Afghanistan Wants the Warthog Back

[longknife]

And the Air Force continues to talk about sending all of them to the boneyard outside of Tuscon, AZ. I still see them flying out of Nellis AFB. What about the F-22 and F-35 that hover to enable close air support?

The Air Force backed away from plans to begin mothballing its A-10 fleet earlier this year. The Air Force has pushed Congress for additional funding to produce new wings for 110 of its 283 Thunderbolts, and Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson assured lawmakers this month that money allotted for that project would keep the A-10 dominant.

“I happen to be a fan of the A-10,” Wilson told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Dec. 7.

Story w/links @ Afghanistan Wants The US To Send The A-10 Back To Fight The Taliban

 

[JoeB131]

Why are we still in Afghanistan again?

 

[longknife]

Why are we still in Afghanistan again?

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[JoeB131]

Why are we still in Afghanistan again?

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Valid question. We've been fighting there since 2001. Longer than any war in history. We are no closer to achieving our objective now than we were then.

We are spending billions of dollars propping up a government that would collapse in a year if we left.

So why are we doing this? So Bin Laden's Zombie doesn't rise from the ocean and go back there?

 

[Taz]

Why are we still in Afghanistan again?

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Valid question. We've been fighting there since 2001. Longer than any war in history. We are no closer to achieving our objective now than we were then.

We are spending billions of dollars propping up a government that would collapse in a year if we left.

So why are we doing this? So Bin Laden's Zombie doesn't rise from the ocean and go back there?

Nowhere else for the US to test their new bombs.