Poll of the Day > #TerrorALERT: Explosions go off at Afghan Airport; Exvacutions Halted...

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pionear
08/26/21 12:08:04 PM
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EvilMegas
08/26/21 12:09:41 PM
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At this rate the US is just going to stomp right back in again.

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Metalsonic66
08/26/21 12:14:44 PM
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Wow

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Blighboy
08/26/21 12:23:40 PM
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Heard about this on the radio (before it happened), there was Intel that one of the Taliban's rivals was going to launch an attack on the airport. People knew this was coming and still couldn't prevent it, which is depressing.

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pionear
08/26/21 12:53:22 PM
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EDIT, I meant 'Evacuations' in the TT...

EvilMegas posted...
At this rate the US is just going to stomp right back in again.

Sigh, they why did Trump/US make a Deal in the 1st place? Sending Troops Home so they have to go back a Month Later?
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Cacciato
08/26/21 1:34:33 PM
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pionear posted...
EDIT, I meant 'Evacuations' in the TT...

Sigh, they why did Trump/US make a Deal in the 1st place? Sending Troops Home so they have to go back a Month Later?
Thats if you assume the Taliban orchestrated it, which I doubt. There are multiple jihadist organizations operating over there. Hell, when I was in Iraq half the time we heard of a suicide bombing it was some Sunni bomber blowing up a bunch of Shia or vice versa.
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Metalsonic66
08/26/21 5:41:28 PM
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pionear posted...
EDIT, I meant 'Evacuations' in the TT...
Man, i was hoping to hear about the excavations

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Smarkil
08/26/21 6:46:49 PM
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Cacciato posted...
Thats if you assume the Taliban orchestrated it, which I doubt. There are multiple jihadist organizations operating over there. Hell, when I was in Iraq half the time we heard of a suicide bombing it was some Sunni bomber blowing up a bunch of Shia or vice versa.

What does the Taliban think of ISIS? Apparently ISIS thinks of the Taliban as the leftist idiots of their country. But I don't think I've ever seen the Taliban comment on ISIS other than saying they're too extreme?

I'd think the Taliban would want to stomp them out given it's basically a Taliban country now.

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Cacciato
08/26/21 7:12:37 PM
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Smarkil posted...
What does the Taliban think of ISIS? Apparently ISIS thinks of the Taliban as the leftist idiots of their country. But I don't think I've ever seen the Taliban comment on ISIS other than saying they're too extreme?

I'd think the Taliban would want to stomp them out given it's basically a Taliban country now.
Apparently thats what theyre trying to do from some articles I read, and Ill have to see if I can find them. Supposedly one of the first things they did when they retook all this territory was release their buddies from prison, and then execute the ISIS guys they got their hands on.

I only deployed to Iraq and never made it to afghanistan so a lot of my knowledge is just based off what I learned in the army and from guys that went over there, along with just trying to keep up with events. But, for instance, theres a cultural practice of basically older men raping young boys that the Taliban outlawed. When we went over there and removed the taliban that practice accelerated again, but our policy was to let the local government deal with it. Thats great, until its the local police chief thats involved in the practice. IIRC there was a prominent legal case involving an SF dude that basically killed a guy in cold blood because he was doing that shit and thats the only way he knew to solve the problem.

Anyway, based off the Talibans historical efficiency Id be surprised if ISIS could maintain any sort of hold like they did in Iraq. Iraq was perfect for that growth especially with the geographical differences.

Im not confident enough for an account bet, but Id be sincerely surprised if the Taliban was responsible for that bombing. Theyve already won and its in their best interest to let enemy forces (us) evacuate ASAP so that way we can go back to not giving a shit the same way we did prior to 9/11.
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Cacciato
08/26/21 7:19:08 PM
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Heres a set of articles that date back to 2015 showing the Taliban and ISIS repeatedly executing each others soldiers.

https://www.khaama.com/tag/isis-execute-taliban-fighters/

And heres another article referencing the Taliban killing an ISIS commander after capturing the prison.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theweek.in/news/world/2021/08/19/taliban-executes-is-k-chief-a-year-after-afghan-govt-jailed-him.amp.html

I looked it up, and that Green Beret is basically fighting a court martial for beating the shit out of that police chief, but not killing him.
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Smarkil
08/26/21 7:46:06 PM
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Cacciato posted...
Im not confident enough for an account bet, but Id be sincerely surprised if the Taliban was responsible for that bombing. Theyve already won and its in their best interest to let enemy forces (us) evacuate ASAP so that way we can go back to not giving a shit the same way we did prior to 9/11.

I wouldn't think they would be involved either based on my limited understanding of them. As brutal and disgusting as they can be, I think they're pretty measured in their actions.

I wouldn't be surprised if this sparks some sort of cooperation between the US and Taliban. Not a lasting cooperation maybe, but something.

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Zeus
08/26/21 7:56:45 PM
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What's the endgame here? Terrorists should be encouraging us to go, not stay and fight.

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funkyfritter
08/26/21 8:15:13 PM
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https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/western-nations-race-complete-afghan-evacuation-deadline-looms-2021-08-25/

According to this article, ISIS-K is the group claiming responsibility for the attack. Based on what I've read they have a history of fighting the Taliban, so it makes sense that they would want to cause chaos now.

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JixHedgehog
08/26/21 11:54:12 PM
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Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Hungary are done with evacuations, the UK and France want out in the next day or 2

It must be nice to live in a country with a leader with a pulse >:(

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BlackScythe0
08/27/21 12:08:20 AM
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Zeus posted...
What's the endgame here? Terrorists should be encouraging us to go, not stay and fight.

ISIS is sunni and the taliban are Shia
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Cacciato
08/27/21 7:33:03 AM
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JixHedgehog posted...
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Hungary are done with evacuations, the UK and France want out in the next day or 2

It must be nice to live in a country with a leader with a pulse >:(
Must be nice to live in a country with a significantly smaller investment footprint.
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ReggieTheReckless
08/27/21 9:44:08 AM
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I'm not going to pretend to know anything about the situation there and what is really going on or has been for the past however many years, but people dying always sucks no matter who or what
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zebatov
08/27/21 11:13:25 AM
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We left a bunch of people over there. Were not done with evacuating people, we just didnt want to stay there any longer.

Kind of a shame what happens when presidents dont listen to their advisors, aka experts, but expect us to.

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JixHedgehog
08/28/21 11:46:37 PM
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Another alert is out for retaliation against the retaliation

Its time to go. Troops need to board whatever plane they can get on and gtfo now

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Cacciato
08/29/21 12:03:14 PM
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JixHedgehog posted...
Another alert is out for retaliation against the retaliation

Its time to go. Troops need to board whatever plane they can get on and gtfo now
Stunning analysis, General.
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JixHedgehog
08/30/21 12:07:06 AM
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50 Americans out in the last 24 hours
13 kids that could've made it home alive
A family of 9 barbequed after a drone strike on a vehicle that was supposedly loaded with explosives

The **** are we doing?

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Cacciato
08/30/21 12:27:24 AM
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JixHedgehog posted...
50 Americans out in the last 24 hours
13 kids that could've made it home alive
A family of 9 barbequed after a drone strike on a vehicle that was supposedly loaded with explosives

The **** are we doing?
But youre writing about what you dont know about again.
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