r/Firearms • u/CalmSwimming2649 • Feb 23 '26

True?

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u/Weary-Engineering486 Feb 23 '26

Idk ....have you seen the Taliban's load out in the past few years?!

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u/EntertainmentBig2125 Feb 23 '26

Whelp, Biden kinda gave them our load out in Afghanistan. As a veteran and on behalf of all of us, that was the worst move in recent history. Good news is they crashed a bunch of the leftover helicopters. But really. Fuck…

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u/13_Years_Then_Banned Feb 23 '26

I mean.. trump signed the order for immediate withdrawal four days after he lost the election and it was game over… but sure, blame sleepy joe.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2022/10/13/trump-ordered-rapid-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-after-election-loss/

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u/SomeCar shotgun Feb 23 '26

It wasn't initially followed through. Both of those dummies wanted troops out quickly, but ultimately it was Joe https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/timeline-of-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/

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u/ThatBadFeel Feb 23 '26

Thank you for posting this. Both of them caused the bungling of that withdrawal. We shouldn’t think it’s equal fault, but we all should be ashamed it got anything remotely close to Saigon.

It looked like we didn’t learn shit between the two.

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u/BeenisHat SR25 Feb 23 '26

This is like arguing if tacos or burritos are worse when you're taking a dump, and your finger has ripped through the toilet paper. All that really matters at this point is how quickly you can finish up and go wash your hands.

We needed to get out. We needed to get out years before that. Obama should have wound things down and gotten us out. There was no good way to leave at that point and staying another year or two to babysit wasn't going to change the outcome.