The Fall Of Afghanistan: How America’s $2 trillion, Two-Decade War Ended In Chaos

Twenty years of war for the United States and coalition partners in Afghanistan ended with the collapse of the Afghan government after U.S. troops withdrew from most of the country. The rapid advance of the Taliban forced an evacuation of more than 100,000 people from Afghanistan over the course of the last few weeks, and led to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members. Here’s how the fall of Afghanistan happened so quickly, and what’s next for the war-torn country.
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The Fall Of Afghanistan: How America’s $2 trillion, Two-Decade War Ended In Chaos

[@K4R3N]

Don't worry it wasn't all a waste. We'll get a nice series of Hollywood movies about this debacle. We'll find a way to glorify this mess

[@m1a1abrams3]

we also get new call of duties in the future

[@Zov631]

@@m1a1abrams3 and they’ll win the “bad guys “ in those games lol

[@m1a1abrams3]

@@aratirao9007 reported for spamming. all i had to do was look at your comment history

[@LesliePeter]

Hasn't Kabul been liberated from a 20-year unwanted foreign occupation? Feb 2020, the US agreed to complete the evacuation by May 2021 then extended it to 31 August. Why has the US still problem to complete it on time? Does the US slow down the evacuation intentionally for no other purpose than to provoke Taliban? Now our media is crying out loud that the Taliban doesn't allow the US/G7 to keep breaking their agreement. So, any agreement signed with the US/G7 is insignificant - virtually worthless because they can tear it apart at will? Russia offers to provide its civilian planes to fly Afghan and US citizens to the US and other countries. Hasn’t the US not only invaded Afghanistan for 20 years to replace the Taliban with the ‘Taliban’ but also send 1,000 more US troops to aid evacuation? While "cleaning up" the mess in Afghanistan is still under way what country’s vice president is visiting Asia strengthening its strategic structure around China with the sole purpose of containing China?

[@DarrylBodkin]

Sad but true

[@umarbhatti712]

The American taxpayers should be so proud that Ashraf Ghani stole $169 million of their tax money while a lot of Americans sleep on the streets. Great job Uncle Sam.

[@HerrscherOf_Rebirth]

Whut

[@republicofsrpska6904]

I wrote about it a few days ago but Americans wrote to me that homeless people in the US are fantastically good. They get food stamps, work and enjoy it very much. I do not know if really mean it or just joked with me.

[@kettykeran1059]

@@republicofsrpska6904 They just don't want the world know the embarrassing situation of our country, the truth is more and more people are suffering from poverty

[@spaceballs44]

Well I’m sure he’ll end up in hell.

[@alicechengo3003]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXmsfnSJl9iWjqM

[@Monkey341]

Ended in chaos? Not surprising! This happened in 1975 in Saigon, Vietnam too. Exact same situation. Scenes of people rushing onto helicopters at the US embassy, scenes of babies being lifted, scenes of helicopters flying off from embassy rooftop, scenes of Vietnamese US collaborators, translaters, etc. being executed, scenes of Vietnamese refugees on the high seas and land borders.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

thats what happens when you dont study history and remember the past. history will continue to repeat itself over and over

[@qinby1182]

Well... If you in one of the poorest countries in the world announce "Come to the airport and we will evacuate you" What did they expect would happen?? Must say it was not "The brightest idea" they had... Strangely enough nobody has pointed this out...

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

@@qinby1182 I didn't even know that happened...

[@qinby1182]

@@quanbrooklynkid7776 That is why there was such crowds at the airport, the majority without papers and people klinging to aircraft...

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

@@SgtJoeSmith embarrassing episode in US history, don't trust taliban

[@NiCK-ph7cn]

"Mission failed, we'll get them next time." -Ghost

[@dominik5678]

Next mission: ENEMY AC-130 ABOVE!

[@ZhuyithNuristani]

Next mission is liberating Ukraine

[@ayeshak90]

😅 codm

[@elijahtheprophet4544]

Lol

[@FinancialShinanigan]

The U.S. government is so nice giving all those free toys to the Talibans.

[@Zov631]

85 billion dollars worth of weapons giveaway

[@Yochemm]

And the rabbits are shooting back...

[@flydogbus]

China will receive it finally. And U.S.A. will taste the bitter fruit.

[@leisureclub_]

well... I think Talibans deserve all this after 40+ years of fighting ..... USA Created them to fight against Soviets..

[@Yochemm]

@@leisureclub_ The US wasn't also not capable to rule the world, it's a blesss China will take it over.

[@snmailist1470]

How do you donate money to Taliban ? Just pay taxes in the USA 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mugumyapaultheafricannomad9488]

You're being honest..... A fact😂

[@DjGuanacOfficial1-L.A]

.. ...and vote democrat

[@sahriestar]

For real

[@Jacen777]

FUN FACT: The United States simply abandoned $85 BILLION worth of military gear, weapons and vehicles over there. Some perspective: Russia's entire defense budget is only $61.7 BILLION. India spends about $72 BILLION. The UK spends $59.2 BILLION. What we just threw away is more than the entire defense budgets of Italy, Australia and Canada COMBINED, and we did it for NOTHING. What's worse is these very weapons will likely be used against us in the coming years.

[@zaveok7751]

@Buster Smith but it was necessary at the time

[@stefanandrejevic2570]

US : Hey military, here's 2 trillion dollars for fighting in Afghanistan! People : That's cool and all, but can we have free healtcare? US : *hah no*

[@Ardilla88]

Maybe you should talk to your Taliban buddies and have them not attack the US first next time.

[@dr.phylisphical9294]

@@Ardilla88 they didnt even attack the us and the fly brained president didnt even evacuate it right he needed to take the weapons and dogs out first before completely leaving.

[@Ardilla88]

@@dr.phylisphical9294 I am talking about in Sept 11, 2001, they attacked the US. Once you go into a country after a war is started, you are going to be there a long time.

