U.S Weapons Smuggled Out of Afghanistan

A new report outlined $7 billion dollars worth of US Military equipment was abandoned in Afghanistan but where is it going? Apparently it's flowing into India and Pakistan.
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[@Taskandpurpose]

Thanks for watching guys, let me know what you think of the all the equipment left in Afghanistan spilling over to India and Pakistan. Did I miss an important aspect? Do you agree with my thoughts? unironically hooah photos: instagram.com/cappyarmy/ uniornically hooah tweets twitter.com/Cappyarmy

[@BobaFattttttt]

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[@yourfriend4104]

Can you do the new replacement for the Common Tatctical Truck?

[@owais146]

SIR KASHMIRIS ARE FREEDOM FIGHTERS NOT TERRORISTS AND THERE FREEDOM FIGHTING MOVEMENT WAS STARTED IN 1930! THANKS

[@icecoldcrickets1452]

A lot of those NVGs were given directly to the ANA. I can honestly say that I personally trained Taliban on the use of 7 Deltas; As the primary trainer for the first NVG equipped Kandak (Battalion, 1-9 Kandak IIRC?) in the ANA, I was the NCO showing them how they worked and teaching very basic tactics. Their joes didn't get 'em, just the senior NCO's and all the Officers. About a quarter of them immediately defected to the Taliban when the unit left for Lashkar Gah, with their fancy new equipment and training in hand. Fewer than expected, actually. No lasers though, just NODS. *edit: to clarify, I was highlighting that half the stuff we gave to the ANA was already going to the Taliban while we were still there, and the absurdity of training the guys during the day who were going to shoot at you that night.

[@michaelwilliams9574]

Congrats?

[@icecoldcrickets1452]

@@michaelwilliams9574 Hell no, just highlighting how fucked the whole thing was from day one. Half the equipment we gave to the ANA was already going to the Taliban because half the ANA were IN the Taliban.

[@judeodomhnaill9711]

@@icecoldcrickets1452 sucks man. Washington is the swamp.

[@michaelwilliams9574]

@@icecoldcrickets1452 that's because we didn't learn from Vietnam

[@serronserron1320]

When I was volunteering with the Red Cross and other humanitarian groups the impression that I got was most of the Afghan people didn't desire Western-isms and the local government's officials were completely corrupt.

[@jeffroberts8246]

I'm a veteran United States Army from 1990 to 1994. The content of this video turns my stomach. Can't believe that we would leave all that equipment behind. The 16,000 night vision goggles blows my mind more than anything. Night vision goggles were treated as a sensitive item and you had to account they're aware abouts at all times along with your weapon. Now all of that gear can be reverse engineered and mass produced. We just gifted our enemies years and years of research to build these items for free

[@joshuablair252]

Don’t worry there is plenty of people in denial and are saying that they had just as much night vision before as they do now and would have not made a difference. They are arguing that all of the gear we left them did not make a significant difference because they already had the equipment in the first place.

[@jeffroberts8246]

@@joshuablair252 I have heard some of those same arguements. It is utterly ridiculous. The Pakistanis are a nuclear power because of stolen technology that filtered to them. It's just so sickening that the policies put in place by this administration is not policies. It's just a reversal of all things that the previous administration and administrations prior. It's disgusted how it is just white washed in the news. I think of all the state of the art equipment that is being used to make the damn Taliban a legitimate threat if not globally then at least regionally. It set us back at least 20 years. I believe however that future generations will be feeling the affects of this. Look at what I ran has done with the plane load of cash they received from us.

[@RealPlatoishere]

And the mess created for Indians.......I think bidens stupidity destabilized a whole region

[@phizc]

Night vision goggles aren't hard to get these days. Things have changed since the 90s. You can buy Gen III night vision goggles such as the PVS-15 as a civilian. There are export restrictions, but that's never going to prevent them from ending up in China.

[@jeffroberts8246]

@@phizc then why isn't other countries owning the night

[@mattcy6591]

I know leaving some stuff behind couldn't be helped when trying to withdraw and take as few human losses as possible. But the sheer amount left behind is staggering.

[@huwhitecavebeast1972]

The losses should have been ZERO. Instead we lost 13.

[@NotJustAnotherAverageJoe]

Well, it was a 20 year conflict.

[@tvhead7074]

Probably left on purpose

[@tc5328]

Chris did explain the reasoning as to why stuff was left and it makes sense. We had to leave equipment for the Afghan army, not knowing that they would just give up instantly.

[@serronserron1320]

@@huwhitecavebeast1972 Over the next year after Japan surrendered over 1,100 US soldiers died, the military kept that Under Wraps To make sure that any more violence between US troops and the Japanese population didn't escalate. World War II was over even if the fighting had not completely stopped.

[@3x0ticContent]

What's also crazy is that this doesn't include the countless European made weapons such as AK variants, PKMs, rpg and etc that were given to the national police and special police forces. As well as the huge surplus of Russian made weapons during the soviet war. Taliban have practically a monopoly on all the weapons.

[@tommygun5038]

It sounds like a lot. But US civilians have 100× that amount.

[@pandahsykes602]

@@tommygun5038 yes and ? We aren’t terrorists, and we don’t intend on using these guns against USA or against villagers in Iraq … these terrorists (regardless of if you see them as such) will be using them for killing , we Americans use them at the range and on Instagram . Get real kiddo .

[@tommygun5038]

@@pandahsykes602 ....That's not the point i was making. Anything that requires maintenance in that part of the world will be useless in a decade. Getting (real) would require a total war on their 10th century feudal culture.

[@thelordofnuggets629]

@@tommygun5038 US civs wont do shit with it they never would

[@andrewgates8158]

@@thelordofnuggets629 I'm your huckleberry.

[@ivanstepanovic1327]

The first country that immediately recognized the Taliban as legal government was - China. The second country that did the same was China's old ally - Pakistan. At the same time, both China and Pakistan have border disputes with India, so it makes sense that this is now happening, with India being targeted... Oh, BTW it's not only India that China has border disputes with... They have border disputes (and clashes) with the total of 17 (SEVENTEEN!!!) countries... A good neighbor, right?

[@MY-zj8pb]

Half of those so called disputes are made up by Indian media.

[@jamesricker3997]

China has interest in the mineral wealth of Afghanistan Given China's business practices and the culture of Afghanistan there is going to be trouble

[@ianhines2302]

No one has legally recognized the Taliban government

[@hi4806]

China only has land disputes with India and Bhutan, and Bhutan is controlled by India.I emphasize the land dispute land, not the sea.

[@donbalduf572]

Same thing happened after Vietnam. Every two-bit terrorist or revolutionary got a slightly used M-16 and other goodies. Small bright side: With the rough handling such people give to equipment and without ready spare parts and maintenance the gear craps out in fairly short order, although it can cause a lot of trouble before that happens.

[@huwhitecavebeast1972]

There is a big difference between leaving rifles and leaving NVG and drones.

[@donbalduf572]

@@huwhitecavebeast1972 yeah, true. It’s not a good thing no matter how you look at it

[@OneEyedRascal]

I don’t many m-16s in nam were slightly used lol. But I see what your saying

[@jefferyboring4410]

Guns are amazingly resilient it’s amazing how long guns can last. A few cheap springs and a home made extractor can keep em shooting for many decades. I’ve got a Romanian ak probability had 60k rds through it and it’s worn silver but shoots fine and reliable. If u look at M16s that were used over seas u see the same thing up and running on original barrels for almost 50 yrs now.

