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Folks, sharing some thoughts on the Afghanistan situation as it unfolds.
Been trying to gather my thoughts for the past few days, but events have been happening just too fast for that. So, I'll just do this thread on the go.
Here goes ..
Firstly, the issue is not whether or not Kabul will fall.
The real issue, IMO, is what happens AFTER Kabul falls, since it is more or less a given.
This is what I hope to delve upon in this thread.
Firstly, let me plug a thread from Feb 2020 when there was talk about Indian troops going to Afg.
With the rapid rout of US military in Afg, I think that folks who were thinking about sending Indian troops there would have by now changed their
Yup, in case you noticed, I used the word ROUT for what has happened to the US military in Afghanistan.
To that end, I'll just let these two pics - one from Saigon in 1975 and one from Kabul earlier today, make my point.
Call it whatever, but I'll say they've been ROUTED.
Period.
Sneaking out of their biggest military base in the middle of the night without bothering to tell the hosts didn't exactly look like a victory march out of Afghanistan now, did it?
Well .. but they ARE the strongest military in the world, atleast in their own opinion, no?
Folks, sharing some thoughts on the Afghanistan situation as it unfolds.
Been trying to gather my thoughts for the past few days, but events have been happening just too fast for that. So, I'll just do this thread on the go.
Here goes ..
Firstly, the issue is not whether or not Kabul will fall.
The real issue, IMO, is what happens AFTER Kabul falls, since it is more or less a given.
This is what I hope to delve upon in this thread.
Firstly, let me plug a thread from Feb 2020 when there was talk about Indian troops going to Afg.
With the rapid rout of US military in Afg, I think that folks who were thinking about sending Indian troops there would have by now changed their
Ok folks, so this tweet has generated quite a few reactions on my TL as well as DMs.
— Harpreet (@CestMoiz) February 12, 2020
In light of this, let me share my own thoughts on the topic of Indian troops for Afghanistan.
Thoughts are still unstructured, but here goes!https://t.co/ipGMFV4VGn
Yup, in case you noticed, I used the word ROUT for what has happened to the US military in Afghanistan.
To that end, I'll just let these two pics - one from Saigon in 1975 and one from Kabul earlier today, make my point.
Call it whatever, but I'll say they've been ROUTED.
Period.
Sneaking out of their biggest military base in the middle of the night without bothering to tell the hosts didn't exactly look like a victory march out of Afghanistan now, did it?
Well .. but they ARE the strongest military in the world, atleast in their own opinion, no?
I was putting off tweeting about these men, since I knew the mood would only go downhill hereafter.
But then, it is definitely a day to remember the #14FebPulwamaBravehearts.
Let me share my jumbled, angry thoughts about that dastardly attack ..
I still remember that evening as the news of the attack came in and the casualty count just kept on going higher and higher. I was having dinner at my boss' place that evening. It was supposed to be a light evening, but it was anything but that.
#14FebPulwamaBravehearts
I doubt anyone of us was actually 'attending' that party that evening. Despite being physical present there, we were lost in our own worlds of emotions as the gravity of the event sunk in.
There wasn't much conversation that night, despite quite a few 'talkative' guys amongst us.
All that we could think of was for the damned evening to end.
Thankfully, the boss too agreed with us and we went homewards much earlier than planned.
#14FebPulwamaBravehearts
I rushed back home and let out on twitter in this thread. Info was still very sketchy, but still, the event had shaken me to the very core.
Practically EVERYONE of us knew who did it.
MUST read this thread before moving
But then, it is definitely a day to remember the #14FebPulwamaBravehearts.
Let me share my jumbled, angry thoughts about that dastardly attack ..
#ObituaryOfTheDay
— Harpreet (@CestMoiz) February 14, 2021
In remembrance of the CRPF boys martyred this day two years ago in Pulwama.
God bless their souls pic.twitter.com/nhheCkZfQa
I still remember that evening as the news of the attack came in and the casualty count just kept on going higher and higher. I was having dinner at my boss' place that evening. It was supposed to be a light evening, but it was anything but that.
#14FebPulwamaBravehearts
I doubt anyone of us was actually 'attending' that party that evening. Despite being physical present there, we were lost in our own worlds of emotions as the gravity of the event sunk in.
There wasn't much conversation that night, despite quite a few 'talkative' guys amongst us.
All that we could think of was for the damned evening to end.
Thankfully, the boss too agreed with us and we went homewards much earlier than planned.
#14FebPulwamaBravehearts
I rushed back home and let out on twitter in this thread. Info was still very sketchy, but still, the event had shaken me to the very core.
Practically EVERYONE of us knew who did it.
MUST read this thread before moving
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— Harpreet (@CestMoiz) February 14, 2019
Replugging some thoughts, in light of the #PulwmaAttack in the Valley.
:Thread:
So this tweet below reminded me of some thoughts I have been having regarding some aspects of interaction with animals that seem to occur more often in India than other places.
Interactions which the sanctimonious idiots of PETA etc cannot fathom even in their dreams.
I'll start with this heart-warming video of an Old Amma feeding a fellow devotee of Mahadev with all the devotion and love that can possibly exist. And he too graciously accepts the offering.
It is saved on my HDD with the title, 'Indyeah'!
At the other end of the spectrum of age is this little one that has made a colossal friend for herself!
The hymn being chanted in the background perfectly sums up what I seek to underline by the way of this thread
Of course, when our Gods themselves choose to incarnate in various non-human forms, this devotion and love is but expected, no?
Here's Traffic constable Sanjay Ghude, just doing his bit towards a fellow being that was having a tough day in the summers
So this tweet below reminded me of some thoughts I have been having regarding some aspects of interaction with animals that seem to occur more often in India than other places.
Interactions which the sanctimonious idiots of PETA etc cannot fathom even in their dreams.
Jains buy goats to save them from sl\u03b1ughtering on #Bakrid, a Jain Organization rescued over\xa0618 goats in Rajkot & Ahemdabad where these helpless animals were being sold & released them from sl\u03b1ughtering.
— Maggi (@JainMaggii) July 10, 2022
This is called the real animal activists, not fake like Peta. pic.twitter.com/Mrp6jpQu6P
I'll start with this heart-warming video of an Old Amma feeding a fellow devotee of Mahadev with all the devotion and love that can possibly exist. And he too graciously accepts the offering.
It is saved on my HDD with the title, 'Indyeah'!
At the other end of the spectrum of age is this little one that has made a colossal friend for herself!
The hymn being chanted in the background perfectly sums up what I seek to underline by the way of this thread
Of course, when our Gods themselves choose to incarnate in various non-human forms, this devotion and love is but expected, no?
Here's Traffic constable Sanjay Ghude, just doing his bit towards a fellow being that was having a tough day in the summers