[@Leegendari]

@@Ardilla88 Hes not "buddies" with the Taliban! What's wrong with you?

[@ascendd33]

@@Ardilla88 fun fact, there was litteraly no afghan among the 15 hijackers 🥱

[@googleuser4765]

The title should be "The fall of America in Afghanistan"

[@uncharted7againblackking256]

Yep fr ft

[@Michijoy]

@DefinitelyNotACultist America is short for United States of America

[@kadaltokek3953]

@UC63pHOrtMbG-1436t8SsGOw No you idiot, America is the whole continent not just USA

[@Michijoy]

@@kadaltokek3953 if you want to be nitpicky and technical, I'd tell you that there is no continent called America. there is north and south America, but no whole continent I'm aware of. If you are referring to north america, you say north america. If you are referring to USA, you can say America for short. I can assure you when people say America they're talking about the country. If they're talking about a continent, they'd be wrong. "America" isn't a continent. you're thinking of NA and SA.

[@kadaltokek3953]

@@Michijoy Who said that when people said "America" its reffering to "USA"? Just USA itself, the whole world reffering America as the continent. Now go back to geography lesson weeb, take care yourself, healthcare aint free and remember those 3 grand for an ambulance

[@aidanrezvani9295]

Imagine if 2 trillion dollars was spent on infrastructure here in the US.

[@aratirao9007]

🟡SERCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE CNBC

[@TheOak12345]

We might actually be a better place with all that money spent on ourselves and not for the greed of a few.

[@suereed3474]

I think that's the idea of the pullout. If you can't tac the rich at least you can stop spending money on a losing war.

[@honkhonk8009]

It was lmfao. Litterally like 2 months seconds ago.

[@querube78]

Maybe we would actually have the infrastructure, the renewable energy, the public transportation, to receive this amount of people. At the very least the American people could count on tangible results other than "it's going great guys!"

[@BARYy100]

"There is enough money for wars , but not enough to feed the poor." Tupac Shakur

[@garyoakham9723]

Trump was the first president in over 40 years to not start a new war. And that’s why they impeached him. Look it up

[@jkdgamingtv3766]

@@garyoakham9723 Trump's Impeachment at first was caused by his phone call with the Ukranian President, trying to favor him about the 2020 Election. He was charged for abuse of power, and obstruction of congress. His second impeachement was caused by the US Capitol Attack by Mobs, encouraged by Trump himself. He was charged of Incitement of Insurrection. Trump may not started another war, but Trump caused the reigniting the tensions with the Iranians, which both US and Iran made a peace terms during the Obama Administration.

[@walterburger5281]

@@jkdgamingtv3766 You don't know what the hell you are talking about!

[@FrostyIcey917]

This is why I don't like to talk about politics

[@chiquita683]

That wasn't the lyrics but ok, probably born in 2000

[@katong1953]

US casualties do not seem to include "defense contractors", even when they are Americans.

[@muhammadmalani9180]

That’s a secret 🤫

[@johntomasik1555]

Don't sweat it. Their contribution is killing a lot more of them than them killing of us. We're much better murderers.

[@samguadalupe9196]

Gid bless joe Biden

[@blistering2900]

US always underreports their casualties to maintain their so called super power image

[@theyjustwantyourmoney4539]

Thank you for the 20 year spending of tax payers money on such a mission.

[@AdmiralBonetoPick]

Sure, the last 20 years of warfare in the Middle East cost the USA $4 trillion, but the impact of all these Covid lockdowns has cost the US economy $16 trillion in just two years.

[@adorabasilwinterpock6035]

The US soldiers killed recently were so young, born in 2002, 2001, 1999 etc- they have no memory of 9/11 - It’s history to them, yet they still lost their lives in that war. It is unbelievably tragic. No more.

[@Zov631]

The politicians who waged that war are mostly still living well and sound in their ranches

[@PlaYer-sn5or]

NO MORE? NO, CHINA AND RUSSIA - AMERICA'S NEXT TARGET

[@LesliePeter]

Isn't Kabul, Afghanistan now safer under Taliban than it had been under the previous authorities?

[@aratirao9007]

🚦SERCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE CNBC

[@itsok682]

🤣

[@oldcountryman2795]

$2 trillion flushed down the toilet along with more than 3000 service member's lives. But we "can't afford" health care for Americans. Stop the insanity.

[@jasonkozakiewicz1170]

Medicare for all will cost 40 trillion over 10 years. You wake up.

[@Hidden-comment164]

@@jasonkozakiewicz1170 source: trust me bro I saw someone on Twitter make this statement

[@oldcountryman2795]

@@jasonkozakiewicz1170 That’s an idiotic statement.

[@apiwutintongkam3149]

Look at what american eat. Thier military budget wouldn't cover half the countries Healthcare.

[@buntafujiwara7698]

@@jasonkozakiewicz1170 sure buddy

[@mainamwareri6984]

At last , after failing miserably to make any positive impact in Afghanistan, despite being there for 20 years, America has finally seen the light and waved, the white flag before the victorious Talibans. What a humiliating swan song.

[@jamesburns2232]

If we still had the Will to reisist, the TaliBiden Victory parade would have been stopped by one A-10 making strafing passes.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

@@jamesburns2232 For the record, the idea of exiting Afghanistan began with Barack, then Trump made 'deals' to release Taliban prisoners (one is now the new Afghani leader/ president)--which had no consequences for the Taliban, nor real value other than Trump's personal gain. ALSO, Trump made this deal WITHOUT talking to Afghanistan. #facts Enter the 'Biden' administration. Which happens to inherit everything from the previous administrations, because... uhm... yeah, that's how it works. Then, they had to make their own decisions. Like it or not, 'fan boying' for one 'side' or another is pointless. If we're a 'country divided'... then, we're definitely going to flounder. THAT IS WHAT CERTAIN PEOPLE WANT. They want the people of the U.S. *divided* amongst themselves. People yelling 'TRUMP!' or 'BIDEN!' But in the end, 'DonJoe' will keep you poor, unfulfilled and broke.

