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Old Aug 15, 2021 | 10:18 PM
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I don't understand why the US is OK with giving weapons that I'm not allowed to buy to terrorists.
Old Aug 15, 2021 | 10:53 PM
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Let's not forget that the sitting President was a Senator when Saigon fell... 46 years ago.
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Old Aug 16, 2021 | 08:28 AM
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I don't understand why the US is OK with giving weapons that I'm not allowed to buy to terrorists.
So they can buy bigger and better ones, and continue the peace mission. the MIC is real.

Since invading Afghanistan in 2001, the United States has spent $2.26 trillion on the war, which includes operations in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Note that this total does not include funds that the United States government is obligated to spend on lifetime care for American veterans of this war, nor does it include future interest payments on money borrowed to fund the war.

The Costs of War Project also estimates that 241,000 people have died as a direct result of this war. These figures do not include deaths caused by disease, loss of access to food, water, infrastructure, and/or other indirect consequences of the war.

The figures for Afghanistan are part of the larger costs of the U.S. post-9/11 wars, which extend to Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and elsewhere.
War is good for business.
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But now that I believe in federal holidays, election fraud, and dislike masks, I'm expecting a care package to show up any day now.
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Old Aug 16, 2021 | 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
Doesn't matter anyway. Delta isn't working, so we are back on climate change fear ****. Mass shooting next...
I guess the fall of an entire country to a terrorist group after promising that wouldnt happen is close enough...

watch as libs try to equate 1/6 to the fall of Kabul...
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Old Aug 16, 2021 | 09:40 AM
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promising engineer who was studying pressure change, wind chill, and oxygen levels at altitude, learns about gravity.
Old Aug 16, 2021 | 09:46 AM
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How it started

how's its going



im surprised she didnt pick Nike's patriotic symbol of oppression...
Old Aug 16, 2021 | 10:50 AM
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Your Pentagon ladies and gentlemen:


How it started (aug 13):



this ******* guy exudes confidence.


how it's going:






Jeez, I wonder what else the top brass gets wrong:
Old Aug 16, 2021 | 10:55 AM
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inhumane treatment of women is their culture, bitch.
Old Aug 16, 2021 | 11:36 AM
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peak CNN:



CNN: "The **** party leader is on the podium blaming the Jews for Germany's issues, but he seems friendly at the same time."

CNN: "China's supreme leader is talking about ethnic cleansing but he seems like a friendly guy at the same time."
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CNN: Russia's new dictator is talking about how his political opponents should be eradicated but he seems friendly at the same time."

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We do not have a President. legitimate or not...

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Old Aug 16, 2021 | 01:27 PM
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...Which Biden promptly ignored, leaving the troops there past May 1st while simultaneously doing jack **** to "protect translators" or whatever the **** else, pissing all over the agreement. You'll notice it's ******* August?

I was told Biden was going to be better than the bumbling idiot who had no right to be president, guess not.

Old Aug 16, 2021 | 01:32 PM
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Trump's agreement contained conditions that needed to be met before a full withdrawal occurred, Biden's admin recently announced that "if we wait for the right conditions we would never leave" and went for a full withdrawal.

But yes, this is the cheeto's fault.
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rent free.
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Originally Posted by cordycord



Baghdad Bob is a redhead.
Oh, well as long as the Biden has made an "extensive request" for support in a future budget, I guess it's going to be fine. No matter that the country/embassy fell within 72hrs and we handed a terrorist insurgent group a massive weapons cache. There's no way we could have even attempted to move military grade weapons, munitions, and equipment to a country less likely to use those against us.
Old Aug 16, 2021 | 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Diamond Dave
Oh, well as long as the Biden has made an "extensive request" for support in a future budget, I guess it's going to be fine. No matter that the country/embassy fell within 72hrs and we handed a terrorist insurgent group a massive weapons cache. There's no way we could have even attempted to move military grade weapons, munitions, and equipment to a country less likely to use those against us.


the Taliban now owns more apache helicopters than 166 other countries across the globe. helicopters that I paid for and should be used to push commies out of, not to be pulled by goats.
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