Afghanistan/Vietnam. The Pattaya connection

[Nirish guy]

....I never realized Afghanistan had so many cute guys.

??? You do realise that Zayn Malik ( in your pic on your previous post ) is English of course and his father was a Pakistani immigrant and his mother was of English / Irish extraction right ??? So not quite sure where your link to him and Afghanistan guys is coming from there ??

[arsenal]

On a lighter and more refreshing note.

The sudden and short timeframed US and UK total withdrawal of troops from that failed state is the right thing to do. The western media seem to be largely critical about the speed but Biden's 'let's get the fuck outta there' looks wise to me.

Twenty years of trying to turn a basket case country into something resembling a functioning nation state has failed miserably. Trillions have been spent equipping and training the Afghan military and when it came to it they refused to fight. The old adage 'people get the government they deserve' has never been truer.

Some countries are born crap, live crap and die crap. Nazi Germany, Iraq, The Soviet Union, The Vatican etc. Afghanistan belongs in that category.

[gerefan2]

Trillions have been spent equipping and training the Afghan military and when it came to it they refused to fight.
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Why are the powers to be surprised? Anyone expecting otherwise is somewhat naive.

Now we have thousands coming to the UK from a Covid Red List country........

[francois]

The communial grave. Note they were unknown as what little documentation there was, was destroyed in the accident.

Thank gerefan2 for your post.

[latintopxxx]

...arsenal u must have been a politician in a previous life...the way Biden has scuttled out of Afghanistan is sooooo embarrassing....basically americans cant be trusted...over 10,000 americans stranded there plus their UK/OZ/Kiwi allies....

[dinagam]

Unfortunately all the occupants of the lower deck died. 78 children, and a further 50 careers and aircraft crew, were killed.

Unfortunately Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright would have considered that as collateral damage.

[arsenal]

Now that we're out I think we should heavily arm the Taliban AND all their enemies and let them.get on with it. It's what they want.

[cdnmatt]

Now that we're out I think we should heavily arm the Taliban AND all their enemies and let them.get on with it. It's what they want.

That's what happened, haven't you been watching the news? The Taliban are cruising around in US military humvees carrying US military weapons.

[gerefan2]

That's what happened, haven't you been watching the news? The Taliban are cruising around in US military humvees carrying US military weapons.

He has got you there Arsenal. Haven’t you been watching the news too??!

[latintopxxx]

not a bad suggestion from arsenal