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Post by Raid » Tue Aug 17, 2021 8:49 am

Oh yeah, I hated his "not worth American lives" stance - you're the world's biggest military power and people are suffering that you could be helping, but I could see his point. It doesn't seem like any amount of military intervention is going to fix the underlying problem; you can kill the leaders, but the Taliban just go into hiding and re-emerge when it's safe to do so.

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Post by Wrathbone » Tue Aug 17, 2021 9:05 am

You can't defeat the Taliban militarily and you can't educate them to be less hardline because they don't seem receptive to listening. The only way I can think of to resolve the situation is for other countries to offer refuge to anyone in Afghanistan who wants out. I don't know how strongly the Taliban would try to stop people from fleeing once the dust settles, but I imagine if the US waved a big enough stick then safe exit could be arranged.

Sadly, though, a recent UK poll showed that the biggest concern for Conservative voters isn't covid or the economy. It's immigrants. ](*,)

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Post by Raid » Tue Aug 17, 2021 9:15 am

38 million people in the country, judging by what we saw yesterday I dare say a massive proportion would be wanting to leave.

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Post by Wrathbone » Tue Aug 17, 2021 9:25 am

Wouldn't be easy or without huge cultural or logistical problems, but the alternative is to abandon them to Taliban rule and turn a blind eye. The latter is almost certainly what will happen.

Even if only a tiny percentage of the 38 million were successfully re-homed, it would be worth the effort. People don't want foreigners on their doorstep, though, taking their jerrrbs, even knowing that turning them away means condemning them to a lifetime of oppression and horror. People are shits.

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Post by Alan » Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:42 pm

:lol:
A man who could tell more truth and eat fewer pies.

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Post by Raid » Thu Sep 09, 2021 3:28 pm



Does anyone remember when The Thick of It used to be considered satire?

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Post by Animalmother » Thu Sep 09, 2021 4:50 pm

After 2016 there's no longer satire in politics it would appear

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:shock:
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Post by Raid » Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:30 pm

There's a guy trapped in the pink-topped car that wedges the truck in which must have been terrifying. What in the hell provoked that?

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Post by eny » Sat Sep 11, 2021 3:50 pm

I think the general consensus is the driver was fleeing a previous collision and was drunk.
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Post by Sly Boots » Sat Sep 11, 2021 4:44 pm

Jesus, that's like me in Euro Truck Simulator :lol:

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Post by Animalmother » Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:44 pm

That guy in the white shirt really isn't having any of this! He throws that tire iron like a tomahawk!!

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Post by eny » Sun Sep 12, 2021 1:16 pm

Didn't have this on my 2021 bingo card..... :shock:





The moonies also have a front with The Washington Times, and then there is the orangeturd supporting, Falung Gong's Epoch Times too....insidious influences indeed...
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Post by Animalmother » Sun Sep 12, 2021 2:53 pm

That is literally something The Onion would make up. Apparently the Moonies also worship the AR15 gun so that's where the Republican party connection probably is.

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