Its going so well: Pentagon bans progress reports of Afganistan War from going publi

[hater]

Afghanistan Us war is such a clusterfuck that Pentagon has banned report of war progress.

Taliban taking over

MAGA bitches !!


https://www.ft.com/content/dbca950c-04bf-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5



US censors Afghanistan report after surge in attacks

Concerns rise over escalating violence as Trump administration recommits to the war

[hater]

958391994577022982

:lmao 17 years of war and all US could hold on to is 56% of Afghan territory :lmao

Holeee sheet

[hater]

:lol losing the war vs a bunch of bedouins with 30 year old Kalashnikovs

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Someone doesn't understand the geography of the region.

What do mountains mean?

[boutons_deux]

US military yet again losing yet another war, and Pootin loves it

You really have to be a fucking dumbshit to risk youself by volunteering for Army or Marines.

[hater]

Someone doesn't understand the geography of the region.

What do mountains mean?

:lmao losing the war vs a bunch of mountain bedouins armd with 30 year old kalashnikovs

[Pavlov]

:lmao losing the war vs a bunch of mountain bedouins armd with 30 year old kalashnikovsJust like Russia did when Putin was carrying other people's bags

[hater]

1 trillion dollar military budget :lol

Cannot beat a bunch of cavedwellers for 17 years :lmao

[Pavlov]

1 trillion dollar military budget :lol

Cannot beat a bunch of cavedwellers for 17 years :lmaoYep, Trump can't do it. Muh Russia couldn't do it

[diego]

MIC isn't about winning, on the contrary, the goal is to create and extend "conflict" as much as possible

Sad part is muricans are proud of their inefficient killing machine, and even have the balls to blame foreigners / foreign aid programs for their economic problems

[Pavlov]

:lol Bet you can find people here who still think we could've won the Vietnam War.

[hater]

Sure that plus they want the wars and killing over there, far far away

Still. 17 years of shooting blanks and horsing around in the desert will come back to bite you eventually

The Us has not won a single war in the 21st century

[rjv]

:lol Bet you can find people here who still think we could've won the Vietnam War. no doubt. and there are probably people out there who think red dawn is based on a true story.

[Pavlov]

no doubt. and there are probably people out there who think red dawn is based on a true story.heh. Caught the last half of the original the other day. Motherfuckers just stood out in the open to get killed most of the time while surrounded by huge boulders

[rjv]

heh. Caught the last half of the original the other day. Motherfuckers just stood out in the open to get killed most of the time while surrounded by huge boulders

yeah, it's a guilty pleasure if not absolutely insane. how the hell did Cuban and Soviet paratroopers get to Colorado? apparently, they were able to advance that far but somehow forgot about the world's deadliest teenagers.

[rjv]

Sure that plus they want the wars and killing over there, far far away

Still. 17 years of shooting blanks and horsing around in the desert will come back to bite you eventually

The Us has not won a single war in the 21st century

https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/250x250/30660656/two-time-world-war-champs.jpg

[Pavlov]

yeah, it's a guilty pleasure if not absolutely insane. how the hell did Cuban and Soviet paratroopers get to Colorado? apparently, they were able to advance that far but somehow forgot about the world's deadliest teenagers.It was totally cool wish fulfillment as a kid but even then I was like "Why would they launch a major assault against a high school?"

[rjv]

It was totally cool wish fulfillment as a kid but even then I was like "Why would they launch a major assault against a high school?"

:lol

[hater]

Damns 17 years and Kabul under siege :wow

Speechless

952671924731219968

[Chris]

Just like Russia did when Putin was carrying other people's bags

Yeah the good old days when the CIA was working with fine fellows like Zbigniew Brzezinski to train the Mujahideen which eventually became ISIS.

[Pavlov]

Yeah the good old days when the CIA was working with fine fellows like Zbigniew Brzezinski to train the Mujahideen which eventually became ISIS.conspiracy mad libs

[rjv]

Yeah the good old days when the CIA was working with fine fellows like Zbigniew Brzezinski to train the Mujahideen which eventually became ISIS.

don't forget the good ol' Reagan Doctrine.

[Pavlov]

don't forget the good ol' Reagan Doctrine.http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NSm4KObQ16A/VlDScHxDpZI/AAAAAAAAPSo/wJKZ1SSiKUg/s1600/reagan-mujahideen-oval-office.jpg

[Chris]

don't forget the good ol' Reagan Doctrine.

