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2021-07-26 Afghanistan

US to continue air strikes to support Afghan forces fighting the Taliban, general says

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Posted by Besoeker 2021-07-26 04:12|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
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#1 Which might indicate not all US forces have been pulled out of AFG.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-07-26 04:16|| 2021-07-26 04:16|| Front Page Top

#2 "It's only got a little SPAM in it..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-07-26 06:07|| 2021-07-26 06:07|| Front Page Top

#3 I say let it fall under taliban, let them all return to their capital, sit in the swanky new green painted parliaments. Then nuke it. Etch the names of all your fallen boys on the bomb.

What is anybody going to do, throw you out of the UN?

Posted by Dron66046 2021-07-26 06:49|| 2021-07-26 06:49|| Front Page Top

#4 "The United States has increased air strikes in the support of Afghan forces over the last several days, and we are prepared to continue this heightened level of support in the coming weeks if the Taliban continue their attacks," General Kenneth McKenzie, head of the US Army Central Command, told reporters in Kabul.

"...And besides,", General McKenzie continued, "it's nothing personal, the ordnance is paid for, and the zoomies need their flight hours."

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-07-26 07:11|| 2021-07-26 07:11|| Front Page Top

#5 What is anybody going to do, throw you out of the UN?

We should be so lucky.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-07-26 09:04|| 2021-07-26 09:04|| Front Page Top

#6 article didn't say where the US Air Force was based, in Afghanistan or elsewhere

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-07-26 10:31|| 2021-07-26 10:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Hard to break a pattern.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-07-26 20:52|| 2021-07-26 20:52|| Front Page Top

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