The US permanently disabled more than 150 vehicles and aircraft when the military left Kabul so they

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

will 'never be used again'

The last US military aircraft have departed Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, ending nearly two decades of war in Afghanistan, Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of US Central Command, said Monday afternoon.

Asked about military equipment left behind at the airport, McKenzie said that some was brought out. Other systems were "demilitarized," meaning US forces purposely broke them to prevent them from being used.

The counter rocket, artillery, and mortar (C-RAM) systems, which were used to fend off a rocket attack on the airport on Monday, were kept online until the last minute and then demilitarized.

"We demilitarized those systems so that they'll never be used again," McKenzie said. "We felt it more important to protect our forces than to bring those systems back."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-us-permanently-disabled-more-than-150-vehicles-and-aircraft-when-the-military-left-kabul-so-they-will-never-be-used-again/ar-AANUK8T

That still won't stop the RWNJs from saying we armed the Taliban.

[MichMan]

1. How many were there?

I would have thought a lot more than 150.

[Kingofalldems]

5. Any evidence?

[MichMan]

14. According to the White House National Security Advisor there were more

"We don't have a complete picture, obviously, of where every article of defense materials has gone, but certainly a fair amount of it has fallen into the hands of the Taliban," White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said a few days after the fall of the Afghan capital.

Right in the linked article

[Polybius]

10. I would have thought we at least needed to add two or even 3 zeros

150 sounds incredibly low.

[louslobbs]

3. Great question!

n/t

[Baked Potato]

4. It is fitting Democrats taught Republicans how to end a war properly.

Undeterred by The Former Guy and his reckless, saboteur-crew, President Biden managed an exit from a killing field with remarkable success.

The young volunteer American troops who gave it all protecting and rescuing civilians should be memorialized forever as Heroes.

[Chainfire]

6. It is OK the military suppliers will be happy to sell them replacement units.

Of course they had to de-mil the stuff.

[Raine]

7. I'm sure they'll find a way to get them going again

China will help them.

[roamer65]

8. Ground troop wise we have left Afghanistan.

Special forces and air missions?

No.

[Ron Green]

9. What a country. Littering a foreign land with millions of dollars worth

of junk, paid for by you and me.

Meanwhile we can’t have universal health care, competent journalism or real passenger trains.

Seems like a shithole to me.

[not fooled]

13. yes, for 20 years

squandering billions on the military junk.
But, just think of those mansions war contractors were able to buy.

I agree with your assessment.

[Irish_Dem]

15. Exactly. Trillions wasted while we have lousy healthcare, unaffordable college, bad infrastructure.

[herding cats]

11. Good to know.

It's still a damn shame the US wasted billions of dollars over 20-years on defense spending to arm the now defunct Afghan army. Which is a completely separate issue from these few demilitarized pieces of equipment.

Ultimately the Afghan war was a waste of lives, time, money and other resources. The only true winners here were the military contractors and private militias. They banked massively at the expense of many allied lives lost both to combat deaths, and PTSD after the fact.

It was a fools errand from the beginning. I'm glad we're out, finally, thanks to Biden.

/rant

[Grins]

12. "...won't stop the RWNJs from saying we armed the Taliban"

You mean….like Reagan?