Today's the day. :amerikkka-clap: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED :ameri

  • happybadger [he/him]
    hexagon
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    3 years ago

    From what I've read keeping an eye on military communities, Kabul was the only city that was properly hardened with defensive lines. There was some faith that the government could consolidate with local militias in an anti-Taliban stronghold that they immediately abandoned, but anyone who believed in the ANA for some reason listed Kabul as the city that could hold them off.

    Ground reports suggest that Kabul's only active defense was a piano suspended above a plate with a big roast turkey on it. Taliban commanders did not approach despite the sign saying "free turkey".

    • WhoaSlowDownMaurice [they/them, undecided]
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      3 years ago

      I also read that there were some mousetraps with cheese set up, but the Taliban kept grabbing the cheese using a stick while using a second stick to safely activate the traps.

      I also read that one ANA commander was so angry that the traps didn't work that his face turned red and steam blew out of his ears.

      • happybadger [he/him]
        hexagon
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        3 years ago

        So much time was wasted painting tunnels onto mountains which could have been spent digging trenches. The highway to Kabul was filled with signs redirecting the Taliban to Albuquerque but they had GPS and there's just that one highway.

    • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Seems like the Afghan government was the only military force in the country not funded by the US. I just hope it ends and the Yankees go the fuck home

      • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Wasn't there various corruption scandals where whole military/police units and training bases just didn't exist and the money went straight into the propped up Afghan government's pocket?

    • inshallah2 [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      The Taliban have achieved something considered impossible. Anti-Roadrunner intel.

      • happybadger [he/him]
        hexagon
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        3 years ago

        Roadrunner is now a confirmed Taliban asset. How else could he have known if he wasn't receiving their intel reports?

          • happybadger [he/him]
            hexagon
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            3 years ago

            I think they all did the same gags. He just did it to Elmer Fudd. I like to imagine the ANA as Wiley Coyote because coyotes are shit wolves that get stomped to death by donkeys.