Posted on 08/07/2021 4:53:01 AM PDT by RandFan
US President Joe Biden has ordered B-52 bombers and Spectre gunships to target Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan who are advancing towards three key cities.
The Cold War-era strategic bomber first flew in the 1950s but is still used due to its 70,000lb payload and range of more than 8,000 miles.
They are being supported by the AC-130 Spectre gunships which are armed with a 25mm Gatling gun, a 40mm Bofors cannon and a 105mm M102 cannon - which can provide pinpoint accurate fire from the air.
The Taliban have been advancing across Afghanistan after the US-led coalition pulled out of the war torn country, leaving the nation's struggling defence forces to deal with the terrorists.
Earlier today, the Taliban captured Sheberghan city in Jawzjan, the area's deputy governor confirmed to AFP.
It is the second provincial capital to fall to the insurgents over the past 24 hours after Zaranj fell yesterday.
The Taliban are also pressing Herat, Lashkar Gah and Kandahar, where British troops were deployed during the Afghan campaign almost a decade ago.
Qader Malia, Jawzjan deputy governor said: 'The (government) forces and officials have retreated to the airport.'
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They're supposed to just leave them to it. That is what withdrawal means...
Like more bombs dropped on them is going to make a difference?
This is how we “got out” of Vietnam. Remove the troops but keep the airplanes a comin’.
>>The military industrial complex just can’t let go.<<
Right? My thought...so, we are still at war in Afghanistan. How many years now? 21?
“Biden ordered” - his butt wiped.
Which ended up with the communists winning and taking over.
I want to see some MOABs dropped on them, those are real crowd pleasers.
Those would pucker Chicom and Russian asses up watching that on the evening news.
The dominoes tumbled...
All we need is another 21 years.
I thought we were leaving?
Hmmmm, why am I getting visions of Lloyd Austin and and Joe Biden crawling around on the oval office floor marking up maps on what can be bombed and what can’t be?
Nuke ‘em.
If you really want a show hit them with Napalm and light up their life.
All for show: doing something. It is costly,puts crews in danger, does very little in the long run and puts the American face back on a conflict we retreated from.
Not all the troops I'm afraid. Special Forces are still on the ground with the coalition forces. Somebody that speaks "Ground Truth" has to communicate with Specter and the BUFFs.
The only way to effectively deal with religious zealots is to kill them.
The gunships can kill a lot of them very quickly and more effectively than the bombers. Mosques on Friday are a target rich environment
And we could be there for 210 years with the same result. We still need to train the Afghan air force to fight on its own, the provisional government would needs more US taxpayer dollars (just like the neverending pasta bowl at Olive Garden), and the Liz Cheney of that era would be bawling that if we left horrible things would happen.
Time is irrelevant
He who worries about time is a loser willing to lose
Yeah, but MOABs will pucker all the bad guys that see it on TV.
A couple dropped on Iran by accident would be good too.
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