No place but Afghanistan- 3 anniversary of death of 13 US servicemen.

[Rafe]

If anyone is interested, I left Bagram today and am sitting in Kabul waiting for the plane to refuel. Lord willing I'll be having dinner in Dubai in a few hours.

Thanks to all who have prayed for our safe return. Since I last posted we didn't get attacked again in Bagram and most of my guys are on the way out.

On the interpreter issue.... they really do get treated like garbage. Fortunately, the linguist I've worked with the most is a Trump-loving Texan and he's safely home

EDIT: Made it to Dubai. Time for a steak

It's the 10th! Almost a week! We need a "Where in the World is MadMonkey" update.

[Rafe]

https://www.the-sun.com/news/3053851/gu ... ghanistan/

ISIS went bed to bed murdering sleeping landmine clearing workers.

This, unfortunately, seems legit. ISIS, of course, says it wasn't them. More sources:

https://www.foxnews.com/world/afghanist ... ine-attack
https://www.voanews.com/south-central-a ... land-mines
https://theweek.com/afghanistan/1001357 ... arity-says

[MadMonkey]

If anyone is interested, I left Bagram today and am sitting in Kabul waiting for the plane to refuel. Lord willing I'll be having dinner in Dubai in a few hours.

Thanks to all who have prayed for our safe return. Since I last posted we didn't get attacked again in Bagram and most of my guys are on the way out.

On the interpreter issue.... they really do get treated like garbage. Fortunately, the linguist I've worked with the most is a Trump-loving Texan and he's safely home

EDIT: Made it to Dubai. Time for a steak

It's the 10th! Almost a week! We need a "Where in the World is MadMonkey" update.

My bad! I didn't want to further derail the thread... made it back to DFW on the 8th after a 16 hour flight

...now off to Mexico in a few days and probably Iraq after that, with a move to the east of Wichita Falls in the middle

[philip964]

If anyone is interested, I left Bagram today and am sitting in Kabul waiting for the plane to refuel. Lord willing I'll be having dinner in Dubai in a few hours.

Thanks to all who have prayed for our safe return. Since I last posted we didn't get attacked again in Bagram and most of my guys are on the way out.

On the interpreter issue.... they really do get treated like garbage. Fortunately, the linguist I've worked with the most is a Trump-loving Texan and he's safely home

EDIT: Made it to Dubai. Time for a steak

It's the 10th! Almost a week! We need a "Where in the World is MadMonkey" update.

My bad! I didn't want to further derail the thread... made it back to DFW on the 8th after a 16 hour flight

...now off to Mexico in a few days and probably Iraq after that, with a move to the east of Wichita Falls in the middle

Welcome home!!

[TxRVer]

If anyone is interested, I left Bagram today and am sitting in Kabul waiting for the plane to refuel. Lord willing I'll be having dinner in Dubai in a few hours.

Thanks to all who have prayed for our safe return. Since I last posted we didn't get attacked again in Bagram and most of my guys are on the way out.

On the interpreter issue.... they really do get treated like garbage. Fortunately, the linguist I've worked with the most is a Trump-loving Texan and he's safely home

EDIT: Made it to Dubai. Time for a steak

Thank you for your service. Glad to hear you are safe.

[philip964]

If anyone is interested, I left Bagram today and am sitting in Kabul waiting for the plane to refuel. Lord willing I'll be having dinner in Dubai in a few hours.

Thanks to all who have prayed for our safe return. Since I last posted we didn't get attacked again in Bagram and most of my guys are on the way out.

On the interpreter issue.... they really do get treated like garbage. Fortunately, the linguist I've worked with the most is a Trump-loving Texan and he's safely home

EDIT: Made it to Dubai. Time for a steak

Thank you for your service. Glad to hear you are safe.

Double thumbs up.

https://news.yahoo.com/afghan-group-cla ... 17927.html

Children’s animators and others murdered by a “sticky bomb” .

They were the wrong kind of Muslims.

Sticky bomb is a bomb attached to a car or in this case a minivan that is stopped in heavy traffic which is common in Kabul.

[philip964]

https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/5 ... the-drain/

Taliban grabbing US hummers.

July 4th, 2021

https://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-afghan- ... 38397.html

Looks like Taliban will defeat existing government befor during or after the US pullout.

July 6, 2021

Vets demand Biden take action for Afghan interpreters, other allies

https://www.foxnews.com/world/military- ... han-allies

On the radio a person said the bases are being abandoned left and right and that the Taliban is taking everything left behind.

July9, 2021

https://news.yahoo.com/taliban-now-cont ... 04493.html

Taliban now controls 85% of Afghanistan’s territory. I guessing the government controls the cities, but that won’t take long.

Elections have consequences in the US.

July 9, 2021

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... cnF2QDNa-k

Afghan armed women take to the streets to show defiance to the Taliban. So if the Taliban massacres all these women will Biden and the Dems still be the feminist’s party.

July 11, 2021

'Deep concern' as Afghanistan deteriorates, Taliban surges amid US troop withdrawal: Pentagon

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/taliba ... john-kirby

July 13, 2021

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wi ... g-78812095

1000’s flee ahead of Taliban.m

https://news.yahoo.com/responding-sos-a ... 10206.html

Afgan commandos caught in firefight responding to sos.

July 14, 2021

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/1 ... ion-499625

Xiden will remove Afghanistan interpreters.

https://news.yahoo.com/george-w-bush-sa ... 02084.html

Xiden policy is so bad Bush has actually said something.

