Afghan soldiers literally laying down their weapons and walking away...

[AngryOldDem]

…per correspondent on MSNBC. Changing into civilian clothes.

Says it all.

[Irish_Dem]

1. The $2 Trillion was one big scam and boondoggle.

Military industrial complex, mercenaries, Afghans, all got very rich off the American taxpayer.

[AngryOldDem]

2. It's enraging.

Supposedly they had “superior airpower,” training, etc.

Biden should not be blamed for this. We bought into the fallacy — as we did in Vietnam — that people would defend their country if only given the means to do so. That ideal died after WWII.

This has been a disaster in slow motion for 20 years.

[rampartc]

12. these people are defending their country from foreign invaders

and seem to gave succeeded.

[mitch96]

3. If the people of that country don't care, why should we? nt

[JoanofArgh]

4. This is why we needed to get out.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

5. They and their families will be tortured, raped and slaughtered if they resist. I cant blame them.

[Paladin]

6. South Viet Nam, all over again.

When the hell will we ever learn?

[AngryOldDem]

8. We never learn from history.

Santayana was right.

[Wingus Dingus]

7. Not willing to fight unless we were doing most of it for them.

How long did they last--weeks? Days? It's a shame we weren't out of there 18-19 years ago.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. You KNOW someone in our Intelligence agencies knew this is what would happen.

But we're going to be put through the, "No one foresaw this" scenario until someone writes a book saying otherwise.

I'm guessing that Biden is banking on us leaving without any US casualties. That the new mission.

[Voltaire2]

10. Is anyone surprised by this?

45 years after the fall of Saigon, we have demonstrably learned nothing.

[Paladin]

18. Nobody should be. (nt)

[Wounded Bear]

11. History doesn't repeat, but it does rhyme...

and the more things change, the more they stay the same.

[ripcord]

13. They know the Afghan military can't protect them and their familes without U.S. support

There will be reprisals for people who fought the Taliban and their families will be the first targets, I'm afraid the death toll is going to be frightening.

[Klaralven]

14. Pashtunwali

Nənawā́te ( ننواتې ): Asylum – Derived from the verb meaning to go in, this refers to the protection given to a person against his enemies. People are protected at all costs; even those running from the law must be given refuge until the situation can be clarified.[2] Nənawā́te can also be used when the vanquished party in a dispute is prepared to go into the house of the victors and ask for their forgiveness: this is a peculiar form of "chivalrous" surrender, in which an enemy seeks "sanctuary" at the house of their foe. A notable example is that of Navy Petty Officer First Class Marcus Luttrell, the sole survivor of a US Navy SEAL team ambushed by Taliban fighters. Wounded, he evaded the enemy and was aided by members of the Sabray tribe who took him to their village. The tribal chief protected him, fending off attacking tribes until word was sent to nearby US forces.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashtunwali

[Thrill]

15. Let Russia or China save them

Not the US.

[Lemon Lyman]

16. No kidding

Or make blackwater or whatever they're called now do it.

[Turbineguy]

17. It may turn out

that the U.S. has been training Taliban loyalists all along.

[KG]

19. they've been doing it for 20 years

[marble falls]

20. No leadership.

[Chainfire]

21. Putting down your weapons and walking away is what a rational person does when they are defeated.

No one wants to be the last person to die for a lost cause.