The numbers differ a little bit from Drumwaster's tally, but it's close enough for government work.
Yeah. The Taliban controls all of this now. Great going, guys! Heckofajob there!
As Drumwaster mentioned, it's hard to call the deliberate delivery of these weapons and vehicles to the hands of the Taliban anything less than treason. But then, leaving Americans stranded in Afghanistan so you can have a political photo op is just as bad. Drooling Joe and the Gang Who Can't Shoot Straight have done both.
I saw somewhere else that Joe's actions have turned the Taliban from a lowly provincial power (barely able to keep from getting killed on sight) into the 26th-most-powerful military on the planet.
ReplyDeleteAnd don't forget that they will almost certainly sell a few of the high tech items - comms/crypto gear, night vision goggles, etc. - to China, Iran and North Korea for dissection, studying, and copying.
I have heard from several sources that the "army" numbers of real people was far less. The real numbers were 1/6 of reported. The money for payroll was a slush fund for the corrupt "government" apparachiks.
ReplyDeleteWe never should have tried to nation build EVER. How presumptious of the United States government to think they know better.
Afghanistan is a 7th century mentality with 21st century weaponry and that should scare the bejesus out of all of us.