Posted on 08/12/2021 9:39:06 PM PDT by krogers58
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban captured two major Afghan cities, the country’s second- and third-largest after Kabul, and a strategic provincial capital on Thursday, further squeezing the embattled government just weeks before the end of the American military mission there.
The seizure of Kandahar and Herat marks the biggest prizes yet for the Taliban, who have taken 12 of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals as part of a weeklong blitz.
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It makes the last days of Saigon seem like an orderly withdrawal.
Posobiec earlier today posted that the USA spent 88 BILLION DOLLARS training the Afghan Military and the result of all those BILLIONS? The Afghan military collapsed in less than a month. What he didn’t mention is how many US Military personnel DIED and were permanently maimed and disabled during this 20 plus year fiasco sponsored by W, Cheney, RINO’s, etc...
Afghan National armies have a 200 year history of turning tail and running at the first sign of a imposing tribal army of their own countrymen.
Contrast that to their unity and resolution when the enemy is a foreign army.
The USA spent 88 BILLION DOLLARS training the Afghan Military and the result...
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Could gave spent a fraction to jail or execute every Taliban leader and this problem would have been over 17 years ago.
This is Nov 2001 in reverse.
Boy ARVN put up much more of a fight....amazing
start nuking the Taliban
Anyone who couldn’t see this coming 20 years ago hasn’t been paying attention.
The Taliban will celebrate their own V-Day on September 11th.
They’ll throw a big Necktie Party, for all the World to see.
Obama’s spooging about this big time.
Barry’s wet dream, the triumph of Jihad and another shameful defeat for Uncle Sam, the World’s Cuck.
And ARVN probably had less to lose. At least the commies had re-education camps. The Taliban just kill and take no prisoners.
The Bushes and Cheneys should be ‘Pinocheted’ over Kandahar for starters.
That would be the people we PAY to look past tomorrow and implement policy.
Maybe Biden should beg harder
You don’t need to pay someone to read about the Vietnam War, for starters.
The NVA was very well supplied by Russia and invaded the South with more tanks than Hitler used to defeat France and an amazing number of soldiers
They are 30 miles from Kabul. This custerfluck is almost over.
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