"Our exit from Afghanistan was so ad hoc, so amateurish, so clumsy, the Russians and Chinese must still be laughing. Of course, the families of the 13 brave service people who died in this cluster flick are not laughing at all. This was Biden, Blinken, Austin and Sullivan at their worst. If someone tried to screw this up more, it would have been very hard."
Oh, how soon we forget. Between the pandemic, Ukraine, our economy, the southern border, our energy woes, and so forth, what about Afghanistan? Have we really forgotten what a debacle that was? Maybe it is time for a refresher course on how NOT to leave a war zone.
First off - Americans left behind. Anyone know the exact number? Our SOS Blinken thinks the number is somewhere between 150 - 200. But according to a Town Hall report from February of this year, their research shows the number could be as high as 9,000. In the minds of most military folk, any number higher than zero is too much. The fact we left ANY Americans in that hell hole is a stain on Joe Biden.
Next up - our military equipment. Current estimates are high - very high. Like we left $83B worth of our equipment for the enemy. That is unfathomable. We left 2,000 armored vehicles. 4 C-130 aircraft. 90 helicopters. 29 ground attack aircraft. Over 82,000 grenades and mortars rounds. Howitzers. This is just a partial list. But the frosting on the cake, was we left pallets of money for the enemy also. Millions of dollars.
Escaping Afghans - depends on who you talk to. According to the Senate GOP, most of the 82,000 Afghans who escaped during the confusion, and were brought to America, were NOT properly vetted. But - according to the Democrats, and their official news publication (CNN) - everybody was vetted. Really? Horse feathers and bull crap is what I say to that one!
Joe Biden just authorized another $33B worth of weapons to be sent to Ukraine. That is a lot of money - but much less than the $82B we gifted the Afghan enemy. Just think what the Ukrainians could have done with $82B worth of our weapons. SMH...
Our exit from Afghanistan was so ad hoc, so amateurish, so clumsy, the Russians and Chinese must still be laughing. Of course, the families of the 13 brave service people who died in this cluster flick are not laughing at all. This was Biden, Blinken, Austin and Sullivan at their worst. If someone tried to screw this up more, it would have been very hard.
The question on the table persists - did Afghanistan beget Ukraine? Many experts think it might have. It emboldened the Russians to do something they have only dreamed about for years.
They needed the right time and the right place, with the right (weakling) American President. They found the weakling they have been searching for. The rest - is now history.
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