[@animegaming4057]

What a shitty comment. Last time I checked, the “terrorist” as you say were only defending their country. As with every war since Vietnam has been for other countries. Call them terrorists all you want, they are fighters for their homes. And if you so much as think of using 9/11 as the excuse, firstly, don’t insult the memories of those we lost, secondly, it was Saudi Arabia who which we should have invaded and bombed to kingdom come. What was the number again? Something like 17 of 19 of the high jackers came from Saudi? And we invaded Iraq? Alfganistan? Pakistan? Yemen? And Saudi is our top ally? You can fuck off with your comment.

[@connorluke131]

As an Indian citizen it's a big threat for us but we will handle it.

[@nokachi3339]

I'm sorry our leader fucked you over

[@BigBrotherTheWatcher1984]

​@Lustig Why should we handle San Francisco?

[@maxs.5112]

"They honestly look better equipped than the Russian Army now" That is such a hard true stab at Russia, and it made me laugh.

[@soyounglee5985]

good job arming them .laugh at your failure

[@mill2712]

Even when dissing the US, Russia will always take heat. No matter what. Probably China too.

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

When their new rifles are much more budget version than the "military grade" M4's and spend half the money saved in upgrading their old rifles FOR THE THIRD TIME, you know it's bad...

[@y0h0p38]

NYET RIFLE IS FINE

[@davidty2006]

Yeah... They actually got NVD's...

[@manemperorofmankind8119]

Honestly this whole situation was disgraceful, the war was alright for a few years but as I’ve heard from you, the locals couldn’t care less for who was in charge and cared more about getting high, the US should of realized that, made it their public statement and fucked off

[@orkhepaj]

yep , iwould have send only strat bombers to level everything

[@manemperorofmankind8119]

@@orkhepaj well I won’t pretend to say that would not of fixed anything, cause it would of, but the US relies too much on foreign resources to take such a massive PR hit like that. There honestly was no good answer to this, if the US didn’t go in then they would of looked weak to the world, and if they did (as they did) we all know what happened. All in all the best case was if they used a world wide PR campaign to discredit the local population and make them out as nothing but crack heads the whole population and then leave because of it.

[@bloodfiredrake7259]

@@orkhepaj You lot are savages. Thank god my country has the nukes to keep you animals civilised.

[@peterdenov4898]

That's the excuse they want you to believe, truth is the US put way more effort in training and equipping the Talibans than they did with the Afgan army. AA was also basically “taught” to fight with the wrong combat doctrine which relied on US air superiority (that ultimately went completely offline) as it's spine for operation and high tech superiority (for which they didn't receive the equipment till the last two weeks of the war, ffs it wasn't even “recieved” is was “left” after mass dissertation).

[@manemperorofmankind8119]

@@peterdenov4898 true enough, but what I said still rings true, the US should of just came in, whooped ass as they did, get the bad guys, then leave. But then again what was even the point of starting the war in the first place, besides revenge.

[@Faus4us]

I lost a brother, 1st. Lt. Trevarius R. Bowman, in Afghanistan. We went through BCT together. There are no words to describe how pissed I am at the incompetence of American leaders. You've been failing the People. America needs to unite in peace. Step down so we can have it🙏

[@manydirt2600]

I looked Bowman up, he looks like a good guy. I'm sorry for your loss. You're not alone in your anger and disappointment. We need more people like him in the world, and if by our leadership's incompetence they're sacrificed for nothing - they absolutely should step down

[@captainharris8980]

This won't be of any comfort to you, but, a I posted on other forums, the US had the exact same problem with the Apache tribes in the 1800s, and the only way to get them off the war path was through deceit and colonization. They were desert warriors just like the Taliban, but the US strategy didn't seem to cut off the Taliban's arm supplies coming from former Russian satellite states. So, in a sense the US was at war with Putin. And I think ultimately that's why the effort failed.

[@unclelumbago9292]

@john dowe notsees 💀

[@cliffc2546]

I have to say a political thing. Obama announced that US policy was that the US would withdraw forces at some point in the not too distant future. Trump foolishly carried the ball and negotiated the agreement with the Taliban, against the advice of his generals. Finally, Biden completed the job with a debacle that it seems only America could possibly achieve in scope and breadth. The entire withdrawal project told the Taliban that they could wait out the US, and once the US was gone, there would be no one to stop them so there was no reason to put down their weapons and get with the new, modern Afghanistan. The Afghan people generally got the message, too, so it's no wonder they accepted the Taliban. Resistance would truly be futile, and the writing was on the wall. The American people have been led by the worst, appalling presidents over the last 20 or so years. They've negotiated or just completely abandoned the sacrifices and achievements that the country paid, all for the fleeting political goal of saying they ended a war that had essentially been won, which was the case for both Iraq and Afghanistan. Afghanistan, of course, had become a low intensity conflict with no US casualties for almost 2 years before Biden pulled the plug, to the dismay of America's allies. An absolute catastrophe and yet another American tragedy.

[@bigshow196]

@john dowe why not? were already have a failing educational system just from this post alone......notsees......what are you, 8?

[@user-ms4ef8xz9t]

I am glad you made this video. I hope people realize why this happened. The defense industry is more than happy to replace everything with new equipment. With these corporation now running Washington, any excuse to buy new equipment is welcome. What happens to the old stuff doesn't really matter. Its all about the money. I fear the entire Afghan war was an exercise in defense spending. I'm not so sure that Vietnam wasn't as well. This is no slur against the men and women that served in these conflicts. I'm a Vet, and like then I did what I was told and trained to do. They should be proud of their service. The problem is the people calling the shots. I recently did a study on the history of Afghanistan. Anyone who takes the time to learn it, and I'm sure our government did, would quickly realize that there was zero chance we would make any real difference there. Strangely I found the history of Vietnam much the same. These are two places that one empire after another have tried to take and they ALL failed. So that begs the question why did we poured billions of dollars ( and American lives ) into these hopeless wars. Who was to benefit from these lost causes? The answer is the same for both wars. My answer? Get the money out of politics. It makes me sick to think that so many good Americans have died so that someone could make a buck. America, get the money out of it and take back control of your country. Let's fight for right and wrong, not a profit margin.

[@gang3576]

Your a rare one and I'm not even American. Most these idoits don't see it, still calling them our “enemies” like bots. Some rich old corrupt politicians decided these guys are the enemy so that shouldn't mean u have to be blind follower.

[@MrElliptific]

I like how Cappy puts in our face the debacle and sub-par decision making while not even saying once those words.

[@2157AF]

The debacle is not the lost equipment but that we didnt get a viable nation that wanted to defend its people. Back in 2002 we should have had Pakistans full co operation to protect the future govt of Afghanistan.

[@phraker5709]

Clearly hes trying to avoid being political

[@Oblivisci........]

@@phraker5709 To me that's a good thing. When facts become political they start to cease being facts and become fodder for propaganda. Something in America that is increasingly becoming a problem.

[@fredmeyer369]

@@2157AF feels like Afghanistan was mismanaged from day 1 - until the end. Blaming Biden for the change of orders, but really... should we have stayed for a country that couldn't defend their selves? I just now realized I was 14 when Afghanistan started, ended when I was 34. Just insane.

[@KlaustheViking]

@@2157AF Even though Pakistan is clearly in favor of the terrorism.

[@snapturtle3253]

a low rank lost a magazine : THAT IS NOT TOLERABLE. SERIOUS PUNISHMENT! General left billions of weapons to terrorist : hehe

[@nvelsen1975]

Police that bras!

