Taliban offensive of 2021 and collapse of Afghan government.

[Ow The Edge]

There's been way too much emphasis on "turn the other cheek" instead of a fair balance between that and the other half of the verse, "an eye for an eye" (Matthew 5:38-42). Also not enough reminders of Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8.

I would say that the time for peace is running out rapidly.

 

[Terrifik]

back up of jim show

 

[Ghostse]

Does anyone else know more about this Tim Kennedy guy?

Who is Tim Kennedy? Twitter shocked by Afghanistan arrival

Tim Kennedy is reportedly heading for Afghanistan and Twitter can't believe it. Kennedy's news arises amid the rush to evacuate people from Kabul airport.

www.hitc.com

I will tl;dr this.
Any SF 'operator' who issues a press release before they do something is a glory hound faggot. If any SF person was actually planning a personal op to rescue Afghan translators, you would not know about it until they were back in the states, if at all.

 

[Orange Rhymer]

Summary:
Heroin will go through the fucking roof and get scarce. Opioid Crisis is effectively over in a few years. tl;dr there is still a huge backlog of poppy juice in or on its way to Russia. Once that is through, there is going to be a huge heroin drought think late nineties pricing/availability. If you an addict, start buying now and give it to someone who will dole it out to you slowly.
If you are just a degenerate junkie 'psychonaut' (AKA waste of flesh), no worries. Alternatives like fentanyl will soon take up the slack. Talk to your deal today and start shopping for something else to get your fix. I personally recommend drain cleaner.


Long, Gay Post:
There is a small chance the Taliban will keep the poppies going, but this unlikely. Working with 'International drug control' (DEA) will be a legitimate revenue stream and international clout building. If the Taliban somehow manage to not completely wreck their Tuccanos & Mi-17s in the intervening period, they will use that as leverage for international support to get and keep these aircraft operational to help in drug fighting ops - and then use that expertise to use the airframes to launch airstrikes on insurgents.
The will be leaving a lot of 'dirty money' on the table, but that was not a big concern for the Taliban. They were never about exporting Jihad (except to Pakistan and Iran), and the new leadership seems much more savy about not giving anyone outside a reason to come in. They would rather have 'clean' money they can buy things with openly.

This is going to dry up the supply of opiates. Just going from how long it took for Afghan White to hit the streets, and assuming the (primarily) Russians are going to be metering their supply (fewer, higher-success smuggling ops, not longer a customs blitz) I'd guess 5 years but that's largely out my ass.
Horse is still going to be available, but it'll be harder to get, especially in quantity, and stepped on to shit. Basically just ask any old timer around a Jazz club what it was like trying to score decent Jazz Juice in the 90s and that'll be a pretty good estimate of what's coming.
Drug cartels will just shift to something else, very likely a new wave of Chinese "research" chems. Venezuela might have its time to shine by renewing the interest in Coke and leveraging Biden's non-existent border. With the collapse of FARC, there is less of an impetus on grow ops.
Watch Equador/Columbia and if there's an uptick in violence, go long on Cocaine futures. Eye on Mexico too, but uptick there could mean anything.

There are of course some X factors in this.
There is a lot of money that will be going up in smoke. Glowniggers and Russian Mobsters will have a huge interest in not seeing opium dry up - they may be able to get some of the more flexible warlords to openly revolt and possibly assassinate current leadership.
These projections are based on previous Taliban exploits; as mention many times these are not your father's Taliban. past performance goes not guarantee future returns.

You read all that and are now gay.
if previously gay, you are now a furry.
Haha, just kidding I know you were already a furry. So you're now Mormon.[/spoiler]



Afghanistan getting out of the busisness creates market suction.
If the McDonald's across town closes, you will see a lot more people stopping at your burger king.

Good speculation. I have no dog in this fight, just curious.

My only counter:
Army buddies said their missions in Afghanistan included constant torching of poppy fields, and seizing warehouses of H. He mentioned that napalm and airstrikes do a damn fine job of removing poppies.
The official line was: "This Poison is sold in the USA to fund ISIS".
(The actual truth was: "China, our Most Favored Nation, is pumping synth H into our cities, with the express written consent of US politicians")


So, I was wondering - if the military destruction of poppy-fields ENDS, shouldn't that create more supply?

 

[MrJokerRager]

Normally this is the case, nonstop insults from the late night "comedians" and other assorted talking heads on the television and radio just taking dumps on the rural people as contemptible. Even political cartoonist couldn't help but notice the change overcoming Republicans in '15-'16. The political class and punditry are still nervous about this change and have no clue how to deal with it. In Afghanistan the rural types just smashed down the sitting cosmopolitan government a few months, nearly without resistance and the sitting governments in the West are gobsmacked by it and absolutely terrified of such things spreading like the Revolutionary wars or Communist cause. Almost every time the "right wing" in the US has decided to fly off the handle and shift to violence in the US they resoundingly defeat their enemies and the only recourse the government has is to arrest people after the fact. Whether this is street brawling against Antifa or directly challenging the Federal security apparatus like they did with the Bundy Standoff the right wing tends to humiliate the opposition. Federal fear of rural types dates back the better part of a century and can be seen in events like the Battle of Blair Mountain, I would suspect the American Civil War etched itself far deeper into the psyche of the deep state than anyone could really contextualize and the modern apparatchiks inherited these fears and mental damage but they don't understand exactly where it comes from, they just emulate the behavior of their predecessors.