[@dvidclapperton]

@@Novastar.SaberCombat Trump made the Afghan armed forces totally defenceless against the taliaban advances. It was Trump who made the "peace" deal public on US TV for electoral purposes.

[@Peliwat.Nusantara]

They didn't see light you idxots, they need to face China now 😂

[@Leegendari]

@@jamesburns2232 Its as easy as that, we target Taliban fighters out in the open with no civilians around, and then blow them to pieces

[@hiyoutube8013]

Heart breaking for the beautiful soldiers and the civilians especially the kids that died because of this

[@K4R3N]

$6TRILLION by 2050 in war debt payments. What a collosal effing waste. Great job Washington 👍

[@gluteusmaximus1657]

Don't worry. A large portion of this 6 trillion is still on US accounts. Ask the military-industrial-complex.

[@aratirao9007]

🔴SERCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE CNBC

[@banditonehundred]

Powell will print that in 20 seconds

[@devinaisaican2133]

Blame the federal reserve an all the Ceos and corporations they are your problem

[@suereed3474]

Where was the rest of the world, including Afghanistan?

[@ReviewWingsDSP]

Spent my early 20s deployed. I’ve had 15 knee surgeries and lost 3 friends. I’m angry, sad and indifferent. Spent 2 years in Kabul alone. Now I understand why Vietnam vets are salty. This hurts. Wish the best for the local nationals.

[@youhan9574]

Thank you for the service, dude. I'm sorry what you've fought and suffered for as an individual soldier all those years is being lost like this.

[@khai96x]

Do you want to feel hurt even more? Whenever you are called into a war in foreign lands, know that you will not fight for your own people, but for the rich and powerful minority.

[@Mariobrownio1989]

The goal of the war was to funnel 2 trillion dollars of Americans tax payers money to the military industrial complex, which it achieved spectacularly. Sorry for what happened to you and your friends.

[@ReviewWingsDSP]

@@khai96x yep. Not arguing at all.

[@gamersens2363]

I’m sorry for your losses, but thank you for your service, I don’t think I could ever willingly enlist in the military knowing that we fight for the rich to get richer.

[@dunkingstudios]

America can’t even win in Vietnam, now Afghanistan? 🤣😂 American patriots taking L after L for decades

[@cdubs2771]

Is your country doing anything about it?

[@codifa5847]

US is only good at losing and spreading the kingdom of chaos.

[@michaelcollado2671]

13 servic members died show some respect and we went into Afghanistan after 9/11

[@arjunghanekar6140]

@@michaelcollado2671 his point is that America still lost

[@michaelcollado2671]

@@arjunghanekar6140 I know I'm just saying show some respect its now funny

[@mkii5423]

Eisenhower was right when he warned about the 'military-industrial complex' during his farewell speech back in 1961

[@harolddavis1493]

We had better military leaders and political back then

[@Bob-mp9uj]

"The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite. The goal is an endless war, not a successful war". - Julian Assange

[@zarkelee]

2011

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

And the american public bought it hook line and sinker. Mostly because they are not free at all, just say" terrorism, freedom, democracy " and they will fall to their knees and do what told

[@leroyhill7117]

Period haha

[@elsonsti]

yet no one is confronting elites. its slavery.

[@jamiekensington1155]

Until our world leaders and politicians, people who have integrity and a large following, admit that this is truly the case and the corruption and evil and greed come to an end than it can never happen. This had been in the world for an extremely long time. They have our whole future napped out for us already.... I'm just so terrified of what that's going tho end up consisting of

[@JoseGarcia-mi4ig]

It’s literally the modern version of the Vietnam war

[@KesumaofEO]

Bruh didn't Vietnam have like 20x as many casualties..? I think more people died on September 11th during the terrorist attacks than US soldiers in the entire 20 year Afghan war.

[@jinjitsu4350]

Don’t insult my people like that. We lost a lot of men there. Nearly 1.3 million died in VN while there were only 2.5k death in afghan.

[@JoseGarcia-mi4ig]

@@jinjitsu4350 It’s not insulting, if this is basically the same result for a repeated history of American defeat/embarrassment

[@kenfern2259]

​@@JoseGarcia-mi4ig USA being the uninvited guest to party.

[@snmailist1470]

@@kenfern2259 But US always promote western values: democracy freedom and human rights. 😂😂😂😂🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@emransampao9730]

the fall of Saigon now the fall of Afghanistan history really is repeated its self.

[@erenyeagerist7681]

Yes, it's because USA is the mastermind of the destruction

[@LizziesLukas]

except it's just 5 months longer

[@emransampao9730]

@@LizziesLukas the vietnam war lasted 20 years it starter in 1954 and ended in 1975

[@edward3190]

It's fundamentally meaningless, yet history always repeats itself.

[@gautamsarkar3294]

The question is how much of that $2 trillion was spent of Afghanistan, and how much on military industrial complex and private contractors. The corruption of Afghani politicians and civil servants were well known. But they received only a small part of the loot. The most was taken by US actors.

[@_Reviewer]

Gautam Sarkar, You are right. Many of those U.S contractors bought luxury property in the UAE and EU.

[@gregoryeverson741]

a marine has over 50K worh of gear that you can buy for about 5k total, the gun is the expensive part

[@marfauzamatjusoh8198]

U.S. top government leaders are corrupt as well. Money is god to them.