[@serronserron1320]

One push-up for the generals to complete for every scrap of equipment that was left over there

[@michaelwilliams9574]

The general did not make the decision. Your comment is pretty ignorant. The weapons and equipment weren't left to terrorist. They were left to the Afghanistan army which went belly up as soon as American forces left the country

[@michaelwilliams9574]

Besides, losing a magazine would only result in a small statement of charges. Or it could easily be covered in a report of survey

[@bdan6954]

@@michaelwilliams9574 go away

[@brockjohnson5068]

It took years to get all that stuff there, and in theory the Afghan Army would utilize it when we left, but the pace at which they folded (Because they saw their leaders run for the hills) was staggeringly fast. I would have thought the night vision goggles you would want to keep , but then again if you take them from the Afghan Army while they still might have a use for them - it sends a bad message. But i believe there are newer goggles that will make those old ones obsolete.

[@mazin_iq1499]

A night goggle is a night google nevertheless just like how newer fire arms that are better than the ak-47 were made it did not stop the ak-47 from being effective.

[@bluecollarcanuck]

Apparently, the US Government has never read "The Art Of War" by Sun Tzu.

[@CedarHunt]

It's not US military equipment, it's afghan army stuff. Just more proof they didn't deserve our support.

[@huwhitecavebeast1972]

That's the same thing.

[@meisterproper8304]

You were an occupier who suppressed the local population for 20 years with nothing to show for it. The regular Afghan army was full of drug addicts and other bums, cause thats the kind of people who are willing to play soldier for an invader. This is a lesson for every big power to avoid such useless forever wars

[@TomG1555]

@@meisterproper8304 Well, now the Taliban are in charge again. I leave to the reader to decide if that's a better situation, for the Afghan people, their neighbors, and the world at large.

[@MasterBetty545]

We should have never been providing them with these large quantities of equipment if the ANA was so crap to begin with. But that's the U.S. govt for you, can get nothing done but waste money.

[@utsabghosh331]

Us not destroy advance weapon us give advance weapon to Taliban.

[@GardeningWarrior]

I have felt for some time that all of that was left behind on purpose. I guess now we know it more than likely was.

[@somaliano99kingkonghimself75]

The British before they left Somalia they left so much guns that almost 70% of the Somali clan then it all started fighting inland witch is what they want

[@MrRedsjack]

"they can't reapair them" Of course they can. Most military equipment is designed the be repairable by a grunt. Afghanistan is a big country and there are engineers with university degrees there and tens of thousands of car mechanics. Also there is enough equipment that they can cannibalize veichles for decades for spares and a good workshop can make many of the spares needed. People in the middle east can keep all sorts of trucks running for decades after their use by dates, humvees and mraps aren't that different.

[@huwhitecavebeast1972]

Yeah I called bullshit on that. Even if they couldn't they could call China or Russia to help them out, who would be happy to oblige.

[@sumotony]

Wrong on the engineers, USA uni's were educating Afghani's in Women's Studies ;)

[@mrleaf7195]

Yup

[@sirmister5383]

they just sent the broken parts to kyber pass. those guys can make anything

[@bobtehdinosaur]

@@sumotony I don't understand what your point is

[@MrAnonymousRandom]

Even if the equipment were handed over to the Afghan army, much of it would end up being stolen. Corruption, poor pay, and poor morale render the Afghan army useless.

[@user-ug5xr2gb6j]

I’m getting a little déjà vu with Iraq.

[@enriqueperezarce5485]

@@user-ug5xr2gb6j Iraq is friendly but is influence by Iran, but when push comes to shove it would side with the US.

[@MrAnonymousRandom]

@@user-ug5xr2gb6j The whole war on terror is a joke. Afghanistan is back in Taliban hands after 20 years. Iraq is a breeding ground for terrorists and is a borderline failed state without Saddam to maintain order. Invading Saudi Arabia and the cutting off the donations going towards exporting Islamic fundamentalism makes far more sense.

[@user-ug5xr2gb6j]

@@MrAnonymousRandom or we could quit giving them a reason to want to blow us up, and worry about our domestic issues that are spiraling out of control, lol. We’re good at exacerbating a problem. We declared war on poverty, drugs and terror and there’s only been more of it since. Why solve the problem when fixing it just enough to maintain it keeps a steady cash flow.

[@MrAnonymousRandom]

@@enriqueperezarce5485 And what do you exactly mean by Iraq? All the different factions have their own loyalties. The only faction I can think of that would support the US is the Kurds and that's if they continue to tolerate the American track record of stabbing them in the back. The Sunni Muslims and Saddam's old guard which lost their privileged status went on to cause trouble, including founding ISIS. The Shiites are having their own internal power struggle - Iran influenced factions vs factions led by local clerics.

[@marginbuu212]

China's gonna have a lot of brand new shit once they've reverse engineered all of that tech.

[@MandalorV7]

They probably have already stolen the tech from the U.S military industrial complex.

[@davidmoorea1961]

An excellent & well researched video!! KUDOS on your efforts, Brother🇺🇸

[@kristiangoransson6104]

As I remember my time in Afghanistan is all the broken Russian equipment all over the place, the amount of spare parts flown in every week to sustain our small Swedish contingent were massive. Not even the US Army could sustain their equipment without the help from contractors outside of the army, the neighboring countries won’t like Afghanistan to be a heavily militarized country. The material left behind isn’t the latest and greatest and China, India and Pakistan already have that types of equipment, some sold to them by the US.

[@Datacorrupter234]

60% of it was sunscreen. skin cancer deluxe

[@hawkmandude8059]

Hur många soldater var där nere?

[@michealbaker8216]

Lol US is not selling equipment to China

[@manyinterests1961]

@@hawkmandude8059 and why is that relevant and important?

[@hawkmandude8059]

@@manyinterests1961 someone is butthurt, i just asked. You prefer me ask something philosophy instead? Jäkla snorunge

[@abracing199]

We're such an embarrassment of a country at this point.

[@BiigiieCheeese]

@@AL-lh2ht Rome was the most powerful nation in antiquity and they still failed in the most pathetic, easily avoidable way.

[@ALJR223]

If I leave a gun in my house and it's not locked up and someone breaks into my house takes the gun and uses it to kill somebody I am criminally liable so this entire Administration should be tried for criminal negligence and they should all rot in prison this is so unacceptable

[@litsci4690]

You are correct, sir.

[@texaswunderkind]

Trump signed the surrender to the Taliban, including the withdrawal deadline. So you want to imprison both the previous administration and the current? The military and civilian government includes tends of thousands of employees, are you going to imprison them all?

[@Rocketsong]

@@texaswunderkind The Trump administration negotiated a 20 point disengagement agreement. The current administration ignored the agreement, and just pulled out without a plan.

[@carlroberson972]

"Disorganized withdrawal"--understatement of the decade.

[@POVDEAD]

Wait pulling out of the middle east and leaving behind 7 billion dollars in MILITARY equipment would lead to the taliban extending their reach out of their own borders, and give them the capability to organize and fight like a real military? Who could have seen this coming!?!?!?!?!

[@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681]

They would have had guns anyway.

[@atomiklam]

Set up the flank, we can spot them now. If we sold it to them sneak-deaky like, we go get our shit back and keep the money. Profit???

[@DairyCat]

@@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681 Night vision equipment would give them a marked edge vs other groups in Afghanistan.

[@Zretgul_timerunner]

This whould have been the case even without us intervention... This began when the us built up the mujihadeen during the afghan soviet war.

[@meisterproper8304]

@@DairyCat they already had a bunch of thermal/night vision equipment before the fall of the government (probably through contacts in the ISI and corrupt Afghani officers. They released a bunch of thermal vision footage showing them completely decimating army outposts full of oblivious soldiers.

