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| Afghanistan |
| Pentagon press secretary John Kirby denies what happened today at Kabul airport was “a failure.” |
| 2021-08-17 |
| Not a failure; The two deplaned quickly. [PUBLISH.TWITTER]
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #4 ^ Probably the millions sent for gender studies and female empowerment to Pakistain. The irony. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-08-17 01:13 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #1 "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 |