Afghanistan. It's fucked

[laklak]

Opprobrium? I got yer opprobrium right here, mofo.

[Scot Dutchy]

So insults are allowed...

[Seabass]

[macdoc]

Every time we fail to learn from history .....it costs more.

The leader of the anti-Taliban resistance speaks out
Peter Bergen
Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst
Updated 1423 GMT (2223 HKT) September 1, 2021
(CNN)Many headlines over the past day have trumpeted the notion that the Afghan War is over. Yes, it's true the American troops are gone, but the country's decadeslong civil war continues. In fact, the war is entering a new phase in which the Taliban control almost all the country, but resistance to them is beginning to form.

That resistance is led by Ahmad Massoud, 32, a graduate of Sandhurst, the British equivalent of West Point, who is the son of the legendary Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud. The elder Massoud was instrumental in forcing the Soviets to withdraw from Afghanistan in 1989 and he led the resistance to the Taliban the last time that they controlled much of Afghanistan, before the 9/11 attacks.

Massoud was killed in Afghanistan by assassins dispatched by Osama bin Laden two days before 9/11, which was effectively al Qaeda's curtain-raiser for the attacks on New York and Washington that followed.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/01/opin ... index.html

[laklak]

Poor fuckers. Teach you to trust Uncle Sam, eh?

[JimC]

20 years ago, when the Northern Alliance battled the Taliban, they had overwhelming US air support, plus increasing numbers of western troops on the ground, and still the Taliban were not defeated, just driven underground.

Now, they have no enemy air force to contend with, and have vastly more weapons at their disposal...

Ahmad Massoud will have his work cut out...

[Scot Dutchy]

The Taliban will have deal with IS now. A much more violent group and hated by the Taliban. This is far from over.

[pErvinalia]

Bomb the cunts!

[JimC]

The Taliban will have deal with IS now. A much more violent group and hated by the Taliban. This is far from over.

I may be wrong, but I had the impression that ISIS-K were small in terms of numbers. Ruthless arseholes, no doubt...

It would not surprise me if the Taliban developed a quiet back-channel to the US, giving them the on the ground intelligence to perform drone strikes against ISIS-K...

[pErvinalia]

A top general in the US has already hinted as much.

[Svartalf]

The Taliban will have deal with IS now. A much more violent group and hated by the Taliban. This is far from over.

If they do, maybe it's time for us to forget good manners and see to using some nasty weaponry we don't like to get out of the silos... or maybe start manufacturing sarin and phosgene...

[Svartalf]

Bomb the cunts!

Actually, we should take a page from Putin's book and stake out the jakes to get'em when they are vulnerable

[laklak]

A top general in the US has already hinted as much.

I'm a bit skeptical of our "top generals" at the moment. Their grasp of tactics is worse than a 12 year old playing Risk.

[Scot Dutchy]

A top general in the US has already hinted as much.

I'm a bit skeptical of our "top generals" at the moment. Their grasp of tactics is worse than a 12 year old playing Risk.

Well I would not argue about that. The US seems to be always trying to pick a fight with someone and never winning. The weapon industry is always very happy with those "top generals".

[Joe]

It's always useful to see where the brass hats go when they retire.