[@danwilliams5867]

Always "The graveyard of empires". We had no business trying to bring a democracy to a land that has never known it. We should have pursued Al-Queda , whipped on Taliban till they ran, hand it over to some warlord who liked us (money) and said we will be back if you screw up again and left.

[@huwhitecavebeast1972]

We weren't trying to bring democracy, we are not even a democracy. We are a constitutional republic.

[@davidspiller7977]

Not the graveyard of empires. I agree with the rest of your comment, tho.

[@thebarry7546]

Afghanistan is not a graveyard of empires, it's just a graveyard.

[@danwilliams5867]

@@huwhitecavebeast1972 they have no idea what that means either. There culture was established about 2000 years ago. It's not going to change ever

[@Datacorrupter234]

@@danwilliams5867 the middle east has influenced us more than we have influenced them. christianity was forced on us, by them. along with it shortly after most northwest euros year zero onwards start to take on bits of arabian peninsula dna, the average northwest european is about 10% arabian peninsula about 3-8% in scandinavia and up to 30% in southeast germany. They might have failed in their conquest of spain as a whole but they will win this battle of influnce over us and will be the last standing at the end of the millenia

[@cowboymf1013]

Has it already been a year? Too bad nothing's changed.

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

tell that to the indians who used to be alive, but are now dead, killed by the weapons the US left behind.

[@cowboymf1013]

Nothing has changed, the U.S. government is still bungling at every turn and people are still suffering and dying because of it, with weak leaders with destructive motives we continue to seal devastating fates for thousands around the world for decades, even centuries to come.

[@rhines3470]

Giving them that equipment doesn't make any F..KING SENSE.

[@inhuman4]

More embarrassing than the equipment left behind is the fact that no one has been held accountable for that cluster fuck of an exit.

[@dreadfulbodyguard7288]

Military warned govt of this possibility. But, Biden wanted to exit ASAP before 9/11 for domestic politics and created this mess. So, president himself is responsible. Now what, send Biden to jail?

[@chichan8424]

You mean every president and cabinet member since W?

[@KB4QAA]

TB: The US did not abandon the equipment. It belonged to the Afghan army.

[@looseygoosey1349]

@@KB4QAA These people are not going to listen. They don't like that it was Afghan army weapons.

[@ryanbales8116]

The withdrawal fucked the British and our other Allies who were still in country too.

[@firen777]

Wonder which country has been providing technical and political support to the taliban while simultaneously has a grudge against India...

[@meisterproper8304]

To be fair, Pakistans left hand doesn't know what the right does. The are many colliding interests in government, army and secret service. This results in Pakistan aiding groups that actively terrorise their own population

[@nvelsen1975]

Russia doesn't have a grudge against India. India is its biggest arse-kisser.

[@serronserron1320]

Pakistan, and probably some help from Russia who doesn't care who wins so long as they can sell more weapons to both.

[@flawless_Cowboy]

Possibly China

[@dickiewongtk]

@@flawless_Cowboy Pakistan is the puppet, China is the master.

[@callmebigpapa]

Great nuanced view/presentation of a complex situation.

[@fedupgamer9075]

This is an important story which draws a lot of attention to the civilian masses who don't understand how the military works, but we have left arms and munitions in every nation we have fought in throughout time. We were in Afghanistan for twenty years, and I can testify most of this equipment is well worn, and still operable, but requires proper maintenance or disposal. The key term in this is "Last Generation." The equipment is not surplus, but a lot of the stuff the military leaves is last generation equipment and costs us more to bring back and leave on the books. The U.S. military is moving on to newer firearms and electronics. For example the "Super Tocano aircraft is being phased out of use by the USAF.

[@amitsao009]

Saving some money in transportation and disposal of weapons will cost US strategically in future. Resulting in another $100 billion war.

[@balamohammed5947]

old weapons that are still lethal a now used on other nations and their citizens

[@xyzaero]

SOF Super Tucanos are phased out because these 5 airplanes were bought to test them in combat and this tiny fleet is pretty much useless and unsustainable and not because they are old or outdated. Super Tucano even plays in a class of it’s own.

[@samanders2676]

Don't they account for the technology theft? Even if we moved to better tech the enemies will still have very formidable firearms and other equipments.

[@yonahsefchovich5931]

It’s not so much about the US having the gear. You’re right, all that equipment can be easily replaced. It’s about not leaving it to our adversaries. We can easily make armored vehicles sure, but the Taliban? Not so much. Sure we can make M4s easy no problem. But now the Taliban has thousands more. These are weapons that will increase their effectiveness and lethality. Whether that’s against us or our Allies.

[@thepsychicspoon5984]

Lets all be honest. We all knew this was bound to happen sooner than later.

[@CharliMorganMusic]

Yup. No way this was going to be avoided; we were there for 20 years.

[@Repented008]

Cmon! America got lots of stuff when the Nazis left Germany, how is this any different? Let em live. They need that equipment to feed their families.

[@andyf10]

@@CharliMorganMusic Easily avoided. by disabling the kit before leaving. Take the bolts, throw sand in engine oil and run till seizure. Burn stuff. It doesn't take much planning....... oh but there is the key word "planning"

[@mikeholme1388]

@@andyf10 The vast majority of the materiel was property of the Afghan military, and they were still using it. This outcome was inevitable as of Feb 29, 2020 when the Doha agreement was signed between the USA and the Taliban in the absence of any Afghan government representation which didm't help the already pathetic legitimacy of that puppet kleptocracy. Perhaps Biden could have reversed it, but that would have only delayed the exact same outcome down the road, and would have hurt US credibilty in regards to agreements. So the only way YOUR approach works the USA says "give us back all your military equipment so we can leave". You see the problem yes? You are listening to anti-American propaganda.

[@andyf10]

@@mikeholme1388 Churchill fought and sank much of the French Fleet (his allies) to stop it getting into German hands. Maybe Biden could have shown the same backbone? I'd have had planes dropping bombs on all that material the day after leaving, rather than it getting into Talib hands in functioning order. An agreement with the Taliban isn't something I'd lose sleep over tearing up. But then, I wouldn't have made one in the first place.

[@flipeverything2734]

I spent an entire extra week in FTX looking for a psq20 that was “lost” because it was a sensitive item… but we leave 20k of them to the talaban🤔

[@Datacorrupter234]

same, still on my wishlist. still to much of a broke, tired 9-5, american to buy one

[@stanmoroncini8825]

To the Afghan military bro, we didnt just leave it laying in heaps in the desert. The afghan military and police, who refused to fight and cut and run or defected to the Taliban gave it to them. Come on man.

[@flipeverything2734]

@@stanmoroncini8825 because anyone actually thought the Afghan military would fight and hold onto the equipment? Come on man.

[@stanmoroncini8825]

@@flipeverything2734 so we take all our equipment and weapons back? And then what? You complain when they fail regardless and say we shouldnt have left them without weapons and equipment? Or we just keep fighting a forever war in afghanistan for another 20 years, maybe you and a future son die in it? all for what? A government and country that dont even care about existing, as was obviously shown? Come on bro.

[@flipeverything2734]

where did ur comment go?? Come on bro.

[@brucestack1658]

I see you flipped the flag, thank you. Love that you read the comments and were open minded! Keep up the great content.

[@mnk9073]

Pakistan: "The Taliban are selling US equiptment and weapons into Pakistan!" Also Pakistan: *buys a crapton of US equiptment from the Taliban

[@hmmmm6685]

Give Pakistan some money and they will launch jihad against Russia in Ukraine. Most country in world have policy "live and let live" .whereas pakistan has policy of "I will suffer to make you suffer".

