That’s an eye-opening article.
The US has created a well resourced army from the ramshackle dregs of the original Taliban. Courtesy of a stooge president with very questionable mental capacity.
ian-oG
Perhaps there is some intel that suggests the Taliban might end up in a conflict with either the Russians or the Chinese? Have them ready to go to cause their old rivals a large headache?
It would make sense alright but then I think this is the US military run by the US government (any government) so more likely its just another fupp up from them – Occams Razor.
scottser
haven’t the russians and chinese been sucking up to the taliban recently? china not least because afghanistan has a load of lithium it needs mining.
SOQ
Plus the opium, of which China is a major consumer.
scottser
oh yes, don’t forget about the opium.
Morning George
If the Taliban were to become a legitimate gov or atleast the recognised authority in Afghanistan whick looks probable,maybe the Americans would be in a position to say “well look here son,look at all those guns and ammo we gifted you, can you give us some mining rights in exchange and we’ll also promise not to drone assasinate you”.
scottser
hmm, i wonder what the afghan for ‘jog on, yankee’ is.
E'Matty
ah, just like they did previously in Iraq when they made a “strategic retreat” leaving behind hundreds of APVs, tanks, humvees etc. for the ISIS boyos to use in Iraq and Syria.
Tinytim
They are all likely end of life, and this is cheaper than disposing them any other way.
goldenbrown
definitely not Tinytim, the inventory includes massive current tech…
the likes of “Hellfire” missiles, latest greatest surveillance aircraft like PC-12’s and ScanEagle
BlackHawks??
also M16’s, AK-47’s, M240’s, RPG’s, Howitzers etc. all work the same way they always did and will do so for another 100 years until armies have moved on to Startrek phaser’s
and they were taking delivery of new gear as recently as JUNE??!?!??
money doesn’t come into it – disposal in this situation means destruction/decommissioning
there is waaaay more going on here than we’re being fed
I’d say ian-oG above has the likely answer
SOQ
In September of 2020, Trump released 5000 Taliban, including some major players, so whatever deal was agreed goes back to then.
“The Storm” like
‘Cause its definitely derailed Biden
Could it be that Trump is a genius
And he really is still running the Oval Office
Tink’ about it lads
Biden reversed loads of Trump’s decisions
Except this one
3D Chess moves
1 Give the Taliban back their lads
2 Stock them well up with kit
3 Get out of the place, with a few babies for the cameras
4 And let the Russians and Chinese try and put manners on the Warlords in woolie sandals
The Kracken offensive could well have been a subterfuge mission by hand picked local patriots that Trump knew he could trust
Like Lin and Sidney might just be war heros here
Letting themselves be virtually, professionally and financially sucided for their Country
Leo the Leak trying his usual playing to the gallery approach.
Any sign of movement on the case of his giving a confidential document to his matey?
E'Matty
It’s Leo tryin to play the hero and win over younger more impressionable voters “Oh, Leo fought for our right to have EP. Let’s vote FG. They sound progressive”. The nonsense about bringing in the AG to solve this legal conundrum leads me to believe that I may have been correct yesterday when I said this whole Croke Park EP BS is just a little campaign to whip up some public support for expanding the vaccine pass to outdoor events.
ian-oG
Not sure I’d describe it as his ‘usual’ approach, more like his ‘in a panic at public sentiment and needs to be seen to be doing something popular’ approach.
Mr T
What is the attorney general supposed to find?
“Ooh hang on a second – this provision here buried in the legislation *actually* allows outdoor events up to 100k”
eamonn
if that is what he is told to do – what indeed is a stooge to do only stooge.
there would seem to be a precedent set recently – or was I dreaming that too.
it looks more and more like a bad movie every day.
We need some square jawed hero types to clean house right about now…..
Deft wordplay from the Daily Star.
Nice to see the seagulls making a return to the front page as well..
And not just any seagull, that one seems to be quite the showgull!
wow. an estimate of the US supplied/funded equipment left behind for the Taliban etc. to play with…..
