaponry and technology to fall into the hands of the Taliban, possibly I do?
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Re Afghanistan blunders there was a guy on Tucker who said " I am just a carpenter, but I know better than that......How come our best experts dont know more than I do? (paraphrase)".
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Re Afghanistan blunders there was a guy on Tucker who said " I am just a carpenter, but I know better than that......How come our best experts dont know more than I do? (paraphrase)".
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I'd think there's a number of people that could have coordinated the departure better than it was handled.
 
What would be a "credit" to team Biden is if this airlift never had to take place the way it did....
 
Cypress said:
Pending any last minute disasters, arguably the largest and most masterful U S. Airlift in history.


Less than 300 Americans left in Afghanistan

As of Sunday, the U.S. has evacuated roughly 114,400 people from Afghanistan since Aug. 14,

The airlift may have become the largest and fastest in U.S. military history, depending on how the total numbers carried on coalition aircraft are counted.

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/08/afghanistan-airlift-ops-have-rescued-101300-kabul/184870/

https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday...-chance-for-americans-to-get-to-kabul-airport
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Its not the largest and it was a failure
 
Cypress said:
Pending any last minute disasters, arguably the largest and most masterful U S. Airlift in history.


Less than 300 Americans left in Afghanistan

As of Sunday, the U.S. has evacuated roughly 114,400 people from Afghanistan since Aug. 14,

The airlift may have become the largest and fastest in U.S. military history, depending on how the total numbers carried on coalition aircraft are counted.

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/08/afghanistan-airlift-ops-have-rescued-101300-kabul/184870/

https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday...-chance-for-americans-to-get-to-kabul-airport
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LOL. Yeah, again.

This is the most Trumpian thing you have ever said, Cypress....

"There were YUGE numbers of people on emergency evacuations! The Most EVER..., it was YUGE!"

Ignore the fact that the pResident sank that boat and that the record number of lifeboats wouldn't have been necessary without the pResident making the most epic failure in planning in history.
 
Damocles said:
LOL. Yeah, again.

This is the most Trumpian thing you have ever said, Cypress....

"There were YUGE numbers of people on emergency evacuations! The Most EVER..., it was YUGE!"

Ignore the fact that the pResident sank that boat and that the record number of lifeboats wouldn't have been necessary without the pResident making the most epic failure in planning in history.
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Damo is on a roll today! Love this and the Trump analogy is perfect.
 
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