[@ineedpowers5151]

They say they will do reverse Engineering 🤣🤣.

[@wawaweewa9159]

Pakistan has a lot of sway in the taliban, many of the new taliban regime are paksitani, born and freely operated from Pakistan. Pakistan saw longterm America ain't gona keep afghnaistan

[@TolerantAcceptingModernCommuni]

@@ineedpowers5151 They have nuclear scientists, engineers and many more upcomming, wouldn't say thag would be hard.

[@CoolClearWaterNM]

I can't tell what side you are on. That is a good thing. It means you are reporting, not pandering. Keep it up. The first step to solving any problem is a brutally honest appraisal of what the problem is. No problem has ever been solved by first misrepresenting the nature of the problem. You seem to get that. Rare these days.

[@RyleKittenhouse]

He’s a soy boy

[@jerrycampbell9376]

And, during the 'Nam, the VC were commonly found to be equipped with WWII weapons that we'd given the Chinese. Really, this sort of thing is not new, or even shocking. Weapons, drugs, slaves....all these have long been historically valuable goods that the winners trade to further their gains.

[@davidty2006]

Heck the maxim is still being used despite being a weapon from the 1800's.

[@Davitofrito]

And the VC after the test offensive in 1968 we're a spent and defeated force. America left a south Vietnam that was capable of handling the VC remnants. What it wasn't capable of doing was holding back the Vietnamese armored and mechanized troops that together with north Vietnam infantry & air force, invaded years later. Why would they be ready when the peace treaty we signed with with both north and south Vietnam stated we would com back if the north ever actually invaded for real rather than through proxies like Vietcong. We wrote a check we weren't prepared to cash and so Vietnam was lost.

[@texaswunderkind]

@@Davitofrito You're not seriously arguing that the United States could have won the Vietnam War had they just stuck around another ten years, are you? If you are, then you know jack shit about the history of Vietnam. They have been invaded and occupied by China, Japan, France, and the United States, and they are willing to think in terms of decades or even centuries to get the occupiers out. There was no scenario where the Americans were viewed as liberators. Just being there was the problem, not the solution.

[@jr75848]

Much of the equipment requires "specialized maintenance" 🤣 Dude have they never watched videos of how easily they fabricate something outta nothing? I was in Afghanistan and I can personally tell you that yes, perhaps they don't have all of the cool tools that we have but, they also don't need them. I've watched Afghan mechanics turn a broken down jingle truck with two flat tires into a viable moving vehicle using some wires, fabric, 1 spare tire from a small car like a Corolla, a leather belt, some tar, and some other shit I can't remember. They drove the damn thing 134 miles, up and down mountains with stopping only ONCE because it was overheating. Don't tell me they're not ingenious and quick thinking. "The moment you think your enemy is weak and stupid, is the moment your arrogant ass will get shot."

[@johnsanko4136]

I was waiting to hear where those munitions would start to stir up trouble. I had no faith that the stuff we left behind was going to stay in Afghanistan long, considering the people who had it. Unfortunately, I don't think many in America will care that now India is being pushed into dealing with them, and it will have to be something related to Europe for the average American to even bat an eye at.

[@BelloBudo007]

It's incredible just what chaos one demented man can cause. And still people are tolerating this crazy old fool.

[@17nirmalya]

At least it is getting discussed in an American KZbin channel. However, we see the same thing getting repeated in Ukraine. Captured NLAWs and downed drones will be sent to China for reverse engineering..

[@effexon]

how much would those had difference in ukraine? or other places? its worth lot of money and probably slow to make more, even if you order batch now

[@johnnysins9054]

Exactly Americans don’t give shit about anyone unless it affects them or Europe

[@ChandranPrema123]

We have been dealing with Pakistan ISI And Army Insurgency for 75 years

[@johngray5360]

As far a the vehicles when they said "specialized maintenance personnel or whatever" I don't think they ever ran across the videos of heavy truck mechanics in that region. It's amazing what they do so little! I'm sure there are plenty of manuals(+ internet duh) laying around being we left all those other goodies.

[@genericscout5408]

It's about when they run out of parts. Until they manufacture their own or just sell the vehicles for something they can repair.

[@User-jyvdtd]

​@@genericscout5408mostly likey they will do business with Russia So Russia would gain a neutralize country If Taliban is smart they would make deals with Russia and Iran and Pakistan and China

[@KevinFrost]

Every time I remember how botched this retreat was from Afghanistan it makes me furious. The US government is such a bloated monster that doesn't care about how it spends money or how it effects people around the world or in its own country.

[@giftedgift9418]

Wait until all the weapons being sent to ukraine start appearing all over the world 😏

[@HerbertTowers]

@@Akompliss B×××.ockx!

[@wojciechstachowiak1746]

@@giftedgift9418 lol kremlin gremlin detected, point and laugh guys. How's the Crimea?

[@RichMiniön-r2m]

*the biden administration

[@FarmerFpv]

It's all Donald Trump's fault. If Biden was in office earlier this would have not happened. He left a mess for Joe Biden.

[@madlad1868]

I aint even american and this shit hurt to watch thats a lot of things left behind

[@elcidgranada3549]

Remember pakistan, a US ally helped the talibans after **** left. A great ally indeed.

[@ThatOnePeacekeeper]

Seeing all of that hardware left behind is still fucking painful

[@nathanwilliams3877]

so goddamn embarrassing. the US military should've given ME this stuff. smh

[@johnwray393]

All I wanted was one set of NOGs. Is that to much to ask?

[@travispaskiewicz2663]

I too, want 300,000 rifles. Because dual-weilding just isn't enough in this day.

[@huwhitecavebeast1972]

Yeah the could have returned our tax dollars to us in that format.

[@schizoidfromsomewhere9341]

do you know how cool having a humvee is imagine the girls you could pick up with it

[@RoCK3rAD]

@@schizoidfromsomewhere9341 they’d get out after the first 10 minutes

[@Anino_Makata]

And to think the Soviet Union did this exact same mistake as well, leaving huge caches of small arms in multiple areas around the world which have now become terrorist, rebel, and piracy hotspots.

[@johnhurley8918]

Statistically, there's hardly a bullet fired in the world that wasn't made in the US or Russia.

[@Charlie-yv3qo]

This is old news the USA has been arming Afghanistan since 1979

[@thewatcher4552]

And they wonder why recruiting goals are hurting the youth have grown up Watching the War on Terror and how we treat vets.

[@toasterpastries5811]

*20 years, 20,000 wounded, 2,500 deaths, and Tens of trillions of dollars ALL WASTED*

[@killaken2000]

the contractors think differently

[@litsci4690]

Rich people got even more fucking wealthy. They wouldn't call it a "waste."

[@davidty2006]

only 2500 deaths? why does that sound so low?

[@porksterbob]

@@davidty2006 American deaths. Afghan deaths are far higher

[@RWesleyClayton]

Sounds like the standard “first one’s free” marketing tactic. Once you get raving fans for your platform then they will be more likely to accept some conditions for access to ammo.

[@machetedonttweet1343]

One of the most important things you touched on were the 2 words "Spare Parts".. The other was "Preventive Maintenance". It wasent until my last year on active duty that I came to appreciate the value of "PM" ,(mostly because I was responsible for making sure it got done) .In one of my postings My CO was "Mustang". That's what called a previously enlisted solider that went to OCS and got a Commission. That was after he was sent to Warrant school ,because as a buck Sgt. he developed a Tech supply system ,that changed the way the Army operated (I for one was impressed).. He was the one who instilled in me the importance of maintenance ,mostly because he told us Squad leaders ,what he would do to us if our squads failed a vehicle or squad weapons inspection . When I think about the Taliban , I think well at least my people could read a FM in English and were unlikely to try to repair a ruptured hose ,by praying over it.

