@no1marauder saidOK. I will just change their status to prisoners. Surely you will agree with that. The status of hostage will be appropriate a few weeks from now. Or, heck, let's just stay with prisoner. Same result.
Where have you come up with this "hostages" BS?
Hostage - someone who is taken as a prisoner by an enemy in order to force the other people involved to do what the enemy wants:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/hostage
There are Americans and other nationalities so far unable to reach the airport to be evacuated from Afghanistan, but there ar ...[text shortened]... orts of any of them being held "hostage".
Is this something manufactured on Breitbart or Newsmax?
You sure like to parse words, replace words, rebalance phrases. Next you will say that the Taliban are not really enemy. Let's look up enemy.
@no1marauder saidOh, ok. So now you are saying Trump did withdraw the troops before removing the westerners.
Because Trump kicked the withdrawal date in his surrender agreement until after his term was over.
Make up your mind. You are two faced.
@no1marauder saidlast I checked 2500 is less than 3000.
There were more US troops in Afghanistan on August 15, 2021 then there were when Trump reduced the level to 2500 last December:
"As of right now, [August 15, 2021] there are approximately 3,000 US troops in Afghanistan." https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/afghanistan-taliban-us-troops-intl-08-15-21/index.html
You guys are being fed and ceaselessly repeating falsehoods.
About 6000 there now
@averagejoe1 saidThey aren't "prisoners" either.
OK. I will just change their status to prisoners. Surely you will agree with that. The status of hostage will be appropriate a few weeks from now. Or, heck, let's just stay with prisoner. Same result.
You sure like to parse words, replace words, rebalance phrases. Next you will say that the Taliban are not really enemy. Let's look up enemy.
@no1marauder saidSo you claim he is actually working for fox? He lies because he is on Fox?
What a surprise that a "military expert" on Fox News would says so.
Fake news and you limit your propaganda source.
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@eladar saidThere are "military experts" with opinions all over the place.
So you claim he is actually working for fox? He lies because he is on Fox?
Fake news and you limit your propaganda source.
But only those blaming Biden and exonerating Trump are going to be featured prominently on Fox News.
Surely even you have to concede this.
EDIT: Jesus, a Brit on Mark Levin's show. 😵
"Military expert" Tony Blair went on a rant, too.
@eladar saidThe assumption seems to have been that the 300,000 strong (on paper anyway) Afghan Army could provide sufficient security for foreigners there. That is the normal arrangement for "westerners" in other countries.
Oh, ok. So now you are saying Trump did withdraw the troops before removing the westerners.
Make up your mind. You are two faced.
@no1marauder saidThe lie about the Afghan Army being able to handle the Taliban without US packup has been exposed as false from released intelligence reports.
The assumption seems to have been that the 300,000 strong (on paper anyway) Afghan Army could provide sufficient security for foreigners there. That is the normal arrangement for "westerners" in other countries.
@eladar saidNo, it hasn't. It's somewhat predictable that some in the intelligence community are trying to cover their own posteriors by selectively leaking minority opinions, but the consensus of intelligence opinion was surely that the AA would not completely collapse in a matter of days like it did. Heck, when the Soviets withdrew it took the Afghans three years to overthrow the puppet government they left behind.
The lie about the Afghan Army being able to handle the Taliban without US packup has been exposed as false from released intelligence reports.
It seems our NATO allies were just as surprised as we were and have had to scramble to remove their nationals and Afghans who worked for them.
@eladar saidNo, but a UK Colonel on one of the most far right media personality's show should be taken with a barrel of salt. He's very likely to have been selected to appear just because his views dovetail with Mark Levin's.
So you are playing the this is not my propaganda source so I do not believe it card.