Afghanistan: Mission Accomplished

[krtek a houby]

We’ve now got twats like Tate singing the virtues of oppressive Arab states. Presumably because women are treated like shit by law. Hopefully he’ll fuck off there.

Afghanistan isn't an Arab state.

Jail's probably the best place for him to be, so he can't treat women like shit in any country.

 

[teqniq]

Maybe if her and her squaddie pals had done a less shit job of it the Taliban wouldn't be back in charge. Just a thought.

As if. This is the graveyard of empires we're talking about here. I absolutely despise the Taliban and everything they stand for but they are very difficult indeed to defeat. They also have the backing of outside actors who have their own agenda, Pakistan's ISI for instance.

 

[Pickman's model]

Maybe if her and her squaddie pals had done a less shit job of it the Taliban wouldn't be back in charge. Just a thought.

To be fair the greater errors were made at a rather more senior level than she occupied

 

[gosub]

Maybe if her and her squaddie pals had done a less shit job of it the Taliban wouldn't be back in charge. Just a thought.

Given their anti stance at the time and the harsh drought that happened reckon Taliban would have been booted the year after without the invasion.

As is more on Pompeo than anyon3 else

 

[krtek a houby]

Parklife

Taliban ban women from national park in Afghanistan

Minister says women visiting the lakes of Band-e-Amir have not been wearing their hijabs properly

www.theguardian.com

 

[teqniq]

Bleak as fuck

‘Despair is settling in’: female suicides on rise in Taliban’s Afghanistan

Unofficial figures point to a mental health crisis amid severe restrictions on Afghan women’s lives

www.theguardian.com

 

[likesfish]

Taliban stop female Afghan students leaving country to study in Dubai
afghan was so utterly missmanged the simplest solution to the poppy trade BUY THE LOT us could buy every poppy Afghanistan could grow for the price of a stealth bomber ok some could be sold for medical use rest sold cheaply to the chinese *

* it worked last time

 

[Flavour]

yeah but they eradicated the poppies so that's good innit

 

[teqniq]

2 years later:

First flight bringing Afghan refugees from Pakistan lands in UK

Many Afghans who fled the Taliban after working with the UK government are waiting for relocation.

www.bbc.com

 

[Chz]

I know that everything that came out of the intervention was horrible in so many ways, but I can't help but have a chuckle over this.

Taliban Members Fed Up With Office Work, Ready to Quiet Quit

A new report says some jihadists who transitioned to desk jobs after the Taliban’s takeover are tired of the 9-to-5.

time.com

 

[SpookyFrank]

Pity they can't let women do some of these jobs isn't it.

 

[teqniq]

This is completely shit of the UK government:

Elite Afghan troops face return to Taliban after UK 'betrayal'

About 200 British-trained special forces soldiers are in danger as Pakistan expels undocumented foreigners.

www.bbc.com

 

[bellaozzydog]

I live next to a halfway house that houses veterans in their transition from the VA hospital or homeless shelter to standard housing. Most of them have PTSD and are recovering addicts of one sort or another. They get pushed around and shat on by the VA, pumped full of psychoactive drugs, and then tested to make sure they're on those drugs because people stop taking them due to the bad effects. (One guy was using THC and found it a better option, but when he had a VA appointment, he'd have to start taking all of the prescribed drugs to pass the drug test). They would get letters setting an appointment time a week after the appointment. And then, they'd get punished for missing the appointment. Or, they'd cut off services because of an unpaid bill or all of $12. During the week of the fourth of July all of them would disappear because they couldn't take the fireworks. Yet, the US claims to value its veterans highly.

God bless America

 

[phildwyer]

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