July 18,2021

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/daug ... d-n1274271

Afghanistan envoy to Pakistan’s daughter kidnapped, severely tortured and released.

I’m sure someone wanted to make a point.

July 30, 2021

https://news.yahoo.com/taliban-assassin ... 08479.html

7 Afghanistan Air Force pilots assassinated off base.

[MadMonkey]

https://www.overtdefense.com/2021/07/16 ... -aircraft/

According to the First VP:

“Pakistan air force has issued official warning to the Afghan Army and Air Force that any move to dislodge the Taliban from Spin Boldak area will be faced and repelled by the Pakistan Air Force. Pak air force is now providing close air support to Taliban in certain areas.”

Wouldn't surprise me if true. I worked in Spin Boldak in 2011-2013 and it was extremely quiet then. EDIT: Neat, didn't know we have Twitter embedding

https://www.overtdefense.com/2021/07/16 ... -kandahar/

Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed on Friday while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters in the town of Spin Boldak in Kandahar, on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. He was 38.

An Afghan commander that spoke to Reuters said that Afghan special forces had been fighting to retake the main market area of the town when Siddiqui and a senior Afghan officer were killed by Taliban “crossfire”. Siddiqui had told Reuters earlier on Friday that he had received a shrapnel injury to his arm while covering combat in the town. According to the Afghan commander, Siddiqui had been talking to shopkeepers after being treated when the Taliban attacked again, following an earlier retreat.

[Rafe]

Taliban appear to have ‘strategic momentum’ says Gen. Milley
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your ... en-milley/

With the U.S. withdrawal about 95% complete, Milley said the Taliban now control about half of the 419 district centers in Afghanistan, and while they have yet to capture any of the country’s 34 provincial capitals, they are pressuring about half of them.

[philip964]

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-ta ... a309e005e8

Taliban controls 2/3’s

Going door to door dragging out girls as young as 12 for fighter sex slaves.

https://www.the-sun.com/news/3448281/ta ... ex-slaves/

August 12, 2021

https://dnyuz.com/2021/08/12/u-s-asks-t ... for-kabul/

Xiden asks Taliban to spare embassy.

https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/u ... ghanistan/

USEmbassy issues emergency warning.

Army being sent back in to rescue Embassy staff.

Audits 13, 2021

https://news.trust.org/item/20210813101141-av7xb

Brink of humanitarian catastrophe says UN.

But will you hear on MSM? Normally bad stuff happens in the world that is difficult to predict, not the person in charges fault and hard to prevent. Here it is predictable, easy to prevent and is the direct result of of the direct action of the President.

But will he be blamed. No. It will be Trump’s fault or nothing we could do. The main thing I am hearing it was their own fault.

My liberal friends are suddenly isolationists, we can’t protect the whole world.

How long till a new Osama takes revenge on the US.

Xiden said he ended the nations longest war. I’m assuming he’s quite proud. Except the nations longest war is the Korean War. Will he remove troops from Korea now? How long befor lil Kim takes over. Will it be their fault too.

Unfortunately evil is a stronger force than people just wanting to live their lives in peace.

[03Lightningrocks]

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-ta ... a309e005e8

Taliban controls 2/3’s

Going door to door dragging out girls as young as 12 for fighter sex slaves.

https://www.the-sun.com/news/3448281/ta ... ex-slaves/

This kind of news makes my stomach turn! These are people who will never be convinced to stop their evil religious beliefs. If we left any of them alive, we were making a huge mistake.

[Rafe]

Afghanistan capital Kabul could fall to Taliban within 90 days, US assesses

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/afghan ... an-90-days

The Taliban seized three more Afghan provincial capitals and a local army headquarters on Wednesday, attaining control of two-thirds of the nation. The sources said that the intelligence regarding Kabul’s security has been dire for some time.
...
A CIA assessment months ago said Kabul could fall in six months, however, officials say, at this point, that prediction has been cut in half.

[anygunanywhere]

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-ta ... a309e005e8

Taliban controls 2/3’s

Going door to door dragging out girls as young as 12 for fighter sex slaves.

https://www.the-sun.com/news/3448281/ta ... ex-slaves/

This kind of news makes my stomach turn! These are people who will never be convinced to stop their evil religious beliefs. If we left any of them alive, we were making a huge mistake.

The religion of peace rules the middle east.

[Rafe]

Taliban fighters capture Kandahar, Herat and Lashkar Gah in sweeping territorial gains
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/20 ... n-advance/

The Taliban overran three key cities in Afghanistan on Friday, inching its government closer to collapse in the final days of the U.S. withdrawal.


About 8,000 US troops are deploying to secure evacuations from Kabul
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your ... rom-kabul/

Over 3,000 heading to Kabul, another 3,500 in Kuwait, and about 1,000 to Qatar.

[powerboatr]

yep saw on news this morning at least 3k troops on standby and more to be activated to be ready to play SAIGON
Pray the embassy folks are safe, but we all know how this crap show is going to end.
prepare for more videos of americans being beheaded and interpreters still in country to be slaughtered
now china wants to be big hoss in the region, followed by iran as their helping hands


saddens me that we lost thousands of american military brave men and women. we could have stopped it in 02 with moabs (mother of all bombs) and left a big hole and no taliban or AQ.


we should be flying in transports NOW to remove all embassy folks, right now