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2021-08-16 Afghanistan
Gen. Frank McKenzie, CENTCOM commander, met with Taliban leaders today in Doha, Qatar to warn them not to attack Americans evacuating Kabul or else the U.S. military would 'strike back'
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Posted by Fred 2021-08-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top
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#1 Sick joke time or what?
Posted by Raj 2021-08-16 00:14||   2021-08-16 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Desperately clutching at straws to invade Afghanistan again and get the war back on.
Posted by Slomorong Thraiger7030 2021-08-16 00:20||   2021-08-16 00:20|| Front Page Top

#3 "Don't call my bluff!"
-- General Frank McKenzie
Posted by SteveS 2021-08-16 00:27||   2021-08-16 00:27|| Front Page Top

#4 I want what he's smoking!
Posted by CrazyFool 2021-08-16 00:34||   2021-08-16 00:34|| Front Page Top

#5 "Nuts! Um... may I please have mine back now... please?"
Posted by Ululating Eunuch of Qatar5132 2021-08-16 00:37||   2021-08-16 00:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Capitulation negotiation.
Posted by Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-08-16 01:54||   2021-08-16 01:54|| Front Page Top

#7 
"I will have you know sir, that these boots are part of my uniform and I will not part wi... oh! OK, you may have them. What?! No! These... are my... regimental trousers! Ugh! Fine! They were old anyway!"
Posted by Dron66046 2021-08-16 02:38||   2021-08-16 02:38|| Front Page Top

#8 ...Ladies and Gentlemen, the next Chief of Staff, United States Army.

Cool new uniforms though, so there's that.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2021-08-16 06:09||   2021-08-16 06:09|| Front Page Top

#9 ..yep, long tradition, every time an army loses a war, new uniforms all around.
Posted by Procopius2k 2021-08-16 07:18||   2021-08-16 07:18|| Front Page Top

#10 yeah do not attack Americans or Biden will give you foreign aid.
Posted by crazyhorse 2021-08-16 07:49||   2021-08-16 07:49|| Front Page Top

#11 They won, they get everything and the US retreating tail between our legs, they should be satisfied.

But if they took hostages how would their situation be any worse? If they slaughtered Americans leaving do they think the US would really just respond with wholesale slaughter when they are now intermixed wiht civilians in the cities?
Posted by ruprecht 2021-08-16 13:21||   2021-08-16 13:21|| Front Page Top

#12 ...if they can think beyond their noses, Carter's hostages gave us Reagan and a Trunk Congress.
Posted by Procopius2k 2021-08-16 15:33||   2021-08-16 15:33|| Front Page Top

#13 Whoa whoa now General, that sounds a bit like White Rage. Give me 10 'Diversity is our Strength's.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-08-16 15:52||   2021-08-16 15:52|| Front Page Top

#14 "Everybody play nice now."
Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-16 20:56||   2021-08-16 20:56|| Front Page Top

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