You see the problem is that no one's told the Taliban that's it's three weeks to flatten the curve.

Edited by Stirlingsays (15 Aug 2021 11.11pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Exactly what I posted earlier. Too many rules for us none for them.

I think it goes deeper than this. Ever since Bidens 'election', lol, there has been a kind of purge taking place within the US military, with all kinds of senior officers being replaced with those considered far more in tune with the progressive message.

Our military leadership is probably even worse.

And it this self-same military leadership who assured Biden and Johnson that the Taliban stood no chance of achieving a military victory. How their training of the Afghan Army meant they could easily brush off a bunch of goat-herders living in caves and strolling around in shoes made out of old tyres.

This is what this entire 'woke'/progressive agenda is doing to us. They say that a fish rots from the head down and the same is patently now clear with our civilisation.

The Taliban won because they believe in something. They have a faith that goes beyond owning s*** they cannot afford and do not need. What does the West have? A rainbow flag and mentally ill men pretending to be women? People bending their knee in subjugation to BLM, an organisation who openly (and I cannot ever stop giving them kudos for that) call for the utter destruction of the very people who fund them and suck up to their every whim?

The Taliban won because they did have a God on their side. It won because it did what needed doing and refused to believe what the 'experts' said about it. The Taliban won because they actually believe in something, rather than just falling in line with whatever the latest fad is.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.

I saw an injured ex-serviceman being interviewed on BBC this morning. "Was it worth losing your legs for this ?"
ex-serviceman: " I feel I lost my legs and a few close friends died for nothing. I had a great time in the military, but it was all for nothing"

You can't pick your fights in HM forces, the politicians do that for you.

And what have the Taliban actually won ? great swathes of dessert, with some caves. Quite a few developing towns and cities (with some bomb damage), some goats, a largely undecided population whose key skills are poppy cultivation and goat herding. And the intelligent population are in the throes of leaving.
which leaves the Taliban with what ?

I disengage, I turn the page.

It leaves a very strategically located country now open to the Chinese. They won't go in like the UK & US with guns blazing but they will go in offering to rebuild and modernise infrastructure. That's the way to push for influence in another country/region, offer a future, not war. The whole sorry saga has played right into this kind of strategy on offer by the Chinese, good for them.

Edited by Orange1290 (16 Aug 2021 10.24am)

Pro China, EU & Palestine

Mr Sinologist speaks

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.