[@gothenmosph5151]

Firstly about half of that money hasn't even been spent yet. The costs are still to be actualized in the form of things like interest on US T bonds used to fund the war, and future VA medical bills and veterans benefits earned in the war by hundreds of thousands. Second the figure also includes adjacent costs like the Pakistani airbase used for strikes in Afghanistan. Afghanistan itself got about $100b. Most of that was salaries for the security forces. Some was other Afghans employed. Some was infrastructure projects. Some was equipment. So e was funding the creation of the Afghan government and all of its arm, to include things like government buildings.

[@MikeyLikesIt89]

Exactly this whole segment is nothing but pouting from war mongers.

[@bluedrop1345]

"If you lose a war and wanting to flee,do not accepte the fact that you lost, just say you are withdrawing with your allies."--Sun Tzu (The art of war)

[@mahimjr1971]

😂😂

[@saipavand4064]

Did he really say that, lol ( he definitely didn't)

[@whoyou9171]

They didn't lose the war they just can't govern the Afghanistan

[@aratirao9007]

🟦 SERCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE CNBC

[@ronportuguez7916]

Victory of American tax payer.

[@jessetoons5446]

Can’t wait for this whole thing turn into a cod game in 50 years

[@sirmeme0]

Everyone will have one life no respawning

[@Chaftman]

The history repeats itself like in Vietnam Saigon fall

[@Humanaut.]

Imagine spending 83B to fix the US education or healthcare system. Nope, no money for that, gotta equip the taliban. Edit: or judicial/prison* system.

[@redrock3109]

We've already spent billions on both and what do we have? An overwhelming population of people who can't meet educational minimums and vast sums of money spent on people who aren't even legal citizens at the hospitals. Throwing more money at problems doesn't solve these problems - it's what is done with it that counts.

[@billjones3868]

No amount of money will help the american public education system.

[@thedavisdojo5944]

@@billjones3868 yeah the problem is just curriculum and the actual systems

[@billjones3868]

@@thedavisdojo5944 ....and indoctrination. Damn glad i went to HS in the late 80s.

[@redrock3109]

@@billjones3868 Indoctrination and anti-Americanism is right. Who needs to spend billions more for that?

[@Jeff-ie6ek]

Essentially the U.S. government had been beating this dead horse for 20 years, kept throwing money and live blood at it. No president wanted to admit that this horse is dead. At the end, the dead horse just implored.

[@hughlachesis8020]

We extracted a lot of oil during the time though, money well spent to those in high positions, they don’t care about the death of our young soldiers lol

[@flipnotrab]

@@hughlachesis8020 find a drop of oil in Afghanistan NOT in a bottle. Absolutely NOTHING but poppy plants in that dump of a “cuntry”

[@KesumaofEO]

Can't say they didn't try though, imagine had it actually worked and Afghanistan could've caught up to the world like it was before the Taliban dragged them back into the medieval times.

[@Mariobrownio1989]

The goal of the war was to funnel 2 trillion dollars of Americans tax payers money to the military industrial complex, which it achieved spectacularly.

[@ByCrom]

Implored! ha ha! Do you mean "imploded?" lol.

[@747rameez]

The title should be " fall of America in Afghanistan"

[@gdvibes1]

I wonder how much of my tax money killed me a Afghani ? $15’000 a year should have got me at least aInnocent bystander

[@keepitreal5317]

It's just the fact that we just let it get back to where it started. R.I.P to the lost soldiers in Afghanistan. This isn't going to be going anytime soon and we will feel those effects unfortunately.

[@thomashsiai6250]

The US entered the war because of a terrorist attack, we are not back where we started so much as we’ve lost the effort to continue. Also, you should feel a lot worse about the Vietnam war, with millions dead and displaced, along with huge riots and many cultural shifts.

[@alicechengo3003]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXmsfnSJl9iWjqM

[@lamecgod]

Hahahaha people died for nothing just like they keep dying in homelands hahahah

[@Jabulani926]

Afghanistan never fell. Thats why we are pulling out

[@KesumaofEO]

Riiiiiiight... I'm guessing you're getting all your info from Taliban news? Those dudes don't even know why the war started lol

[@tako2159]

Agree....soon Americans will look for a new Afghanistan to repeat same whole thing again .......

[@CitsVariants]

Greatest military in history

[@jackroace2393]

When I saw people hanging on the C17 I just thought what would tom cruise be thinking watching that.

[@EnsignPissBoots]

Everyone went from heroin to fentanyl lol

[@arshadsarajdin2198]

I can see Rambo making a return visit to Afghanistan....🙋‍♂️🤣

[@alicechengo3003]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXmsfnSJl9iWjqM

[@Backendralph]

Thats him 3:01 😂

[@northerniltree]

This has to be bad for their tourism industry.

[@Skankhunt420.]

Hahah nice

[@benjamincook9425]

But fantastic for Fentanyl

[@mostbestjia627]

Good for terrorism industry

[@blaqbay1762]

Biden is a traitor for 🇨🇳

[@flipnotrab]

Going to delay Disney opening there?

[@Xxsatanicx]

$2.26 Trillion better to be spent on well being for Americans providing home for the homeless, create more job opportunities, settle student loans, cheaper medical expenses etc

[@Ricardogs]

@SpaghettiBoy7 Afghans does not have a real concept of a country, the are like 5-6 main tribes, mostly rural people, thats why the military arm of Afghans fell like a house of cards, Afghanistan "exist" by a mere "fake" territorial division of Great Britain.

[@Alucard-__-]

We should had spend that 2.3 trillion to build iron man instead

[@mphamphatso8136]

I like how this piece switches from calling out the corrupt government to calling it a "democracy we supported". I am sure Afghans will miss that government

[@peabase]

Going forward, the Afghans will miss any kind of cohesive government. Afghanistan is a failed state, run by warlords who'll fight one another in the absence of a common enemy.

[@mphamphatso8136]

@@peabase if the west does not meddle, the country will be okay.

[@djallious1188]

America is greedy they are about to end millions of live over that greed, and it will be our own people.

