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US military conducts airstrike against ISIS-K planner

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  1. Arkanis

    Arkanis Well-Known Member

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    "U.S. military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner. The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangahar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties," spokesman Capt. Bill Urban said in the statement.

    https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/27/politics/us-military-airstrike-isis-k-planner-afghanistan/index.html
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    Biden wasted no time.

    And I'm betting this strike won't be the last.

    With any luck, we hit the place where ISIS-K was planning its attacks.
     
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    Appears Biden moved pretty quick for an old dilapidated guy!!
     
    Capt Nice, Aug 27, 2021
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    “No troops on the ground” just got taken literally and it proved that retaliation can happen without getting re mired in the mess
     
    Bowerbird, Aug 27, 2021
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    Steve N Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The attack was well deserved. Biden had no choice but to approve this and let the world know what a tough guy he is after his YUGE Afghanistan failure. The real question is who approved it and told Biden about his decision?
     
    Steve N, Aug 27, 2021
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    God only knows exactly who or what Biden's airstrikes hit.

    Meanwhile... Americans were told to leave the airport.

    The airport Americans had risked life and limb to get into
     
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    AP_RESURRECTION Active Member Past Donor

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    I think everyone approves given the situation.
     
    AP_RESURRECTION, Aug 27, 2021
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    this is the way you do it, no troops on the ground, drones - glad to see it
     
    FreshAir, Aug 27, 2021
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    Likely a couple of innocent goats in the middle of nowhere.
     
    Bill Carson, Aug 27, 2021
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    why would you say that about the US military, you American?
     
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    It seems to me things are so chaotic there that having actionable intelligence so quickly is unlikely. I have a feeling they knew about someone affiliated with ISIS, hit them, and claimed a win. Air strikes/drone strikes without boots on the ground are not very reliable. Who did the battle damage assessment and identified the body? But, I hope that it really was the planner. I just have a bad feeling this was just a quick publicity stunt to get some tiny shred of good news out of the Afghanistan disaster.
     
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    FreshAir Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    sure the drones have been watching traffic patterns and this was a high traffic area with dangerous people, I trust the military knew what they were doing

    hopefully we see some more of it, these people have not been low key, they drive around in vehicles standing with guns, easy to track them and where they go when they are so cocky
     
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  12. Steve N

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    Yeah, Biden knew about this but not the suicide attacks.
     
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    of course the risk is always there, but knowing someone is gonna put on a suicide vest and commit suicide, sadly not much can do about that
     
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    No. I think the poster is from Tejas.
     
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    Who, ISIS, or the Taliban? I doubt ISIS has been strutting around all cocky. I’m pretty sure the Taliban are not exactly friends with them. ISIS would be blending in with the locals as much as possible.

    Seeing how badly things have been planned and executed, I don’t trust the military know what they are doing. They haven’t been allowed to operate like they should. It’s been one giant cluster.
     
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    Lol. His administration warned people to avoid the airport the day before the attack.
     
    dairyair, Aug 27, 2021
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    We are concentrated on a little airport with 1 landing strip. It did not take much planning to hit us, and it won’t take much planning to hit us again. Hopefully we killed a bunch of em but I’m under no illusion this will deter them in any way from hitting us/Afghanis again if they are so inclined
     
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    There is a lot that can be done about it, but not since our capabilities were gutted before evacuating everybody. Everyone should have been evacuated first, then pull troops out. Saying “well Trump pulled out all the troops” doesn’t cut it. More should have been sent in when things started falling apart. Then evacuations. Then, when evacuations are complete, then we draw down troop numbers. There is no excuse for what is happening on the ground right now.
     
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    Compare this with the time Trump took out a terrorist. The left went insane.
     
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    well, the right can root against the US military, I am rooting for them
     
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    I didn't post anything about the US military.

    I posted that Americans have been told to leave the airport.

    Per the news... the Biden administration is telling Americans to leave the airport because they are expecting another attack on the airport.

    Meanwhile on another forum... people are talking about the airport landing strip being bombed and no one can fly in or out of the airport... have no clue if that is true or not.

    This entire Afghanistan mess has become one big circus... and Biden is the clown !!

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  22. Steve N

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    So who F’d up Afghanistan, Biden or his military advisors? Guess who Biden is blaming.
     
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    the Taliban.... probably many of them the 5000 Taliban fighters Trump had released last year from prison
     
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    Tonight on another forum, posters are insisting that one landing strip was bombed and there will be no more flights in or out.

    Anyone here hear that? Is that true ??

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    “Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f*** things up’” -- Barack Obama
     
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