१६ ऑगस्ट, २०२१

"The two sides apparently agreed to a 'deconfliction mechanism' in which operations at the airport in Kabul are permitted to continue without interference from the Taliban."

Reports The Hill in "US reaches deal with Taliban on evacuations: report." 

I'd never noticed the word "deconfliction" before, but the OED traces it back to 1973, and defines it as "To reduce the risk of collision in (a combat situation, airspace, etc.) by separating the flight paths of one's own aircraft or airborne weaponry." Example (from Time, 1974): "What the brass calls ‘deconfliction’—making sure warplanes and relief planes don't confuse one another—is now a major focus of the Pentagon strategy."

८ टिप्पण्या:

Temujin म्हणाले...

I wonder how much that cost?

Narr म्हणाले...

Haha. This is about crowd control, and we won't have the stomach to do what will be required.

The Taliban keep outsmarting our Best and Brightest.

wendybar म्हणाले...

The Afghans were left without their own airplanes because Joe Biden too contractors out of Afghanistan that were helping with their fleet of planes..https://news.yahoo.com/biden-betting-big-afghanistans-air-060028255.html

BarrySanders20 म्हणाले...

So it's a "mostly peaceful" Taliban takeover. Next up: mostly peaceful burkha mandate (for public health of course), and mostly peaceful reeducation camps for the collaborators and anyone else who learned to read or write in the last 20 years.

Sad, but this all should have and would have happened 18 years ago, too. Better late than never is the best we got.

gilbar म्हणाले...

Remember All those deep state colonels and generals and admirals that critized President Trump?
That bragged about disobeying direct orders? That wanted him impeached because he wouldn't follow Their "consensus"

THEY are the people that gave us This mess. THEY are the people running the Jo Biden Show

Joe Smith म्हणाले...

Temujin beat me to it...I've heard the term 'billions' being thrown around. That'll buy a whole lotta jihad in the future.

And what happens when a Westerner of any nation gets lost in the shuffle and ends up unable to get out?

Narr म्हणाले...

We've got generals now who could have deployed to Afghanistan as lieutenants and captains. Whatever their skills in tactics, operations, logistics or civil affairs, they have not proven to be very good strategists.

It will be interesting to see if they can continue to fail upward.

PB म्हणाले...

Yeah, but you have to get to the airport, first...