We have been in Afganistan for 20 years and have spent close to one trillion dollars doing so, which is insane. Have we gotten return on our investment, I think not. The people in this area of the world have been fighting each other for thousands of years. What makes our so called experts think we can change tribal fighting into a constitutional government?
Bush dragged us in, Obama kept us there and Trump got us out, to end the endless wars, a campaign promise. For President Trump it was, like usual, a business decision. We are losing assets in actual physical assets and in personnel assets military soldiers. How many times did he actually go to Dover AFB to receive the soldiers who lost their lives.
The wife and I work with a army vet who was in Afganistan that helped train the Afgan army. His take on the whole situation was we couldn’t even train them to shoot a whole in the side of a barn. They were not invested in making it better, but they were getting paid. I came across an Epoch Times article just yesterday. Afganistan is made up of a bunch of tribes and the Afghan army is primarily made up of the same tribe as the Taliban. What could go wrong, everything!!
President Trump negotiated with the Taliban about the U.S. withdrawing from Afganistan by May 31st but made it clear that if any U.S. soldiers were killed all bets were off. We have had the lowest loss of life in the last year versus other years being in Afganistan. President Trump had a plan and it just had to be executed but this bumbling administration fumbled the football yet again.
Right now there anywhere from 10,000 to 40,000 Americans in Afganistan right now, trying to get out of Kabul. Our inept government had a secure AFB in Bagram with two runways in the mountains away from all of the fighting and yet they chose to use the airport in Kabul to remove our people. This airport is in downtown Kabul, how secure is it going to be. So let’s be clear our military was told to secure the airport but not to go get our fellow Americans. Secretary of Defense Lloyd told the press that we did not have the capability to go in and get Americans out! Apparently the British, French and the Italians are able to get their citizens, disgusting at best!!!
Let’s talk about the equipment left behind. 83 billion basically given as a gift to the Taliban. Do you think they will use it all in a humanitarian effort? Apache helicopters, Humvees, guns night vision goggles, ammo basically anything you would need to supply an army. The worst part is we left behind the biometric information on the Afgan fighters who could fly the planes and helicopters. You can’t tell me the Taliban won’t use this information to their advantage. They may not know how to fly this equipment but they will be able to figure out who does and force people to do their bidding.
Here is my take. First, GO GET OUR AMERICANS!! You bomb the crap out of everything and anything that stands in your way. We definitely have the capability to do this, do not under any circumstance leave one American behind! The Biden administration just showed they do not care about Americans at all, they are more focused on gaining potential voters than the security of this country. You bumbling idiots need to pull your collective heads out of your assess step up to the plate and do what is good for the American people for the first time since January 20th.