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  Afghanistan-Kabul falls to Taliban - U.S. Embassy staff evacuated by helicopter

  by fulltimestudent in

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  in a scene reminiscent of the fall of saigon, the usa embassy staff have been evacuated by helicopter.. for a third time in asia ( a fourth, if you count usa supported chiang kai shek's defeat in mainland china) usa supported forces have been defeated.

  more than 1 trillion dollars wasted and a huge deathtoll (both sides) afghanistan is back to where it started,.

  will the taliban behave differently this time ?

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  Biden didn't discuss anything with anybody. He just abruptly withdrew American troops.

  That is not true. Picking up where Trump left off (Trump was all for getting out of Afghanistan), Biden said the May 1st deadline Trump set was not feasible so he made September 11th the new deadline (I guess for some horrid, symbolic, theatrical reason). As the Taliban started moving, Biden changed the date to August 31 for the safety of American troops. Biden's intentions were not secret.

  By the way, I have thought for a while that the US needed to leave Afghanistan as it didn't seem like we were making much real progress in the region. The US should have left 19 years ago. All the US did was spend a bunch of money (enriching the corrupt in the process) for absolutely nothing.
  
  
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  Afghanistan-Kabul falls to Taliban - U.S. Embassy staff evacuated by helicopter

  by fulltimestudent in

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  in a scene reminiscent of the fall of saigon, the usa embassy staff have been evacuated by helicopter.. for a third time in asia ( a fourth, if you count usa supported chiang kai shek's defeat in mainland china) usa supported forces have been defeated.

  more than 1 trillion dollars wasted and a huge deathtoll (both sides) afghanistan is back to where it started,.

  will the taliban behave differently this time ?

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  I have to wonder, did Joe put his crackhead kid in charge of this whole affair? That would explain a lot!

  
  
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  CNN reporter: They're chanting 'death to America!' but they seem friendly at the same time

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  i can't actually post the clip because i'm in a public library and their administrator won't let me find the clip.. but, a cnn woman reporter apparently on the ground in kabul, in full hijab, actually says the above clip.. please, please please, may the clip be just a parody, lol..

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  Don't rely on western media to be honest about what is actually going on in Kabul. I've read some twitter feeds from there (I admit the possibility that the feeds are bots). I read that the Taliban has assured women that they are key to a healthy economy and can continue to work with Taliban protection, the Taliban will accept bit coin as currency, the Taliban will stop poppy cultivation, and they want to encourage investment. I saw a clip where a Taliban spokesman was asked about free speech and his basic reply was "go ask US companies like Facebook who claim to promote free speech while censuring speech." Maybe, just like today's Afghan, today's Taliban is different from the Taliban 20 years ago. I think it is entirely possible that the US will realize that the big mistake made in Afghanistan wasn't withdrawing the troops. The big mistake was abandoning the Embassy and withdrawing everybody.
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  Afghanistan-Kabul falls to Taliban - U.S. Embassy staff evacuated by helicopter

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in a scene reminiscent of the fall of saigon, the usa embassy staff have been evacuated by helicopter.. for a third time in asia ( a fourth, if you count usa supported chiang kai shek's defeat in mainland china) usa supported forces have been defeated.

  more than 1 trillion dollars wasted and a huge deathtoll (both sides) afghanistan is back to where it started,.

  will the taliban behave differently this time ?

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  President Biden inspiring us from Camp David during this troubling time:

  
  
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  “Well at least he doesn’t make mean tweets”

  by minimus in

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  i asked a tennis friend this morning what he thought about what’s going on in afghanistan and he said it was terrible.

  he was a military man and identifies as a middle of the road republican.

  he supported most of trump’s policies but voted for biden because he couldn’t take trump’s mean tweets.

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  I'd like to know where and what happened to the Afghan government military force

  Just a shot in the dark, is it possible that much of the Afghan military had Taliban leanings all along?
  
  
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  Afghanistan-Kabul falls to Taliban - U.S. Embassy staff evacuated by helicopter

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
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  in a scene reminiscent of the fall of saigon, the usa embassy staff have been evacuated by helicopter.. for a third time in asia ( a fourth, if you count usa supported chiang kai shek's defeat in mainland china) usa supported forces have been defeated.

  more than 1 trillion dollars wasted and a huge deathtoll (both sides) afghanistan is back to where it started,.

  will the taliban behave differently this time ?

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  The Taliban didn't even have the common courtesy of waiting until Sept 11, dirty pool playing bastards.
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  Before you judge anti-vaxxers

  by David.L.Henson in

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  Constitution has nothing to do with it.

  You are correct. I'm not the one who stated employers have the "right" to force employees to take experimental therapies. A employer has wide latitude when setting conditions of employment. I don't know if that extends to experimental drugs. The courts will have to decide that question. I really don't know why waiting for FDA approval is an issue for so many people.
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  Before you judge anti-vaxxers

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  f: Businesses have the right to expect a certain standard from their employees.

  LOL! So employers have the "right" to force employees take experimental therapies? Where is that in the Constitution? You do know that forced medical experiments violate the Geneva Convention.

  For people who are convinced that the COVID vax is safe and everyone should take it, go read about thalidomide.
  
  
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  “Well at least he doesn’t make mean tweets”

  by minimus in

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  i asked a tennis friend this morning what he thought about what’s going on in afghanistan and he said it was terrible.

  he was a military man and identifies as a middle of the road republican.

  he supported most of trump’s policies but voted for biden because he couldn’t take trump’s mean tweets.

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  Like Trump, I've been banned from all social media platforms. My goal is to get booted from here one day. Then I will really be free!
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  Before you judge anti-vaxxers

  by David.L.Henson in

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  First off, I'm fully vaccinated. That said, I understand why many people are vaccine hesitant. The COVID vaccines are not FDA approved. Anybody who has taken the vaccine has taken an experimental drug. If and when the FDA approves the vaccine, the potential side effects will be listed and people who are hesitant will be better equipped to make a rational decision. Also remember that the manufacturers of the vaccine are shielded from lawsuits related to the vaccine while also making record profits. This is causing many people - regardless of political views - to pause and say, "Hmmmm."

  A couple of large businesses where I live are mandating the vaccine ("take the jab or lose your job") and that position is getting a lot of push back. My solution is simple. The employer simply needs to say, "The vaccine is perfectly safe and works. To show how safe we think it is, we will assume all liability and will become completely responsible for any and all side effects caused by the vaccine from the date of first injection to the day you die." I don't expect the employers to take this approach because they really don't believe it is completely safe and effective.