The Era of Biden

[Smitty-48]

the problem is really that none of these people in government know what they are doing

like if America did have an Imperator, he would just use his navy, no boots on the ground

they are all dependent on Freedom of Navigation provided by the US Navy

against any industrialized economy, America need only restrict the flow of traffic

to gain capitulation in a matter of weeks at most

Pakistan is totally dependent on sea lanes provided by America

the ISI would not want a revolt in the streets when their economy ground to a halt

they would give America whatever America demanded, short of regime change, to stave that off

[Smitty-48]

I mean, shit, America could have just said

okay Pakistan, you cough up Bin Laden right fucking now

or we are going to side with India in an alliance against you

that alone would have brought Pakistan to heel, just like that

[SuburbanFarmer]

Razorfist is all over it lol

[Smitty-48]

like don't be naive

the reason you found Bin Laden in Pakistan is that he was a proxy of Pakistan

they knew where he was the whole time

could have just gone straight to the source, applied Seapower as leverage to gain compliance

again tho, this war was not about that

this war was just a meme, a moral crusade for Progressive "values"

they never wanted to settle the war, it was the forever war on purpose

[Smitty-48]

this war is not even done yet

just like Iraq, this is just a repositioning

they will go back in, SOF with Airpower

they will use ISIS as their rubric

ISIS will be the new AQ

they will just side with the Taliban against the Arabs next time

if you can't beat them, join them, the MICC has no ideology other than self preservation

[Smitty-48]

I predict right now

once all conventional forces are clear of the AO

SOCOM & CIA will go back in, just like Iraq

same thing, A-Teams on horseback n' shit

except instead of riding with the Northern Alliance

they will be riding with their original proxies, the Taliban

once you get old enough, you've seen them go through this cycle many times

the B-52's will be back, mark my words

[The Conservative]

Yeah, we saw the cycle, and I've been alive to see it occur twice... (Vietnam and now Afganistan) We will not be back any time soon, it is a nuclear hot potato now, and no one will want to touch it. The only way we will do it again is if the Taliban strike a US target.

[Smitty-48]

Iraq was a nuclear hot potato when Obama "pulled out"

didn't take long before B-52's were back in there, bombing the shit out of ISIS like they were the NVA

same thing will happen in Afghanistan

permanent war is a feature not a bug

[Smitty-48]

this one is not even a nuclear hot potato

nobody who matters, nobody who decides elections gives a shit

so long as no Americans are coming home in body bags, nobody cares

some Deplorables on obscure internet forums complaining about Biden

nobody cares about that neither, you might as well be the Taliban yourselves

so long as they avoid body bags, just stick to airpower, the Normies won't complain

same as it was in Iraq, this is not the end of the war, this is just a repositioning

this is just the NATO withdrawal, CENTCOM will be back once NATO is out of the way

[C-Mag]

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