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2021-08-19 Home Front: WoT

Closing Bagram airbase was a 'recipe for disaster': Army terrorism analyst calls for CENTCOM commander to be fired for 'dumpster fire' plan to choose Kabul airport to evacuate thousands of people

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
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#1 I don't see what we would lose by totally cleaning house in several agencies and departments and starting from scratch.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-19 05:49|| 2021-08-19 05:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Investigation will prove that the Bagram base commander had a very woke reputation.

Posted by Bertie Crains2651 2021-08-19 08:02|| 2021-08-19 08:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Bagram is bigger, can accomodate lots of civilians, etc. but it is 25 miles further from Kabul than HKIntl Airport.

So defending it would take a lot of soldiers and the road to Kabul would take more. Biden authorized about 6k of troops on 8-15 or so and had he done this two months earlier, Bagram could have been defended. However, when Bagram was abandoned, the authorized number of troops was about 2k and that was not even enough to guard the embassy and HKI

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-08-19 08:35|| 2021-08-19 08:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Pulling out of Bagram in the dead of night was when things started to snowball. Noone wants to die for a psychopath like Biden.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2021-08-19 08:55|| 2021-08-19 08:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Opening Bagram airbase was a recipe for disaster...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-19 10:41|| 2021-08-19 10:41|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ If you never visited it, you've missed absolutely foking nothing.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-19 11:11|| 2021-08-19 11:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Bagram is bigger, can accomodate lots of civilians, etc. but it is 25 miles further from Kabul than HKIntl Airport.

The Annabasis was mentioned. Tradition leans Khyber. The Council of Cao Pi chose Rocky Road.

This trend line suggests that, right now, a helicopter extraction is seriously considered an option.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-08-19 13:41|| 2021-08-19 13:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Earlier this year, I was betting on Creepy Joe having a 'medical issue' forcing his abdication right about now.

Maybe this whole Clusterfarkle is in lieu of that.

There problem there is that the Kamel is universally recognized as even more incompetent.

What's Dr. Jill (and Ron Klain/Susan Rice) to do?.....

Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-08-19 15:28|| 2021-08-19 15:28|| Front Page Top

#9 I know my bet is +3 months; I think they did a test balloon back when she was declared border czar or whatever, and unexpectedly found she is not just totally unlikable, but impossible to work with. That is a poor combination for even what would be largely a ceremonial role. Crippling in fact, as a ceremonial role absolutely requires charisma and direction.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-08-19 15:35|| 2021-08-19 15:35|| Front Page Top

#10 I don't see what the problem with Biden is. He is the perfect puppet. Sure, nominally he is President of the United States of America and leader of the free world, but no one really thinks he is in charge of anything more complicated than a juice box. As long as They can roll him out to deliver presidential pronouncements and sound bites, it's all good! Biden can be President and They can get on with running the world.

Posted by SteveS 2021-08-19 20:53|| 2021-08-19 20:53|| Front Page Top

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