Afghanistan Thread: 16 years Later, America is still there

**Athas** · 2021-08-15 12:38

Did we at least get the translators out?

**thetruepandagod** · 2021-08-15 12:43

tight, can't wait to see anyone that allied with us have a bullet in them by the end of the year and these dang educated women being stoned to death in the streets.

i am sure this will have no ramifications for us whatsoever.

**thetruepandagod** · 2021-08-15 12:44

good thing we have gained so much by withdrawing though. right?

**Zealot** · 2021-08-15 12:46

Us? Probably not. Anyone with a newborn though can expect them to be going off to fight wherever it is we land after 9/11/2042.

**Tymon** · 2021-08-15 12:49

Originally Posted by Athas

Did we at least get the translators out?

Likely most of them are among the ~5000 coalition troops currently holed up in the Kabul airport

The airport that is apparently sustaining fire right now fwiw

**Cail** · 2021-08-15 13:46

Originally Posted by Athas

Did we at least get the translators out?

lol

**Lucavi** · 2021-08-15 13:47

What a fucking dumpster fire. All those bodies and all that money spent like used tampons... How much big oil did we even secure from over there over the last 20 years? Can we put a dollar amount on it? I need to see how much capitalistic profit was made as a result of all that hoo-hah! military bravado.

We certainly weren't over there for justice.

**Jaybar** · 2021-08-15 14:01

The money wasn't in the oil but in the factories of war.

**Boyiee** · 2021-08-15 14:38

Ah yes, the same story America has told many times before.

Bold strategy cotton.

**6souls** · 2021-08-15 16:16

Originally Posted by Xno Kappa

Good ol Aghani President has fled the country.

https://apnews.com/article/e1ed33fe0...a132c51b8e32a5

According to the BBC, he ended up in Uzbekistan in the capital city of Tashkent.

**6souls** · 2021-08-15 16:18

Originally Posted by Tymon

Likely most of them are among the ~5000 coalition troops currently holed up in the Kabul airport

The airport that is apparently sustaining fire right now fwiw

People trying to flee the country have been rushing the planes.

https://twitter.com/bsarwary/status/1427002551858311173

**Lucavi** · 2021-08-15 16:31

Originally Posted by Jaybar

The money wasn't in the oil but in the factories of war.

All the factories churning out all the materials and shit that we just left for them to keep, right?

I mean, you're not wrong, at least on that end. We've been doing that since 'Nam. Once the shit's made, who cares where it ends up.

**thetruepandagod** · 2021-08-15 16:48

Originally Posted by 6souls

People trying to flee the country have been rushing the planes.

https://twitter.com/bsarwary/status/1427002551858311173

nothing like saigon here folks don't worry, the taliban is nothing like the north koreans marching on the capital. just a bunch of ragtag cave dwellers.