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2021-08-16 Afghanistan

Voice From The Past : ‘What's Happening Now Is Worse': Midway Skipper Who Pushed Choppers Off Deck In Fall Of Saigon

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Posted by Glolet Sholuse9176 2021-08-16 00:02|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

#1 The Vietnam War was a limited hot war (for the US) in the context of a global Cold War.

The 9/11 War which now seems officially lost has been anything but a limited war for the US and the West.

Twenty years of masochistic insanity have culminated in a humiliating debacle.

No sane and rational adversary will take Western deterrence seriously anymore.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2021-08-16 05:35|| 2021-08-16 05:35|| Front Page Top

#2 No sane and rational adversary will take Western deterrence seriously anymore.

And that may be the silver lining.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-16 08:59|| 2021-08-16 08:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Some historical reference and context:

"We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them. "
George W. Bush, September 11th 2001

"These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion. The Taliban must act, and act immediately. They will hand over the terrorists, or they will share in their fate."
George W. Bush, Statement To Joint Session Of Congress September 20th 2001

Nearly 20 years of suicidal masochistic nuttery!
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Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2021-08-16 13:41|| 2021-08-16 13:41|| Front Page Top

#4 We more or less destroyed the Taliban not long after that. it was when we took over the country and tried to make them Democratic that we really failed.

Posted by ruprecht 2021-08-16 13:50|| 2021-08-16 13:50|| Front Page Top

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