Putin fears NATO

[anatta]

The 13 casualties are why we don't get into war in the 1st place. Getting out of such an unstable, violent situation with that level of casualties is actually remarkable.

It would have taken 5,000 to secure Bagram - and it certainly would have led to more casualties than that, given the changing situation in Afghanistan.

Armchair generals, as always.

LMAO we had 2500 at Bagram before Biden puled them out
you do know Biden had to re-insert 4k to secure Karzai International airport?

So we had more then the 5k that Biden would have needed to hold Bagram
and the 13 dead Americans ( and many who lost limbs) would not have happened

[BartenderElite]

LMAO we had 2500 at Bagram before Biden puled them out
you do know Biden had to re-insert 4k to secure Karzai International airport?

So we had more then the 5k that Biden would have needed to hold Bagram
and the 13 dead Americans ( and many who lost limbs) would not have happened

I'll say it again: you don't get out of a war-torn country after nearly 20 years without losses. That's why you don't start wars to begin with.

Trump had no KIA because he was too much of a coward to get us out of there. He punted.

[anatta]

Amen

RIP for the dead Americans that didnt need to be killed except for Bidens bungling

[Walt]

And that hasn't changed has it. When the US abandoned Afghanistan the Afghan Air Force lost its American contrators that maintained its air force and thus lost its air superiority that helped cause their military to crumble.

When trump surrendered Afghanistan air bases to the Taliban, the Afghan Air Force became a Taliban asset. I am happy they lost the capability to fly their aircraft.

[floridafan]

RIP for the dead Americans that didnt need to be killed except for Bidens bungling

How many soldiers died in Trumps Afghan even know the pentagon and most politicians knew the war was not winnable.

[Tranquillus in Exile]

Is it possible that Putin really didn't know how incompetent his troops are, and how outdated his equipment is?

Is it possible that Putin and his forces didn't know the intelligence they were working with was complete crap? It seems they really expected to be welcomed with open arms in Ukraine.

I can understand the rank and file being misinformed, but PUTIN? What does that say about the echo chamber world he inhabits?

[anatta]

I'll say it again: you don't get out of a war-torn country after nearly 20 years without losses. That's why you don't start wars to begin with.

Trump had no KIA because he was too much of a coward to get us out of there. He punted.

pure junk noise
Getting out thru Bagram was a secure withdrawal instead of a rout that turned into a chaotic Evac

Trump had a stable situation. 2500 to secure Afghan when no one was getting KIA
was a very small contingent to hold the country

and how about all the equipment?
Night vision goggles,small arm by the ten thousands, 100k rounds of ammo. armored Humves
all that was lost and fell into Taliban hands, and those were not "disabled" like the Kabul cache

when we gave up Bagram we ensured a route because Biden decided to make the Embassy thru Karzai International instead of a US military base the last protected area

[ExpressLane]

How many soldiers died in Trumps Afghan even know the pentagon and most politicians knew the war was not winnable.

Fewer Soldiers got killed per month on average during Trump's administration in Afghanistan than got killed per month on average during the Biden Administration while the US was in Afghanistan.

[ExpressLane]

pure junk noise
Getting out thru Bagram was a secure withdrawal instead of a rout that turned into a chaotic Evac

Trump had a stable situation. 2500 to secure Afghan when no one was getting KIA
was a very small contingent to hold the country

and how about all the equipment?
Night vision goggles,small arm by the ten thousands, 100k rounds of ammo. armored Humves
all that was lost and fell into Taliban hands, and those were not "disabled" like the Kabul cache

when we gave up Bagram we ensured a route because Biden decided to make the Embassy thru Karzai International instead of a US military base the last protected area

Exactly ! American soldiers will be being killed for decades by American equipment we left in Afghanistan

[anatta]

Is it possible that Putin and his forces didn't know the intelligence they were working with was complete crap? It seems they really expected to be welcomed with open arms in Ukraine.

I can understand the rank and file being misinformed, but PUTIN? What does that say about the echo chamber world he inhabits?

I think Putin missed the INTEl we saw from the battlefield of Libya
Before Ukraine it was the most high tech battlefield.. Libya had (has) Turkish drones, precision artillery..

Libya’s war becomes a tech battleground
https://issafrica.org/iss-today/liby...h-battleground
Armed drones are ubiquitous in Libya, and will be on future battlefields, both due to the relatively high-precision attacks they can undertake and because they are far cheaper than traditional attack aircraft.
It is important to closely watch Libya’s conflict to predict future wars.

[anatta]

When trump surrendered Afghanistan air bases to the Taliban, the Afghan Air Force became a Taliban asset. I am happy they lost the capability to fly their aircraft.

losing a war so the other side cant use your base? that is some twisted shit

[anatta]

Not at all, but there comes a point where you have to let someone else police the world. Our infrastructure is crumbling, and we waste trillions overseas.

we just "spent" 54 billion on Ukraine. 40 billion just voted on and about 14 billion total before that
Ironic you mention infrastructure. that's more then the US spent on roads in bridges for all of 2021

[anatta]

lol well i think i wrapped up this nonsense. on to the next glorious war

[BartenderElite]

pure junk noise
Getting out thru Bagram was a secure withdrawal instead of a rout that turned into a chaotic Evac

Trump had a stable situation. 2500 to secure Afghan when no one was getting KIA
was a very small contingent to hold the country

and how about all the equipment?
Night vision goggles,small arm by the ten thousands, 100k rounds of ammo. armored Humves
all that was lost and fell into Taliban hands, and those were not "disabled" like the Kabul cache

when we gave up Bagram we ensured a route because Biden decided to make the Embassy thru Karzai International instead of a US military base the last protected area

Broken record.

As for the equipment, it wasn't sitting on pallets in safe territory waiting to airlifted. You can't complain about casualties then say we should have put troops in harm's way to retrieve it.

[Althea]

Congratulations to Biden for finally getting us out of a futile situation. .

I'm not going to argue that it couldn't have been done in a better fashion. Any loss of life is tragic. But the Biden administration gave Americans working in Afg. MONTHS to evacuate, and they ignored the suggestion. Also...many were evacuated via CIA secret channels that only a moron like trump would publicly brag about. There was never any public mention of these people