I'll have to research that one. :tu

[Xevious]

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/073/178/President-George-W.-Bush-Mission-Accomplished.jpg

[DMC]

MIC isn't about winning, on the contrary, the goal is to create and extend "conflict" as much as possible

Sad part is muricans are proud of their inefficient killing machine, and even have the balls to blame foreigners / foreign aid programs for their economic problems

Unlike the Mexicans who just grab a gallon of water and sack of beans and head to "Murica".

[hater]

Unlike the Mexicans who just grab a gallon of water and sack of beans and head to "Murica".

Still more respectable than bombing a country for 17 years and still having trouble protecting its capital city :lmao

[boutons_deux]

Despite $8.7 Billion Spent on Afghan Drug War, More Drugs Than Ever

SIGAR, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction,released a report (https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyreports/2018-01-30qr.pdf#page=ii)


The United States has appropriated $8.7 billion for counternarcotics efforts since 2002, but more Afghan land was under opium-poppy cultivation in 2017 than ever before.

According to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, cultivation levels increased 63% from the previous year to 328,000 hectares.

Potential opium production levels increased 87% to 9,000 tons from 2016.

Eradication levels also increased from the prior year’s results, but the 750 hectares eradicated barely registered against the cultivation figure.


Afghanistan seems to have a drug problem:

In addition to exporting opiates, Afghanistan suffers from widespread illegal drug use.

A U.S.-funded 2015 survey estimated approximately 11% of the population would test positive for drugs.

Drug use among men, women and children is among the highest documented worldwide.


The report also discusses the astronomical cost of the bombing missions against drug labs. What good is it doing?

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) released its annual country opium survey in November 2017.

Cultivation increased 63% from 201,000 hectares in 2016 to 328,000 hectares, while production increased 87% from 4,800 to 9,000 tons.

(One hectare is roughly 2.5 acres. The total area under opium cultivation approaches the size of Rhode Island.)

All major poppy-growing provinces exhibited strong increases in cultivation.

In Helmand, cultivation increased 79%, accounting for nearly half of the total national increase.


http://www.talkleft.com/story/2018/1/31/223724/809/War_Afghanistan/Despite-8-7-Billion-Spent-on-Afghan-Drug-War-More-Drugs-Than-Ever-

[DMC]

Still more respectable than bombing a country for 17 years and still having trouble protecting its capital city :lmao

Sure, walking through decapitated citizens to cross your border into the country you say is worse... is better.

[hater]

Sure, walking through decapitated citizens to cross your border into the country you say is worse... is better.

Yes that really happened Goldylocks. And Im the easter bunny :rolleyes

17 years 1 trillion and 2,000 amecan lives actually did happen

[MultiTroll]

MIC isn't about winning, on the contrary, the goal is to create and extend "conflict" as much as possible
this.
:lol anyone who thinks the politicians were ever really trying to *win* the war in Afgan, Iraq etc

[CosmicCowboy]

this.
:lol anyone who thinks the politicians were ever really trying to *win* the war in Afgan, Iraq etc

Please define what you consider a win.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

:lmao losing the war vs a bunch of mountain bedouins armd with 30 year old kalashnikovs

It's well known that they are getting Chinese and Russian arms. The Pashtuns control most of the opium trade. It's not like they have no money.

The war is not going to be won militarily. It is going to be won culturally. The other ethnic groups now look very unfavorably on the Pashtun and their Taliban.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Damns 17 years and Kabul under siege :wow

Speechless

952671924731219968

It was 6 guys holding hostages in a hotel.

[rjv]

Unlike the Mexicans who just grab a gallon of water and sack of beans and head to "Murica". including the many that come from central america and travel through mexico. these would be the former inhabitants of countries that the U.S. has endorsed regime change in or had a hand in the rise to power of despots in these countries. you can't expect refugees to stop coming across your border if you're constantly invading their countries borders.

[boutons_deux]

including the many that come from central america and travel through mexico. these would be the former inhabitants of countries that the U.S. has endorsed regime change in or had a hand in the rise to power of despots in these countries. you can't expect refugees to stop coming across your border if you're constantly invading their countries borders.

Repugs fucked up Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala in 1980s, which gave rise gang-domination in those countries

[CosmicCowboy]

Repugs fucked up Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Honduras in 1980s, which gave rise gang-domination in those countries

So 50 fucking years later we just open our borders?

