They’re not US aircraft, they’re Afghan aircraft supplied by the USA, which we already knew about, right? I don’t know what authorities are in Uzbek and Turjek but it might end up better than the Taliban getting them. It would be nice if we had more info.
From what I’ve read, most of the planes are not advanced.
23- A-29 Super Tucano
4 - C-130
33 -Cessna Caravan
150 helicopters, which included the American-made UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter and armed MD-530s, as well as the Soviet Mi-17
“Truth be told, if the Russians or Chinese wanted to get their hands on a Super Tucano or early model Black Hawk it wouldn’t be that hard”
C-130s have been around for more than I have.
Cessna Caravan isn’t special.
Don’t get me wrong, drop bombs on them BUT don’t think for a second that this weakens our tech advantage.
First, I agree completely - Biden has fucked this up. It’s a stain on his presidency and unless people have short memories, it’ll be tough on the Dems to win re-election.
Second - you do realize Trump negotiated for this pull out when he was president right?
Third - I don’t think anything was going to stop the Taliban from taking over the country again. It takes generations to build a strong army. And from what I’ve read - many Afghans viewed their job in the military as a paycheck, and not necessarily a duty to protect the country. Perhaps it wouldn’t have happened as fast as it did, but don’t sit there thinking that if Trump were in office the Taliban would be cowering even as the US left.
Fourth - where was your outrage when Trump pulled support to the Kurds, leaving them to deal with ISIS alone? Hypocrite.
Y’all make fun of Biden’s shortcomings - of which some is warranted. And I imagine it makes you even more upset that a mediocre-at-best candidate kicked the shit out of your god in the election.
Fair and square.
Trump would have been re-elected if he hadn’t sucked so bad at his job.
Biden is being a classic politician - deflecting blame. He better pray to god that the Taliban doesn’t take American hostages. It’ll make a shit show even bigger.
He had a plan and would have executed it. And if it botched he would have addressed it immediately and would have made American life paramount.
The problem with Afghanistan is that it’s not a real country. It’s like 65 countries in one. It’s a mountain range wasteland where tribes have warred with each other for thousands of years.
Here’s my plan for Afghanistan… chop it up into 4 or 6 or 12 regions and give that region to the neighboring country. Let them annex it. Let them control that small piece. So maybe Pakistan gets the south. Iran gets the west. Uzbekistan and Tajikistan control the north.
And be done with it.
There were Americans at peril?
Listen- I don’t give a rats ass about these backward ass people. They’ve been warring for years. Let them continue to behead one another and beat their women. It’s not our problem.
I’m concerned about the Americans there and the American arms left over. That didn’t happen with the Kurds.
How the fuck would you know? He would have executed the plan? As well as he executed the COVID plan? Think about it.
I agree. Which further supports my argument that Trump wouldn’t have fared a lot better.
Oh right. If they aren’t American - even if they helped us, fuck ‘em right?
Jesus. Even I’m pissed about Afghanistan. The Afghans that helped us fight are in a ton of danger. If the Taliban identify Afghans that helped us……not good for them.
