The BOTCHED withdrawal of Afghanistan, what was actually suppose to happen | Green Beret

The original plan in to facilitate the withdrawal.
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[@chriswalsh9989]

Recently found your channel Sir and first off thank you for your service. As someone who's family's service goes back to WW1 I can truly appreciate what you have done for our country. I absolutely loved this video and your honesty about what happened. I was so disgusted when I saw how this administration handled those events and the obvious lack of care for our service members. Definitely earned a sub from me and have been checking your other videos out. Thank you again!

[@user-cc5od3zk4p]

I did wonder why this all went down the way it did. SMH. Thank you Nate.

[@ExtraRice365]

I've listened to a couple interviews of Lt. Col. Scott Mann, it's heartbreaking to think about all the Afghan commandos and their families that our govt left behind. I'm no longer a fan of the Shawn Ryan Show since he started making those UFO conspiracy episodes but his 2-hour interview with Scott is really good

[@ValhallaVFT]

Yep. Lot of guys I worked with were part of that unfortunately. We got a few out but not many.

[@Earther94]

I am passionate about the mission set of the SF and it is the focus of what drives me to want to be a part of your community. "De Opresso Libre." Can you do a video about what matters and the impact today that ODAs are having or can have from your perspective? My only struggle of course is the volatility of federal politics and how they might impact the results and sacrifices that the men on the frontier make. On a sidenote, I required a waiver about 5 years ago, the army was giving me the runaround for a few years so i joined the navy side, and well, lets just say I'm ever curious (and training hard) about the ODAs

[@ronb3934]

Just found your channel and been binge watching videos. Thanks for explaining what the hell actually happened because I dont trust a damn thing this administration and media says. And rest in peace to all the fallen soldiers your NOT forgotten.

[@ValhallaVFT]

Hope it gives a better insight into how fucked up they actually are.

[@drummer0dude]

Thanks for this video.

[@noahmichitsch]

Thank you for the insight brother.

[@bingofletch7576]

I felt that statement you made about the tban not wanting to put up a fight in the 2018-2019 time-frame. Was in TF South East in 2019, most the Tban would do is take pop shots at us and launch rockets or mortars, went out a few times hoping for a gun fight but they would never fully deliver.

[@ValhallaVFT]

Ya we operated throughout the south in 2018. We got in a lot of gunfights, waxed about 580 total. They stopped being willing to fight towards 2019.

[@aygo784]

Thank you !!!

[@HunterHayes-rs2yi]

Thank you for the information 👍👍.

[@joeylyons4549]

Appreciate this information. Im glad and a bit surprised it wasn’t taken down by KZbin.

[@boricua1151]

I think the fact that in the final days we were police calling the airport because the taliban complained really made us feel like shit…like what dude…

[@miketaylorID1]

A long repeated adage goes “do not attribute to malice what plain stupidity can explain”. or something near to those words. And it has been my experience that those words hold very true. But, that does not exclude malice in all things. It does not remove evil from the hearts of vainglorious and petty men who have shown that money and power are more important than loyalty to one’s own country and the oath he swore; hand to God and in front of the entire world. No. In some exceptional cases both malice and stupidity reside in the hearts of some men and that is unfortunate and sad. but When that man has been entrusted to lead what was once called the Free World… well that’s just plain dangerous, terrifying and we will be lucky to survive. thankfully there are rough men - such as yourself - who stand ready against that evil

[@nelsonx4235]

Could they have sent a ranger battalion too?

[@ValhallaVFT]

Yes, tons of options available.

[@mastodon24]

I helped build the refugee camp in Germany following this. Shouldn’t have happened this way.

[@jonathanbien3685]

Was in tarin khot 2020 with 1 BCT 10th mountain - deployment got cut short cuz of the pandemic. Only 1 KIA because of an MRAP rollover. Wasn't my battalion tho.

[@greghoyt4061]

“There’s nothing they could have done to make things worse”. Yea… Yea, you could not have put that any better. As more and more info was being dropped following the debacle, I just thought “this is too stupid to be stupid”.

