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Biden’s Gift to Taliban Included 110 Helicopters, 20 Light Attack Airplanes, 42,000 Light Attack Vehicles, 25,000 Grenade Launchers

If you thought the Joe Biden Afghanistan disaster was bad now – things are going to get much worse.
Joe Biden supplied the Taliban terrorist organization and their Islamist accomplices with billions of dollars worth of US armaments.


Rather than destroying the equipment before leaving the country, Joe Biden decided to leave the nearly $85 billion worth of US military equipment to the Taliban.

Here is a breakdown of estimated vehicle costs:

Armored personnel carriers such as the M113A2 cost $170,000 each and recent purchases of the M577A2 post carrier cost $333,333 each.
Mine resistant vehicles ranges from $412,000 to $767,000. The total cost could range between $382 million to $711 million.
Recovery vehicles such as the ‘truck, wrecker’ cost between for the base model $168,960 and $880,674 for super strength versions.
Medium range tactical vehicles include 5-ton cargo and general transport trucks were priced at $67,139. However, the family of MTV heavy vehicleshad prices ranging from $235,500 to $724,820 each. Cargo trucks to transport airplanes cost $800,865.
Humvees – ambulance type (range from $37,943 to $142,918 with most at $96,466); cargo type, priced at $104,682. Utility Humvees were typically priced at $91,429. However, the 12,000 lb. troop transport version cost up to $329,000.
Light tactical vehicles: Fast attack combat vehicles ($69,400); and passenger motor vehicles ($65,500). All terrain 4-wheel vehicles go up to $42,273 in the military databases.
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graphite · 61-69, M
Granting our enemies an $85 billion arsenal of sophisticated equipment apparently is not an impeachable offense. A phone call to the Ukraine president is, though.
Ah yes another one of the many Trump nothing burgers of quid pro quo. However Biden did commit quid pro quo. And he even boasted about it. [media=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXA--dj2-CY]
@graphite
graphite · 61-69, M
@stratosranger Nothing to see here, folks! Biden: A filthy crook.
Oberon1 · 61-69, M
@graphite The hypocrisy and treachery of the left is so thick, we could cut it into blocks and use it to finish the border wall that is costing tax payers millions a day to sit and rust while covid infected people, and sleeper cells, are being dispersed covertly throughout the country. How anyone can defend this treachery is baffling to me. How can people think like this?
LadyBronte · 61-69, F
I am so disgusted by the incompetence of this administration! Taking Biden out and putting Harris in is no better. Taking bother Biden and Harris and allowing Pelosi the reins is an absolute nightmare. Complete disaster.
Korrupted · 51-55, F
@LadyBronte Harris would be no better.
That’s not incompetence..
That’s a plan well executed..
Just like Barry and hill dawg armed their varsity team..

And to think we impeached the Don for a ph call... oy vey
Oberon1 · 61-69, M
@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout A series of intentional bad decisions! The new democrats are nothing but a demolition crew. I can just see our new inoffensive flag!
Rainbow stripes with little ducky's on a background of pink? No. It will be one large star in the upper left corner with four smaller stars in a curve in front of it.
Leaving all that military hardware behind, is no one in our government is seeking answers as to why?

When either under Trump or Biden the withdrawal issue came up, are we to believe that short of a catastrophic military defeat, rout and retreat, where such assets could not be saved no governmental agency had/has responsibility for the accounting for and retrieval of these military assets?
Was it the responsibility of the DOD?
Was it the responsibility of the various military branches?
Was it the responsibility of the OMB?
Was it the responsibility of the GAO?
I had some background with military supply/ logistics and there was always accountability for government assets that became a part of that supply system.
@MistyCee As far as I know and I could be wrong, this was military equipment to be used by US forces.
And if your contention is correct, someone in the administration needs to clarify that and get it out of the issue of our drawdown/ departure from Afghanistan .
@soar2newhighs OP never seems to give links, but this makes it look like it's everything we've given the Afghans since 2001.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/08/23/staggering-costs--us-military-equipment-left-behind-in-afghanistan/
@MistyCee Literally, it’s out of our hands and again, the US taxpayer foot the Bill.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
All this just further convinces me that the war itself was a terrible idea.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@Korrupted
an insult to all the men in service who lost their lives there.

And, to the ones that came home too!
Korrupted · 51-55, F
@Budwick My error, I forgot to mention them too.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@Korrupted No error!
I only wanted to emphasize my agreement.
Korrupted · 51-55, F
A fine job done by one of the most pathetic leaders this country has ever seen. All at the taxpayers expense. Don’t worry, once the US is supposedly completely out of Afghanistan and Biden and Harris have finished patting their own backs for a job well done, the US will start sending humanitarian aid to that third world shit hole. 😈
Oberon1 · 61-69, M
@Korrupted
the US will start sending humanitarian aid to that third world shit hole
......and the Taliban warlords will have another Christmas!
graphite · 61-69, M
We're going to see Democrat apologists continue to downplay this utter fiasco perpetrated by the Biden Admin.
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@graphite Already started. "The greatest airlift in the history of airlifts."
graphite · 61-69, M
@sunsporter1649 Apparently a complete lie, too. Meanwhile, Pres. Brain-dead continues to dodge questions and responsibility.
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@graphite The next time a left-wing nut job takes responsibility for screwing the pooch will be the first time.
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Oberon1 · 61-69, M
@MarmeeMarch Yeah, I was just being intentionally literal and obtuse.
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beckyromero · 36-40, F
A lot of that equipment is old.

