US B-52 Bombers, Gunships Sent into Action in Afghanistan in Attempt to Stop Taliban Advance

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murrika fuck yeah! /sarcasm

The United States has sent B-52 bombers and Spectre gunships to Afghanistan in a bid to stop Taliban insurgents who are marching towards three key cities. The B-52s are flying into Afghanistan from an airbase in Qatar, hitting targets around Kandahar, Herat, and Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, sources told The Times.

The move comes amid an increasingly dire situation in Afghanistan, as the Taliban continues to seize territory across the country as U.S.-led forces withdraw. The Pentagon estimates that the group now controls half of Afghanistan's 419 district centers.

On Friday, the Taliban seized Zaranj in Nimroz, making it the first provincial capital to be captured by the insurgents since they began their military campaign in May. The Taliban also assassinated the government's chief media officer, Dawa Khan Menapal, on the same day in Kabul. The deployment of American bombers and gunships also highlights how ailing Afghan forces remain reliant on US support.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/08/08/us-b-52-bombers-gunships-sent-action-afghanistan-attempt-stop-taliban-advance-key-cities.html

[Chainfire]

1. Wasting lives delaying the inevitable end of the conflict.

[Doc_Technical]

2. We've seen this movie before,

1975, Southeast Asia.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

4. and Vietnamization still doenst work, goodbye Saigon

[Klaralven]

6. Herman Goering's Luftwaffe couldn't stop the Brits from evacuating Dunkirk

There are lots of examples of air power being insufficient to get the job done.

[dalton99a]

9. +1

[Worried2020]

13. naww - US is just being clever . . . .

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They won't repeat Vietnam, well, not with so many boots on the ground, anyway.

It's populace won't pay too much attention as long as American casualties are low to none.

They can bomb whoever they want without much complaint from it's electorate when they don't see body bags by the thousands, and just as many, or more wounded, mentally damaged etc.

ergo . . .

"No Boots on the Ground", (mostly)

officially.

USA's policy of "intervention" when it feels like it could well be the downfall of the US. Just imagine what those trillions of dollars spent on the War Machine could have done if it was spent on stuff like universal healthcare, pensions, maternity/parental leave, welfare etc.?

The rise of internal conflict should surely give the Government a clue that it's populace is becoming increasingly unhappy?

A clear need for a change in foreign policy as well as internal exists methinks . . .

W

[Sneederbunk]

3. Change a few words in the post and this could be the 1960s.

[WarGamer]

5. a little late... where have they been the last 2 weeks?

[rickyhall]

7. I remember the Siege of Saigon, shoving helicopters into the ocean, etc.

[Rustyeye77]

8. High damn time AFAIC.

These child killers deserve what they get.


And I wont apologize .

[marie999]

10. And of course B-52 bombers only kill Taliban not civilians.

[Rustyeye77]

11. The Taliban are doing enough of that already.

I agree with you. But someone has to put up a resistance.

Unfortunately the Afghan army hasnt done to well so far.

[marie999]

12. So we should also kill civilians?