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Kabul Falls

Discussion in 'In the News' started by Craig Wilson, Aug 15, 2021.

  1. Silvia Benoit

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    I am sure no crime was committed; they were executed to further impose fear.
     
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    General says it is unlikely ISIS-K members killed in August Kabul drone strike: 'A tragic mistake' | Fox News

    Head of the United States Central Command Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. announced Friday that it is unlikely any ISIS-K members were killed in a Kabul drone strike on August 29, which led to multiple civilian casualties.

    "We now assess that it is unlikely that the vehicle and those who died were associated with ISIS-K or a direct threat to US forces," McKenzie said of the airstrike at a briefing, following an investigation by the Military.

    The drone strike, which was intended to target ISIS-K operatives, resulted in the deaths of an aid worker and up to nine of his family members, including seven children. According to U.S. officials, the strike on the vehicle, formerly believed to have been a threat that included bombs and that was operated by ISIS-K militants, took place after a suicide bombing at Kabul airport in Afghanistan killed 13 U.S. service members and civilians.
     
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    Yeah, Biden has taken us back to the random murder of civilians with drones that was employed during the Obama years. I heard there was a press release that 843 American citizens are still hostage in Afghanistan with thousands of green card holders as well. Fortunately, apparently the Aussies and the French have removed all their people and the Brits have gotten almost all of theirs out. Only the U.S., the cause of the entire debacle, failed to remove their people and made no serious effort to do so. Perhaps the Administration thought they were all Trump supporters.
     
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  5. Don Alaska

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    Now I have read that the Chinese were negotiating with the Russians to obtain assault helicopters that could reach Taiwan from the Chinese mainland, as the Chinese had been unable to develop them on their own. By abandoning Bagram, China now has access to a fine lot of Apaches. Perhaps this is the payoff to China for getting the fool elected and the reason he is in place--the REAL Manchurian Candidate.
     
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    No drone strikes during Trump admin? https://www.theamericanconservative...es-killer-drone-war-and-no-one-seems-to-care/ Ohhh, my bad. This is from the mainstream news and doesn't fit the meme, so it must be false.

    Now, about the drone strikes in general: we inflict terror on other countries in order to protect ourselves from terror. Got to work!!!!
     
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