Obama sent 1.7 Billion dollars in cash to Iran.
Biden left 85 Billion dollars worth of planes and military equipment to the Taliban.
Cmon Man!
Biden one-ups Obama.
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Let's compare one situation absent of context to another absent of truth...so dishonest.
For the record Obama didn't give 17 billion worth of taxpayer funds to Iran, and US equipment was left to Afghan forces - not the Taliban. Plus 85B is a gross overestimate for the equipment - try less than $10B.
Parrot boy still has me blocked so this is for informational purposes for anyone interested in reality.
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@SkepticalOne
Isn't the actual value of the equipment left behind in the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan less the point than that it was abandoned at all when it could have easily, and should have been a strategic part of the withdrawal? Where are your priorities? As mindlessly lost as are Biden's? Oh, yeah, he had contingencies, alright. Contingency #1: Even leave American citizens behind. Some plan. A three year old would do better.
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@949havoc
That was FOUR days ago! Jeeze, get over it!
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@949havoc
No doubt, if no equipment were left in support and the Taliban took control, some would be arguing we left Afghanistan defenseless.
...and how can you say we've left anyone behind when we are still in the process of evacuating?
Listen, if you want to say the process could have been done better - fine, Ill agree, but if you just want to nitpick because politics I can't really take the objection seriously.
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@SkepticalOne
This political subforum is basically a right-wing disinformation shitshow at this point. I'm just gonna be avoiding it for the time being.
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@RationalMadman
You cannot spread the truth if you avoid non-believers.
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@dfss9788
Firstly, that is blatantly false. Secondly, I'm here primarily to seek truth and chat, not necessarily spread it, though that does come with the site somewhat.
Engaging with most of the right-wing trolls here isn't worth my time and effort, I even tried it to see.
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@RationalMadman
Well, ok, there are other ways to spread it. My concern is that it's going to turn in to an echo chamber if the liberal voices flee.
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@dfss9788
It already is and in their minds this is a liberal echo chamber.
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@Greyparrot
Biden left 85 Billion dollars worth of planes and military equipment to the Taliban.
Title to much the equipment was apparently given to Afghan forces during Trump's presidency.
From 2017 to 2019, the United States also gave Afghan forces 7,035 machine guns, 4,702 Humvees, 20,040 hand grenades, 2,520 bombs and 1,394 grenade launchers, among other equipment, according to a report last year from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. https://thehill.com/policy/defense/569040-house-republicans-seek-answers-on-us-weapons-seized-by-taliban
What of it was American property? I heard a lot of cars and other vehicles were left at Bagram.
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@dfss9788
What of it was American property? I heard a lot of cars and other vehicles were left at Bagram.
We won't know the full scale until Aug 31.