Comments by "voteZDLR" (@voteZDLR) on "Inside the Taliban's Takeover of Afghanistan" video.

  1. Yeah the Taliban this entire time was simply just waiting. They learned by observing what happened in Vietnam, to defeat America you don't have to win the war -- you simply just have to not lose it. Their strategy was patience from beginning to end and even they are like "Wait so they just trained all these soldiers for us over the years (they're all going to the Taliban now or will be executed, you have to understand this) and THEN they left the gear behind for us, too? Seriously?" We should have destroyed all of the equipment, logistical networks and bases before leaving. The idea we have trained all these people then left behind all of the weapons and equipment we did to me is beyond debacle levels. We will be attacked by them again, it's just a matter of time, but the difference is we didn't just leave that equipment behind we left a trained paramilitary force to use it as well.
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  2. Biden's public statements regarding all of this, while I agree with just about everything he said to a certain extent, just might cost him the presidency in 2024. It's going to really hurt in 2022 when mid-term elections happen. It's already been labeled as him just pointing the blame at everyone but himself which isn't entirely true but he did throw the afghan military and every president before him under the bus pretty fast.
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  3. People keep pointing to the Afghan military basically just throwing their guns down immediately. If people actually thought nation building and the pursuit of Democracy in a place like Afghanistan would actually work, they do not understand the region or its people and this was bound to happen one day, one way or another, whether it was today, five years ago or five years from now. The outcome would ALWAYS have been the same. They do not want us there. They never have. At best they just sort of allowed it, and in the military's case they were like "Sure, give us all this world class equipment (then leave it 20 years from now when you abandon us). Give us all this world class training. Give us everything you have under the pretense that once you leave we'll pick up where you left off" but here is the kicker -- they never intended to do that. In fact I would go as far as saying the Taliban was encouraging people to join this new "Afghan military program" so that way they can receive the benefit of all the training and tactics. TL;DR -- we have literally just trained the Taliban to fight like us and we've left behind all kinds of toys and equipment they actually know how to use now. It's genius. We lost the war, we lost trillions of dollars, and we just trained our enemy to fight us down the road. Like honestly they are laughing their asses off at us right now and for good reason. Anyone who actually ever thought this would work is dreaming. And a bonus note, I can't stand Donald Trump but even he had the wherewithal to realize that it's better to destroy the stuff we left behind if it's too expensive to move it. If the Taliban was a threat before, they're a super threat now because they have the benefit of our training now as well. It's not that they can't fight or wouldn't fight -- they were never loyal to us to begin with. You have to understand that.
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