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2021-05-07 Afghanistan

General says US may train Afghan forces in other countries

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Posted by trailing wife 2021-05-07 00:55|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 Oh, yes - please facilitate Afghan migration West.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-05-07 01:27|| 2021-05-07 01:27|| Front Page Top

#2 "Oh yes. There are a million or so Afghan patriots volunteering to train on Pakistani bases."

"These men... some of them look alike, General. With different names."

"Oh, they all look the same now."

Posted by Dron66046 2021-05-07 04:03|| 2021-05-07 04:03|| Front Page Top

#3 I kinda sorta thought the idea was to leave Afghanistan, not take it with us when we left. It's not like there is a shortage of Afghanistan that we need to be hoarding it.

Posted by SteveS 2021-05-07 04:27|| 2021-05-07 04:27|| Front Page Top

#4 If they aren't trained or we haven't been able to train their own pp to train them, what makes you think they are going to learn it somewhere else.

Posted by Chris 2021-05-07 08:51|| 2021-05-07 08:51|| Front Page Top

#5 My guess is this effort has more to do with the logistics of a high-level political and mil exfiltration effort than training. State Dept. Fort Chaffee, AR 1970's redux.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-05-07 09:13|| 2021-05-07 09:13|| Front Page Top

#6 And of course we will need to pay for facilites, staff,student materials, overhead, a student stipend etc, all of which goes to graft and kickbacks because the American people have a strategic national interest the cushy retirement programs of the deep state/military industrial complex and of course the new players of FOTBG! (Friends of the Big Guy).

Posted by NoMoreBS 2021-05-07 12:41|| 2021-05-07 12:41|| Front Page Top

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