'No compromises' Terrifying footage shows Taliban with brand new US weapons and vehicles

https://www.express.co.uk ^ | Jul 6, 2021 | By TOM HUSSEY

[Oshkalaboomboom]

The Americans knew that the war was lost before the last troops had left. It’s not like they were arming the ARVN to win. The Viet Cong were ignoring the cease fire even before the last troops had gone. All you are doing is engaging in semantics. We pulled out and left enough behind to turn the VC into one of the best equipped armies in the world. Deal with it. The best I can say is that it wasn’t your fault. Your leaders let you down.

[Inspectorette]

Is that John McCain On the Right?

The one and only.

[srmanuel]

Wait until the IEDs start taking out a lot of their people and suicide bombers start appearing from no where, it took a real toll on US Troops and it will do the same thing to China

[Chainmail]

Again, I'm going to have to correct you - When we left in '73 and the NVA (Once again, the VC didn't exist anymore) began their first major offensive they were stopped cold - the "Easter Offensive" - and we did we said we'd do and bombed them to oblivion. Nixon was still in place and the ARVN fought well.

Meanwhile, our wonderful, supportive public elected Democrats and watched witlessly as our president was hounded out of office by the Left.

Then Nixon was gone, the NVA headed south again and Congress cut off all funding.

That's when the war was lost.

I was there in '66-'67 and there again in '75, watching everything collapse.

By the way, the NVA didn't need any of the stuff they captured - they had already been amply supplied by the Soviets, the Warsaw Pact, and the Chinese.

[LeoWindhorse]

I consider it one of President Trump’s greatest failings that he did not publicly get to the bottom.of what happened in Benghazi. Complete with all the clear tie f-ing to OBAMA and Clinton . I know Ty Woods dad It breaks my heart that he has never received closure and vindication on that

[oldvirginian]

The difference being that the Chinese are convinced of their superiority, they believe their own PR propaganda.
When Jihad Johnny starts dining on the Chinese buffet the average PLA laddie is going to be in a world of hurt.
China has never dealt with an enemy like the crazy Arab. Their tame Uighurs don’t count, they’ve never had a chance.

When the blown up bodies and brain damaged men start going home I wonder where the Party will stash them. Maybe in some out of the way and out of sight place. Maybe they won’t leave Afghanistan at all.
The Chinese are predictably cruel to their own people.

[Chainmail]

"The best I can say is that"you have no idea at all of the history of that time and our war. It would be best if you stop trying to refer to it in discussions - if you don't know the difference between the VC and the NVA, you're hopeless.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

You can try to be an apologist for failure if that's what floats your boat but your criticism is akin to some of the grammar Nazis here who dismiss an entire argument over a missing apostrophe. Let's assume I do know the difference between the VC and the NVA but at this point in history I don't care. That should suffice.

Sorry you were late for the party but that thread has run its course and we've moved on to other discussions. So I'll call you the Master. bow to you genius and say tạm biệt.

[Chainmail]

Yeah - farewell to you, too.