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re: Taliban has taken Kabul. Terrorist attack at Airport at least 12 marines confirmed killed
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:42 am to Darth_Vader
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:42 am to Darth_Vader
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It was left behind for the Afghan army to use I’m sure.
Yeah, the same Afghan Army that everyone with a brain knew would fold like a fricking cheap tent.
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Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:42 am to CaptainsWafer
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WTH are we doing leaving all that stuff
It's both logistical and mostly political.
We knew this was going to happen but we also needed to pretend that we were going to leave that stuff for the ANA to be able to fight the taliban
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:43 am to Bucktail1
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It's done intentionally
Are you going to explain why?
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:44 am to CaptainsWafer
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WTH are we doing leaving all that stuff
It's supposed to be cheaper to leave it than to ship it back. But I think they usually scrap it or destroy it to prevent it going to the enemy.
Article from 2014 when we were going to get out of Afghanistan (haha). LINK
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How much "stuff" is the United States military leaving behind as it withdraws from Afghanistan after 12 years of war? Try some $6 billion worth.
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Ultimately, some 170 million pounds of vehicles, equipment and "white gear" -- that's all the non-military stuff that contractors have been using, like furniture, generators, chemical toilets, air conditioners, non-classified computers and more -- are being left behind. What they cannot, or will not, donate or sell to the Afghans or to allies is being destroyed so that it doesn't rot in place or fall into Taliban hands. Some reports indicate that most of the $6 billion worth of materiel will indeed be sold for scrap or thrown in the junkyard. Pentagon officials would not confirm that, but consider this: in the month of February alone, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Disposition Services sold 34.7 million pounds of scrap from its own vehicles and equipment to local Afghan vendors, according to figures provided to FoxNews.com. And in the past 12 months, the agency sold 387 million pounds of scrap, sending $46.5 million back to the U.S. Treasury.
This post was edited on 8/12/21 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:44 am to MrLSU
each MRAP is about $520,000 FYI
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:45 am to MrLSU
Each piece of equipment has a computer chip device used as a locator that we will go back and target. Expensive but maybe effective.
Ok nevermind. No way Biden would think to do anything so clever.
Ok nevermind. No way Biden would think to do anything so clever.
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:45 am to phutureisyic
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Are you going to explain why?
It's a tax write-off.
But seriously they probably wanted to upgrade our gear and this gives our government an excuse to write the military another blank check.
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:45 am to MrLSU
Are we going to sell them support contracts?
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:46 am to MrLSU
Remember this when you're filing your taxes next year.
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:46 am to MrLSU
Gee I wonder???? Could they attack us???
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:46 am to nes2010
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It's supposed to be cheaper to leave it than to ship it back. But I think they usually scrap it or destroy it to prevent it going to the enemy.
If I was an Army Mechanic I probably would have destroyed the motors on those things prior to leaving
This post was edited on 8/12/21 at 11:46 am
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:46 am to Lima Whiskey
China will get their hands on this stuff.
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:47 am to tigerbutt
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Ok nevermind. No way Biden would think to do anything so clever.
To be fair, Trump would've left all that stuff too
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:47 am to CaptainsWafer
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WTH are we doing leaving all that stuff
They have to make it look like Trump didn't achieve peace in the middle east, so when these screw-ups lead to the Taliban taking Afghanistan it will all be blamed on him.
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:47 am to CptRusty
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Remember this when you're filing your taxes next year.
Don't forget that we had been there for nearly 20 years with very little progress made.
U-S-A!!!
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:47 am to LegendInMyMind
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It was left behind for the Afghan army to use I’m sure.
Yeah, the same Afghan Army that everyone with a brain knew would fold like a fricking cheap tent.
I didn’t say it was a good idea. In fact it’s was fricking stupid. Anyone with walking around sense knew Afghanistan would fall within weeks of the US pulling out.
But as to why all that gear is there, that’s why. We left it to try to prop of the Afghan army. If you look in the first pic, you can see what appear to be a red crescent on the side of a hummer ambulance. That shows those vehicles are (or were) Afghan Army.
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:47 am to CaptainsWafer
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WTH are we doing leaving all that stuff
Specifically, that is your good ole US Army doing what they do best right there, suck.
Bigger picture, that's the Pentagon.
Lastly, that's the Biden Admin.
But make no mistake, this is a crystal clear picture of how bad the US Army is. It's the shittiest branch of service that receives much more funding than the Marines.
And the Pentagon doesn't give a shite because hey, it's your money, not theirs.
It's a story/event like this where we miss Colonel David Hackworth.
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:47 am to dbeck
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It's a tax write-off.
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:48 am to MrLSU
Well, isn't that a surprise.
Posted on 8/12/21 at 11:49 am to MrLSU
Definitely dumb to leave that around but I guess was more expensive to transport back than to just leave it. At the very least we should have blown all of that up though, just leaving it intact and lying around like this seems irresponsible as hell
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