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The Pentagon spent $88 billion dollars training the Afghan Army for 20 years. It collapsed in 1 month
Twitter ^ | 08/12/21 | Jack Posobiec

Posted on 08/12/2021 2:46:55 PM PDT by Enlightened1

The Pentagon spent $88 billion dollars training the Afghan Army for 20 years

It collapsed in 1 month

Not one general or politician will face consequences for this.

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1425923773199495176


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Government; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 88billion; afghanarmy; afghanistan; collapses; pentagon
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To: Enlightened1

More than half of the money was for diversity training.


41 posted on 08/12/2021 3:26:14 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: Enlightened1

Anyone whose seen videos of the Afghan Army training knew they wouldn’t last a week. Those idiots couldn’t even learn to march.


42 posted on 08/12/2021 3:26:47 PM PDT by Husker24 (Pp)
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To: Enlightened1

They got great training...from General Miley.
Consisting mostly of critical race theory.
Chuckle.


43 posted on 08/12/2021 3:27:51 PM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: joma89

Long ago, I believed it was the natural yearning of humans to live in freedom. Boy, was I ever wrong.


44 posted on 08/12/2021 3:27:55 PM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: Enlightened1

No one should be surprised.


45 posted on 08/12/2021 3:28:25 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods ( comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: shanover
BTW,the Taliban is going to acquire one hell of a Airforce and military infrastructure to keep all of their gains due to the retreat and defeat of the American military.

Not that they'll know what to do with even half of it, but should make for a fun time when the new 'idiot on the block' (China) shows up.
46 posted on 08/12/2021 3:28:31 PM PDT by larrytown ( )
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To: Enlightened1
SURPRISE

Not!

47 posted on 08/12/2021 3:28:56 PM PDT by ImpBill ("America - Where are you now?")
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To: Enlightened1

Spain succeeded in defeating Islam but nobody is expecting the Spanish Inquisition.


48 posted on 08/12/2021 3:29:06 PM PDT by Nateman (If the Left is not screaming , you are doing it wrong.)
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To: Enlightened1

And they want to go after trump...how about going after W and Cheney for war crimes


49 posted on 08/12/2021 3:29:42 PM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: McCarthysGhost

Probably 3000 of the same troops they just pulled back into Kuwait from Afghanistan. Young people die so a bunch of old men and trophy wives can get rich !


50 posted on 08/12/2021 3:30:58 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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To: Enlightened1

And how many hundreds of billions were spent supporting them? Or are we in the trillions now?


51 posted on 08/12/2021 3:31:51 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
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To: Signalman

They were holding their own until the demonrats cut off all aid; bullets bandages and beans.


52 posted on 08/12/2021 3:32:17 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix circa 1984.)
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To: Enlightened1

Ya gotta give a damn. All the money in the world won’t buy bravery and commitment. Afghanistan is not a nation it is a bunch of tribes who don’t like each other much. The Taliban are just the baddest tribal group in town.


53 posted on 08/12/2021 3:33:17 PM PDT by redangus
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To: larrytown

Except China’s army isn’t hindered by rules of engagement. They actually kill the enemy, the enemy relatives, and torch their houses.


54 posted on 08/12/2021 3:33:29 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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To: Enlightened1

I remember films of the South Vietnam Army retreating! One soldier dragging his M-16 by the strap on the ground behind him.

P***es me off to this day!


55 posted on 08/12/2021 3:34:13 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (30 days! FB jail for mentioning a Monty Python script about tranneys, and the 1936 Olympics.)
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To: All

The war profiteering was so vast, neocon godfather Richard Perle, safely ensconced in Paris, started his own oil company.

Bush gave the neocon warmongers an office in the WH.


56 posted on 08/12/2021 3:35:12 PM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doe't know which bathroom to use)
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To: Enlightened1

Will we ever learn?


57 posted on 08/12/2021 3:35:46 PM PDT by McGruff (Resistance is futile, you will be vaccinated.)
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To: Signalman

Yep it seems the RVN military hung in there a couple of years after we stopped supporting them in any manner before Saigon fell.

Thanks for your service brother and Welcome Home!


58 posted on 08/12/2021 3:37:25 PM PDT by ImpBill ("America - Where are you now?")
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To: Enlightened1

The US army had the best idea during the Filipino Moors insurrection.

Coat the bullets with pig fat and bury the dead in a pig skin. It broke the back of the insurrection movement.


59 posted on 08/12/2021 3:38:14 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (30 days! FB jail for mentioning a Monty Python script about tranneys, and the 1936 Olympics.)
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To: freeandfreezing

Also, how much of our state-of-the-art military hardware is going to be snatched up by the Taliban, or more importantly, Iran?


60 posted on 08/12/2021 3:41:49 PM PDT by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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