Biden launches new terrorist state

Way to go Joe!  

What f’ing idiots thought that Afghanistan could stand against the Taliban after we leave without air power?

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/08/the-day-afghanistan-died/

Number 2Taliban leader is Haqqani-known Al Qaeda leader  

Reuters November 2020  "The president{Trump) has acted appropriately in this, has never said: 'Hey, we're going to zero. Let's go tomorrow.' It has always been a conditions-based effort and that effort continues," the senior U.S. defense official said, without explicitly detailing future drawdown plans.

Pentagon Chief Says Hopes Fading for More Open Taliban Government in Afghanistan

https://www.wsj.com/articles/pentagon-chief-says-hopes-fading-for-more-open-taliban-government-in-afghanistan-11631175830?st=2o9eoo5libfl8qs&reflink=article_copyURL_share

June 6 2021 NBC News-Without the contractors' help, Afghan forces will no longer be able to keep dozens of fighter planes, cargo aircraft, U.S.-made helicopters and drones flying for more than a few more months, according to military experts and a recent Defense Department inspector general's report.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/without-u-s-contractors-afghan-military-will-lose-its-main-n1269686

July 24th - Forbes “The United States has said it will provide Afghanistan’s military with “over-the-horizon” air support after completing its troop withdrawal from the country. How it can do so with the significant number of potential constraints that may soon emerge, however, isn’t all that clear.” But the official, speaking after the calls with allies, suggested that Trump would not push a withdrawal faster than conditions on the ground allow.

U.S. and Afghan officials are warning of troubling levels of violence by Taliban insurgents and persistent Taliban links to al Qaeda.

WSJ Aug 14 KABUL—The Afghan gov­ern­ment out­post in Imam Sahib, a dis­trict of north­ern Kun­duz prov­ince, held out for two months af­ter be­ing sur­rounded by the Tal­iban. At first, elite com­mando units would come once a week on a re­sup­ply run. Then, these runs be­came more scarce, as did the sup­plies.

“In the last days, there was no food, no wa­ter and no weapons,” said trooper Taj Mo­ham­mad, 38. Flee­ing in one ar­mored per­son­nel car­rier and one Ford Ranger, the re­main­ing men fi­nally made a run to the rel­a­tive safety of the pro­vincial cap­i­tal, which col­lapsed weeks later. They left be­hind an­other 11 APCs to the Tal­iban.

The Afghan army re­lies heav­ily on ground air power, us­ing air­craft to re­sup­ply out­posts, strike tar­gets, ferry the wounded, and col­lect re­con­nais­sance and in­tel­li-gence.

In the wake of Pres­i­dent Biden’s with­drawal de­ci­sion, the U.S. pulled its air sup­port, in­tel­li­gence and con­trac-tors ser­vic­ing Af­ghanistan’s planes and he­li­copters. That meant the Afghan mil­i­tary sim­ply couldn’t op­er­ate any­more. The same hap­pened with an­other failed Amer­i­can ef­fort, the South Viet­namese army in the 1970s, said re­tired Lt. Gen. Daniel Bol­ger, who com­manded the U.S.-led coali­tion’s mis­sion to train Afghan forces in 2011-2013.

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