Posted on Aug 18, 2021

Here’s all the US military equipment that likely ended up in Taliban hands

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"The Biden administration admitted on Tuesday that the Taliban had captured a significant amount of U.S. military equipment originally supplied to Afghan security forces during the militants’ blitzkrieg on Kabul in recent weeks — and the U.S. doesn’t know exactly how much American gear they’ve lost to terrorist hands."

Here’s all the US military equipment that likely ended up in Taliban hands

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SGT(P) Fabian Ysker

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I’m sure there is much more equipment and technology in the hands of the Taliban. Everything that the US was striving for, is pretty much lost.

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SPC Kevin Ford

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This also happened with ISIS in Iraq. We've been supplying the Afghanis with gear for years through four administrations. The whole idea that the corrupt Afghan government was going to be able to keep it together was a strategic blunder by the US that has been going on for almost 20 years.

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Cpl (Join to see)

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“I stand squarely behind my decision. After 20 years, I’ve learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw US forces,” Biden said [taking some responsibility]. “That’s why we’re still there. We were clear-eyed about the risks. We planned for every contingency. But I always promised the American people I would be straight with you. The truth is, this did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated.”

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SPC Kevin Ford

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Cpl (Join to see) - Yup, that's why I said "(outside of perhaps the administration)" ;)

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President Biden addresses the nation after Afghanistan falls to Taliban — 8/16/21

President Joe Biden addresses the nation after Taliban fighters take over Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and refugees attempt to flee the war-torn countr...

I saw that. I added the quote for context since several of RP's left leaning contributors are still trying to blame Trump. And since many of those who disagree will say they need a source, I'm attaching the speech.

https://youtu.be/02grem9YXkg?t=293

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SPC Kevin Ford

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Cpl (Join to see) - I don't think the execution of the withdrawal can be dropped on Trump. Doing the withdrawal in concept seems to be a belief shared between the two (and I agree with both of them). If was always likely to be a sh!t show, but it seems this was more of one than necessary.

I'm not into blaming either one more than can be dropped at their feet, but there are definitely some things that can be dropped at Biden's feet here.

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