[@mphamphatso8136]

@Supreme Afghanistan has over 34M people. Of those, only a few thousand are clamoring to get to the USA, some for economic reasons and not for any fear. The country needs to settle and the best support that can be given is economic support and not perpetuating conflicts. I find it funny that people in the USA are screaming to see guns banned and police defunded etc but are perfectly okay sending troops with deadly drones etc to other countries. The only time troops should be sent is if there is a massacre or active civil war, like it was in Rwanda, yet no one helped anyway. And then leave as soon as things stabilise and focus on rebuilding. Imagine how many schools, roads, malls, farms, factories etc could have been build with the trillions spent if only half of that went to direct economic empowerment. The Afghans would have had something to fight for.

[@elmohead]

@@peabase the Taliban is a much more cohesive group than USA lol

[@bradd-leihmolekoa6799]

Found this video after watching the homelessness percentage increase in The US, but I guess Afghans will settle in perfectly fine. Just pay your taxes Americans😶

[@adammaxmaxon2736]

In the future these yanks will do a film about how they "heroically" and "strategically" left Afghanistan and how they "defeated" the Taliban... lol

[@jamessquier2805]

I know right. As an American citizen I am completely embarrassed by our president. And by all his lies and corruption

[@Will-sq3ip]

@@jamessquier2805 Which president?

[@erathen6311]

@@Will-sq3ip The demented one that stranded thousands of Americans.

[@Will-sq3ip]

@@erathen6311 That’s bad but not bad as Trump. As long Biden don’t say anti-Chinese/Asian rhetoric, I can live with that.

[@laurenmoreland6296]

I’m embarrassed to be an American right now…. Biden needs to go

[@aadrath1236]

2 trillion USD. That's 600 billion USD SHORT of India's annual GDP. My gawd. The subtle privilege of being able to quantitatively ease when you're a super power.

[@aratirao9007]

🔵SERCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE CNBC

[@gizmo688]

Meaningless numbers. One country spent 77% of another country's GDP over a span of 20 years. Ok? And?

[@Theoriginalsaxocomedy]

Bhai, it is 1000 billion dollars more now. But, whatever. The main thing is US just installed monsters who will now propagate jihad all over the world.

[@hughlachesis8020]

We got a lot of oils in return though, money well spent.

[@codifa5847]

@@hughlachesis8020 Money well spent? Lol studies have showed that US is pretty much weak than before even India doesn't take US as a series tool

[@smiertx]

Do not start a fight to help others, if they are even not willing to fight by themself.

[@salehbineid5274]

Only stupid jerks believe America went to help Afghanistan people.

[@cplcabs]

The US did not start this war to help others. It started it in a knee jerk reaction for revenge. The US never fights to help others.

[@fidelcastro9869]

Wdym the Afghans literally did all they could

[@urankjj]

I'm not to sure about the two decade part. When I attended U.S. Army boot camp at Fort Benning Georgia in 1982, one of our cadence songs ended in, " I want to be an airborne Ranger, I want to go to Afghanistan "....?

[@Tzardonic]

"I went to the safest place I knew, Afghanistan" ~ Technoblade

[@KalamKhan-cq3jq]

There has been one constant across twenty years of occupation: the government lying to the people. “The days of the Taliban are over. The future of Afghanistan belongs to the people of Afghanistan. And the future of Afghanistan belongs to freedom.” - George W. Bush, 2006

[@spaceballs44]

🤣😆😂. When he said that I laughed my butt off! I knew they’d be back but not with all the American weapons.

[@KRYMauL]

I mean the US did drive them underground.

[@brokenrecord3095]

there's been another constant. defense contractors have been cashing checks.

[@moonrock720]

Yep. George w bush was a liar, I wish my people had thrown him in jail.

[@vitalymaliarov696]

Raytheon and Lockheed Martin have entered the chat

[@Kboogie90]

Tupac once said, "they got money for wars but cant feed the poor" RIP Pac.

[@ciararespect4296]

Said tupac sitting on 40 million dollars lol

[@sandwichman4534]

Pac was a fruity boy who sold out for the elites

[@floriderllc6862]

Except the poor eat better than the rest of us.

[@LuckyBide]

@@ciararespect4296 Once again someone who talks about something or someone without knowing what really happened. Tupac died almost broke, he didn't live long enough to enjoy the royalties of his biggest album All Eyez On Me. And he was giving a lot of his money back to his community and to charity.

[@ciararespect4296]

@@LuckyBide yea right. Dying broke doesn't matter. We can't take it with us. All rich donate a bit to charity for the feel good factor I wasnt replying to you anyway and it was to a specific comment. So clear off

[@badazzboxer]

A wise man told me, "You're just a poor man fighting a rich man's war." Nothing but glory mongers, all because of 9/11. None of these guys, except maybe a small, very small percentage gave some care for the people of Afghanistan.

[@imtired26]

Filming a laptop instead of showing the direct feed from the video call looks terrible. Why do all of CNBC videos do that?

[@ilerioluwakiishifamadewa2740]

your taxes could have been used to improve health care, improve the education system, build foster shelters public learning centres places of worship and better public transportation had been spent on a lost war.

[@threepointeight]

What a GREAT use of taxpayers dollars!! Mission accomplished!!

[@nickrad6966]

Managed to secure lithium for batteries, the vast majority of the worlds supply of opium for opioids used in pharmaceuticals as well as minerals for petroleum and of course oil reserves in Iraq. All of this over a 20 year period, now presumably a deal has been struck and the Taliban will no doubt be cooperating with the sourcing and logistics. I would say mission accomplished certainly.

[@howo357]

@@nickrad6966 wrong. China will get the deal with taliban for earth metals. They are already talking about building high speed rail between China and Afghanistan basically the new silkroad.