[@estoniantheocracy]

The only thing the military offers is training to combat the evils of our own government. Remember, the LORD said not to worship false idols, I am tired of pledging my allegiance to evil. Amen for spreading the truth brother. ☦️

[@alamsucksemirisbetter2329]

Awesome info brother

[@joeasg2843]

I mean this with all due respect and I have no military experience but from 2015 and right up to the point of the collapse, all I ever read in articles on WSJ was that the Taliban were expanding their control their control in the country and inflicting massive casualties on the ANA forces. When the country collapsed, I wasn't entirely surprised. The speed at which it collapsed shocked me, but not the actual defeat of the Afghan government. I feel like many people had been so disengaged from 2015 to 2020, they didn't realize just how dire the situation was. With that said, I don't think the Biden administration handled it properly, I don't think they handle much of anything properly but I think it was mostly over before the walking corpse even became president. I know you said we weren't taking casualties, but I got the impression that was because we had handed it off to the ANA who were taking a beating. It's a shame what happened there but I read the autobiography of a Russian general who served there in the 80s, he basically said it was a hopeless place due to degenerate cultural tendencies and tribalism. He basically said they just wanted to wallow in their own shit more or less.

[@ValhallaVFT]

I’m sure the bought and paid for media you’re getting your information from knows more than an operational Green Beret, solid critical thinking there 👍

[@joeasg2843]

@@ValhallaVFT Hey man, I'm not trying to offend you with what I said. That was just my honest take on the situation in the years leading up to downfall of the government there. There was a time when I would have defended WSJ as a great source but my confidence in them isn't what it once after watching the Ukraine propaganda mill I suppose. I'm more than willing to consider your input on it but I just don't see how that country could have ever lasted on its own. You should do a series explaining the policies we had there and what worked and what didn't work. I'd certainly tune in for it. I'd be curious to hear your take on the different ethnic groups such as the Hazaras and Tajiks were like also.

[@TimboSliceeee]

20 year old firefighter here, want to go sf but I see this kind of shit going on with our government and it makes me rethink it, do you think joining the military right now is a dumb move?

[@fredred5037]

I was in a similar boat a few years ago and realized that I was attracted to the high physical standards and the “cool” skills/schools learned. But I realized the military and government actively hates its own and wants to create enemies more than create peace through strength.

[@fredred5037]

Take firearms courses, skydiving classes, survival/camping courses, evasive driving courses, scuba classes if you like the water. All the cool stuff without being owned by the government.

[@ValhallaVFT]

No, even with all the negatives, I think the military has so many advantages as a young man that it’s most definitely still worth it.

[@ExtraRice365]

Hey man, I'm a 28 year old going SF. If you know you're meant for it, don't let the FUD dissuade you. I can tell you, in the short time I've lived as an adult, I've learned that every organization has bad leaders and it's up to us to find what we're best at and do our best to make things better. Things might be rough right now, but imagine how bad they'll get if guys like us don't step up

[@Gabriel_the_Shemite]

I agree with Fred. I want to become SF, but I'll go about doing it my way or whatever God has planned. 5 years to be forced to take hokey pokeys and serve unjust leaders isn't worth it to me. Now, if America were to be a just nation, back in WW2 or in its inception, then I'd definantly serve. As the way things are, I'll probably be one of the guys in the coupe, like in 1776- when things pop off.

[@fredcasanova4944]

S/o 2/504 Crow company

[@MC1337pwnage]

After 20 years of not winning what would have been the point of staying? I'm asking earnestly. A tribal society is never going to unify under a foreign installed elected body.

[@ValhallaVFT]

The same reason we’ve held military bases in the countries we’ve invaded for the last 100 years? We had two massive military bases in a country that borders Iran, China, Pakistan. You don’t give up that strategic military advantage for a political stunt. You need to start looking at the world more critically if you’re honestly asking questions like that.

[@MC1337pwnage]

@@ValhallaVFT We did not keep bases in Vietnam after 20 years there. Would have been great to have bases in a country bordering China. I understand what you mean with the strategic value of the territory, but an invasion predicated on dismantling AQ and setting up a democratic government was never going to work. You want to blame Biden but I'm happy we are in one less war that accomplished nothing but make more people who hate us. I do agree that we had stomped out the Taliban by the end, but the second part of the goal, the "nation building" part was NEVER going to succeed. It had not been working since Bush back in 2003. I feel you on the waste of lives, time, and money. That's $2.3 trillion we are never getting back, on a war that accomplished nothing. I have seen too many smacked out ANP to think they were ever going to organize independantly from us. We were all hoping we could get another allied nation like South Korea, instead it was just Vietnam 2 complete with our own exit from Saigon. I get that from your perpective it comes across as an "uncritial viewpoint", but if you think this was a political stunt and not an inevitability you might want to zoom out from the left/right way of thinking and consider if trying to explain voting for 20 years to a people who cannnot read or write seems like a good use of our resources.