Comments by "" (@pwillis1589) on "Taliban hold ‘humiliating’ parade three years after returning to power in Afghanistan" video.

  1. No US owned equipment was left in Afghanistan it was either destroyed of returned to the US. What you are stupidly misidentifying is US equipment sold to the Afghan security forces and then captured by the Taliban. I mean just the barest of research reveals this.
    19
  2.  @raclark2730  Totally agree. Politically and militarily mismanaged from both sides from beginning to end. However it was Trump and his “Doha agreement” that contributed to the botched withdrawal. He reduced US military personnel to 2500, which wasn’t even enough to secure Bagram. I never served in Afghanistan but I know many who did, almost all are scared either physically or mentally. We were badly let down by all our leaders. No exceptions.
    11
  3. @semperfidelis6436  Correct. And you can examine congressional records that show arms sales to Afghanistan were paid for by the Afghan government.
    11
  4.  @chelo2626ify  Exactly correct
    7
  5. A complete lie. No serviceable US owned equipment was left in Afghanistan. What you are talking about is equipment that was sold to the Afghan security forces. Get your facts straight before spreading misinformation.
    4
  6.  @cclemons3121  people are uninformed, what an I say!
    3
  7. Not a single US weapon was left in Afghanistan. Not one.
    3
  8.  @theshawdows  So you are misidentifying US made equipment sold to the Afghan security services and captured by the Taliban with US military equipment that was virtually all returned to the US or some that was destroyed on site. A lot of it is also Russian equipment, but unless you were in the business I can understand your mistake.
    3
  9. This is simple to answer. The US sold equipment to the Afghan security forces, it was then captured by the Taliban. It is not US owned equipment.
    3
  10.  @ivorleak8823  The US military returned all of their own serviceable equipment. They did destroy some equipment and left it in country. The equipment seen in this clip is equipment sold to the Afghan security forces and then it was captured by the Taliban. It was US manufactured but never US owned. Do you understand the difference?
    2
  11. @thulomanchay  No, factually and demonstrably wrong. You can research the arms sales as they require approval by Congress. This equipment was sold not given to the Afghan security forces. It was owned by the Afghan government and then captured by the Taliban. These are the facts not your misinformed opinion.
    2
  12.  @chelo2626ify  He sure did
    2
  13. This is all equipment sold to the Afghan security forces by Republican administrations. Biden left no serviceable US owned equipment in Afghanistan.
    1
  14. Absolutely, considering Trump signed the surrender with the Taliban. Research “Doha agreement”
    1
  15.  @antman1139  No, factually and demonstrably wrong. Trump signed the surrender document that was the total withdrawal of US troops. Research the “Doha. Agreement”.
    1
  16. @antman1139  No, incorrect and demonstrably so. Trump signed the surrender document "Doha agreement" that withdrew all US forces from Afghanistan. Just a simple fact.
    1
  17. @cclemons3121  It is common public knowledge that the US has currently approximately 2500 troops in Iraq in a variety of roles.
    1
  18. These are all equipment sold to the Afghan security forces. It is not ever US owned equipment.
    1
  19.  @CountryAndProud  You have no evidence whatsoever it is US military equipment. Congress has the records of US arms sales to Afghanistan. You are entirely misinformed.
    1
  20.  @ivorleak8823  Yes, congress had to approve foreign arms sales. It is a matter of public record.
    1
  21.  @ivorleak8823  Yes facing reality and the facts is always fun.
    1
  22.  @DubboArchives  Did you understand my comments?
    1
  23. @DubboArchives  Thankyou for conceding the limits of your intellectual capabilities.
    1
  24.  @DubboArchives  No worries, mocking stupidity is my special power.
    1
  25. @jonathannunnery696  Right so you fundamentally misunderstand the difference between US weapon sales to Afgan and US military owned equipment. The US government sold $billions to the Afgan government in weapons , these weapons were owned by the Afgan military. This equipment was then captured by the Taliban. Yes it was US made but it was not owned by the US. All the US military equipment owned by the US military was returned when they withdrew as ordered by the Trump and then Biden Administrations.
    1
  26. @jonathannunnery696  All you have done is answer your own question, with the same ignorance you asked the question with. I clearly explained the difference. The US military testified under oath in front of congress that no US military owned equipment was left in Afghanistan. And finally you end with an absurd anecdotal fallacy, ask your service members how they eat their cats, stir fried or roasted. I mean seriously that's your argument you heard something from somebody about something. That is the definition of anecdotal fallacious nonsense.
    1
  27. @jonathannunnery696  I have no idea in relation to which comment you are referring to. This was a conversation two months ago where I attempted to educate people the facts of the surrender/withdrawal from Afghanistan.
    1
  28. Trump sighed the withdrawal document “Doha Agreement” with the Taliban. Biden had nothing to do with it.
    1
  29. For what? Doing exactly what Trump sighed into law. Research “Doha agreement” . Trump surrendered to the Taliban.
    1
  30. Not US military equipment. It is Afghan security forces equipment captured by the Taliban.
    1
  31. @maquacr7014  Yes, and a superbly carried out operation it was, and if you had any understanding of military operations and withdrawal, you would know this. Secondly, they left behind no serviceable equipment and returned all US military equipment. All that was left behind was Afgan Security Forces equipment and aircraft. So you are misinformed but expected of a civilian with no military service.
    1
  32. @maquacr7014  Yes absolutely, do you have the memory of a goldfish? At the time the US was dealing with numerous green on blue engagements. They couldn't trust informing the Afgan Army. I mean this is just withdrawal tactics 101 but I understand why it needs explaining to a civilian.
    1
  33. @maquacr7014  No, you are twisting my words to justify your error. US military equipment owned by the Afghan Security Forces is distinctly different from US military equipment, and I understand your confusion, because you are a civilian and don't know any better, and perhaps I needed to be more specific, but once again no serviceable US owned military equipment was left behind by US Forces in Afghanistan.
    1
  34.  @maquacr7014  I apologise. I can come across as somewhat condescending when discussing military tactics with civilians
    1
  35. @maquacr7014  No you are totally misinformed. The US sold large quantities of US made equipment including all those that you described to the Afgan Security Forces. They weren't owned by the US military and were not left behind as they were not the property of the US they were the property of the Afgan government and were then captured by the Taliban.
    1
  36.  @maquacr7014  Bagram Airbase was a joint facility. It was not exclusively US military, hence there was plenty of none US owned but US manufactured equipment there.
    1
  37. No, what you don’t understand is the difference between US military equipment (either destroyed or returned to the US) and Afghan security forces equipment owned by the Afghan government and captured by the Taliban.
    1
  38. Trump signed the surrender document with the Taliban. Do some research and look up “Doha agreement”.
    1
  39. No factually incorrect. All you need to do is check with the congressional records which show the arms sales to the Afghan Security Forces. The US military gave away literally nothing. The Afghan government paid for all this equipment. It was then captured by the Taliban. I mean really, 5 minutes of research would show this is a fact. Where do you get your misinformation from?
    1
  40.  @chorlauheung4920  Totally false
    1
  41. Yes they should remember that Trump sighed the surrender document. Research “Doha agreement”. Your ignorance is astounding.
    1
  42. Nope completely false. Trump signed the withdrawal document with the Taliban to leave Afghanistan. 100% Republican.
    1
  43. No factually incorrect. Trump signed the “Doha Agreement” which surrendered Afghanistan to the Taliban.
    1
  44. The US sold Blackhawks to the Afghan Air Force. They are not US military, they are Afghan security force helicopters captured by the Taliban.
    1