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bearsfootball516

(6,676 posts) Sat Aug 14, 2021, 05:33 PM Aug 2021

Power blackout in Kabul [View all]

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It won’t be long now until Kabul falls.

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Power blackout in Kabul [View all] bearsfootball516 Aug 2021 OP

Post removed Post removed Aug 2021 #1

The problem is they're not like ants... AkFemDem Aug 2021 #4

Eventually they won't. roamer65 Aug 2021 #5

+1000 Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #22

That whole place is fucked - always ha been. Should have never been there. kysrsoze Aug 2021 #2

"Never"? Should we have been there after 9/11? maxsolomon Aug 2021 #14

"Lots of Absolutism on DU about this topic." Stinky The Clown Aug 2021 #20

Once we cleared out the Al Qaeda training camps Elessar Zappa Aug 2021 #24

Ok, that is a legit position. maxsolomon Aug 2021 #32

Sadly those in the White House had their eyes set on Baghdad, not Kabul. SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2021 #36

Why? quakerboy Aug 2021 #39

Bin Laden was NOT in Pakistan. maxsolomon Aug 2021 #40

Purportedly quakerboy Aug 2021 #41

Yes, he was tin Quetta when he was found and killed 10 years later. "Purportedly". maxsolomon Aug 2021 #42

What I indicated was that we know where he was when our troops killed him quakerboy Aug 2021 #43

Oh my god. Vibes to all in Afghanistan with the exception of the Taliban. applegrove Aug 2021 #3

Bet we did that... secondwind Aug 2021 #6

hopefully Rustyeye77 Aug 2021 #7

It would make sense. bearsfootball516 Aug 2021 #8

Likely. ancianita Aug 2021 #28

Crap and I'm partially at fault here... FormerRepukeR Aug 2021 #9

Bush's approval was in the 90s in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. bearsfootball516 Aug 2021 #11

yeah, you're right, but FormerRepukeR Aug 2021 #19

Welcome and hopefully there are a lot more like you.. relayerbob Aug 2021 #34

We had the world; the whole world on our side after 9-11 and Bush pissed it away. nt Evolve Dammit Aug 2021 #33

Try not to turn that rage on yourself, and grant yourself some grace Maru Kitteh Aug 2021 #16

Thank you, but FormerRepukeR Aug 2021 #21

Welcome! Elessar Zappa Aug 2021 #25

I researched it like it was all fake FormerRepukeR Aug 2021 #26

Welcome to the Big Tent Tommymac Aug 2021 #27

Welcome to DU. lpbk2713 Aug 2021 #18

Thank you FormerRepukeR Aug 2021 #23

we lost power here last night stillcool Aug 2021 #10

Do you have Taliban surrounding your neighborhood? Generic Brad Aug 2021 #12

Amrican Taliban, Vanilla ISIS, Y'all Qaeda, etc. Pick one? TheBlackAdder Aug 2021 #13

Sounds like my neighborhood Generic Brad Aug 2021 #15

I don't think so, but stillcool Aug 2021 #17

That country has been under attack, occupation, for 40 years bucolic_frolic Aug 2021 #29

More like 40 centuries but I get your drift. nt littlemissmartypants Aug 2021 #35

How many Marines are in Kabul today? irisblue Aug 2021 #30

I recall being out protesting this and the Iraq war relayerbob Aug 2021 #31

Glad to see another peacenik here. It feels like most of us have gone extinct. littlemissmartypants Aug 2021 #38

Oh those poor people Dorian Gray Aug 2021 #37