[rjv]

Repugs fucked up Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Honduras in 1980s, which gave rise gang-domination in those countries and not just the repugs. hillary had her fingerprints on honduras as well. unfortunately, even carter had some involvement with el salvador. of course, most of the atrocities took place under reagan. CAFTA and NAFTA haven't helped things much either.

[hater]

It's well known that they are getting Chinese and Russian arms. The Pashtuns control most of the opium trade. It's not like they have no money.

The war is not going to be won militarily. It is going to be won culturally. The other ethnic groups now look very unfavorably on the Pashtun and their Taliban.

Taliban is threatening 70% of the country

I guess we are ok with them winning militarily as long as the peasants love holkywood and coke :lol

[hater]

So 50 fucking years later we just open our borders?

Nah just dont be crying “da illegals” if you were arming and training death squads in their countries

[spurraider21]

Repugs fucked up Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Honduras in 1980s, which gave rise gang-domination in those countries
honduras. a name so nice we fucked it twice

[rjv]

honduras. a name so nice we fucked it twice

:bobo

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Taliban is threatening 70% of the country

I guess we are ok with them winning militarily as long as the peasants love holkywood and coke :lol

Now you're just all over the place.

That Taliban controls maybe 10% of the country and contests 10% more.

:lol Winning militarily.

[boutons_deux]

Now you're just all over the place.

That Taliban controls maybe 10% of the country and contests 10% more.

:lol Winning militarily.

10% nope, Google it, Taliban controls a lot more than 10%

[boutons_deux]

this is two years old, but probably WORSE in 2018

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Taliban_insurgency_in_Afghanistan_%282015%E2%80%93 present%29.svg/1280px-Taliban_insurgency_in_Afghanistan_%282015%E2%80%93 present%29.svg.png

[FuzzyLumpkins]

And given that Trump has us bombing the shit out of the country I can guess what they are censoring.

[hater]

Now you're just all over the place.

That Taliban controls maybe 10% of the country and contests 10% more.

:lol Winning militarily.

I said threatens

[DMC]

including the many that come from central america and travel through mexico. these would be the former inhabitants of countries that the U.S. has endorsed regime change in or had a hand in the rise to power of despots in these countries. you can't expect refugees to stop coming across your border if you're constantly invading their countries borders.

Has zero to do with my point. When Mexico initiates a regime change in the US, let me know.

[rjv]

Has zero to do with my point. When Mexico initiates a regime change in the US, let me know.

actually i have no idea what your point was other than it made for an opportune segue.

[DMX7]

Afghanistan Us war is such a clusterfuck that Pentagon has banned report of war progress.

Taliban taking over

MAGA bitches !!


https://www.ft.com/content/dbca950c-04bf-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5



US censors Afghanistan report after surge in attacks

Concerns rise over escalating violence as Trump administration recommits to the war

This is news to you? We've been there 16+ years, that's all you need to know. It's been a complete cluster f*ck and money pit.

[DMC]

actually i have no idea what your point was other than it made for an opportune segue.

I yield my time to the gentleman from San Antonio.

[boutons_deux]

Trash has completely turned over the Repug GWOT to career-padding generals and profiteering MIC.

[hater]

Back on Topic fellas

Looks like China is taking over

Worried about militants sneaking into a restive Chinese region from war-torn Afghanistan, Beijing is in talks with Kabul over the construction of a military base, Afghan officials say, as it seeks to shore up its fragile neighbour.

The army camp will be built in Afghanistan’s remote and mountainous Wakhan Corridor, where witnesses have reported seeing Chinese and Afghan troops on joint patrols.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1624513/3-china-talks-military-base-remote-afghanistan/

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Back on Topic fellas

Looks like China is taking over

Worried about militants sneaking into a restive Chinese region from war-torn Afghanistan, Beijing is in talks with Kabul over the construction of a military base, Afghan officials say, as it seeks to shore up its fragile neighbour.

The army camp will be built in Afghanistan’s remote and mountainous Wakhan Corridor, where witnesses have reported seeing Chinese and Afghan troops on joint patrols.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1624513/3-china-talks-military-base-remote-afghanistan/

Looks even worse for the Taliban then.

[boutons_deux]

Amid Little Scrutiny, US Military Ramps Up In Afghanistan

The U.S. is bolstering its military presence in Afghanistan, more than 16 years after the war started. Is anyone paying attention?

