Rapid Taliban advances in Afghanistan have the US military launching strikes to destroy captured artillery and armored vehicles

https://www.msn.com Business Insider ^ | 8/12/2021 | rpickrell@businessinsider.com (Ryan Pickrell)

[RomanSoldier19]

The Taliban are advancing across Afghanistan as the US withdraws, but the US military is continuing to conduct airstrikes, often to destroy military equipment captured by the Taliban, NBC News reported Thursday, citing a US defense official.

It was first reported in late July that the US military was launching strikes targeting "captured military equipment that the Taliban [were] able to seize from the" Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. Such strikes have continued as the Taliban gains ground.

NBC reported that the US military is conducting one to five strikes a day, typically with drones, with most of the airstrikes intended to destroy equipment, including weapons and supplies provided by the US, captured from Afghan military and police.

The airstrikes have taken out a number of artillery pieces and tanks, as well as Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles and Humvees, a defense official told NBC.

[RomanSoldier19]

[TornadoAlley3]

Where is that video of Biden in July saying at a presser: The odds of the Taliban taking over Afghanistan is highly unlikely.

[DesertRhino]

“NBC reported that the US military is conducting one to five strikes a day, typically with drones, with most of the airstrikes intended to destroy equipment,“

Wow... Rolling Thunder III in effect! /s

[Col Frank Slade]

Now we are blowing up our own equipment after Taliban seizes it.

Wonderful.

[butlerweave]

How about attacking the 35,000 member Tallyband

[3RIVRS]

Ahhhh, why the F did we wait until NOW? That should have happened after the last guy turned out the lights.

[JoSixChip]

So not only did we pay top dollar for the equipment we gave them, we are now paying for the ordnance and delivery systems to destroy them. A boon for the defense industry, and total abuse of tax payers. Only in America.

[TornadoAlley3]

https://youtu.be/rYjYgVmlKsg

[MagUSNRET]

Biteme is truly the most stupid man on the planet

[MagUSNRET]

Biteme is truly the most stupid man on the planet

[TornadoAlley3]

Here is Biden one month ago saying none of this was going to happen.

https://youtu.be/2r3wVQ8N2fM

[Terry L Smith]

It would have been wise to watch an old film about what the US forces did, when kicked out of France but DeGaulle.
No equipment, no buildings, no aircraft, no runways.
All were demolished or damaged beyond repair.

[Obadiah]

What an absolute cluster mess. It is what we can expect from the likes of Gen. Milley. We’re in a bad way.

[beethovenfan]

I can just imagine what REAL generals like Patton and MacArthur would think of this pussy in uniform.I bet Patton would slap him.

[elpadre]

The Taliban obviously have a plan for complete takeover of Afghanistan and executing it to perfection. The idea of shared control was not in the cards - their cards.

Our Intel agencies (CIA, NSA, military) have failed again - miserably.

[brookwood]

It's fine that we are fleeing Afghanistan, as long as we eradicate white nationalism from the military and give our soldiers free sex-change surgery. Why would we tolerate nationalists - people who love our country - in the military?

[Lurker]

“Now we are blowing up our own equipment after Taliban seizes it.”

Our government is not only outhouse rat crazy, they hate us too.

Nothing else makes any sense.

L

[RomanSoldier19]

[JoSixChip]

Our Intel agencies (CIA, NSA, military) have failed again - miserably.

In their defense, they have been pretty busy with domestic spying lately. What with the armed insurrection and all in dc.

[null and void]

Isn’t there a Field Manual that goes into great detail on how to destroy every piece of equipment before abandoning it?