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2021-08-17 Afghanistan

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby denies what happened today at Kabul airport was “a failure.”

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Posted by Fred 2021-08-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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"It was a voluntary skydiving display, approved by the State Department and the... uhh, Emirate. To cheer up the locals, you see?"

Posted by Dron66046 2021-08-17 00:25|| 2021-08-17 00:25|| Front Page Top

#2 In other words it went down exactly the way they wanted it to go.
I do not put it past them.

Posted by CrazyFool 2021-08-17 00:37|| 2021-08-17 00:37|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ I don't think so CF. I suspect it fell much faster than the administration anticipated. The WH was hoping for a September EXFIL. The Taliban took the USAID (or somebody's) money, flipped local officials and the Afghan Army.

The locals took the 'buy out.'

Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-17 00:46|| 2021-08-17 00:46|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ Probably the millions sent for gender studies and female empowerment to Pakistain. The irony.

Posted by Dron66046 2021-08-17 01:13|| 2021-08-17 01:13|| Front Page Top

#5 The locals took the 'buy out.'

The Benny Drama video would have done that for me.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-08-17 17:04|| 2021-08-17 17:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Nothing compared to the poor sob who got himself trapped in the main gear doors, however.

Warning: disturbing video

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2021-08-17 21:07|| 2021-08-17 21:07|| Front Page Top

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