Posted on 08/22/2021 9:50:47 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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POLITICS Biden administration appears to have stockpiled military equipment for Taliban months before collapse
By NEWS EDITOR August 19, 2021
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WASHINGTON — For months, the Biden administration was stockpiling military equipment for the Taliban before the collapse of the Afghan government. The report comes from Reuters who shares that well over a month before the Taliban’s march across the country, the Biden administration was sending military equipment to Afghanistan amid a “planned withdrawal.”
The plans of the Biden administration were not very well thought out or executed. But perhaps this was the plan all along. According to Reuters, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters, “They’ll continue to see a steady drumbeat of that kind of support, going forward.”
The Biden administration had continued to ship new firearms, drones, communication gear, and more to the nation that they had plans to abandon in just a few short weeks. Even as the Taliban takeover continued, the shipments continued. The Taliban has bragged about the equipment they obtained, with videos of helicopters and firearms posted online.
According to one official, reported by Reuters, “the current intelligence assessment was that the Taliban are believed to control more than 2,000 armored vehicles, including U.S. Humvees, and up to 40 aircraft potentially including UH-60 Black Hawks, scout attack helicopters, and ScanEagle military drones.” That’s not just a few pieces of military equipment, that’s essentially a start-up kit for a defense force.
Reuters reports that the Biden administration is very concerned about the large amount of equipment that was left behind. According to reports, the administration has contemplated airstrikes to take out large pieces of equipment, but it has yet to put together a plan. Officials report they are less concerned about the equipment because it is technologically advanced. They state it takes significant maintenance time and training to operate. Perhaps that was before China and Russia both have claimed their interest in Afghanistan. Both nations will be racing to make friends with the Taliban. They refuse to call the Taliban terrorists and have technology similar to that of the United States. It is possible that they provide the training necessary to the Taliban regime.
While the Biden administration will claim that the equipment left behind was not stockpiled for the Taliban, what other explanation is there? As the Taliban raced across the country, taking it down in just over 1 week, the administration did nothing to stop them. They did not create a plan to evacuate Americans, the military, military equipment, or anything else. It’s as if the Biden administration was asleep. The Biden administration states that their biggest focus is on how to get trapped Americans out of the nation. At least 15,000 Americans were trapped and abandoned as the US raced to evacuate the military and some refugees.
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At this point, what can you even say?
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https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3987685/posts
A tad disgusting to say the least. Of course the MIL/IND complex folks are cashing checks still. Right?
The who thing was a Biden/democrat arms deal and America lost. Wonder how much money the big guy got?
......For months, the Biden administration was stockpiling military equipment for the Taliban.....
If this is true, the bidenites are not mere dolts. They’re TRAITORS!!!!
How many SAMs did biden give them ?
Were nukes part of biden’s deal ?
All part of the China-US agreement. This is to FUBAR for it to be an accident. It was planned this way. The Chinese got their puppet. Hell, they admitted it before the election.
“… At least 15,000 Americans were trapped and abandoned as the US raced to evacuate the military and some refugees.…”
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I don’t believe it’s anywhere near that many just as I don’t believe there’s only 11 million illegal aliens in the US. They lie!
Benghazi in plain view.
Been saying this for awhile now. It is clear he intended to leave it there for the taliban
In keeping with the Iran deal and funneling massive amounts of cash to them. Trying to appease them or siding with evil?
No big surprise there.
Not to worry the afghan refugees are going to train Americans how to live in a sh#thole.
There are many Freepers and many patriotic Americans who are part of “the military/industrial complex” who would appreciate it if you would not keep parroting 1960’s leftist propaganda and talking points.
There are customers and there are contractors who run businesses to exercise capitalism, meet customer needs, and make a profit for the owners or share holders. Please direct your comments to the source of the problem, the government customer who misuses/abuses your hard earned tax dollars. Unless the contractor is trying to be fraudulent, then it’s the customer who is responsible for the products use.
That capitalistic military industrial complex you criticize is what helped our soldiers win WWII, provided the best equipment in the world to me when I served, and has been mostly dedicated to saving our soldiers lives and making the “other poor dumb bastard die for his country” since.
I can build and sell you the best rifle in the world but if you choose to turn it over to your enemy how can I prevent that stupidity?
China and Russian military will train Taliban on how to effectively use all of that military equipment that Biden gave to the Taliban.
Just had been done in Vietnam.
Payback for the U.S. providing Stingers and training to the Mujahideen.
https://www.rbth.com/history/329988-why-soviets-look-for-stingers
LOL! My retirement check comes from one of them so...........
Concentrate on the ongoing invasion at the Southern US border!
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