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To: elpadre
I do not understand why anyone pointing out how Biden botched this evacuation does not mention that we abandoned Bagram Airbase several weeks ago by turning off the electricity and just leaving without even informing the Afghan government or Afghan military. We just gave the Taliban everything that was still there.

Bagram was not just an airport. It was a hardened airbase many many kinds of planes and helicopters and weapons. Bagram also had housing for thousands of troops and a hardened perimeter.

Do the people supposedly explaining the difference between what Biden has done and what Trump planned to do even know this? Maybe they are really just more examples of the complicit party in addition to the stupid party.

68 posted on 08/17/2021 10:41:08 AM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: Freee-dame
...we abandoned Bagram Airbase several weeks ago by turning off the electricity and just leaving without even informing the Afghan government or Afghan military. We just gave the Taliban everything that was still there.

Bagram was not just an airport. It was a hardened airbase many many kinds of planes and helicopters and weapons. Bagram also had housing for thousands of troops and a hardened perimeter.

+1 This should have been the last base to clear out. Whoever made the decision to abandon our military equipment/supplies needs to be hanged. This was an intentional act meant to brace up the Taliban. Jarret or Hussien? It sure wasn't Biden.

73 posted on 08/17/2021 10:54:42 AM PDT by Envisioning (Carry safe, always carry, everyday, everywhere.)
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To: Freee-dame

Is there a figure or estimate of how much the equipment we left there for the Taliban is worth? How about the costs for the buildings we paid for to construct?


99 posted on 08/17/2021 1:22:55 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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