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Aruntraveller

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Before we work on Artificial Intelligence shouldn't we address the problem of natural stupidity.

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Re: Afghanistan: Taliban take 10th provincial capital as Ghazni falls
« Reply #26 on: August 22, 2021, 11:40:29 AM »
Interesting poll on the view of the situation in the UK:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/21/half-of-britons-think-us-troop-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-was-wrong?

Bidens created a disastrous shambles. Even aside from the wrong headed political and strategic aspects, the implementation is incompetent and careless.

At least, with Trump, there was push back against his most stupid ideas. It was awful seeing Harris and Blinken standing, immobile and/or unmoved, behind Biden at the last press conf.     

Ah, but I was so much older then ... I'm younger than that now

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Re: Afghanistan: Taliban take 10th provincial capital as Ghazni falls
« Reply #27 on: August 23, 2021, 06:15:11 PM »
Apparently the Western military left behind some guns, which the hairy nutters have got hold of. Isis having done the same thing in Iraq, we should have foreseen that happening. Big lesson to learn.

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Before we work on Artificial Intelligence shouldn't we address the problem of natural stupidity.

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Re: Afghanistan: Taliban take 10th provincial capital as Ghazni falls
« Reply #30 on: August 26, 2021, 11:30:52 AM »

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Re: Afghanistan: Taliban take 10th provincial capital as Ghazni falls
« Reply #31 on: August 26, 2021, 03:56:17 PM »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-58279900

Explosions and gun fire outside Kabul airport, people have been killed and injured! :o
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Re: Afghanistan: Taliban take 10th provincial capital as Ghazni falls
« Reply #32 on: August 27, 2021, 03:05:16 PM »
Thursday’s twin attacks were claimed by the Islamic State Khorasan Province, or IS-K.

While there is a peripheral connection between Islamic State (IS) militants and the Taliban, there are also major differences and IS will present a major security challenge for the incoming Afghan government.

IS accuses the Taliban of abandoning Jihad, and disillusioned members of the Afghan Taliban have defected to the extremist group.

                                                                                  from BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner

In another report (sorry, cannot remember where) it commentated that IS-K was considered a bigger threat than the Taliban.

Very, very worrying....
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Re: Afghanistan: Taliban take 10th provincial capital as Ghazni falls
« Reply #34 on: August 28, 2021, 04:35:47 PM »
Raab and Johnson would appear not to he human.



https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/boris-johnson-dominic-raab-blasted-24858600

Ah ... these must be the robots designed to be moronic so they don't cause the masses to panic?
Ah, but I was so much older then ... I'm younger than that now

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Re: Afghanistan: Taliban take 10th provincial capital as Ghazni falls
« Reply #35 on: August 28, 2021, 04:38:50 PM »
No more worries ... Biden has blown up some foreigners near Pakistan, so back to situation normal.
Ah, but I was so much older then ... I'm younger than that now