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uponit7771

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6. +1, and according to Der Spiegel it looks like the Taliban "took over" the country in July (link)

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #5)

Sun Aug 22, 2021, 02:46 PM

Aug 2021

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-trillion-dollar-illusion-the-entirely-predictable-failure-of-the-west-s-mission-in-afghanistan-a-0193fa9c-aa6f-4719-84de-01ead3aefcf6

In early July, I met with a leading Taliban military commander. I asked when his fighters would arrive in Kabul. His answer: "They are already there." How the Afghanistan mission failed and what happens next.

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Americans were urged to leave Afghanistan... [View all] babylonsister Aug 2021 OP

Trying to sell this pull out from Afghanistan as a "one and done" CentralMass Aug 2021 #1

They have been urging Americans to leave since May! PortTack Aug 2021 #2

K&R, looks like we were going to get an exit mob no matter what. uponit7771 Aug 2021 #3

Yes, no matter, crowds would show up .. .. Lovie777 Aug 2021 #5

+1, and according to Der Spiegel it looks like the Taliban "took over" the country in July (link) uponit7771 Aug 2021 #6

Yep. "It started in April" dalton99a Aug 2021 #7

They forgot to say "Our Troops Are Leaving. The Taliban Are Bad People. PLEASE Get The Fuck Out" dalton99a Aug 2021 #4