[@newguy954]

the word taliban literally means student and they would be overqualified for the afghan national army if they joined it during the afghan republic.

[@conormcmenemie5126]

Your last few words are probably the most relevant here. The Taliban mindset and low faith in intellect-over-doctrine may be the deciding factor which will ensure that the country remains firmly rooted in the 12th century.

[@newguy954]

@@conormcmenemie5126 you seem to live in a world where only europeans and european descendants are intellectuals recent history have proven you wrong,the soldiers who were training the ana admitted the taliban were far superior then even the us in feilding armies,something they themselves would copy kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHytnXuqa8yEf8k

[@TheDavemarz]

8 years US Army, all of it in the motor pool. Yea Preventive Maintenance is kinda important. The one good thing about Army trucks is that there was always plenty of room to work in the engine. But without a properly supplied and staffed motor pool those vehicles aren't going to be running for too long.

[@newguy954]

@@TheDavemarz oh spare parts,they have plenty of those.

[@BluffyMoo]

This is precisely one major reason why fewer Americans are enlisting in the armed forces- Armchair generals fighting politically correct wars on behalf of corporate greed.

[@umadbro1570]

We forgot to leave a Nuke....

[@4xhoser]

Good video Cappy, curious of how veterans feel about this when their brothers died over there 🇨🇦

[@BigFred458]

What a total mess. Whoever allowed this must be punished.

[@grmpEqweer]

Ghani apparently didn't pay his troops very well, or at least the money often did not make it into the pockets of the front line troops. I've said before that the Afghan government should have made an army of 100% women. That sounds like I'm being ridiculous, but I'm not. Who had the most to lose from the Taliban taking back over? And they have.

[@huwhitecavebeast1972]

The women don't think like you think that they do.

[@tylerphuoc2653]

@@huwhitecavebeast1972 It's not clear whether they would have been nearly as fierce fighters as the Kurdish women battalions, but one can wonder, I guess

[@nvelsen1975]

Plus because Putin ordered US logistical support withdrawn, the Afghan airforce began to collapse due to mechanical problems and lack of fuel. Some OPs in the mountains that did a lot for territorial control could only be supplied by the air. After their support was cut off, the Taliban could simply siege them down leisurely. Plus a lot of the worst/best Afghan warlords were killed over time. Even Matiulah Khan who was all-powerful back then. We deposed him because he was a tyrant and a murderer. The US reinstated him and instantly tripled the number of insurgents in Uruzgan, but even so his militias were a match. The Taliban slowly ground him down until he fled and was eventually assasinated inside Kabul itself.

[@BiigiieCheeese]

An all women army wouldn't fly in a backwards a$$ country like Afghanistan. Women barely had any rights before the USA invaded and even during our occupation women were still considered a man's possession

[@sithlord5149]

@@tylerphuoc2653 could be a cool story

[@philiplawler4236]

That was about as none biased as it gets. I appreciate that because this was a big mistake that’s going to reverberate through the region for some time to come.

[@cassiusaetius111]

Those weapons were given to the Afghan Army, but even after us being there for 20 years, they folded within hours of our departure. What could we have done? Ask for the equipment back before we left? The problems is that we grossly misjudged the Afghan administration, if we thought they would fold immediately after we left, we should not have given them all those weapons. Anyone that has been in the military knows how long it takes for the planning and execution of large deployments. Our redeployment out of Afghanistan began long before 2020, by the time those final months came around, our troop and equipment levels had already been diminished, troops had already pulled out of forward bases, and to reverse course would mean to bring more troops back to Afghanistan and re-occupy forward bases. Personally I feel that if we couldn't get the job done in 20 years, a few months or years more would not change anything. Eventually you have to cut your losses and get out.

[@christopherwang4392]

As humiliating as it is to see the Taliban parade around its arsenal of captured American military equipment, it is questionable whether the Taliban could actually put them to good use against the National Resistance Front, Islamic State - Khorasan Province, and other anti-Taliban opposition groups. American military equipment are complex and maintenance-heavy which requires trained personnel and an organized infrastructure to maintain them, both of which the Taliban currently do not have. The Taliban may be able to conscript personnel and scavenge parts as an interim measure. But sooner or later, the Taliban's arsenal of American-made military equipment will fall apart and they will face the same logistical problems encountered by ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

[@roadhouse6999]

NODs might break but ACOGs and M4s are made of Rooseveltium.

[@mountplusBladeequals]

They can and actively are using them against the NRF. They’re making extensive use of helos and artillery in the Panjshir valley. They’re also crushing the “organized” resistance groups with massive mechanized juggernauts.

[@christopherwang4392]

@@MorriRay Some units of the Afghanistan National Army such as the Commando Corps fought valiantly against the Taliban, but they were let down by corrupt and incompetent leadership in Kabul. While the National Resistance Front are hiding and reorganizing in northern and northeastern Afghanistan, the Taliban are also preoccupied with rooting out Islamic State - Khorasan Province which have shown to be as dangerous as their Iraq-Syria counterparts.

[@serronserron1320]

The country has been able to keep Soviet equipment running for decades. It won't take long for them to hire or develop capable mechanics to maintain much of this equipment by themselves. It's also obvious that they're receiving help from Pakistan which has a professional modern Army.

[@huwhitecavebeast1972]

Who cares if they could put it to good use? They shouldn't have it and it was gigantic waste of taxpayer dollars. Other people who can use it will get a hold of it. I don't pay taxes to arm the f*cking Taliban!

[@john_in_phoenix]

I can tell anyone from India, the vast majority of people in the USA are not happy about this either. FYI, love your Kilroy flag. I hear Russia is looking for good equipment. It would have been nice if they had at least dumped sand and sugar into the fuel tanks of the vehicles and helicopters.

[@mandrake925]

They did sabotage all the helos in Kabul before they left at least. Better than nothing.

[@michaelwilliams9574]

Why would we sabotage vehicles we're leaving to their Afghani Army? Why would we sabotage any of the equipment we were leaving to their military in hopes that they would use the gear to fight the Taliban?

[@mandrake925]

@@michaelwilliams9574 the stuff that was sabotaged was bc they knew the fight was over already. It was when the taliban had Kabul and we where still doing the evac

[@ajaypal14121]

Hello Guys Indian Armed Forces Are far ahead to tackle Taliban Militants even With USA weapons After Takeover Of Taliban their had been only 23 Breaches In LOC as We are taking those PIGs out at LOC only our Frontline troops are far well equipped than Taliban and we lost 6 Soldiers in 1.5 years...and WE got RR (Rashtriya Rifles) or National Rifles over here who have experience of Anti terror operation of 30 + years Same RR kicked backed Taliban Militants in 90s when with the help of pakistan they tried to break Kashmir from India

[@hogginarmocount9562]

Well, this is new for you, we have been doing this since the early 90s...when the paki army sent in hardline Jihadis into Kashmir. The Taliban would not have survived a single day without Pakistani army and ISI support. They literally run the Taliban. Everything that is provided to the pakis will first be given to the chinese and next to the myriad jehadi groups. The US can spend billions on making weapons, but not a few weapons on recovering them... This is either a poor reflection on the accountability- or the fact that it was purposefully done so that the MIC gets to be the sword and the shield.

