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Afghanistan
Those Black Hawks the Taliban seized?
2021-08-31
Posted by:Greck Thoque4148

#9  What's the problem? He's just hanging out with the Tall-ban!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-08-31 23:08  

#8  As predicted. I wish this is the worst we may experience, but I'm not all that hopeful.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2021-08-31 18:02  

#7  There's a reason they chose a 60, instead of say a MI-17.

Snark O'The Day
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-08-31 12:43  

#6  A sudden outburst of nighttime gunfire followed by screaming outside one's door would terrorize most people, no high tech stuff is necessary.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2021-08-31 12:29  

#5  Flying that way over the city looks like an effective way to terrorize the population. Terrorists gotta terrorize.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-08-31 12:06  

#4  If we had an Allah worthy of the name, that fella would've been hit by celebratory gunfire.
Posted by: Thuling McGurque7901   2021-08-31 05:12  

#3  That image captures the entirety of US foreign policy in Asia for the last two decades. Maybe the guy who took it should win one o' those high falutin' Pulitzers.

'Uhh... I would like to thank the pilot who... uhh hovered there at the right moment, and...'
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-08-31 02:08  

#2  Last US flights slip out of Afghanistan 24 hours before deadline: Up to 200 citizens and thousands of allies are left facing nightmare under Taliban, who celebrate America's retreat from 20-year war with gunfire and by inspecting their new Chinooks
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-08-31 00:16  

#1  It's a quick death.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-08-31 00:12  

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