Trump never ordered a withdrawal before Biden came into office... where did you get that from?... if he had the withdrawal would have happened don't you think?....
Mattered not about the amount of troops, because there's Biden and then there's Trump. They wouldn't have tried Trump like they did Biden.. Fact..
Then why, when he withdrew most of the troops, didn't trump also bring the bulk of the equipment back?
To say nothing about the rest of the trip. Say they have passage across Iran. Then what? They have to cross Iraq. Then either Jordan, fat chance on that. Or Syria and then Lebanon.
They know they can't do all that, they're just posturing.
www.militarytimes.com
Now go full Trump amd tell me how all the people who testified under oath are liars. Yawn.
What does your opinion have to do with 2500 troops not being enough to remove 80 million in equipment and weapons?
That equipment was for the Afghans to defend themselves against a Taliban takeover. It was no longer "ours".
So in your opinion it was neither Trump or Biden's fault; but the fault of the afghans?
Yes, and regardless of that, I don't think people realize how expensive to move equipment. I've seen the "but C-17" bandied about. A C-17 can carry 1 Abrams, or 10 Humvees. Then it flies back empty. Once in the US, that equipment has to be decontaminated. And then stripped, all mechanical components disassembled for cleaning and re-assembled. It's more expensive than buying new ones.
In a way, yes. The equipment was given to the Afghan SF to use. They folded to the taliban like a bunch of cheap lawn chairs.
My daughter is an Army logistics officer. She was responsible for transporting all of her cavalry regiment's equipment to Kuwait, bound for Iraq, from Texas and back via rails and ships. She was the last deployed and the last to come home.
There are ships too, you know.
How many seaports are there in Afghanistan?There are ships too, you know.
That is logistical
How did the equipment get there?
Out of Afghanistan?There are ships too, you know.
Flown in. While the ferrying in is expensive, it's the decon and refurb of that equipment that makes it cheaper to abandon and get new.
Nearest friendly country with a port.