Consider this: At a Senate hearing this past week on top U.S. security threats, the word “Afghanistan” was spoken exactly four times, each during introductory remarks.

In the ensuing two hours of questions for intelligence agency witnesses, no senator asked about Afghanistan, suggesting little interest in a war with nearly 15,000 U.S. troops supporting combat against the Taliban.



It’s not as if the war’s end is in sight.

Just last month the bulk of an Army training brigade of about 800 soldiers arrived to improve the advising of Afghan forces.

Since January, attack planes and other aircraft have been added to U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

But it’s not clear that the war, which began in October 2001, is going as well as the U.S. had hoped seven months after President Donald Trump announced a new, more aggressive strategy.

the administration has made major improvements in military tactics and plans for developing Afghan forces but has “done nothing to deal with civil and political stability.”

The administration “not only faces a deteriorating security situation, it has no clear political, governance, or economic strategy to produce Afghan stability,” Cordesman said. In his view, the U.S. military has been assigned a “mission impossible” in Afghanistan.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/amid-little-scrutiny-us-military-ramps-up-in-afghanistan

USA = LOSER,

but MIC profiteers get SO MUCH WINNING in the high-margin, nobody's (ac)counting business of war

While continue to lose in Afghanistan, Trash will LIE that he, looke-at-me-the-greatest, WINned in Afganistan and everybody should be sick of his winning.

[pgardn]

US uses drone strike on Al Queada in Southern Libya. First timer here... Admitted anyway.

Looks like Russia and the US,which rule the air over Syria, are going to let Turkey have sway in Northern Syria. Not backing the PKK and Kurds.

If Iran tries to mess with Israel from southern Syria, its clear a Israel will strike. So the split up of Syria continues. The unspoken borders are becoming clearer. Iran is established in the capital and other important cities. Southern Syria better not have Hezoballah acting out. And Nothern Syria will require dealing with Turkey. We will see what other various rebel groups will be left with.

Posting this here as we will continue the mess in Afghanistan.

[MultiTroll]

Bump

Afghanistan Us war is such a clusterfuck that Pentagon has banned report of war progress.

Taliban taking over

MAGA bitches !!


https://www.ft.com/content/dbca950c-04bf-11e8-9650-9c0ad2d7c5b5



US censors Afghanistan report after surge in attacks

Concerns rise over escalating violence as Trump administration recommits to the war

[hater]

958391994577022982

:lmao 17 years of war and all US could hold on to is 56% of Afghan territory :lmao

Holeee sheet

Called it :tu

[hater]

:lol losing the war vs a bunch of bedouins with 30 year old Kalashnikovs

Called it :tu :tu

[hater]

Now you're just all over the place.

That Taliban controls maybe 10% of the country and contests 10% more.

:lol Winning militarily.

:lol

[hater]

Bump

:tu

This threads helps us remember that WE WERE NOT WINNING THE WAR WHEN WE WERE THERE. WE WERE ACTUALLY SLOWLY AND SURELY LOSING. Little by little for 17 years.

The myth that Biden all of a sudden decided to leave is just a myth. The entire US apparatus had to surrender. Because the war and the losing was unsubstainable. Same exact thing that happened to Soviets.

We plainly lost the war militarily. Our military surrendered. Thats a fact.

[MultiTroll]

Stale: "Trump president. Not Hillary."

[ChumpDumper]

:tu

This threads helps us remember that WE WERE NOT WINNING THE WAR WHEN WE WERE THERE. WE WERE ACTUALLY SLOWLY AND SURELY LOSING. Little by little for 17 years.

The myth that Biden all of a sudden decided to leave is just a myth. The entire US apparatus had to surrender. Because the war and the losing was unsubstainable. Same exact thing that happened to Soviets.

We plainly lost the war militarily. Our military surrendered. Thats a fact.lol "we"

[Ef-man]

lol "we"

:lol

#StillWithHim

You called it ChumpDumper!

[hater]

lol "we"

We americans, Nancyboy

[ChumpDumper]

We americans, Nancyboylol "we"

[hater]

lol "we"

Correct. We americans, Nancyboy.

[ChumpDumper]

Correct. We americans, Nancyboy.lol "we"

[hater]

lol "we"

Yup. Us Americans, Nancyboi