Friday, March 29, AD 2024 1:15am

Saigon Redux

Go here to read the rest.  Two decades of waste of American lives and treasure to prop up a regime that is folding in days against the rag tag Taliban.  This debacle is one of the worst military and diplomatic disasters in American history.  It warrants a searing debate.  However, since the Democrats are in power, the media would prefer to chew ground glass rather than engage in questioning that would harm the Puppetmasters’ Administration.

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Nekofanatic
Nekofanatic
Thursday, August 12, AD 2021 3:50pm

No, it is not a military disaster. It is a political disaster, and it has been since the initial invasion; just like Iraq, and just like Vietnam. The military did as much as it was allowed to by the politicians, and more in many cases. This failure rests solely on the politicians. Some of those politicians may wear the uniform of the top brass, but the majority of those twits are political animals and NOT military leaders.

Ezabelle
Ezabelle
Thursday, August 12, AD 2021 4:05pm

Biden is an embarrassing and incompetent imbecile. What a moronic thing to say on so many levels. How demoralising to those who lost their lives there. Words cannot fully express what a complete an utter failure he as an a leader.

Art Deco
Art Deco
Thursday, August 12, AD 2021 4:31pm

I’d point out that we withdrew 97% of our troops from Iraq at the end of 2011 and the government is still there. The country suffered horrendously during the period from 2013 to 2017, but eventually with some help from abroad the back of ISIS was broken and the country is now quieter than it has been at any time since 2002. Somehow, our military was able to recruit and train a military and a police force in Iraq which can stand its ground and suppress violence. Not sure why this could not be accomplished in Afghanistan.

Alphatron Shinyskullus
Alphatron Shinyskullus
Thursday, August 12, AD 2021 8:38pm

I went to the premier screening of the movie “Shepherds of Helmand” about an Oregon National Guard mission to Afghanistan to train the ANA. There was a discussion period afterwards with some of the members of that mission. The Afghan Nation National was and probably still is riddled with Taliban. They would ask “Who here is Taliban” and a substantial number of people would raise their hands. My memory wants to say half, but I’m not sure now. When they left on a mission the Taliban would immediately be alerted. They took to not giving any information to the ANA until they got where they were going. They never went to the ANA barracks out of concern for their safety. Drug abuse was rampant. Corruption was rampant. Taliban joined so their pay and sometimes their weapons and gear could be channeled to their clan. It was impossible to exclude the Taliban because of clan allegiances and clan alliances. The ANA would not fight initially. Towards the end of their deployment, they had managed to turn things around and successfully defended a town under attack. But that was thirteen years ago. One has to think there was troop turnover, and likely a return to the same issues the 41st Infantry soldiers faced in trying to turn their assigned unit into a fighting force. It’s impossible to defeat an enemy when half of the troops are actually on the other side.

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