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Follow the money.
And now tens of billions to Ukraine. Again, follow the money. It is all a fraud by Biden and others.
As an aside, we and the EU are keeping this Biden-provided war going when it could have ended* long ago. But no, we keep the killing going because there is profit to be made.
*Had Zelensky ignored Biden's whispers about NATO and had he [Zelensky] instead gone the neutrality route as Austria did c. 1955 there wouldn't even have been a war.
Follow the money.
The U.S. Department of Defense found that roughly $7 billion worth of military equipment transferred to Afghanistan security forces remained in the country during the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
According to a congressionally mandated DOD report, military assistance delivered to Kabul over the course of 16 years included equipment ranging from air-to-surface missiles, night vision surveillance and Humvees first reported CNN.
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Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have criticized the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan that ultimately lead to the death of 13 U.S. service members and the collapse of the Afghan government.
Many on the Hill have also voiced frustration that deadly technology was left in the hands of the very group the U.S. toppled 20 years prior.
"After more than 16 years of combat operations, DOD estimates that $7.12 billion of this equipment remains in Afghanistan in varying states of repair," Lodewick said. "It is important to remember that the $7.12 billion figure cited in the Department’s recent report to Congress corresponds to ANDSF equipment and not U.S. military equipment used by our forces.
"Nearly all equipment used by U.S. military forces in Afghanistan was either retrograded or destroyed prior to our withdrawal and is not part of the $7.12 billion figure cited in the report," he added.
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www.foxnews.com
And now tens of billions to Ukraine. Again, follow the money. It is all a fraud by Biden and others.
As an aside, we and the EU are keeping this Biden-provided war going when it could have ended* long ago. But no, we keep the killing going because there is profit to be made.
*Had Zelensky ignored Biden's whispers about NATO and had he [Zelensky] instead gone the neutrality route as Austria did c. 1955 there wouldn't even have been a war.
Follow the money.
The U.S. Department of Defense found that roughly $7 billion worth of military equipment transferred to Afghanistan security forces remained in the country during the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
According to a congressionally mandated DOD report, military assistance delivered to Kabul over the course of 16 years included equipment ranging from air-to-surface missiles, night vision surveillance and Humvees first reported CNN.
...
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have criticized the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan that ultimately lead to the death of 13 U.S. service members and the collapse of the Afghan government.
Many on the Hill have also voiced frustration that deadly technology was left in the hands of the very group the U.S. toppled 20 years prior.
"After more than 16 years of combat operations, DOD estimates that $7.12 billion of this equipment remains in Afghanistan in varying states of repair," Lodewick said. "It is important to remember that the $7.12 billion figure cited in the Department’s recent report to Congress corresponds to ANDSF equipment and not U.S. military equipment used by our forces.
"Nearly all equipment used by U.S. military forces in Afghanistan was either retrograded or destroyed prior to our withdrawal and is not part of the $7.12 billion figure cited in the report," he added.
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US abandoned $7B in military equipment in Afghanistan ahead of Taliban takeover
The U.S. Department of Defense found that roughly $7 billion worth of military equipment transferred to Afghanistan security forces remained in the country during the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
www.foxnews.com
