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Feldegast42 posted:Wait are the contractors just gonna be staying there then? So we are going to have our first major "all PMC merc" war now? where the hell will they be staying? the occupation government is being rolled up like a cheap rug
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Feldegast42 posted:Wait are the contractors just gonna be staying there then? So we are going to have our first major "all PMC merc" war now? Hopefully they end up on a rope decorating bridges and gates
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Feldegast42 posted:Wait are the contractors just gonna be staying there then? So we are going to have our first major "all PMC merc" war now? Well I know in places like Afghanistan / Iraq most of the big name contractors left already, which means the fancy airforce they paid the US to build will become useless in a few months.
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LGD posted:you can dismiss most of the smaller late 20th century wars for being undeclared, but the case falls apart b/c of empire-building efforts in the 19th and early 20th centuries (i.e. it'd be really hard to dispute the notion that the U.S. won the Mexican-American war) Thank you. The neat part about making such a strict statement is that it is either true or false. If it's false, I get the reasons why, and I get a deeper understanding of what happened. There is a trolling "wrapper paper," but under it, is a simple need to know stuff and be accurate. I hoped that I made the post's tone light enough that if it is wrong, it is easy to say it is wrong. That is one of the great things about something awful, somebody just knows.
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etalian posted:Well I know in places like Afghanistan / Iraq most of the big name contractors left already, which means the fancy airforce they paid the US to build will become useless in a few months. funding, building, then collapsing militaries in the Middle East is America’s favorite hobby
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Vomik posted:in a way we won since we funded armed and trained the taliban. another American success story Like the bigger budget but predictable franchise sequel...
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mercenaries have really lost their backbone. back in the day if a country didn't follow through on a contract the mercenaries would sack their capital. Now they are just litigious.
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god america owns. always saving the day god bless
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“The debacle in Afghanistan, which will unravel into chaos with lightning speed over the next few weeks and ensure the return of the Taliban to power, is one more signpost of the end of the American empire. The two decades of combat, the one trillion dollars we spent, the 100,000 troops deployed to subdue Afghanistan, the high-tech gadgets, artificial intelligence, cyberwarfare, Reaper drones armed with Hellfire missiles and GBU-30 bombs and the Global Hawk drones with high-resolution cameras, Special Operations Command composed of elite rangers, SEALs and air commandos, black sites, torture, electronic surveillance, satellites, attack aircraft, mercenary armies, infusions of millions of dollars to buy off and bribe the local elites and train an Afghan army of 350,000 that has never exhibited the will to fight, failed to defeat a guerrilla army of 60,000 that funded itself through opium production and extortion in one of the poorest countries on earth.” owned
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MLSM posted:“The debacle in Afghanistan, which will unravel into chaos with lightning speed over the next few weeks and ensure the return of the Taliban to power, is one more signpost of the end of the American empire. The two decades of combat, the one trillion dollars we spent, the 100,000 troops deployed to subdue Afghanistan, the high-tech gadgets, artificial intelligence, cyberwarfare, Reaper drones armed with Hellfire missiles and GBU-30 bombs and the Global Hawk drones with high-resolution cameras, Special Operations Command composed of elite rangers, SEALs and air commandos, black sites, torture, electronic surveillance, satellites, attack aircraft, mercenary armies, infusions of millions of dollars to buy off and bribe the local elites and train an Afghan army of 350,000 that has never exhibited the will to fight, failed to defeat a guerrilla army of 60,000 that funded itself through opium production and extortion in one of the poorest countries on earth.” Chinese strategy in Afghanistan: 1. Engage natives in a purely business relationship 2. ??? 3. Win
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Palladium posted:Chinese strategy in Afghanistan: Gonna get the biggest stinkeye from the brits lol
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MLSM posted:“The debacle in Afghanistan, which will unravel into chaos with lightning speed over the next few weeks and ensure the return of the Taliban to power, is one more signpost of the end of the American empire. The two decades of combat, the one trillion dollars we spent, the 100,000 troops deployed to subdue Afghanistan, the high-tech gadgets, artificial intelligence, cyberwarfare, Reaper drones armed with Hellfire missiles and GBU-30 bombs and the Global Hawk drones with high-resolution cameras, Special Operations Command composed of elite rangers, SEALs and air commandos, black sites, torture, electronic surveillance, satellites, attack aircraft, mercenary armies, infusions of millions of dollars to buy off and bribe the local elites and train an Afghan army of 350,000 that has never exhibited the will to fight, failed to defeat a guerrilla army of 60,000 that funded itself through opium production and extortion in one of the poorest countries on earth.”
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Vomik posted:in a way we won since we funded armed and trained the taliban. another American success story This thread is dedicated to the brave Mujaheddin fighters of Afghanistan.
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So what's everyone's best guess for how long it will take for the central government to collapse and also for what's left to get marched up the wall?? Looks like the domino effect has already kicked off with the Taliban making big gains and the government only being left with marginal control over urban city areas like Kabul.
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etalian posted:So what's everyone's best guess for how long it will take for the central government to collapse and also for what's left to get marched up the wall?? Yesterday.
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etalian posted:So what's everyone's best guess for how long it will take for the central government to collapse and also for what's left to get marched up the wall?? 1949 KMT warlord vibes
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lmao from BBC Aug report Blue= Afgan government Red= Tablian Control Yellow= Contested Provinces 
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etalian posted:lmao from BBC Aug report those are districts not provinces, loving bbc idiots
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etalian posted:lol lmao. I did some quick calculations using population data from 2015 and after this i think ~ 60% of the population live under taliban rule and only 40% under the afghan govt. if kabul goes to the taliban that number will shift like 75% to taliban and 25% to afghan govt.
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Love the needless double negative there. I think they knew how absurd it would be to title the article "How to Win In Afghanistan"
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"i'm not losing! i'm not losing!!" i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into south vietnam
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bedpan posted:john stewart was a war booster in Iraq he called all the bombings in afghanistan revenge for 9/11, but so did every single US media person
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Bideo James posted:he called all the bombings in afghanistan revenge for 9/11, but so did every single US media person Afghanistan being portrayed as "the good war" after the failures of Iraq started piling up was a really good pr trick
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Vomik posted:lmao. I did some quick calculations using population data from 2015 and after this i think ~ 60% of the population live under taliban rule and only 40% under the afghan govt. if kabul goes to the taliban that number will shift like 75% to taliban and 25% to afghan govt. If kabul goes will there even be an afghan govt
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Milo and POTUS posted:If kabul goes will there even be an afghan govt yeah it's goin' last
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i say swears online posted:yeah it's goin' last Ah this is one of those hope dies last jokes.
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Palladium posted:Chinese strategy in Afghanistan: Not going to happen. The Chinese are clever but I think they are going to make the mistake that the Taliban are not as clever as them.
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T-Paine posted:Love the needless double negative there. I think they knew how absurd it would be to title the article "How to Win In Afghanistan" its way easier to not lose, you just have to never leave
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Animal-Mother posted:the awkward laughter transitioning to krusty the klown noises https://twitter.com/nocontextafgwar/status/1420012553992876048/photo/1 I'm in love with your Imperialism https://twitter.com/nocontextafgwar/status/1419731673135124481/photo/1
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