I think there's a secret deal between US and Taliban ...

The transition of power was definitely smoother than the US Presidential elections!

Huge stockpiles of ammunition and guns slipped quietly into Taliban hands along with army vehicles.

The Taliban leaders are all ex US prisoners released for unknown reasons 1 year back.

The Afghan army had no logistics or Intel support from US forces when the US forces slipped out and the Taliban moved in.

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IronHamster · 56-60, M

It gets worse. The Taliban will trade some Apache helicopters and other advanced systems, fully intact, the China, which will reverse engineer them, and we will face them in the upcoming war for Taiwan.

wildbill83 · 36-40, M

@IronHamster they didn't get any apaches; a few blackhawks and littlebirds, but nothing advanced

IronHamster · 56-60, M

@wildbill83 I don't believe we destroyed anything on the geound to keep it from falling into enemy hands. I hope you are right that they didn't get anything advanced, but, I still have my suspicions backed by the obvious total lack of planning.

Biden was right, we had to leave Afghanistan. If Biden needed his appendix out, he could get that done by a skilled surgeon, or a drunk with a pocket knife. This retreat was more like the latter.

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WandererTony · 56-60, M

@wildbill83 They didn't do it. I saw BBC coverage of huge stockpiles in wrong hands. They opened sealed cartons in front of the camera. 😞