The helicopters and airplanes will be out of service quick enough due to lack of spare parts and expertise to service them.

What would you have preferred? Spent more on trying to get all that equipment out months ago and thereby have helped the Taliban take over the country even more rapidly than it did by denying that equipment to the Afghan army? 🤔
I’m taking a stab here, but given technology, and the many off shoots of it particularly in the field of computers, satellites, cyber warfare, if there aren’t ways that the military hardware left behind in some fashion can be disabled or rendered ineffective.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@soar2newhighs I thought of that too.
I'm thinking 99% of the time it would be an expensive, unused feature.
Budwick · 70-79, M
@BigBulge I don't give a flying fuck who you voted for.
Biden's handling of Afghanistan is irresponsible and dangerous.
BigBulge · 46-50, M
Did you really think that the Taliban would sit idly by and allow us to peacefully remove all of our arms ? Maybe they would serve refreshments and a buffet lunch at the same time. Get real. We're lucky to escape with our lives.
@beckyromero That's exactly what Biden ordered.
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@thedarkside And abandon 10,000 American citizens, thousands of NATO civilians, and tens of thousands of American loyal Afghani citizens to those mostly peaceful raghead terrorists
@sunsporter1649 Which dummy are you talking about?
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
I heard it was 130 Apache helicopters from friends who have access to better info than I do.
Also heard Taliban “gifted” many weapons to the Chinese as a good faith gesture
@AthrillatheHunt That’s a possibility as China has in some fashion offered an olive branch to the Taliban. With China’s Muslim population issue their approach might be rejected though, if in fact the Taliban put the issue of other Muslims above any semi-diplomatic recognition by Beijing.
doong · 56-60, M
And Taliban have no pilots. Relax
Budwick · 70-79, M
@doong Dong - I bet even you could figure out a way to get something for 110 helicopters.
@Budwick sell 'em. The Taliban might kill more of their own folks with them, but they can use the cash.
doong · 56-60, M
@Budwick Relax Bud, they'll sell them to buy Vaccines
Driver2 · M
This whole thing I fear is much more devious than it looks .
Jackaloftheazuresand · 31-35, M
You realize these weapons were in the hands of the people we left in charge don't you. Why is everyone so stupid about this, they didn't leave OUR stuff. They were basically gifts to the counter taliban forces so why the hell would we destroy them?
@Jackaloftheazuresand I got a response similar, on a post I made. This issue should have been made clear by the administration the minute it became a concern, albeit that this hardware may have been left for the Afghan forces. Apparently it was not and since the removal, then return of military personnel to assist/ evacuate the hardware issue is still being bantered about.
Oberon1 · 61-69, M
@Jackaloftheazuresand Okay. Let's be clear. The spooks said that they expected the ANA to fold, but not this quickly. 11 days. Why would the US give 80 billion dollars worth of war toys to a force they knew were going to be quickly defeated? Doesn't add up at all.
Jackaloftheazuresand · 31-35, M
@Oberon1 It wasn't as simple as that, they pulled a quantum physics position. That is, they essentially predicted that anything was possible. This prediction was there, among others, but it was not given the best of confidence ratings. Then after forces were defeated in other parts of the country is when they adopted it as a prominent position which by then was too late.
vorian · 51-55, M
How did all that stuff get there in the first place?
Budwick · 70-79, M
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/08/23/staggering-costs--us-military-equipment-left-behind-in-afghanistan/
Korrupted · 51-55, F
Well there we have it. Service members killed and same for civilians. And this spineless Alzheimer’s patient president we have will probably do nothing. This is what we get when people vote a senile idiot into office. Oh, let’s not forget that it was a corrupt and tampered with election. Trump would not stand back and let the Taliban or ISIS control the evacuation. I hate to say it, but I doubt Obama would either. This presidency is fucked up!
graphite · 61-69, M
@Korrupted 80 million votes - that's what we're supposed to believe Biden got.
Korrupted · 51-55, F
T@graphite That election was so screwed with. Lost votes, thrown out ballots and anything else imagined. Yup, Trump was right that the election was stolen. If he was still in office and the Taliban pulled the shit they are doing, then it would be war all over again. But this spineless bastard is gonna just pull out who he can and whoever is left, oh well.
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graphite · 61-69, M
@Stereoguy Democrats will address the situation by publishing more Facebook memes blaming Trump, Bush, Reagan, maybe McKinley, too. Anybody but themselves.
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