[Jan_Sobieski]

The point is not that “Afghans are running their country.” The point is that we seem to have funded and supplied the Taliban Army! See post 18. We could easily take out all of their helicopters and vehicles, however we seem unwilling to do so.

That said, to what end have we funded a new Islamic Army committed to the destruction of Israel and the West?

[Leaning Right]

> We could easily take out all of their helicopters and vehicles, however we seem unwilling to do so. <

The Taliban are 7th century savages. But they are not stupid. So suppose they quietly sent this message to the US: We are not at war with you, and we do not want to be at war with you. But if you attack our new weapons, we will start killing the hostages you left behind.

As others here have noted, Biden’s bungling has left the US with no good options. None.