Comments by "" (@AdamBladeTaylor) on "David Pakman Show"
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Transportation reports indicated that to properly bring all of America's road and bridges infrastructure up to code (ignoring other infrastructure like schools, fire/police, public transit, rail, airports, factories and warehouses, and all the human infrastructure of child care, seniors' benefits, VA, etc) would cost upwards of $30 TRILLION.
This bill is barely a drop in the pond. Even if the reconciliation bill passed (which it won't), it's absolutely nothing. The original reconciliation proposal was $10 trillion over 10 years, and was IMMEDIATELY cut to $6 trillion over 10 years. It's now $1.75T over 10 years, which is pathetic. But even if it passed at the original amount, it wouldn't have been anywhere near enough.
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The US went in originally to push back the Taliban. They succeeded within the first year. They should have packed up and left right then and there. But they needlessly stayed, escalating the conflict.
They "trained" Afghan troops, but never let them get any real experience, as the US was always taking charge. And US troops were constantly being cycled out and replaced.
Meanwhile some Taliban soldier who was 16 when this started, is now a 36 year old veteran with 20 years of ACTIVE BATTLE EXPERIENCE. The US essentially managed to turn a rag tag bunch of terrorists into hardened battle experts who are a match for any soldiers the US can deploy.
And then the US runs away with its tail between its legs claiming that the Afghan army is trained and can handle things. Except again, they have no practical experience. Plus they don't have US air support, satellite, intel, and infinite military resources. So they're leaving a bunch of green troops who all belong to different tribes, against a trained elite fighting force. The Afghan troops are going to surrender and beg for peace and the lives of their tribe, they don't give a damn about the country as a whole.
And the guy claimed that they succeeded in their mission to prevent the Taliban striking the US again. Yes, they did that... at the beginning... and then they empowered the Taliban to the strongest and best equipped and trained they've ever been. And have handed all of Afghanistan over to them. They thought 9/11 was bad? Well they better be prepared for hundreds more such attacks, as now instead of small, scattered terrorist cells, the Taliban is a COUNTRY with countless troops and resources to burn.
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