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Leaving Vietnam vs AFG
- Thread starter jmcquate
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Did you just say Brave?
Here's a non-sequitur from the world of social media, Book of WTF, Volume 2020, Florida section:
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How prisoner releases bolstered the Taliban to victory
Former prisoners like Hafizdullah have become a more common presence in the country.
nypost.com
Did Pakistan Help Taliban by Carrying Out Drone Strikes in Panjshir Valley?
Reports have emerged that Pakistan dropped bombs via drones to help Taliban in Panjshir Valley but the militant group has claimed that no such drone strikes were conducted by Pakistan.
www.ibtimes.sg
I have a feeling that the Taliban is reaching for legitimacy and have, in fact, taken. Panjshir city like Rokhah, but they haven’t secured anything.How prisoner releases bolstered the Taliban to victory
Former prisoners like Hafizdullah have become a more common presence in the country.Interesting facets to the 2021 downfall of Afghanistan. Needs more corroboration.Did Pakistan Help Taliban by Carrying Out Drone Strikes in Panjshir Valley?
Reports have emerged that Pakistan dropped bombs via drones to help Taliban in Panjshir Valley but the militant group has claimed that no such drone strikes were conducted by Pakistan.
Al Qaeda rebuilding for U.S. attacks in one to two years: CIA, DIA
The defeat of the American-backed government in Afghanistan has increased the danger that the al Qaeda terrorist group will launch another attack against the United States very quickly, the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency said Tuesday.
www.washingtontimes.com
I caught some of this today. Political beliefs aside, I think one has to admit he brings up a very good point...
www.businessinsider.com
Rand Paul grills Blinken on whether drone strike hit aid worker or ISIS-K: 'You'd think you'd kind of know before you off someone'
"You'd think you'd kind of know before you off someone with a predator drone," Paul replied when Blinken said he didn't know who the strike killed.
www.businessinsider.com
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
I kind of find it ironic that the general population associates Dems with 'doves.' However, Obama's liberal use of drone strikes largely went under the radar. I wonder how many people know that the vast majority of civilian casualties from drone strikes occured on his watch.
I don't recall any targeted high value individual being killed without knowing the names and their CV within a couple days. I haven't seen a public announcement of who these guys were. Very suspicious.
Obama's increased use of UAV strikes was in large part not wanting to take prisoners'. Prisoners complicated his intention to empty Gitmo or worry about an "ally" having them escape from their prison. It increased collateral damage, and decreased humint from interrogations.
Civilian Voters: "We won't tolerate another 9/11! You have to stop the terrorists by any means necessary! And by any means, we mean any means that don't involve Boots On the Ground™. Because the news reporter and my college professor told me that Boots On the Ground™ are evil and bad. Because that means we have a Quagmire Forever War™."
Politicians and DoD leadership: "OK, got it. Hmm, how do we bust up terror plots WITHOUT putting an assault team in to kill or capture them? I know, airstrikes. But we need persistent ISR to have any hope of finding the terrorists in the first place, because good HUMINT involves Boots On the Ground™ and that won't get half of us re-elected. Hmm. Oh, I know . . ."
(Politicians and DoD leadership step up drone strikes because they basically have to to accomplish the first paragraph)
Civilian Voters:
Trump escalated the drone strikes, while "unleashing" the commands with broader permissions on when to take the shot. They were very tight under Obama, as far as guaranteeing who the target was and getting permission. And they work.
What I find fascinating was the 1993 WTC bombing was actually worse than the 9/11 bombing in terms of goals and potential outcomes. I doubt Al Qaeda thought they could bring down the whole tower on 9/11, but in 1993 they were going for it all. If it had worked in 1993, the entire tower would have come down with zero escapes by anyone. Orders of magnitude higher death toll in the tower itself and in the surrounding buildings.
But the 1993 bombing didn't bring down the tower. So...no harm/no foul?
Why didn't that merit the response that 9/11 did? If the goal was just to prevent another attack? Obviously it wasn't just that.
Any lawyers here (sea or actual) able to comment on what would happen if he keeps having scheduling conflicts? The Senate has subpoena power but I wouldn’t think the Administrstion would like it go that route.
I’m also surprised no one has started a thread about the upcoming Woodward book which contains new information about the CJCS...
www.politico.com
I’m also surprised no one has started a thread about the upcoming Woodward book which contains new information about the CJCS...
Menendez skewers Austin no-show at Afghan testimony
Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended the Biden administration’s handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal, but the frustrated Senate chair wants answers from the Pentagon.
www.politico.com
Because why would we have gone to war over a hypothetical? The tower didn't come down, so it ended up not being any different than any of the other relatively low-level car bombings or other terrorist randomness that went on throughout the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s.