Staggering Costs – U.S. Military Equipment Left Behind In Afghanistan
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/08/23/staggering-costs–us-military-equipment-left-behind-in-afghanistan
22,000 Humvees
110 helicopters
10,000 RPG’s……
seems almost deliberate or something
That’s an eye-opening article.
The US has created a well resourced army from the ramshackle dregs of the original Taliban. Courtesy of a stooge president with very questionable mental capacity.
Perhaps there is some intel that suggests the Taliban might end up in a conflict with either the Russians or the Chinese? Have them ready to go to cause their old rivals a large headache?
It would make sense alright but then I think this is the US military run by the US government (any government) so more likely its just another fupp up from them – Occams Razor.
haven’t the russians and chinese been sucking up to the taliban recently? china not least because afghanistan has a load of lithium it needs mining.
Plus the opium, of which China is a major consumer.
oh yes, don’t forget about the opium.
If the Taliban were to become a legitimate gov or atleast the recognised authority in Afghanistan whick looks probable,maybe the Americans would be in a position to say “well look here son,look at all those guns and ammo we gifted you, can you give us some mining rights in exchange and we’ll also promise not to drone assasinate you”.
hmm, i wonder what the afghan for ‘jog on, yankee’ is.
ah, just like they did previously in Iraq when they made a “strategic retreat” leaving behind hundreds of APVs, tanks, humvees etc. for the ISIS boyos to use in Iraq and Syria.
They are all likely end of life, and this is cheaper than disposing them any other way.
definitely not Tinytim, the inventory includes massive current tech…
the likes of “Hellfire” missiles, latest greatest surveillance aircraft like PC-12’s and ScanEagle
BlackHawks??
also M16’s, AK-47’s, M240’s, RPG’s, Howitzers etc. all work the same way they always did and will do so for another 100 years until armies have moved on to Startrek phaser’s
and they were taking delivery of new gear as recently as JUNE??!?!??
money doesn’t come into it – disposal in this situation means destruction/decommissioning
there is waaaay more going on here than we’re being fed
I’d say ian-oG above has the likely answer
In September of 2020, Trump released 5000 Taliban, including some major players, so whatever deal was agreed goes back to then.
Mebbe that was all part of “The Plan”
“The Storm” like
‘Cause its definitely derailed Biden
Could it be that Trump is a genius
And he really is still running the Oval Office
Tink’ about it lads
Biden reversed loads of Trump’s decisions
Except this one
3D Chess moves
1 Give the Taliban back their lads
2 Stock them well up with kit
3 Get out of the place, with a few babies for the cameras
4 And let the Russians and Chinese try and put manners on the Warlords in woolie sandals
The Kracken offensive could well have been a subterfuge mission by hand picked local patriots that Trump knew he could trust
Like Lin and Sidney might just be war heros here
Letting themselves be virtually, professionally and financially sucided for their Country
Something to think about anyway
China and Taliban already good friends, Afghan Taliban don’t give 2 hoots about their Uighur Muslim brethren.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210728-taliban-tell-china-afghanistan-will-not-be-base-for-separatists
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/8/17/with-economic-assets-to-secure-china-embraces-the-taliban
Leo the Leak trying his usual playing to the gallery approach.
Any sign of movement on the case of his giving a confidential document to his matey?
It’s Leo tryin to play the hero and win over younger more impressionable voters “Oh, Leo fought for our right to have EP. Let’s vote FG. They sound progressive”. The nonsense about bringing in the AG to solve this legal conundrum leads me to believe that I may have been correct yesterday when I said this whole Croke Park EP BS is just a little campaign to whip up some public support for expanding the vaccine pass to outdoor events.
Not sure I’d describe it as his ‘usual’ approach, more like his ‘in a panic at public sentiment and needs to be seen to be doing something popular’ approach.
What is the attorney general supposed to find?
“Ooh hang on a second – this provision here buried in the legislation *actually* allows outdoor events up to 100k”
if that is what he is told to do – what indeed is a stooge to do only stooge.
there would seem to be a precedent set recently – or was I dreaming that too.
it looks more and more like a bad movie every day.
We need some square jawed hero types to clean house right about now…..
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/minnesota-mosque-bomber-gender-woman-b1907899.html
But but but they’re the most vulnerable of them all! lol