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(04-10-2022, 08:40 PM)capcom date Wrote:So you seriously think India would not be a more than a willing participant in refuelling a US military aircraft? Do you really understand that passengers don't have to deplane at ALL until their final (U.S) port where they are cleared and processed? India would be no more than a fuel refill. I know a helluva LOT more about the operational logistics than you appear to think. If it's that easy then why didn't it work that way when it had the chance, for example even the flights Australia sent in refuelled on the ground in Bagram.
You might know a lot about aircraft logistics, but you seem wilfully ignorant of global politics.
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Ever heard of ATC and how it applies to different airports? ... I know you always must have the last word, so you're welcome to it.
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(04-10-2022, 09:41 PM)capcom date Wrote:Ever heard of ATC and how it applies to different airports? ... I know you always must have the last word, so you're welcome to it. Yes I've heard of it, no I'm not an expert in it, but I do know that all the rules that apply here in Aust are not universal, in fact nothing that comes out of the UN and other peak bureaucratic bodies is "universal".
If you think that is false, you best go back and revue some of your China posts!
Did you know the person previously in charge of ATC in Vic was quite a good sportsmen, and spent time in charge over in the UK as well? It's surprising just how small the world really is if you travel enough!
As for Bagram, I do not have to speculate on that, my friend's son was on the flights repatriating Australians. His recollections are somewhat alarming about just how complex bureaucracy makes such an effort.
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Bagram was a secure airport with the US in command of ATC and the entire airfield. Kabul was not and at the adjudications of the taliban as to what aircraft received clearance.
"We evacuated Bagram Airfield, which was the dumbest thing anybody could have ever done. At what point do you believe abandoning one of the largest airfields in the world is a good thing knowing that you still needed to move Americans and our allies out of the country?
That will be the original sin of this evacuation. Closing Bagram meant losing access to a secure airfield. This limited the number of air resources as they were moved to other areas outside Afghanistan and resulted in a delayed ability to move personnel. In addition, the evacuation needed to depart from the Kabul Airport, a location the U.S. did not control, which resulted in a chaotic scramble of U.S. personnel and allies out of the country".
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I love the way you said you'd give LP the last word only to get in the last word yourself and then close the discussion ;D
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(04-11-2022, 12:59 AM)Mav date Wrote:I love the way you said you'd give LP the last word only to get in the last word yourself and then close the discussion ;D Even more bizarre, the use of the "we" in that discussion to mean "the world / everybody", and not just the "US"!
But that is how the US media report, and as a result how social media dominates discussion, the "we" is always "everybody"!
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Ok , we cut aid to the Solomon Islands and we put that money into a missile base on the east coast and get cracking on building those nuclear subs too. They can play with their chinese mates and have joy rides to China on their new airstrip for all I care but dont come crying to us when CoVid hits again or a Tsunami takes out your infrastructure and you want our help.
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Cancel all foreign aid to them and give them notice we're closing our embassy. Then watch them sweat
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(04-30-2022, 02:32 AM)capcom link Wrote:Cancel all foreign aid to them and give them notice we're closing our embassy. Then watch them sweat
Playing right into the CCP’s hands : 
The fact that the US didn’t re-open its Solomon Islands embassy is a factor in the CCP gaining a foothold in our backyard. Hopefully, a new US embassy and Scotty keeping his mouth shut will reverse the CCP’s gains.
And we wouldn’t get much of a missile base for the paltry amount of aid we give the Solomons … not that a missile base would present much of a threat.
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Over $240 million p.a. is not paltry .... stuff them. Ingrates
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