[@entertainmenttv7241]

I will never forget the great effort of Intellectweb for keeping up to his promise, I really appreciate you guys

[@Peliwat.Nusantara]

we are branded as conspiracy theorist for speaking the truth.. in 2001, those who said 9/11 is a setup, was branded as every names you can calls it, today, whole world knows it was an inside job.. 'Conspiracy theorist' is now spoiler blower 🤫

[@jovianblue]

@@Peliwat.Nusantara conspiracist ⤴

[@ScudForEver]

EE.UU.: We don't have a strong public health system because it cost too much money to the Estate. Also EE.UU.: war you say? how much you want?

[@RayMak]

Imagine if this money and resources are used in Americans to educate them that the world doesn't just revolves around America... Some Americans don't even know states within America beyond their own state.

[@Thatguyy002]

This is sadly true...

[@khai96x]

An ignorant population is easy to control. From an outsider's perspective, the US government does not serve the average American, but big corporations. I'm Vietnamese, so I do have my own biases.

[@gamersens2363]

Very true, I remember in elementary school (I was in a private school) we spent a lot of times learning about the states, from the names, locations, capitols, hell we even learned about each state bird, of course I don’t remember the birds lol but still geography isn’t that hard.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

if americans were educated they wouldnt vote democrat and beg for socialism

[@SgtJoeSmith]

@@gamersens2363 yeah same. plus every county in our state, every country. people now in america cant point out their state or even america on a map. liberal dictators keep people stupid to keep them dependent on the dictators

[@jonb3189]

I'm old enough to remember MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

[@KesumaofEO]

Mission was accomplished, nation building was a side mission.

[@_Reviewer]

@@KesumaofEO ha ha ...

[@jonb3189]

@@KesumaofEO Talaban was in control then. Talaban is, after two decades, still in control. Afgan is the longest and costliest war in US history. At least 2 Trillion plus went to Boeing, Raythin, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin. So yes, I guess it is MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

[@KesumaofEO]

@@jonb3189 obviously you're just here to spread anti-american thoughts since you can't even get the spelling correct for the Taliban. Use your 50 cents to get a better education you wumao. You go ahead and tell all the women in Afghanistan that it wasn't worth it to give them a chance at being something more than a breeding vessel.

[@akanetsukino9939]

@@KesumaofEO 2 trillion dollars and thousands of lives for giving Afghans limited human rights. Not to mention US bombed thousands of kids to death and it is the US fault that Taliban exists. Maybe it's you who needs a history lesson, US does have a crappy education system.

[@luxurycharms]

This is just sad I had a friend who almost got shot because of this thanks god she’s still here

[@Bababoy6969]

Americans seriously think we forgot how emberassing this was😅

[@tariqazizsofi7875]

The real mission was to sell weapons/equipment of military industrial complex. And with a figure of $2.5trillion, i say not bad.

[@anabona4764]

Taliban got it for free. American taxpayers paid for this, so they got more poor, robbed of their money.

[@KesumaofEO]

@@anabona4764 Isn't all that stuff outdated anyway, looked like nearly all of it was 1980s, hell they even had a propeller plane

[@angelite143]

@@KesumaofEO those prop planes are Embraer Super Tucanos, a modern prop attack planes made from Brazil. They are not that old compared to F16s

[@HardRockMaster7577]

Nice work, if you can get it.

[@JayakrishnanNairOmana]

I can't wait for Gerard Butler or Tom Hanks to star as a tough but kind US General/ NATO senior military officer that helped save thousands of lives in the evacuation in a Hollywood movie glorifying the US involvement in Afg while holding the terrorists at bay for several days outside the airport. Blockbuster hit, US pride redeemed, public forgives. All is well that ends well.

[@patrickbateman783]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😅😎👍

[@SuheybElmanowlimbo]

This time it will be am the captain now version of Afghanistan

[@manfreds.6384]

this sounded so murican hahaha

[@waterdrinkingexpert6797]

Some of the biggest critics of the Afghan withdrawal are Americans. You're literally commenting this on an American made video criticising the US' war, on an American platform. The US has a remarkable ability to admit its mistakes and display them to the entire world.

[@manfreds.6384]

@@waterdrinkingexpert6797 lol that is why they put all the blame to afghanistan after their humiliating defeat. When they themselves sideline the afghan government by negotiating with the taliban.

[@DizzyDahlia]

Noone could've predicted? Seriously? I don't even have the energy for that stupidity

[@jimmason1072]

After 20 odd years the United States 🇺🇸and their coalition realized that there really was only ROCKS there in Afghanistan 🇦🇫

[@lexluthor4156]

2:23 So are you claiming the U.S invaded Afghanistan and imposed a corrupted government on them on purpose, OR that there are corrupted U.S officials who had been working with the a corrupted Afghanistan government to misappropriate and embezzled U.S tax payer's money in aid to Afghanistan? How is that not the more important issues ?

[@RJDKHS96]

"No-one could have predicted what happened in August 2021"...except that it was obvious with the complete incompetence of leaving what has been the true security base of the country for the last 70 years in Kandahar in the middle of the night with no smooth hand-over, this leaving our position to secure a withdrawal in the hands of looters & the Taliban.

[@kevinfanning8027]

It was obvious to anybody with eyes what was going to happen.

[@Backendralph]

3:01 " captain afghanistan" wtf they got a super soldier over there 😂😂🤣 thats the afghanistan captain America 😂

[@jimmychoo2421]

Besides, near 20 veterans suicide every day. We can always find a remedy for money loss, but there's no remedy for lives loss...

[@housnialami4330]

the old question: what business do you have 7410 miles away?

[@thomashsiai6250]

Terrorist attack, to avenge the fallen and to murder a mass murderer.

[@chanhoong2073]

@@thomashsiai6250 NOT. Taliban and Afghanistan wasn't involved. it's al qaeda

[@anujme3]

They supported Bin ladien. Who was number 1 wanted terrorist for any American in that period.