[@justintyme4690]

And they want to tell me I'm not responsible enough for mine 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rsKayiira]

Unbelievable just how much equipment was left there that could have been sent to Ukraine

[@noname-nq5zn]

Night vision should never been left behind

[@gibbsm]

It wasn't, it was given to the ANA, and the 5,000 taliban and other baddies that trump 'let out' were there to steal it all after we left.

[@litsci4690]

You sure as hell got that right.

[@chrisbrent7487]

Just like AK74's, Bren 2's, SCAR L's, M14's, FN Minimi's and FN MAG 58's and FN 2000's will be turning up on the European arms black market for decades to come from arms supplied to Ukraine that have "disappeared" from armories. I have heard of several accounts of Foreign Legion units finding their rifles and machine guns had vanished from armories after being signed back in after operations. I'm not suggesting we shouldn't be arming the UAF but we it should be conditional on stamping out as much of the corruption like that as possible as it erodes their fighting capacity worse than Russian artillery.

[@sagnikdebsarkar169]

The increasing number of US weapons in Kashmir is really a growing concern... Nowadays, each and every CI/CT operations conclude with reports on these US weapons... The irony is even though they use Night vision and all other modern military devices left by the US, but none of those terrorists wear any bullet proof vest...rather thay take high amounts of drugs before engaging in a combat.

[@plutodestroyer12]

as an American who actually cares that our enemies DO NOT have access to our equipment , this pisses me off to no end!!! first time in history that a known terriorist group was armed in THIS amount of mass..... insanity !

[@erpherp4047]

what no, its happened alot shit just look into contra or the mujahidin read up on history before ya start rattling off bullshit.

[@BiigiieCheeese]

Al-Queda had 9 highly trained insurgents and they crippled the USA and NATO. Now the Taliban has arguably better trained insurgents and equipment so be prepared for an even worse 9/11.

[@obsidianjane4413]

As an American taxpayer you should be annoyed that your money from 20 years was pretty much pissed away. As an American you should not fear a bunch of Islamic reprobates on the ass side of the world who are quipped about as well as your average pawn shop.

[@ajaypal14121]

Hello Guys Indian Armed Forces Are far ahead to tackle Taliban Militants even With USA weapons After Takeover Of Taliban their had been only 23 Breaches In LOC as We are taking those PIGs out at LOC only our Frontline troops are far well equipped than Taliban and we lost 6 Soldiers in 1.5 years...and WE got RR (Rashtriya Rifles) or National Rifles over here who have experience of Anti terror operation of 30 + years Same RR kicked backed Taliban Militants in 90s when with the help of pakistan they tried to break Kashmir from India

[@MrScooter77]

Less weapons for us soldiers means, we can focus on "PRONOUNS."

[@dmf4254]

It doesn't matter who has the bigger stick, it matters who is swinging it and that my friend is worth more than a whole base of steel.

[@jus7040]

It is still damaging enough as those 'stards use some of these things to harrass and surpress local civilians.

[@CedarHunt]

It definitely does in fact matter who has the bigger stick.

[@Clifford_Banes]

They're swinging it at the civilians.

[@WavyOskar]

Shepherd?

[@serronserron1320]

Despite all of that equipment the US military never had control over northern Afghanistan. Now that the Taliban has decades of experience as well as integration of U.S. military training they can take full tactical advantage of their enemies.

[@BlackWater_49]

8:27 The difference is that Ukraine's military and population have exceptionally high moral while the Afghan military (somewhat predictably) faltered and ran at the first sight of the Taliban without US forces' backing.

[@murphy7801]

I mean I don't know why they thought Afghanistan army would ever be a thing

[@BlackWater_49]

@@murphy7801 It was a thing but it wasn't self-sufficient nor effective alone. In Afghanistan the whole political approach to create a central state where wrong which is especially weird since the US itself is a federal state instead of a central one like e.g. France. A federal system would have worked a lot better in the tribal environment of Afghanistan and would have had more support as well but a central state was never going to be successful without constant military support from outside.

[@jjoyjit_162]

NO sir. Most of the personnel from ANA IDEOLOGICALLY supported the TALIBAN, they just kept quiet and waited

[@BlackWater_49]

@@jjoyjit_162 Any why did they join the Afghan national army then instead of the Taliban?

[@jjoyjit_162]

@@BlackWater_49 Cause they gotta run their families. Moreover, if the joined Taliban while War is active and U.S troops present in Afg , likelihood of getting themselves killed is higher

[@soulpowdr8532]

Dude! Your videos are great!

[@weetytoaster1835]

The only reason why they’re able to operate these US vehicles with such ease is because the people piloting those vehicles used to be a part of the Afghan national army but they surrendered to the Taliban

[@elix901]

I wouldn't say they surrender. They literally just opened the doors and welcomed them in. Much of the national army sympathized with the Taliban.

[@weetytoaster1835]

@@elix901 Yeah another thing that blows my mind is that I’m surprised that Joe Biden didn’t send in the army or the Marines to stop the Taliban at least.

[@mill2712]

@@weetytoaster1835 My guess is, they (The administration) probably didn't care enough to want to waste another service member in that desert.

[@Datacorrupter234]

the taliban (in many muslims eyes is the defender of their native customs....they are not spineless blonde haired swedish people. they do not give their customs and way of life away so easily as a westerner like us might expect. they fight with their lives to preserve their way of life for everyone

[@weetytoaster1835]

@@Datacorrupter234 true

[@hber1980]

Good thing we didn't waste that money on housing and medical care for our own people. Imagine if we had built houses with that 7 billion...but then those poor defense contractors wouldn't be able to afford their mansions and private schools for their brats, not to mention donations to congressmen. This country is insane, literally insane.

[@CharliMorganMusic]

I want the AMA to die

[@ls200076]

Oorah

[@aliusstrong667]

You got your hands so earn it and dont expect getting free gifts

[@Chvelle68]

Imagine the 80-90 billion (plus the cost to resupply / upgrade) sent to Ukraine when just about 30% reaches the final destination.

[@Chaddeusthundercock]

@@aliusstrong667 lol man, American medical care is horrendously expensive For the best and richest country in the world it’s quite the embarrassment

[@notmenotme614]

It will be embarrassing when they prove they can operate those weapon systems without needing to spend billions on contractor support.

[@Michael-rg7mx]

No excuse. The big ticket items could have easily been removed. The small weapons and ammo gets palletized. The large stuff gets piled together and burned. A b52 strike hammers the pile into scrap.

[@litsci4690]

Yep.

[@13thmistral]

well they did expect the afghan army to put up a fight.....oops.

[@EXPLORER-hq1us]

Should have given it to Indian army may be ?

[@Michael-rg7mx]

@@EXPLORER-hq1us Absolutely. Give it to an allied country. When ww2 ended. Many trucks and jeeps were partially worn out. Tanks of an older design. They were given to countries like Spain. But they still boxed up materials and shipped them back to the USA. The returning troops worked at supply depots sorting, cleaning, and storing everything even canteens for use. For decades ROTC, reservists, and bootcamps trained with that equipment. But not Biden. $80 billion just left behind. The generals should go to jail for wasting.

[@EXPLORER-hq1us]

@@Michael-rg7mx and now those are being used against us :(

[@nickmccarter2395]

And now, the M4 is the "weapon of the people"

[@hws-rl1cp]

Not including us citizens

[@joeperkowski]

Just throwing it out there why didnt the military destroy the gear?

[@xKingLibra]

I heard they sabotaged some vehicles they left behind, but I guess they didnt have the time to destroy everything

[@OldMusicFan83]

Our Administration wants to humiliate us. They hate the US

[@letsdothis9063]

Idiots in charge. They thought that they were arming the Afghanistan Defense Force. Obviously, it didn't work out that way.

