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Originally Posted by ChristineVA
I will carefully say this. I work in the area of "security assistance" and involved into what the U.S. gives to countries needing our assistance. It's *never* any technology such as the kind that "the Russians would love to get their hands on." That's not allowed to be sold. Ever. The things they have in their possession are items to help them defend themselves, not the sort of strategic warfighting sophistication that the U.S. and certain allies have access to. That's not saying that this stuff is not dangerous to us or others in the wrong hands--it is. Guns, ammo, night vision, etc...but there's no cache of super sensitive special military equipment that you are being led to believe we left behind. It's not allowed to be sold.
A comment from your own link that you'd quoted:
"most of the high-end hardware captured by the Taliban, including the aircraft, was not equipped with sensitive U.S. technology."
You're saying "most" is just another way of saying all?
Mostly the Shareholders of US Military Contractors. The Upper Echelon of the Afghan Defense Forces and the Warlords in the various regions of Afghanistan were also paid off very nicely.
I knew I should have joined the army. I could have been a contractor myself.
Not blaming the boots on the ground, I'm blaming Joe Biden for not having a plan to destroy them, AND get the boots on the ground out.
All this blaming.
Read 'Charley Wilson's War'.
We and some of our friends have been giving those fighting tribes whatever they wanted for years. Leaving behind some obsolete helicopters is nothing compared to what the congress of the USA supplied them with before we ever thought about sending troops.
The same was said of the Tomcats sold to Iran and became property of the Islamic Republic with the fall of the Shah.
The original 79 sold have suffered attrition, of course, over the last fifty years but current estimates are that between 25 and 40 of those 79 are still flying and deployed.
This is an aircraft that the US took out of service in 2006 and, except for some static displays that have been gutted, no longer exist in the US.
Those were outdated and no real concern to us. Blackhawk helicopters are a different story. Biden had a brainfart cost our nation bigly. Miss Trump yet America?
That is too funny...admitting they break down so much. Heck, unless these are run by goat power, doubt they can do much to fly them.
i had no idea that many were left. Wow, that's not good. I hope later we don't have another terror attack and all these jets come flying into a bunch of our sky scrappers....so very scary. Joe Biden really needs to go for our country's safety. We can't have him in charge 3+ more years.
This is a fast moving thread, as you know, but more importantly - I think you may have answered your question as to why you didn't get a response. It's in bold.
Biden has no credibility. He said he spoke with the leaders of three countries, and most of us are waiting to see what those leaders have to say, if anything.
it was because they "fxxked up "on Monday, so they started to call the world leaders.
started at 2:00
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