Posted on Nov 7, 2022
Video: Taliban now has nearly $7.1 billion worth of US artillery, assault weapons, and choppers
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Video: Taliban now has nearly $7.1 billion worth of US artillery, assault weapons, and choppers
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Afghanistan
Taliban
War on Terror
Terrorism
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Biden's fecklessness may have directly caused this, but the utter lack of leadership and failure of purpose by JCS and DOD enabled it. Fire them!
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MAJ Montgomery Granger
Yes, but let's be clear, this was a CIVILIAN DoD SNAFU (and I agree about the JCS), but the troops on the ground and the combatant commanders were given a no win scenario. DoD had gutted the logistical infrastructure of the base. No contractors means no food service, housing service, transportation, fuel, security, latrines, power or water support, engineers, communications. All had to be provided by combat supply chains. Combat support and combat service support were almost nonexistent. DoD civilian leadership exposed those troops to unreasonable risk.
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Had we not equipped the Afghan army the story instead would be that the reason they collapsed was because we didn't equip them.
The vast majority of that equipment, particularly high tech systems like the helos, will be inoperative in a pretty short amount of time.
The vast majority of that equipment, particularly high tech systems like the helos, will be inoperative in a pretty short amount of time.
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MAJ Montgomery Granger
There is a black market in US military repair parts and mechanics. Money talks.
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SPC Kevin Ford
MAJ Montgomery Granger - Sure it does, but money is something the Afghan government doesn't have a lot of.
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