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Taliban offensive of 2021 and collapse of Afghan government.
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So the britcucks parachuted in to hostile land for no reason and are now going to be trapped. Things where going peaceful until they showed up.
So is the new official taliban government going to be A-OK with the USA landing 5k troops now?
Taliban got a media guy on twitter
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Watch what happens on the wikipedia page of Afghanistan. There will be a much greater conflict brewing; an edit-war between wikipedos.
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At best, that means Monday. 24 hours will go by without the government (as in the elected politicians) doing anything about a regime change that's just happened within hours.
In all fairness, it's modern-day Britain, not exactly the great empire it used to be. It's probably just to squabble over their 'foreign interests' and 'ensuring regional security'.
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I think in the mid-1930s Hitler pulled a lot of the shit he did on Saturdays since he knew Parliament wouldn't do anything until Monday at the absolute earliest. Apparently wealthy Brits and their country homes are still a thing?
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FlappyBat
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Probably quicker than American elected politicians will act.
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FlappyBat
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When the fuck did we say we'll be back? Fuck that, China can have the desert.
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Emirates flight seems to have aborted on the landing.
Air India departing. Emirates abort might be to save the runway for departures.
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Is it safe to say the Taliban have won ten times over within the last 24 hours?
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Probably more to do with the upcoming surge in Afghan migrants making their way into Europe & then the U.K. It may also be a better to let the dust settle and navigate the ‘new normal’, especially if it’s not a place of particular importance.
I doubt the U.K. really has much in the way of influence or interests in Afghanistan, despite their prior involvement.
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It's a whole lot easier to win when the people want you there.
Also, as good a time as any for this:
Down with foreign occupiers. Inshallah brothers.
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Looking at the news, seems the taliban want to get the government to surrender peacefully.
Which is actually quite a master stroke.
They don’t risk their own fighters lives, in an assault of the city, they come across as beneficent and honorable, and prevent the possibility of engaging with western troops there to evacuate their staff(thus avoiding drawing in the US again). They look both disciplined and magnanimous, respectful, and restrained.
It makes the US look even worse, if the Taliban ride in triumphant not taking vengeance or blowing up buildings, while the US is hauling ass to get out at the same time. The US looks(and is pathetic) in defeat while the taliban are restrained and respectful in victory.
By Monday I expect a taliban led “transitional government” to be fully in control.
Which is actually quite a master stroke.
They don’t risk their own fighters lives, in an assault of the city, they come across as beneficent and honorable, and prevent the possibility of engaging with western troops there to evacuate their staff(thus avoiding drawing in the US again). They look both disciplined and magnanimous, respectful, and restrained.
It makes the US look even worse, if the Taliban ride in triumphant not taking vengeance or blowing up buildings, while the US is hauling ass to get out at the same time. The US looks(and is pathetic) in defeat while the taliban are restrained and respectful in victory.
By Monday I expect a taliban led “transitional government” to be fully in control.
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Supposedly it's due to the [edit: alleged to have happened] firefight between the Brits as they're trying to evacuate their people and the Taliban forces near/at the airport.
That might also factor into why BoJo called in that emergency session of parliament.
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Air India already landed after the firefight was claimed. So it either never happened or it ended.
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