[RetiredScientist]

I think that President Biden, as commander in chief, should have ordered weapons sent to secured sites with our Afghan allies or ordered them destroyed before pullout. Sadly, neither our President nor his staff had the mental acuity to navigate this situation. I could be wrong, but I remember reading that the Army Command in Vietnam ordered the weapons destroyed.

[dfwgator]

It’s an impeachable offense. If this were Trump, the Articles of Impeachment would already be drawn up.

[PROCON]

I could be wrong, but I remember reading that the Army Command in Vietnam ordered the weapons destroyed.

Perhaps some weapons but we left most all of our aircraft on the ground for the S. Vietnamese, making them the 3rd largest air force in the world.

I was a civiilian contractor at Tan Son Nhut AFB in the summer-fall of '74 in an effort to teach the S. Vietnamese army how to maintain our aircraft.

You could tell from their attitudes that they were all done with war, and as history shows, S. Vietnam fell the following Spring.

[DownInFlames]

Didn’t happen. The North Vietnamese captured airbases and bases with equipment fully intact. The US pulled out in 73, Saigon fell April 75.