There is an argument to be made that U.S. policy specifically, perhaps intentionally, culminated in delivering a mechanized national army for the Muslim Brotherhood to use in Afghanistan. Earlier today, the Taliban held a celebratory parade including U.S. military assets we left for the Afghan army.
A couple of videos below highlight the types of vehicles and weapons now in the hands of Taliban forces, and they are not exclusive to the Kabul area. Mavlave Abdul Ghafor, the Kandahar Commander of Taliban, congratulated Afghans on “great victory and success”.
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Whether the Taliban forces have the systems, personnel and training to maintain and operate this equipment in the long-term is unknown. However, in the interim period they are well prepared to fight an internal civil war against any entity who would challenge their power.
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The Taliban face the issue now of having to run a nation. In the Sky News segment below the question is asked: “Will the west have the stomach to help them?”
If we consider the ideological approach from the U.S. State Department; the larger elements of the American government who are aligned with an interventionist U.S. foreign policy; and the sympathetic sensibilities of the Foggy Bottom community who are well aligned with the goals and objectives of the Obama-era operatives; well, one can easily imagine a U.S. policy that gives the Taliban support from the United Nations.
It is a bizarre world Alice. “If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?”
…And so it is.
Calling all Warthogs… Calling all Warthogs…
Yup. Or just three or four drones. Either way, they should not have been left there. This treason. arming the enemy is nothing less than that. and yet, silence from the repuglicans. Or bleating about “impeachment”.
Few If any of them have the cojones to call out treason on the floor. They might get their wrist slapped by the honorable opposition.
I haven’t seen a single blood-sucking marxist lawyer POS in government anywhere who is willing to charge ANYONE with Treason, despite them all knowing that Treason has been committed, intentionally and repeatedly. This is PRECISELY why Jefferson included the 2nd Amendment in the original Constitution, in addition to stating in the Dec of Ind that when the government becomes tyrannical, it is our DUTY to alter or abolish the government.
You can hear it on the radio (Joe DiGenova), maybe TV, but crickets everywhere else, and the radio is not a courtroom. Badly needed to turn down the temperature.
Mitch McTurtle said no to impeachmint.
“Calling all Warthogs… Calling all Warthogs…”
Fantasy. Nearest runways is a CVN afloat hours away by jet.
Can we trade Bidend and Harris for Incitatus ?
But Mohammad, all Muslim’s “Perfect Man”, hated dogs.
Hellooo! Why is the rainbow flag flying at our embassies? We were trying to civilise a 6th century shithole.
It is NOT a true rainbow. It is a bastardization of God’s rainbow which has one more color than the abomination which is the homosexual phony. Just remember your first chemistry class and ROYGBIV.
The rainbow flag is flying because …a lot of the people in government diplomacy are homosexual and they think it is all about them and their sexuality. We should only fly the Stars and Stripes. We should not try to appropriate different cultures or promote political causes from our embassy.
The Taliban is barbaric and demand total degradation of their women, but they don’t see it that way.
Who knows how it really is within a household? Who can tell us? The Press? Maybe Lara Logan knows something, she has spent a career covering the mideast and managed to be raped in public in Egypt. Dangerous work even when you know your subject.
We are gone and they are happy about it.
This is very strange. Al Jazeera is reporting that the “Tollybon” are upset that the fleeing American occupiers disabled all the abandoned equipment. ?
The Americans only disabled what was at the airport. Check out the parade of “Tollyban” with our humvees on the net. That equipment was at Baghram. Some from Baghram have already been moved to Iran.
Yes. You are absolutely correct. I should have marked my comment as sarcasm. Did you see the indignant Al Jazeera report? Knowing what we know about what really happened, that Al Jazeera report is fake news (aka lies) being circulated widely. We have no national security in this country and haven’t since the installed WH occupant took his oath to protect and defend our Constitution. God help us. Seriously. God help us.
I wouldn’t be too worried about the Humvees remaining operational for too long especially on the battlefield.
They require extensive routine maintenance by experienced mechanics that know them inside and out.
They have the infamous GM 6.5 litre diesel engine that has electrical issues with the Stanadyne fuel injection system and an engine block prone to cracking in certain spots.
Because of the US Govs procurement program , it has extended the life span for domestic GM vehicles back home that still need the same parts.
Even with the improvements over the years , in harsh climates they aren’t long for this world.
Now that has been abandoned it will be time to move on to something else.
Biden Blew off Law That Could Have Warned Congress of Coming Debacle in Afghanistan
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/08/31/biden-blew-off-law-that-could-have-warned-congress-of-coming-debacle-in-afghanistan-n436096
Lying liars that lie….Military brass—“We disabled the equipment”.
Disgustingly unbelievable.
You’re whistling in the dark…
There has been a mountain of disgust at the US militray leaving serviceable kit for the enemy, if all /most of the gear had been spiked it’s the second thing Biden /Milley would have said.
As a SAC veteran, I can attest to this. and if we used a squadron, we could carpet bomb them back to the stone age quickly. Every damn military installation should have been destroyed the day after out troops were gone.
Semantics.
No need for carpet bombing: Carefully-targeted Hellfires from a couple of our drones could have done an adequate job, and not expose a B52 crew to risk.
When are we going to wise up and realize that we have joined the other side? It’s not hard to figure out.
Erdogan is finalizing agreements with the Taliban to run the Kabul airport. Erdogan is purchasing more S-400s from Russia.
No doubt those pilots are Turkish, pilots having been trained by the guys who gifted those machines to the Taliban, Turkey’s fellow NATO partner and apparently now also Muslim Brotherhood supporter the United States of America.
Had we not joined the other side, what would be different?
The Muslim jihadis view things differently than we.
We believe God helps us overcome.
The Jihadis believe Allah hinders the infidels – us – and what has transpired is the jihadis gift from Allah, courtesy of us.
We think terrorism so far has been bad. We ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.
And Erdogan has been a master at de-balling the Turkish military so they are no longer a threat to Islamization there….remember when his thugs stomped on protestors in D.C. while he sat in the car? Piece of work….
Videos coming out now of this equipment turning up in Iran.
Biden Administration Erased Afghan Weapons Reports From Federal Websites
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/08/31/biden-administration-erased-afghan-weapons-reports-from-federal-websites/?sh=77f2518216ba
Remember all the military equipment left for ISIS, just a repeat of a convenient way to transfer equipment without congressional approval. IS was doing the job in Iraq and Syria that the US and gcc wanted done against Iran axis. Too similar a scenario to be a coincidence.
Excellent point. You have to think, plan and scheme like a evil POS to follow their next moves.
What difference does leaving equipment behind make when the military brass supported the election coup? They are already traitors as far as I can tell.
Obama: Mission Accomplished!
….And who is Susan Rlce really??
Your tax dollars at work, my fellow citizens. Wonder why SS and Medicare are bankrupt? Watch the videos. Billions of dollars of materiel gifted to our new allies. Billions of dollars about to be spent on replacements for our own troops. Such a deal.
Lets be honest. They’re selling this equipment to the highest bidder.
Don’t give a hoot about Afghanistan. The enemy is here, not 7000 miles away.
Holding a victory parade after a conquest is standard for every army for the last 6 thousand years. The Taliban won the war against America. No one should be shocked
you forget Pakistan and Iran. While the taliban might be at a loss, those countries surely won’t be. If some of the reports are true the left machinery was just a front for sale to these nations (especially Iran). Who will know when Biden sales to them. They have some of our weapons. Are we going to be able to check serial numbers?
Seems to me a good old Arc Light strike should enliven the parade festivities considerably.
They will soon be used in a new ME War.