A huge % of our time and money went into training that army. It has 350K soldiers.
If they are too corrupt at this point to fight off the Taliban - who, it is helpful to remember, have killed no one outside of the AfPak region - then fuck them.
Replies to: "In fairness, if the Afghan gvmt can't fight them off by this point, they never will"
- USA leaves Bagram Air Base. What's the over/under date for Taliban takeover? [LINK]
- Iggle - 9:21am 7/2/21
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- Afghanistan banana stand. I’ll take the under… [NT]
- TakethetrainKnute - 10:23am 7/2/21
- Don’t sit under the banana stand with anyone else but me,anyone else but me๐๐ [NT]
- eftg1 - 10:55am 7/2/21
- "There's always money in the BANANA STAND!" - TakethetrainKnute - 11:08am 7/2/21
- ๐๐Train for the win๐ฅ [NT] - eftg1 - 12:10pm 7/2/21
- "There's always money in the BANANA STAND!" - TakethetrainKnute - 11:08am 7/2/21
- Don’t sit under the banana stand with anyone else but me,anyone else but me๐๐ [NT]
- eftg1 - 10:55am 7/2/21
- Another Boeing 737 crash Hawaii,Buy the dip [NT] - eftg1 - 10:14am 7/2/21
- I take the under on that date. By Thanksgiving. [NT]
- Frank L - 10:09am 7/2/21
- Oh, I'll take the over. We'll still be helping. [NT] - Chris94 - 11:16am 7/2/21
- What are the known unknowns? [NT] - eftg1 - 10:06am 7/2/21
- In fairness, if the Afghan gvmt can't fight them off by this point, they never will - Chris94 - 9:58am 7/2/21
- I agree with this. Get out. [NT]
- BaronVonZemo - 10:58am 7/2/21
- Re: I agree with this. Get out. - edtaliaf - 5:44pm 7/3/21
- I am conflicted, to be honest. - Iggle - 10:39am 7/2/21
- How many Afghan military are going to defect to the Taliban asap? [NT]
- ELP - 1:30pm 7/2/21
- It's hard not to envision them melting like the ARVN. [NT] - Iggle - 1:51pm 7/2/21
- How many Afghan military are going to defect to the Taliban asap? [NT]
- ELP - 1:30pm 7/2/21
- I agree with this. Get out. [NT]
- BaronVonZemo - 10:58am 7/2/21
- Afghanistan banana stand. I’ll take the under… [NT]
- TakethetrainKnute - 10:23am 7/2/21