[@republicofsrpska6904]

Export American "democracy and freedom" hahahahaha

[@silviu2quick]

@@anujme3 bin laden was found in pakistan. Not afghanistan. So no reason for that war

[@N0Xa880iUL]

Title should be changed to "Fall of the U.S."

[@inigobantok1579]

Leftist wishful thinking and what you want China to rise man you trippin

[@Blackowl44]

@@inigobantok1579 do you live under a rock? The U.S is showing many signs of a falling nation/empire

[@inigobantok1579]

@@Blackowl44 in foreign policy but if you leftists think America will fall like the Soviet Union you're trippin asf as long as standard of living and pace of the economy is good just because civil and social issues are prominent it wouldn't mean crap I recommend you watch the whatiflist on would the west fall within our lifetime

[@Blackowl44]

@@inigobantok1579 Soviet Union and USA are two completely different societies. Everything you mentioned is not good in America currently lol. Do you even live in America right now. They are literally printing and pumping more fiat currency into the economy just to keep it going. So many more problems I haven’t even mention that is building up.

[@Blackowl44]

You literally have big private equity companies buying up everything and raising the price in America as we speak. Millennials can’t even afford to buy a house in key America cities. Majority of people don’t even own their home. Our tax money is wasted majorly. The intelligence community can operate without any accountability. Millions of Americans are becoming fed up everyday. You have no idea was gonna pop off in the near future.

[@KegOfMeat]

In other words: the last twenty years were a absolute waste of time.

[@luxcyrine]

Sometimes I wonder if it was deliberate. I love my country but honestly, I am losing hope in the people in power. Would it be naive to hope for someone who focuses on our own people within our borders instead of using our tax money to be on everyone's business?

[@RodCornholio]

If you dug a 1 foot hole for every dollar of U.S. government debt, it would need to go entirely through NOT one planet earth...but more than 68,5794 earth-size planets. Do the math if you don't believe me (divide the debt by the diameter of the earth in feet). $2 Trillion is...well...I think you can figure it out.

[@sidbrun_]

7:05 - "it's a welcome move of course but I don't think it's enough" shouldn't the US and UK focus on their own people first? Lots of homeless people who need more help.

[@baklava6138]

If the US is truly a land of law and order and justice (i.e a first world civilized nation) as they try so hard to promote around the world. Then, heads need to role, those decision makers that did all of this need to be held accountable. However, this will not happen and the world now sees that the US is no better than the countries the US points their finger at.

[@gidondejong1802]

Bingo

[@blaqbay1762]

Biden is a traitor for 🇨🇳

[@paulwilliams2024]

The USA has an compromise leader in Joe Biden . This would have never happened under Trump

[@Onehitwonder828]

The U.S. has been hijacked by Politicians and " Activist's. "

[@H7B2ify]

@@paulwilliams2024 Trump was literally the one who started the withdrawal process

[@Angelum_Band]

So are we going to have Universal Healthcare with all the money you saved?

[@ovrlord2522]

I was a contractor in Bagram for nine years, my salary was 780K per year not including overtime and there was plenty of overtime.

[@serbsi2922]

So basically, enough people there supported the taliban for them to call up an army once the US forces left.

[@KesumaofEO]

Uh no, just that there was not enough support for a unified government, without the US the people in those rural areas hardly had a choice, let the Taliban takeover or be killed by them.

[@joysoyo2416]

Pretty much.

[@jefketheboss4009]

Serbsi No this was predicted to happen... Taliban or IS-k was not a small terroriste gang when US forces was present...

[@HardRockMaster7577]

The mostly rural people were not getting the support they wanted from the very corrupt Afghan Govt.--- The very corrupt Afghan Govt. was not worth fighting and dying for. America is an idea. But what exactly is "Afghanistan" to the mostly rural population. Answer: ??

[@mrKramble]

every veteran knew this would happen so fast !

[@22sKiNq14s]

As a prior service I predicted that we would pull out of Afghanistan with dignity and and a true sense of accomplishments, but we left that place without anything to write home about, national embarrassment years to come smh.

[@vitkomusic6624]

News: One Idiot can make all the difference in the world. Classic Computer game Half life 2: one man can make all the difference in the world.

[@tardarsauce1842]

If Douglas MacArthur was still alive he would say _"Nuke em"_

[@Heartford]

Imagine if our government spent this money providing universal healthcare to the American people.

[@carlnikolov]

Sure if you like waiting 3 months for a surgery like in Canada where wait times are three times higher than the US... by the time you get your date for surgery you're already dead.

[@zeeshanrafique7965]

Rambo should revisit Afghanistan now😆

[@jimmyjohn8008]

Don't we spend over a trillion dollars a year on the military and defense budget.

[@yuanjcj7268]

yup they do

[@setonlowe5983]

Imagine if we spend 2 trillion dollars on .. OWER OWN schools, roads, hospitals, airports, etc.

[@SuperSanic..]

then your military industry will die slowly like that happened in Uk after WW2

[@ARosas]

@joshua osher wym, there is always a need for war, as long as people are hungry for power

[@hughlachesis8020]

We extracted a lot of oil during the time though, money well spent to those in high positions, they don’t care about the death of our young soldiers lol

[@waterdrinkingexpert6797]

we just did. A couple months ago we passed a bill for just that.

[@satvikkrishna145]

Now this is what I call "Money Flushed Down The Drain“! One more thing -" THIS IS WAR!"

[@_Digitalguy]

so let's flush even more right?

[@notfooled6232]

gas lit half wit

[@aratirao9007]

⭕SERCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE CNBC

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Not, down the drain, Taliban upgrades and resupply. See what the $85 billon gave them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIK2l3mslt-nmsU

[@blaqbay1762]

Biden appointed Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense who served on the board for Raytheon (weapons manufacturer) Biden is a traitor for 🇨🇳

[@mind-blowingdestinations1187]

After 2 years I can say, It was the fall of modern colonialism in Afghanistan... Not fall of Afghanistan.

