Jason Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 11 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I dunno, I still have a pretty good time laughing about the coworker who insists the USSR was a submarine and Mexico is part of South America. The other alternative is crying. After the Sam Adams tour in Boston there was a guy who hangs around with this party trolley (complete with stripper pole) who does tours of Boston and did you know there were Japanese U-boats in Boston Harbor during WWII? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 5 minutes ago, Jason said: After the Sam Adams tour in Boston there was a guy who hangs around with this party trolley (complete with stripper pole) who does tours of Boston and did you know there were Japanese U-boats in Boston Harbor during WWII? Bostonians always wish they were more important Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 "We investigated ourselves and found that we totally did nothing wrong! How about that?!?" Watchdog finds no misconduct in mistaken Afghan airstrike APNEWS.COM WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent Pentagon review has concluded that the U.S. drone strike that killed innocent Kabul civilians and children in the final days of the Afghanistan war was not caused by misconduct or negligence, and it doesn't recommend any disciplinary action, The Associated Press has learned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unogueen Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Gotta crack some eggs to bring democracy to corpses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 It really is the most fitting end to the Afghanistan war that we bomb some random civilians and are just like “ooooooopsie” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 The Afghan military was made up of 'ghost' soldiers who didn't actually exist, and that's why it collapsed so rapidly: ex-finance minister WWW.BUSINESSINSIDER.COM.AU The US government was warned for years about "ghost" soldiers in Afghanistan, or fake troops created by corrupt officials to draw a salary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unogueen Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 No one outside of the hardcore dutch oven hegemony has a pretense that the us operates on any other motive than vacuously running the hamster wheel of some impossible counter that could not physically exist. You bought allies, and they opened the gates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 32 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: Came here to post that, based Biden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 You know, for the "open world token bloat" that people like to bitch about, I have put hundreds of hours into the last few assassin's Creed games, as well as Skyrim and the Witcher 3. Clearly, it must be doing something right in terms of gameplay loops 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 8 minutes ago, Fizzzzle said: You know, for the "open world token bloat" that people like to bitch about, I have put hundreds of hours into the last few assassin's Creed games, as well as Skyrim and the Witcher 3. Clearly, it must be doing something right in terms of gameplay loops wat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 8 minutes ago, Jason said: wat Wrong thread maybe?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Yeah I think that was supposed to go in the starfield thread? I don't remember, I had multiple tabs open Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 18 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: I wonder what trump had against Somalia. I wonder... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwheel86 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Afghanistan evacuation: Investigation details U.S. military’s frustration with White House, diplomats - The Washington Post WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM An Army investigative report released to The Washington Post through a Freedom of Information Act request details the bleak, blunt assessments of top military commanders and previously unreported disclosures about the violence American personnel experienced in August as the United States raced to leave Kabul. Quote At the embassy, U.S. troops went room to room on Aug. 15, pressing people to meet deadlines and get ready to go, an Army officer from the 10th Mountain Division told investigators. Some State Department personnel were “intoxicated and cowering in rooms,” and others were “operating like it was day-to-day operations with absolutely no sense of urgency or recognition of the situation,” the officer said. Quote The bombing on Aug. 26 set off a scramble to save as many people as possible, but there was little the on-site medical personnel could do for those who died, they told investigators. The survivors relied on tourniquets and other first-aid equipment to help anyone they could, the report says. Quote “We told them that we would control the gates and they would push people out,” said Donahue, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division. “We expressed that they will comply, because if they fight us on this we would be able to kill more of them than they would ever hope to kill of us. After that their tone changed.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Quote Some State Department personnel were “intoxicated and cowering in rooms,” and others were “operating like it was day-to-day operations with absolutely no sense of urgency or recognition of the situation,” the officer said. Yup - that sounds like the State Department alright! