Afghanistan
We’ve investigated ourselves and have found we did nothing wrong
Well, the Pentagon has completed its review of their drone strike on that Afghan aid worker. This is the strike that killed him and several of his family (including a lot of children) after mistaking him for an ISIS-K terrorist. They were sure they had someone because he was driving a white Toyota Corolla. White […]
Taliban getting in on the best get rich quick scam
Poetrooper sends in word that the Taliban is getting serious. On combating climate change. Only if they get some money though. PJ Media reports on their efforts to become the fundamentalist Islamic version of Al Gore; Kyle Shideler, the Director/Senior Analyst for Homeland Security & Counterterrorism at the Center for Security Policy, said it best: […]
Politician’s Military Service Called Into Question
Brenton Davis is campaigning for the office of Erie County executive. Recent comments from the Republican nominee have raised questions and invited some scrutiny in regard to his claims of combat experience. According to GoErie, some claims that raised eyebrows are: On Sept. 11, Davis posted a statement on Facebook describing his memories of 9/11 […]
Top Pentagon officials think we’re 6-12 months away from ISIS-K having the ability to attack the US
The Biden Administration keeps on winning. Just when you thought the threat of ISIS had been eliminated, Biden’s poorly executed Afghanistan evacuation has not only emboldened them but given them a new base of operations. Terrorism is returning just in time for high gas prices, empty shelves, and inflation. A broken clock is right twice […]
House passes bill to give Congressional Gold Medal to 13 US service members killed in Afghanistan
The Congressional Gold Medal is one of two of the United States’ highest civilian honors, considered the Congressional equivalent of a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Only 173 institutions, people, or events have been awarded a Congressional Gold Medal. Recipients include such American heroes as the predominately Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team (pictured), which was the […]
…And Nobody Saw It Coming? Really?
This may cheer up some of you: Afghanistan’s economy depended heavily on the cash the US sank into it. Once we left, the money was cut off, and guess what? The Afghan economy is not just teetering, it is crashing into oblivion. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/afghanistan-heading-towards-collapse-faster-than-expected-swedish-minister-warns/ar-AAPRvc5?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnbfcL From the article: DUBAI, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Afghanistan is heading towards […]
Taliban says US will provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
I remember a time when it was the US’s position that we don’t negotiate with terrorists. How quaint that seems now. AP wire reports; The U.S. has agreed to provide humanitarian aid to a desperately poor Afghanistan on the brink of an economic disaster, while refusing to give political recognition to the country’s new Taliban […]
More on the 82nd Airborne’s Taliban war trophy
Jeff LPH 3 forwards to us this Task & Purpose report on MG Donahue’s war trophy we talked about earlier this week. According to the report, the 82nd Airborne’s spokesman says that nobody was ordered off an aircraft to load the truck. From the article; Col. Brett Lea, a spokesman for the 82nd Airborne Division, […]
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