[@frontseated5983]

Bravo ! All Americans who died fighting unnecessary wars were heroes.

[@jesushad12gayfriendwhoallb50]

Who are you talking about? Biden got the us out of afganistan?

[@michaelhensley8203]

The main military training must have been track distance running for 20 years.

[@captainhoopla7773]

Still got caught lacking

[@larshoneytoast3082]

“……if only we stayed a couple more months” -Morons

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Exactly. It's not only an 'unwinnable' type of intermediary war (U.S. 'in the middle'), but... no matter WHAT action was taken = PEOPLE ARE ANGRY. Leave too 'quickly' (lol), after 20+ years = YA F'ED IT UP, [Clinton/Obama/Trump/Biden]!! SHOULDA STAYED [#] MORE [days/weeks/years]! YOU RUINED 'MURICA!!" Stay longer = "WTF?! WASTING MORE OF MY MONEY ON OPIUM AND GUNS?! OUR BOYZ EEZ GETTIN' KILLED! BRING 'EM HOME! 'MURICA!" Yup. Be honest: that about sums it up, and it pits you vs. your neighbor. 💪😎🤟 Political alignment #1 vs. political alignment #2. Stay classy.

[@kalamari3288]

Do you really believe this debacle is the best we could’ve done? That months wouldn’t make a difference? I’d say that makes you the moron.

[@larshoneytoast3082]

@@kalamari3288 lol 😂

[@mccain334]

@@Novastar.SaberCombat yeah but leaving billions of dollars of weapons was the dumbest thing they could ever have done.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

@@kalamari3288 (and others)... I think that a gigantic amount of KZbinrs need to actually *educate* themselves on actual war. Not CoD, nor Hollywood, nor anything akin to a "Here's how it *should* have gone" garbage. The sheer amount of YEARS (let alone money, and humans both on the ground and behind the 'lines') spent are mind-numbingly complex. Logistics. Who to trust. Interpersonal communications and relations both built and BROKEN... are all more than enough to stagger the minds of even intelligent military officials. TL;DR = Grow up and do some research.

[@syedabbas1101]

Moral of the story- Listen to people who tells you,never fiddle with Afghanistan.

[@odinponzi9224]

The fed could have just given military contractors bailouts instead of paying them by proxy, via Afghanistan.

[@raunakshahi8485]

Ikr 😂

[@falconso3229]

And the us gov says they dont have money for free healthcare for all. 😂😂

[@kenfern2259]

plus education .

[@Helloverlord]

Healthcare doesnt pay back, education nether, smarter they get, they act smarter, so its ok to be sick and dumb - I guess.

[@jesushad12gayfriendwhoallb50]

@@Helloverlord what do you mean healthcare doesn’t pay back? Do you think people being healthy and being able to work isn’t a good thing? Believe it or not when the government implements policies the money doesn’t just go into an endless pit it goes back into the economy or in the case of the Afghanistan war right into the military industrial complex.

[@jameseduardnicolas1385]

"when the cat is away, the mice will play" -a very old idiom that until now they didn't realize

[@HA-in1me]

Its just to horrible, its a nightmare! And winter will come too. In sha ALLAH the situation will improve. Not holding my breath but praying for it its probably the best.

[@user-ui9kt3fv2n]

I see someone will have Vietnam flashbacks again

[@Sc-ld7os]

There should have been no grown men on planes leaving this war zone

[@thulomanchay]

The Americans knew they were leaving (remember the 9/11 deadline), they knew those translators and other officials who worked with them would be in danger. They should have started the visa vetting and processing months ago, and organized a phased departure.

[@VegitoBlackk]

@@thulomanchay what SC means is that the men should have stayed and fought not left with the women and children.

[@thulomanchay]

@@VegitoBlackk It is mostly men who worked with the Americans. Some to earn money to feed their families. Interpreters have saved many innocent Afghans from being detained or even shot by Foreign troops. Those men are in danger and the danger might also spill over to their families. The women and children are riding on the visa of the men.

[@VegitoBlackk]

@@thulomanchay Oh, have you been to Afghanistan? I've gone to Kuwait , Jordan, Turkey etc but not there.

[@trk1b28varianrhesa4]

50% of them are mercenaries. They don't care if they lost or not. They just don't want to die

[@JoelsterG4k]

Why would they bring refugees from Afghanistan and spend so much money when there are many immigrants from Mexico that are willing to work and they cross the border by themselves, what a waste of money.

[@Elitecommando501]

Mexicans are Western Christians and Afghan immigrants are not

[@JoelsterG4k]

@@Elitecommando501 What does that have to do with anything.?

[@pkhaloobonaccio9883]

It is easier to convince them to join the democrat party

[@KesumaofEO]

Woah I didn't know there were Mexican immigrants helping US forces in Afghanistan, the more you know

[@hansolo5912]

Because the Afghans are fleeing from a war you guys started and because of the oppression of the Taliban. Mexicans on the other hand have a democratic government and are just economic refugees whereas the Afghan refugees are war refugees. It's as simple as that

[@websitecommentator2825]

quite surprised that there arent memes of this yet

[@johnmarshall4442]

20 years of American soldiers men and women , soldiers men and women from Great Britain, Australia and other countries with the most advanced modern weapons in the world, Trillions of dollars and all for nothing ............

[@arindamkumar7725]

The whole video really shows how little and confused America's understanding of Afghanistan is in spite of spending 20 years there

[@honkhonk8009]

More like the american peoples understanding. The military have said multiple times how barbaric in thinking Afghans are, and how its like teaching medeival idiots how to form a functioning democracy. But some people live in a fantasy land where they think they can keep afghanistan stable without equally barbaric responses.