Afghanistan

HughFreakingDillon

gimmesometruth27 said:

reading maga twitter one thing is clear. the history of afghanistan clearly started about 11 days ago.

that was impossible to not see coming. 

dankind

Where's Johnny Chimpo when you need him?

curmudgeoness

Based on what Twitter tells me is trending, the interwebs are full of finger-pointing today, largely by people who probably hadn't thought about Afghanistan in ages, if ever (note that this thread was inactive for years!).

So I'll just take this opportunity to re/post links to some charities that are working to make a difference for people who are trying to flee:

https://nooneleft.org/ 

https://refugeerights.org/#

https://www.rescue.org/

Yelling at each other won't accomplish anything. Donating money doesn't do much, but it's something.

curmudgeoness

I received an email from IRAP (refugeerights.org) in the past hour or so, that includes this:

<<Please reach out to your congressional representatives and the White House to urge them to secure the airport, restart evacuation flights for Afghans, and bring our allies, partners, and clients to the United States immediately. Follow our Twitter feed for the latest updates and retweet us with #saveourallies. And if you know someone seeking help, please refer them to our Legal Resources for Afghans.  >>

mrussel1

curmudgeoness said:

I received an email from IRAP (refugeerights.org) in the past hour or so, that includes this:

<<Please reach out to your congressional representatives and the White House to urge them to secure the airport, restart evacuation flights for Afghans, and bring our allies, partners, and clients to the United States immediately. Follow our Twitter feed for the latest updates and retweet us with #saveourallies. And if you know someone seeking help, please refer them to our Legal Resources for Afghans.  >>

An agreement has already been reached between the commanding US General and the taliban

Gern Blansten

Richard Engel was reporting (from the airport) that there was some gunfire directed at US planes/copters but that they didn't appear to be aiming at the aircraft...just shooting in the air.

He also said that US copters were pointing their lasers at Taliban military to let them know they had an eye on them.  

Gern Blansten

Great speech from Biden...

lindamarie73

I wonder if the Taliban is addressing people by thier proper pronouns??  Some of y’all amaze me still defending the mush brain in office now…. But ya know…Merica…..

gimmesometruth27

Gern Blansten said:

Great speech from Biden...

i didn't catch it. but you know there is nothing he can say to assuage some of that maga butthurt. those people are angry about everything.

jerparker20

lindamarie73 said:

I wonder if the Taliban is addressing people by thier proper pronouns??  Some of y’all amaze me still defending the mush brain in office now…. But ya know…Merica…..

Nice job contributing absolutely nothing of any meaning to the conversation.

gimmesometruth27

jerparker20 said:

lindamarie73 said:

I wonder if the Taliban is addressing people by thier proper pronouns??  Some of y’all amaze me still defending the mush brain in office now…. But ya know…Merica…..

Nice job contributing absolutely nothing of any meaning to the conversation.

its not even worth engaging. just scroll past it.

HughFreakingDillon

gimmesometruth27 said:

Gern Blansten said:

Great speech from Biden...

i didn't catch it. but you know there is nothing he can say to assuage some of that maga butthurt. those people are angry about everything.

I watched some of Pompeo on Chris Wallace after watching Biden's speech. that guy is a piece of fucking work. negotiating with the taliban. imagine if Obama had done that. and suggested they get invited to Camp David no less. Unreal. 

and to insist that Biden botched this when this was trump and pompeo's plan, and his stance is the only reason this is happening at this stage is because the taliban "knows the US has a weak administration and president, they knew if they tried that with us we would have crushed them". yeah, and the dems are the warmongers. He said "crush them" about 4 times in 10 minutes with regards to the Syrians, etc. 

gimmesometruth27

warmongers gonna war.

wonder what john bolton's stupid mustache has to say about all of this.

gimmesometruth27

also, why did the rnc take down the webpage that celebrated trump's taliban deal?

gimmesometruth27

at any rate, can we start calling biden "the decider" yet?

lindamarie73

gimmesometruth27 said:

jerparker20 said:

lindamarie73 said:

I wonder if the Taliban is addressing people by thier proper pronouns??  Some of y’all amaze me still defending the mush brain in office now…. But ya know…Merica…..

Nice job contributing absolutely nothing of any meaning to the conversation.

its not even worth engaging. just scroll past it.

Exactly, just ignore….it just might all go away. Mush brain Joe Loves you….

mrussel1

lindamarie73 said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

jerparker20 said:

lindamarie73 said:

I wonder if the Taliban is addressing people by thier proper pronouns??  Some of y’all amaze me still defending the mush brain in office now…. But ya know…Merica…..

Nice job contributing absolutely nothing of any meaning to the conversation.

its not even worth engaging. just scroll past it.

Exactly, just ignore….it just might all go away. Mush brain Joe Loves you….

If you could muster a cogent argument,  then people would discuss. But you've never been able to pull one off.

benjs

lindamarie73 said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

jerparker20 said:

lindamarie73 said:

I wonder if the Taliban is addressing people by thier proper pronouns??  Some of y’all amaze me still defending the mush brain in office now…. But ya know…Merica…..

Nice job contributing absolutely nothing of any meaning to the conversation.

its not even worth engaging. just scroll past it.

Exactly, just ignore….it just might all go away. Mush brain Joe Loves you….

Can you bring the racist rhetoric back for a bit so we earn a break from you?

WhatYouTaughtMe

lindamarie73 said:

I wonder if the Taliban is addressing people by thier proper pronouns??  Some of y’all amaze me still defending the mush brain in office now…. But ya know…Merica…..

Speaking of pronouns, maybe you could help me out here. You used to post here as muskydan, got banned and now post as Lindamarie73, which pronoun is the proper one? Should I call you sir or ma'am? Did you transition? Or is it the Wifey's account? 

Edit- I don't think sir and ma'am are technically pronouns, but I think you get the point. 

Ledbetterman10

Good ole CNN. It's a friendly "death to America" chant, guys. 

https://twitter.com/nuffsaidny/status/1427285034801713160?s=20

Brings back memories of this...



As for the reporter, Chelsea Ward (who I must say, is pretty brave to be reporting from there), here's a picture of her reporting the day before the Taliban takeover, versus the day of the takeover. Speaks volumes of what's likely ahead for Afghan women. Even though the operation (westernizing Afghanistan) was a failure, at least those women enjoyed a modicum of human rights during the past 20 years. That's going to end. Pretty sad.