I'll leave a link to a good substack article describing the blowback events like Afghanistan and the "collapse of the war on terror" in theory should have on American society and was witnessed in the post Vietnam period for the better part of 10 years: https://patrickwyman.substack.com/p/imperial-wars-always-come-home

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Im watching solely the coverage of the Taliban on Fox News and sometimes Newsmax lol.

They insulting the Taliban with insults like "Medieval Savages" and the usual terrorists label. They talking about how the Taliban basically not down with the western viewpoint on women's rights and throwing fags off buildings. They making these lot sound based to a certain group in this nation that went hard for Trump.

These "primitive goatherders" basically showed the forever war was a giant failure and is a consequence of so called "liberal" democracies degenerating very hard into being ruled by smug fools and incompetent libertines. The establishment GOP is just as lost as the Biden administration is on the withdrawal of Afghanistan since they opposed Trump wanting out of Afghanistan. They tried to spin Trump calling these wars as failures as being unpatriotic back in 2016.

 

[Dona Morte]

They tried to spin Trump calling these wars as failures as being unpatriotic back in 2016.

This is because Fox has largely been co-opted by warmongers and RINOS.

Anyway, lies obfuscation? Who the fuck knows. Here is a spox of the State Department claiming the Haqqani are separate from the Taliban. (I learned today they are a sect of it)

 

[Ghostse]

So, I was wondering - if the military destruction of poppy-fields ENDS, shouldn't that create more supply?

It doesn't end. Taliban takes over.

The US was hamstrung in what poppy fields it could burn because those were the cash crops of various allied 'warlords' - burn the opium, make an enemy. So they only went after fields/warehouses as punishment or as a photoop (or both). Sort of like how the troops had to turn a blind eye to all the boyfucking.
During the taliban's time in power, they were burning fields and executing farmers - unless they were in a border area in which case they usually paid the Taliban protection money. The Taliban might not be able to control an area, but they could send someone to argue with the local Imam on Friday and convince the population they needed to burn the fields.
The Northern Alliance, the warlords fighting against the Taliban pre-invasion, used Opium to fund their resistance (very likely with CIA support) which is part of why the Taliban went so hard against the growers.

So unless the New Taliban™ is doing a 180 on opium, supply is going to drop and it will create a suction effect.

edit: and they are unlikely to 180 because before the invasion they were getting a few million a year for burning poppy fields.

 

[oldTireWater]

Does anyone else know more about this Tim Kennedy guy?

A self-promoting tool. Mediocre UFC fag.

 

[FAQnews Correspondent]

I'll leave a link to a good substack article describing the blowback events like Afghanistan and the "collapse of the war on terror" in theory should have on American society and was witnessed in the post Vietnam period for the better part of 10 years: https://patrickwyman.substack.com/p/imperial-wars-always-come-home

When we see armed agents of the state beating a Navy veteran with batons, tear-gassing moms in bike helmets and the mayor of Portland, and planning further deployments to Chicago and Albuquerque, I can’t help but think of that man who spent five centuries buried in a mass grave at Towton, of his old wound and crushed face.

He swallowed the Antifa propaganda.

 

[Ancient Pioneer]

Apparently the Mother of one of the Marines called in to a radio show quite pissed off.

 

[Clockwork_PurBle]

Apparently the Mother of one of the Marines called in to a radio show quite pissed off.
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Psaki said recently that Obiden "would consider" being at Dover airport with the parents.

Methinks he won't!

But you know who should? Trump.

 

[Blasterisk]

Apparently the Mother of one of the Marines called in to a radio show quite pissed off.
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McCollum is a name best associated with forgotten weapons, but it won't be associated with forgotten Marines.

edit: Isn't Ian's dad from Colorado? If there's a family tie somehow, I'd only be mildly surprised anymore.

 

[Ancient Pioneer]

He swallowed the Antifa propaganda.

I don't disagree, it was present at the time of writing the article and the extreme levels of violence that spiraled out from the Floyd riots were a decent backdrop for his article and how lessons learned abroad were being brought home by both sides. I can't remember a period of time starting in the 20th century where a full riot detail was solidly pushed back into their own stations days at a time like Minneapolis which ended up with a huge portion of the city being looted and burned out. During the Rodney King riots there was just a massive crime wave all at once and the police just did nothing as they had no manpower, leading to the Roof Korean Meme. The Floyd rioters would actually contest, overwhelm and often times beat the police riot forces across the country. During the Floyd riots the police would vacillate between entirely useless and invisible, and ruthlessly flying off the handle at any perceived slight by working people who weren't doing any crime.

