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  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,824
    mickeyrat said:
    mace1229 said:
    The Juggler said:
    mace1229 said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    Just heard a report as to how efficiently the airport is running now...constant movement of planes.


    But arent there reports of issues getting there? Doesn't matter how smooth the flight is if you cant get to it. 
    Well so far 48,000 have gotten flights in the last week. This keeps up, we'll get over 1000,000 people out in just a couple weeks. I don't think that's too shabby. Also don't think Gern was  talking about how smooth the actual flights themselves are. I'd assume he meant the process of getting people out. 

    https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/23/us-evacuates-37000-from-afghanistan-as-taliban-calls-august-31-withdrawal-deadline-red-line.html
    48,000 since 8/14 isn’t as impressive as more than 10,000 in 12 hours on Monday. That is a lot. I’m glad they’re getting more out faster than I thought.
    I knew he wasn’t talking about the actual flight, but my point was of course it’s smooth if no one is showing up. Looks like that isn’t the case and the reports ive heard of difficulties getting to the airport are hopefully rare and the exception.
    i hope this keeps up and they’re all out ahead of the deadline.

    not impressive huh? where were they to go? what was in place to receive them initially? more to it than just a flight out.
    I think you misunderstood my comment. I wasn't saying 48,000 in 10 days isn't impressive. I was saying the details in the article were more impressive than the headline, that is 10,900 evacuated in 12 hours on Monday. If they can keep that rate up, we can get a lot more people out.
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,358
     By Washington Post Live

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  • mickeyrat
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    An explosion has been reported outside the Kabul airport…reports are it was a suicide bomber.
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,358
    Meltdown99 said:
    An explosion has been reported outside the Kabul airport…reports are it was a suicide bomber.

    lets see how harshly taliban quash the isis group.
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,041
    here we go..
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  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,215
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    here we go..
    Surprised?
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,590
    Welp. This morning I was gonna post that it seemed like it was only a matter of time before something like this happened but if it didn't, and things continued the way it was going, it would've ended up being not as bad as we feared.

    Hopefully the warning we sent out last night saved some lives. This sucks. 
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,168
    Now they are saying two bombs....likely Isis.  The Taliban will likely step up to filter this out better....they don't want this either
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  • nicknyr15
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    The Juggler said:
    Welp. This morning I was gonna post that it seemed like it was only a matter of time before something like this happened but if it didn't, and things continued the way it was going, it would've ended up being not as bad as we feared.

    Hopefully the warning we sent out last night saved some lives. This sucks. 
    Yea. What a shame. 
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,993
    Gern Blansten said:
    Now they are saying two bombs....likely Isis.  The Taliban will likely step up to filter this out better....they don't want this either
    This is where we’re at; hoping the Taliban steps up to fight Isis so that Americans and Afghan citizen allies are safe. What a fucking mess. 

    Here’s a 5-second video that’s being shared of the scene. Warning…there’s dead bodies in the video…

    https://twitter.com/alexsalvinews/status/1430906781232820225?s=21
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,111
    nicknyr15 said:
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    here we go..
    Surprised?
    Not at all.  I honestly thought this was going to happen on day 1 of the evacuations.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,956
    Thank you, James.




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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,168
    The GOP will conveniently forget all US deaths in Afghanistan prior to today 
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739

    Four Marines Among At Least 13 Killed In Attack Outside Kabul Airport—ISIS Blamed


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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,825
    Gern Blansten said:
    The GOP will conveniently forget all US deaths in Afghanistan prior to today 
    politics suck 
    hippiemom = goodness
  • BS44325
    BS44325 Posts: 6,124
    Gern Blansten said:
    Now they are saying two bombs....likely Isis.  The Taliban will likely step up to filter this out better....they don't want this either
    Haaaa. 
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,590
    Gern Blansten said:
    The GOP will conveniently forget all US deaths in Afghanistan prior to today 
    I believe they already have
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  • jimjam1982
    jimjam1982 AZ Posts: 1,471
    Where is 46 though? Probably getting ice cream. Back in my day bombing us citizens wasn't tolerated and we didn't negotiate with terrorists.
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,358
    edited August 2021
    jimjam1982 said:
    Where is 46 though? Probably getting ice cream. Back in my day bombing us citizens wasn't tolerated and we didn't negotiate with terrorists.

    when was your day exactly?
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