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Afghanistan evacuation: Declassified after action reports back U.S. commanders who said Biden team was indecisive during crisis - The Washington Post WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM The existence of the declassified reports contradict claims made Friday by White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who has joined President Biden and other administration officials in seeking to downplay the significance of related remarks made from senior U.S. commanders frustrated by how the withdrawal was handled. Quote Declassified U.S. military analyses of the calamitous exit from Afghanistan detail repeated instances of friction between American troops and diplomats before and during the evacuation, concluding that indecisiveness among Biden administration officials in Washington and initial reluctance to shutter the embassy in Kabul sowed chaos and put the overall mission at “increased risk.” Two “after action” reports were prepared by officials assigned to U.S. Central Command in September, about three weeks after the final planeload of military personnel departed Hamid Karzai International Airport. The assessments appear to affirm separate accounts of senior U.S. commanders frustrated by what they characterized as sloppy, misguided management of the withdrawal. As The Washington Post first reported Tuesday, military leaders who coordinated the evacuation fault officials in the White House and the State Department whom, they say, failed to respect the Taliban’s swift advance last year and resisted pleas from the military to prepare for an evacuation weeks before Kabul’s fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Hell at Abbey Gate: Chaos, Confusion and Death in the Final Days of the War in Afghanistan WWW.PROPUBLICA.ORG In firsthand accounts, Afghan civilians and U.S. Marines describe the desperate struggle to flee through the Kabul airport’s last open entrance. U.S. officials knew an attack was coming. Then a suicide bomber killed and injured hundreds. Quote In firsthand accounts, Afghan civilians and U.S. Marines describe the desperate struggle to flee through the Kabul airport’s last open entrance. U.S. officials knew an attack was coming. Then a suicide bomber killed and injured hundreds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 Explosion at Afghan mosque kills dozens of people WWW.ALJAZEERA.COM Latest deadly attack on a place of worship reportedly occurred at a mosque outside Kunduz city in Afghanistan. Quote An explosion tore through a mosque near the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Friday killing at least 33 people and wounding dozens of others. “The blast occurred at a mosque in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz killing 33 civilians including children,” Information Minister Zabihullah Mujahid said on Twitter, adding another 43 people were wounded. Deadly explosion rips through Shia mosque in Afghanistan WWW.ALJAZEERA.COM Blast at mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif leaves 12 dead and many wounded, officials say. Quote At least 16 people have been killed in bomb attacks in two Afghan cities, including 12 people at a Shia mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh province which has been claimed by the ISIL (ISIS) group. Twelve people were killed and 58 wounded – including 32 in serious condition – by the blast on Thursday at the Seh Dokan mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 From Kabul and beyond, a year of Taliban rule in Afghanistan WWW.BBC.COM Lyse Doucet reports from Afghanistan on what the Taliban's takeover has meant for its people. Quote The messages are startling, to say the least. "They want me to give my job to my brother," writes one woman on a messaging platform. "We earned our positions with our experience and education… if we accept this it means we have betrayed ourselves," declares another. I'm sitting down with a few former senior civil servants from the finance ministry who share their messages. They're part of a group of more than 60 women, many from the Afghanistan Revenue Directorate, who banded together after being ordered to go home last August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 One Year After Kabul’s Fall, How Aid Organizations Are Helping Afghans Living Under Taliban Rule WWW.MSN.COM One year after Kabul’s fall, challenges remain for supporting people in Afghanistan facing a ‘trifecta for disaster.’ Quote Though some aid groups and nongovernmental organizations that had been working in the region had to pull out when the Taliban came to power, others – such as U.N. agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross and Islamic Relief USA – have mobilized to continue providing resources to those in need. But getting aid into the country hasn’t been easy, organizers say. For Islamic Relief USA, a Virginia-based nonprofit affiliated with the international humanitarian aid network helping the country, the past year has consisted of tireless fundraising, battling sanctions and working on the ground to bring humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan’s most vulnerable communities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Kabul mosque attack: 'Many casualties feared' WWW.BBC.COM A local hospital says five children, including a seven-year-old, are among those injured. Quote The blast is thought to have occurred during evening prayers, killing at least three people and injuring dozens more, according to the NGO Emergency. Khalid Zadran, the Taliban's Kabul police spokesman, was quoted by local media as saying there had been an explosion in the city's north-west. Reports say the Siddiqi mosque's imam was among the dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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