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Prepare to be underwhelmed. ( Not ITK, just decades of experience ).

So, standard US foreign intervention policy. " Also Biden as VP very consistent in let’s get out of there approach and Pentagon loathed him" Of course they wanted to stay, they had plenty of big boy's toys that go "boom," to play with. What's the use of Reaper drones if you can't use them ?

Gao personally signs every one with "We March On".

McCarthy may be willing to sign a new deal, but why is he being offered one ?

Were you driving to Barnard Castle to test your eyesight ?

I can see Cumbria from the beach when I walk our dogs. ( And my father's family are from Kendal ). Not a member of Northern Saints though.

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Not bad for a player making his tournament debut. Tymal Mills for the England T20 squad ?

The TV company are not responsible for Sharpe's Prey, where his lover dies in childbirth, as does their baby son, and he ends up in Copenhagen helping the navy capture the Danish fleet. None of this had previously been alluded to as part of his history in the earlier books that chronologically occur after these events.

Well, the women were useless.

I find the problem with some of the later written books, that are actually set prior to the original set or fill in gaps in the timeline, is the introduction of events in Sharpe's life that never get mentioned in the books written earlier but set later in his campaigns, and Cornwell hadn't thought of at the time. If you want more background on the Regiment, try Mark Urban's book "Rifles".

This was where Rory Stewart was being disingenuous; there have been no casualties for 18 months because the Taliban haven't been firing at them. Some of the rest, such as the claims about Bagram airfield, are a serious indictment of the US.

Both Southern Brave teams through to the Hundred finals. ( But it's still not cricket ).

Vesty played in a far more leaky defence, yet Leicester saw enough in him to sign him. Hopefully our scouting has improved since the Hoedt/Lemina/Carillo days.

What about "What about" ?

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And in a far more dangerous position than the US. Refugees aren't going to head for North America, they'll try go West towards Europe, and any terrorism that foments is also more likely to aim at the Middle East and Europe.

Some reports say that whilst the US was paying for an 'army' of 300 thousand, nearly half of that number are in fact Police officers, and the real number of soldiers is as little as 50 thousand, the rest being 'ghosts' for whom the senior officers were claiming salaries..

Bit of a difference between a school teacher, who is not going to be contacted by his/ her employers, and a Minister of State refusing phone calls during an international emergency.

Spot the Foreign Secretary

The Afghan National Army was badly organised and badly led when left to it's own devices. Troops were moved out of their home districts, away from their families, to areas where different tribes had different customs and dialect, and their pay was directed through their senior officers, who were also inflating the troop numbers to claim additional money. With US or British CandC they were effective, but psycologically they were brittle when faced with an experienced and determined enemy who didn't fear death.

Taking this off thread but the Commonwealth forces outnumbered the Japanese at Singapore, and the demand that the British surrender was actually a bluff - the Japanese were almost out of food and ammunition. General Percival ignored his orders and capitulated immediately he was asked. However, by 1944, in Burma, the "forgotten" 14th Army dealt out the only major mainland defeat the Japanese army suffered in South East Asia. The Japanese were not supermen and hated fighting in the jungle as much as we did.

This page on the Republican Party website which includes this text " PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS CONTINUED TO TAKE THE LEAD IN PEACE TALKS AS HE SIGNED A HISTORIC PEACE AGREEMENT WITH THE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN, WHICH WOULD END AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR On February 2, 2020, the Trump Administration signed a preliminary peace agreement with the Taliban that sets the stage to end America's longest war. Under the agreement, the U.S. will withdraw nearly 5,000 troops from the country in 135 days in exchange for a Taliban agreement to not allow Afghanistan to be used for transnational terrorism. Time Magazine reported that other components of the agreement included an agreement that U.S. counterterrorism forces stay in the country, permissions for the CIA to operate in Taliban-held areas, and details of how the Taliban's promises to reduce violence will be monitored and verified. The deal has been called the " best chance to end this conflict ," a " decisive move " towards peace, and " the best path " for the United States. The war in Afghanistan is the longest in U.S. history, a conflict that has killed more than 3,500 U.S. and NATO troops and cost U.S. taxpayers nearly 900 billion dollars. As part of the peace agreement, the Taliban and the Afghan government recently began historic peace, talks which would end decades of war that Afghanistan has consumed. The negotiations will cover the terms of a " permanent ceasefire, the rights of women and minorities, and the disarmament of the country's many militia groups ." Has been replaced with this page

Because there has been a de facto ceasefire between the Taliban and the US since Trump signed the withrawal agreement in February 2020, ( and the Taliban had pretty much held fire for a few months before that whilst the talks were taking place )..

Why don't InCels go to prossies ? Solves the problem and keeps the local economy going. 🙂