Afghanistan

[Fly320s]

0:28 According to a friend who is a bit of an aero enthusiast, that plane's engine doesn't have an afterburner, so the flames shooting out of the tail are an indication of a "hot start" -- which he says will destroy the engine in short order.

That is correct.

I have zero confidence that a goat herder can suddenly become a jet engine mechanic.   Even Iran couldn't make that happen 40 years ago.

The middle east does not do technology.

[WLJ]

Kentucky family trapped in Afghanistan still desperately trying to get home
https://www.wdrb.com/news/kentucky-family-trapped-in-afghanistan-still-desperately-trying-to-get-home/article_21d14e04-6724-11ec-8664-abc94f97b12f.html

[French G.]

That is correct.

I have zero confidence that a goat herder can suddenly become a jet engine mechanic.   Even Iran couldn't make that happen 40 years ago.

The middle east does not do technology.

Windmill!

I think we should send highly paid people like me to help them get all their toys working. Leave when the contract ends. The amount of dead talis from everything falling out of the sky would be glorious.

Thats how all the rest of the sand nations do it, lots and lots of contractors.

[Andiron]

Windmill!

I think we should send highly paid people like me to help them get all their toys working. Leave when the contract ends. The amount of dead talis from everything falling out of the sky would be glorious.

Thats how all the rest of the sand nations do it, lots and lots of contractors.

This is the way.  Might as well get paid.

[WLJ]

    Today the U.S. announced $308 million in new humanitarian assistance for the people of Afghanistan and a million new COVID vaccine doses provided through #COVAX (totaling 4.3M doses). We remain the single largest donor of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan.https://t.co/Ds7oMSNJaV

    — Emily Horne (@emilyhorne46) January 11, 2022

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2022/01/11/biden-administration-announc-aes-308-million-of-humanitarian-funding-to-the-anti-humanitarian-taliban-ruled-afghanistan/

[MechAg94]

Windmill!

I think we should send highly paid people like me to help them get all their toys working. Leave when the contract ends. The amount of dead talis from everything falling out of the sky would be glorious.

Thats how all the rest of the sand nations do it, lots and lots of contractors.

It would be especially good if they start a war with some other nation over there.  Maybe we can contract with both sides.

[bedlamite]

It would be especially good if they start a war with some other nation over there.  Maybe we can contract with both sides.

That would be the best option.

[WLJ]

Update from Ed Nash
While our attention has been on Ukraine things have not exactly been settling down in Afghanistan especially on the borders with Pakistan and Iran.

Taliban Demonstrate Military Power as They Face Issues at Home and With the Neighbours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S32KIAWCeeY

[Ben]

Update from Ed Nash
While our attention has been on Ukraine things have not exactly been settling down in Afghanistan especially on the borders with Pakistan and Iran.

Taliban Demonstrate Military Power as They Face Issues at Home and With the Neighbours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S32KIAWCeeY

Reminds me again, that the media (all sides) work hard to tell us what they want us to pay attention to. It's actually difficult to find news and information about things that are outside the media bubble.

[WLJ]

Reminds me again, that the media (all sides) work hard to tell us what they want us to pay attention to. It's actually difficult to find news and information about things that are outside the media bubble.

Check out his channel https://www.youtube.com/c/EdNashsMilitaryMatters/videos
Besides aircraft and other things he like to cover little conflicts around the world that the MSM doesn't even mention. You may have to do some digging to get pass all the aircraft videos.

[Boomhauer]

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2022/01/11/biden-administration-announc-aes-308-million-of-humanitarian-funding-to-the-anti-humanitarian-taliban-ruled-afghanistan/

I thought my dad was crazy (because the premise is truly insane) when he told me way back when I was a little kid that we pay our enemies after wars are over, just turns out he was right about everything, just like everything else he told me about how the world actually works.

[WLJ]

Update

Air Force clears crew in deaths of Afghans who clung to plane during takeoff
https://www.foxnews.com/world/air-force-crew-cleared-afghan-deaths-fell-plane in the death of

[WLJ]

Reminds me again, that the media (all sides) work hard to tell us what they want us to pay attention to. It's actually difficult to find news and information about things that are outside the media bubble.

Check out his channel https://www.youtube.com/c/EdNashsMilitaryMatters/videos
Besides aircraft and other things he like to cover little conflicts around the world that the MSM doesn't even mention. You may have to do some digging to get pass all the aircraft videos.

Case in point.
He dropped this this morning

Burma; A Country on Fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAdmZHP093s

[MechAg94]

Update

Air Force clears crew in deaths of Afghans who clung to plane during takeoff
https://www.foxnews.com/world/air-force-crew-cleared-afghan-deaths-fell-plane in the death of

Why did it take nearly a year to determine that?  That should have been decided in less than a week.

[WLJ]

Why did it take nearly a year to determine that?  That should have been decided in less than a week.

Needed to check their voting records to see if they were worth going after

[WLJ]

Anyone remember the media even mentioning this person?

REVEALED: American aid worker Ryan Corbett has been held hostage by the Taliban for 15 months - as extremist group demands 'unrealistic' swap for Osama bin Laden aide held in Gitmo
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12748457/Ryan-Corbett-Taliban-hostage-wife.html

[Jim147]

He is not important to the right people or Joe would have already done the swap and added in a few billion.

[HankB]

He is not important to the right people or Joe would have already done the swap and added in a few billion.

Idiot was seized by the Taliban a year ago . . . by which time any sane adult would have known going there was about as sensible as skinny dipping in a saltwater pool filled with toxic jellyfish.

[WLJ]

Please tell me this is true

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cUmK0s7B1hQ

[Jim147]

Please tell me this is true

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cUmK0s7B1hQ

I heard that story when Biden screwed everything up. I wasn't in the room so cant say 100% but it is what I heard.

[MechAg94]

It seems to me, that would be the proper way to deal with them.  Negotiate from strength and make it personal.

[WLJ]

If this is true 
But honestly wouldn't shock me if it is

A new report from Judicial Watch found that the U.S. mistakingly gave hundreds of millions of dollars to the Taliban after the State Department failed to properly vet award recipients.

At least $239 million in taxpayer money has landed in the hands of terrorists since the Biden Administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. The State Department appears not to have followed its own counterterrorism partner vetting requirements in Afghanistan before approving the 29 grants to several local entities.

Major Biden-Harris Mistake Gave Taliban $239 Million In U.S. Aid
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/08/04/biden-harris-campaign-gave-the-taliban-over-200-million-n2642946

[dogmush]

*expletive deleted*ing State Dept.

They cause so many of our problems.

[K Frame]

It was all humanitarian, so it's OK...