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(81,856 posts) Mon Aug 23, 2021, 08:22 AM Aug 2021

12 year old video demonstrates why the Afghan army evaporated

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12 year old video demonstrates why the Afghan army evaporated (Original Post) Renew Deal Aug 2021 OP

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Aug 2021 #1

Good grief! No wonder! Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2021 #2

Their leaders were selling off their rations, waster, and other necessities Warpy Aug 2021 #4

If this was representative of the entire Afghan Army, I can understand why the collapse OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2021 #3

Thanks for sharing this. I've posted it about a half dozen times myself! littlemissmartypants Aug 2021 #5

tblue37

(65,340 posts)

1. K&R for visibility. nt

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Mon Aug 23, 2021, 08:55 AM

Aug 2021

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)

2. Good grief! No wonder!

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Mon Aug 23, 2021, 10:15 AM

Aug 2021

Their army was basically a bunch of drugged-up hippies!

Warpy

(111,254 posts)

4. Their leaders were selling off their rations, waster, and other necessities

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 23, 2021, 12:24 PM

Aug 2021

That's how corrupt the whole country is by our standards.

The dope was most likely necessary for them to keep going, at all.

Besides, the Taliban told us flat out from the beginning, we might have overwhelming force, but they had time.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,465 posts)

3. If this was representative of the entire Afghan Army, I can understand why the collapse

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Mon Aug 23, 2021, 10:20 AM

Aug 2021

happened so quickly. And I appreciate Biden's decision to GTFO even better now.

littlemissmartypants

(22,634 posts)

5. Thanks for sharing this. I've posted it about a half dozen times myself!

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Mon Aug 23, 2021, 01:07 PM

Aug 2021

GMTAI guess.

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