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2021-08-31 Afghanistan

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Posted by Greck Thoque4148 2021-08-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Taliban/IEA

#1 It's a quick death.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-31 00:12|| 2021-08-31 00:12|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2021-08-31 00:16|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2021-08-31 02:08|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2021-08-31 05:12|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2021-08-31 12:06|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2021-08-31 12:29|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2021-08-31 12:43|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2021-08-31 18:02|| Front Page Top

#9 What's the problem? He's just hanging out with the Tall-ban!

Posted by CrazyFool 2021-08-31 23:08|| 2021-08-31 23:08|| Front Page Top

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