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2022-12-18 Afghanistan

What Went Wrong: The 2021 collapse of Afghan National Security Forces

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Posted by trailing wife 2022-12-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 We chose to stop being the strong horse. What came next was almost assuredly known to be the outcome, so it must have been desired.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2022-12-18 09:26|| 2022-12-18 09:26|| Front Page Top

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#1 We chose to stop being the strong horse. What came next was almost assuredly known to be the outcome, so it must have been desired.
Posted by: Rex Mundi 2022-12-18 09:26

...I firmly believe that the Trump administration knew damned well that their withdrawal plan would have at best allowed for a Vietnam-type 'Decent Interval', but at least there was a PLAN. The Biden Administration threw it away because of who signed off on it, and we saw the result.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2022-12-18 13:48|| 2022-12-18 13:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Afghan fighters are renowned for their fierceness. It looks like all those type of fighters joined the other side against the invaders - us. The only truly capable people we were training were plants. We were honing the sharp edge of our enemy. Overcoming that system requires making a long term commitment and being willing to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trails from Pakistan and Iraq. That long term commitment works has been demonstrated by Japan, NATO, South Korea and other places. After Tet VN was on the same trajectory, until our commies cut the funding setting a new template for failure. Iraq and Afghanistan are on the new template. With the understanding that we have an enemy inside our wire, trying to export freedom makes little sense. It just becomes a mint for the military industrial complex.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-12-18 19:04|| 2022-12-18 19:04|| Front Page Top

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