This is a good example of the security forces of the state just attacking people who aren't doing anything, the police are COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY IN THE WRONG both legally and in terms of public relations, these people are on their own property, a porch, and thus abiding by "the curfew." Police are not there to deal with the black sheep, the state has realized they're incapable of controlling them and has surrendered vast amounts of land which have become "the ghetto," the police are there to herd the regular sheep by snapping at their feet like a work dog.

The question starts being asked "What purpose do these dipshits serve when they refuse to provide security for the people whom are paying them?" Thats when you start getting blow back and dissolution like Afghanistan just went through.

 

[mr.moon1488]

Does anyone else know more about this Tim Kennedy guy?

Lol it's so incredibly obvious that the various units there don't know what the fuck each other is doing at any given time. It's fine to mix units together for one operation, but it's absolutely retarded not to have a singular commander that has the final say on everything that relates to the operation.

 

[Niggernerd]

Normally this is the case, nonstop insults from the late night "comedians" and other assorted talking heads on the television and radio just taking dumps on the rural people as contemptible.

Which is why they're getting btfo'd by greg gutfeld of all people

 

[MrJokerRager]

I don't disagree, it was present at the time of writing the article and the extreme levels of violence that spiraled out from the Floyd riots were a decent backdrop for his article and how lessons learned abroad were being brought home by both sides. I can't remember a period of time starting in the 20th century where a full riot detail was solidly pushed back into their own stations days at a time like Minneapolis which ended up with a huge portion of the city being looted and burned out. During the Rodney King riots there was just a massive crime wave all at once and the police just did nothing as they had no manpower, leading to the Roof Korean Meme. The Floyd rioters would actually contest, overwhelm and often times beat the police riot forces across the country. During the Floyd riots the police would vacillate between entirely useless and invisible, and ruthlessly flying off the handle at any perceived slight by working people who weren't doing any crime.
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This is a good example of the security forces of the state just attacking people who aren't doing anything, the police are COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY IN THE WRONG both legally and in terms of public relations, these people are on their own property, a porch, and thus abiding by "the curfew." Police are not there to deal with the black sheep, the state has realized they're incapable of controlling them and has surrendered vast amounts of land which have become "the ghetto," the police are there to herd the regular sheep by snapping at their feet like a work dog.

The question starts being asked "What purpose do these dipshits serve when they refuse to provide security for the people whom are paying them?" Thats when you start getting blow back and dissolution like Afghanistan just went through.

Well I see less sentiment of it now over time but there are many milquetoast bootlickers that obey the police and believe in fantasies at this point like obey the law.

The interview of the nigger that shot Ashli Babbit has probably killed off the Blue Lives Matter faggotry.

For all those Blue Lives Matter fags, here is your police showing you their appreciation.

 

[Niggernerd]

Well I see less sentiment of it now over time but there are many milquetoast bootlickers that obey the police and believe in fantasies at this point like obey the law.

The interview of the nigger that shot Ashli Babbit has probably killed off the Blue Lives Matter faggotry.

For all those Blue Lives Matter fags, here is your police showing you their appreciation.

Hopefully it squashes whatever good sentiments trumpers had for cops. The good ones already quit or were fired and only ones left are those that just see their job as a paycheck and don't question authoritative behavior from the higher ups across the country.

Edit: considering Baked Alaskas cringy cop song. Wonder if MAGApedes will stomp on baked if they see him

 

[Ishtar]

Conservatives and MAGA folks ideologically and I believe psychologically are pro law and order. Its not in their nature to naturally mistrust cops or to disobey "authority", they may not trust or respect academia, hollywood, or the media, but "traditional" authorities like the police and military are venerated because well that's kind of the essence of being conservative-you respect "conserving" institutions.

Getting them to view the police as what they are, mercenaries for the System is extremely difficult.

Its part of the reason why the 76 rhetoric and AR-15s against the government seems cringe, because the people who use that rhetoric "back the blue" and "support the troops".

That's not going to change quickly, they need to feel the state's boot on their necks, to change their perspectives, which I am pleased to say progress is being made on.

 

[Niggernerd]

Conservatives and MAGA folks ideologically and I believe psychologically are pro law and order. Its not in their nature to naturally mistrust cops or to disobey "authority", they may not trust or respect academia, hollywood, or the media, but "traditional" authorities like the police and military are venerated because well that's kind of the essence of being conservative-you respect "conserving" institutions.

Getting them to view the police as what they are, mercenaries for the System is extremely difficult.

Its part of the reason why the 76 rhetoric and AR-15s against the government seems cringe, because the people who use that rhetoric "back the blue" and "support the troops".

That's not going to change quickly, they need to feel the state's boot on their necks, to change their perspectives, which I am pleased to say progress is being made on.

We need a black version of derek chauvin

 

[Ishtar]

We need a black version of derek chauvin

Unfortunately your right, who happens to murder some trump supporting old White lady or something like that. That would really catalyze change in the minds of conservatives about the true nature of the police.