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Posted by ukcatfannfl (Member # 1425) on 06-25-2022, 05:53 AM:

Of course this doesnt even talk about the human suffering of americans and afgan's working for america who are being rounded up and shot!

Final account of USA military equipment and cash left behind in Afghanistan.

Thanks to the Government Accountability Office, we now have a clear picture of just how much U.S. military equipment has fallen into the hands of the Taliban, thanks to Joe Biden's bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan. Let's have a look...

Aircraft: The Taliban now ranks #26 in the world in total military aircraft, thanks to us leaving behind

208 planes and helicopters:

110 helicopters
60 transport/cargo planes
20 light attack planes
18 intelligence/surveillance planes

Vehicles: You've probably seen the footage of the Taliban riding around in our humvees.
We left a total of 75,898 vehicles:
42,604 tactical vehicles
22,174 humvees
8,998 medium tactical vehicles
1,005 recovery vehicles
928 mine-resistant vehicles
189 armored tanks

Weapons: Get ready for this...
599,690 of our weapons are now in the hands of the Taliban:
358,530 rifles
126,295 pistols
64,363 machine guns
25,327 grenade launchers
12,692 shotguns
9,877 RPGs
2,606 howitzers

And you can throw a couple thousand night-vision goggles, surveillance drones, and communication devices on that list as well.

Price tag: In total, it adds up to nearly $84 billion dollars in tax-payer-funded U.S. military equipment.

Joe Biden just funded an army of terrorists in Afghanistan.

Source: GAO analysis of Department of Defense data.

PS Don’t Forget “THE CASH”, A ROOM FULL of “CASH”.

Posted by Tiptree (Member # 844) on 06-25-2022, 08:46 AM:

That equipment, especially the howitzers, would allow Ukraine to send Russia back to the stone ages.

But, no. Much of it is going to rust and never be used (many of the aircraft were rendered inoperable), or be used to allow the Taliban to run roughshod over our former allies (the Northern Alliance).

This is a sign of a hollow nation, not a strong one. Rich, but rudderless, and ready to fall from internal divisions.