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I'm overall shocked that such a decision to abandon equipment like this was


made by POTUS on down. Lloyd Austin as SecDef and GEN Milley as Chairman JCS are seasoned leaders from both combat theaters of Iraq and Afghanistan. Withdrawals or draw downs are excruciatingly planned events/operations. My second deployment to Iraq we ended up turning over/drawing down Ramadi, Al Anbar province. In a 15 month deployment, we had future operations planning teams working base and equipment turnover plans 9-12 months while current operations teams kept up combat and stability operations! I am SHOCKED, SPEECHLESS at what has and is unfolding!! It is a failure at all 3 levels of warfare - strategic (Commander in Chief/POTUS/SecDef/SecState), operational (Central Command or CENTCOM), and tactical (units currently on the ground). I think strategically will end up being the biggest loss; there is NO escaping this for Biden and his Administration. China, Iran, Taliban, ISIS just got a HUGE victory and never defeated us on the battlefield! Matter of fact, the Taliban and Afghanistan as a terrorist sanctuary JUST GOT MORE SECURE COMPLIMENTS OF THE U.S. A.!

Overall, I would say America's head is up its arse. We are probably witnessing the fall of the American Republic and it's all happening from the inside out.
Afghanistan - Graveyard of Empires. Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Brits, Russians, and now America could not hold/tame that Godforsaken country.

(In response to this post by Hoakie82)

Link: Graveyard of Empires Article 2017


Posted: 08/16/2021 at 5:04PM



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