If you think this is going to happen you're a fool, the Taliban have been willing to just let the Americans get the fuck out without any issue. If the US military tries doing ANYTHING beyond evacuations then you can certainly expect those American civilians in Afghanistan to be taken hostage. This doesn't just jeopardize American civilians, it jeopardizes the entire NATO/ISAF collective.
I really hope for the American's sake they don't figure out how to load that thing or cock it. Or god willing they've been neglected to the point they don't work. I recall Mk19s beed to be torn down to a detail stirp periodically to replace high wear parts.
i agree with this, out operations in that dump is over. To be remembered only so as to never repeat it.
I mean you could find videos for it online, and honestly, the best I recall the only thing kinda tricky about using a MK 19 was the ghost round, but even if you didn't know about that, I could see someone who didn't know just thinking it was a malfunction, cocking it back again, and then, of course, the next time they fired it would actually fire.
No, I expect that once the US feels it has most of the civilians out we will immediately start bombing "to prevent turririst from using this equipment!" I remember seeing an article about B-52s bombing some place but I never saw a resolution over that, I believe the mission was scrubbed because the Pentagon realized they had the fucking sword of damocles hanging over the embassy and airport.
Loading it can be tricky if you're an idiot and pull the entire belt out of the container as the belt can only go in one way. I've also seen the barrels walk out although I don't know if it's a pin or other component that locks it in place.
Biggest chad move would be moving all the military equipment inside schools and press buildings.
Maybe, considering we imported Taliban into the US another 9-11 type of incident is in the making. Glowie shenanigans is what got us there in the first place.
Why are these people not on the very next planes headed back again?
Diversity is our strength.
I read somewhere that the Afghan Government wouldn't join the talks and come to the table, not that they were left out.
This is true, the Trump administration realized that the Afghan government was the weaker of the two options and one of the end goals was to force the Afghan government to the table with the Taliban to make a unity government, when this didn't materialize they just went for departure and allow the chips to fall where they may. The Taliban also realized, probably sooner than the American and Afghan government, that they were the stronger of the duo and the military option was very much on the table. During their press conferences they have repeatedly stated that they didn't expect the entire country to fall apart in such short order and that this was something of a problem for them. When even the opposition is surprised at the collapse I can't really find fault with the Intelligence agencies rosy assessments of 6 months as I think everyone involved -- Taliban included, expected stiffer resistance. My gripe is that the Biden administration didn't tell the US Citizens in Afghanistan that they needed to get out daily since May, especially when the Taliban started making significant gains around the time I started this thread. There was a very real aura of delusion on these citizens and the State Department that prevented them from taking appropriate action. The amount of staff and citizens should have been getting trimmed since late 2020 and all throughout the Trump pullout truce. Trump also has some culpability in this shitshow since he did not issue guidance explicitly telling people to get out either.
