Will the Marines get there in time to evac the embassy?

It's not a given. The recent drawdown of MAGTFs has pretty much just left the Marines with MEUs bobbing like corks and not really ready for something like. This is what FAST teams are supposed to do, but again, those have been pulled back.

In response to this post by Hokie in CT

Posted: 08/13/2021 at 06:08AM

Afghanistan 2021 looks a lot like Vietnam 1975 -- Hokie in CT 08/12/2021 5:34PM

Vizzini had it right...never get involved in a land war in Asia. ** -- Tafkam Hokie 08/13/2021 08:56AM

Will the Marines get there in time to evac the embassy? -- Happy Dog 08/13/2021 06:08AM

Yepa, unfortunately I feel the US will do it again with another country ** -- VaTechie 08/12/2021 10:57PM

Arm all sides with biodegradable firearms that will last for 30 days... -- Major Kong 08/12/2021 7:39PM

Afghanistan is going to collapse a lot faster. -- GreenvilleVT 08/12/2021 7:10PM

It was always going to, whether we stayed 5/10/15/20/25 years... ** -- NokieHokie 08/13/2021 09:06AM

Biden admin has offered the Taliban financial aid if they -- 133743Hokie 08/12/2021 8:37PM

The evac is well underway. I hope when the building is -- GreenvilleVT 08/12/2021 10:40PM

I designed that embassy compound as well as the auxillary -- 133743Hokie 08/12/2021 10:48PM

Hard to get much faster than having to evacuate from a roof top. ** -- Hoakie82 08/12/2021 7:37PM

Afghanistan has been Echoes of Vietnam for quite awhile -- TabbHokie 08/12/2021 5:47PM

Kinda a disincentive to surrender, isn't it? -- Late 80s Hokie 08/12/2021 7:59PM

And so what? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 08/12/2021 5:48PM

Sadly, everyone needs to get the heck out now! -- FfxStationHokie 08/12/2021 5:40PM

In or out, win or lose. The decision sucks either way, but losing -- PhotoHokieNC 08/12/2021 5:47PM

Corruption corruption corruption..is why Afghan army has fallen apart ** -- capitals1 08/12/2021 8:26PM

Nonetheless it’s kaput. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 08/12/2021 8:34PM

The thing I don't understand is that LITERALLY everyone expected this ** -- JoesterVT 08/12/2021 5:37PM

And, sadly, if we had left 10 years ago, or 10 years from now, the scene -- Late 80s Hokie 08/12/2021 5:45PM

Yep...but you gotta' feel bad for the women and girls moving forward, their -- Tuckahokie 08/12/2021 8:21PM

Yep -- EDGEMAN 08/12/2021 6:29PM

Potw ** -- HOKIEVET 08/12/2021 8:46PM

Revenge became nationbuilding, and that's where it went wrong -- Vienna_Hokie 08/12/2021 8:08PM

And now China -- Spudnut 08/12/2021 8:17PM

China and the Taliban trying to come to an agreement..this should go well ** -- capitals1 08/12/2021 8:28PM

The difference is what @EDGEMAN said -- Spudnut 08/12/2021 8:44PM

China actually gets something for their contribution. -- EDGEMAN 08/12/2021 8:22PM

Would be exactly the same - Afghanistan is a no win situation, always been ** -- FfxStationHokie 08/12/2021 5:46PM

Yes unfortunately the country is rife with corruption -- GreenvilleVT 08/12/2021 7:44PM

It has nothing to do with the corruption or -- 133743Hokie 08/12/2021 8:35PM

I agree it is tribal. But the government is -- GreenvilleVT 08/13/2021 08:20AM

Being in the army there is a job. No more no less. -- 133743Hokie 08/13/2021 8:58PM

Alexander the Great said hold my beer. 😊 ** -- Major Kong 08/12/2021 7:41PM

We can’t build a nation. ** -- Hoakie82 08/12/2021 7:39PM

Russia says "told ya" ** -- KeithHokie89 08/12/2021 6:53PM

Will the Marines get there in time to evac the embassy?

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