[@GotGracexxxxx]

@@xKingLibra The surrender deal was signed February 2020, so there was plenty of time. It would have taken some thought, leadership, planning, and work, but surely the Administration that signed the deal knew what was coming and would have made those arrangements, right?

[@litsci4690]

Great question. Answer: Because STUPID.

[@jamesmurdock4830]

And I'm supposed to trust these people who tell me I'm to irresponsible to own a rifle that can hold more than 10 rounds.

[@TheMichaelStott]

When I was deployed to Bougainville mid 2001 the Bougainville people had running WWII US Jeeps. Vietnam, Afghanistan, is pretty much a thing that the US has had a habit of leaving a lot of toys lying around after playtime at other kids houses. I love you guys I really do but can your "Parents" learn to check if you left anything behind when they come to pick you up earlier than they said.

[@sharonrigs7999]

The BRA resurrected a lot of WW2 weapons in the early days of the war.

[@TheMichaelStott]

@@sharonrigs7999 This is true. Even old radio equipment that was left.

[@John-cb8ot]

Love that “Kilroy was here” flag in the background!

[@gregchambers6100]

The US Taxpayer already bought all that gear. Military materials mismanagement plain and simple.

[@mattsmocs3281]

I like how they say you need special training. Yes you do need it to deal with issues.. however this basically is a attempt to act like the enemy is both primitive and stupid. The thing is that people can learn like those who are mechanically inclined, something that anyone can do. Sure, a helicopter is not a trinket or maybe a farm tractor or truck, but the principles are the same, aslong as you can take it apart and put it back together you can build anything

[@xXCatalystic37Xx]

Thanks for another video!

[@reedewillson7289]

Lessons from the war : F'D up from the start . Surround the ENEMY AND DESTROY THEM .

[@zowiefenderblast4602]

I wonder if leaving all those tools behind was done on purpose to keep the war machine going?

[@SM-nz9ff]

Oh yeah man the Earth is flat as well. WTF are you talking about lol. The war was already going, all the US has to do is stay....seriously wtf with these people lol

[@anthonymolina7416]

Most likely yes the west loves war

[@fabiofernandez4265]

Bassically its free real state for drug cartels and terrorist organizations around the world

[@MrGchiasson]

I wonder how many have come across the border into the US?

[@igor_pavlovich]

I have to correct you. Afghan sim cards arent a "proof" of anything. Because Pakistani simcards doesnt work in border India region, people from Pakistan used to buy Iranese or Afghan sim cards which works fine in those regions of India.

[@Taskandpurpose]

Yes agreed it could also be afghan civilians using those SIM cards none terrorists

[@arkadeepkundu4729]

True but a bunch of sim Afghan sim cards suddenly becoming active around the same time & near the border is generally intel in itself. We've seen in Ukraine how EW intel from sim cards are used so frequently with Russian sim cards used to track the invasion progress & NATO country sim cards used by Russia to target missile strikes.

[@whysoserious7553]

Pakistani Sims works fine in India Pakistan border when u think about India Pakistan border especially in kashmir it's not like a wall or something just mountain ranges and Forrest so people move between border and have family relatives on both side of the border so Sim cards works fine both India and Pakistan Sims. Large number of militants have moved from Afghanistan to Pakistan occupied kashmir to wage jihad against India

[@igor_pavlovich]

@@whysoserious7553 good, i've been in POK 2 years ago, and local said they dont work there. Good that it work now!

[@whysoserious7553]

@@igor_pavlovich even Indian Sims cars works in pok within 5km border from india

[@dogetothemoon223]

I bet the Russians are paying top dollar for those M4s.

[@bigbus5845]

yes. high rank military will do this project in order to corrupt

[@kiellinn6233]

Probably after they’ve had 10,000 rounds shot off.

[@RoCK3rAD]

Our m4s are nato 5.56 I’m 90% sure they use 7.62

[@Kanivalos80]

Tax payer money,well spent /S

[@GotGracexxxxx]

Nope. Just fresh out of the Fed printing press. Only one in three dollars of federal spending is matched to a dollar of collected taxes.

[@vos2693]

@@GotGracexxxxx do you actually understand how money works?

[@GotGracexxxxx]

@@vos2693 Better than you, maybe?

[@vos2693]

@@GotGracexxxxx yeah, just like I thought.

[@GotGracexxxxx]

Did you have something substantive to say? Or is this just a snark contest?

[@williamlewis1805]

This ticks me off

[@mauricehinton5889]

I'm more concerned about what secrets the former President may have sold to the highest bidder.

[@voltamars8306]

🤡

[@Pablo-sy1jw]

Doesn’t matter if they don’t know how to use it effectively

[@GodGuy8]

I remember my Drill sergeants kept all 250 of us in basic up all night looking for a pair of lost nods … now Biden and the army brass lost 15000 of them and no one cares (we did find those nods 6 hrs later at the guys ranger grave dugout under some dirt)

[@paxundpeace9970]

Maybe you shouldn't have volunteered for a shit like that in the firstplace.

[@arcinvert]

lets just say I wouldn't be opposed to taking delivery of any equipment that they wanna send me lol

[@frankripley5188]

Here, stand still, pull this ring, wait for the flash....

[@Hybris51129]

I fully expect to see US equipment in use by the Taliban for a very long time and I expect that equipment to be used world wide just as Soviet equipment is now widely traded. The idea that they can't maintain it all is a paper thin hope that I refuse to entertain. The whole thing just goes to show that 20+ years of "Hearts and Minds" and "Nation Building" aren't as reliable as carpet bombing and colonization to maintaining power in a region.

[@Hybris51129]

@@AL-lh2ht True but it still sounds better to expect our enemies to learn how to maintain or jury rig our equipment.

[@cpi3267]

@@AL-lh2ht he's obviously talking about rifles and machine Guns, yes we Will see these rifles being used by taliban for the same amount of time aks, pkms and svds have been around the middle east

[@paxundpeace9970]

To maintain power in a nation like that you would need about 2 million soldiers permanently. With a clear standing to keep this up for 50 years. Try this to sell to your voters.

[@Hybris51129]

@@paxundpeace9970 Considering that our media spins every civilian death of our own enemies as some great tragedy we have far more basic problems than try to sell something like that.

[@RoCK3rAD]

@@Hybris51129 civilian deaths helped aid the taliban giving them more and more to fight for. No one wants to have an outside army controlling their country in the that shithole

[@ilikedirtx22]

This whole situation is EMBARRASSING. Joe is terrible for the USA. We need a new competent and strong leader

[@adamwallace7638]

I’ll believe it when I see it, only the small arms are what I’m worried about, the rest won’t last more than 3 years without maintenance

[@huwhitecavebeast1972]

I haven't done any maintenance on my night vision. Pretty sure the drones don't need any either. How much damage can be done in 3 years? It is unacceptable.

[@erpherp4047]

@@AL-lh2ht likely yes, 2 decades is barely a drop in the bucket needed to convert the minds of a nation to function in a way that is the polar opposite of what they know. youd have better luck getting red welfare states to yank themselves off the blue baby bottle they have been living off of.

[@jingisukhan7988]

At least they should not trust the Afghan national army with that treasure trove of military hardware

[@serronserron1320]

The US gave the Afghan army training on how to maintain most of this equipment. Many of those engineers and mechanics joined the Taliban. It's obvious that they're also receiving help from Pakistan which has a modern army.

[@litsci4690]

It's all being reverse engineered, and improved upon to boot. We just did the heavy lifting for other countries.