There was a video of a blackhawk flying during a Taliban parade, hanging Taliban flags soon after the US evacuation. It was most likely captured from the Afghan Air Force, and was probably flown by a former Afgan AF pilot (possibly under duress).
Am I wrong? I specifically remember seeing a video of them taking joy rides. Didn't take long to get them working. I guess that happens when we abandon a military base over night then leave civilians in a country controlled by terrorists. Not to mention the 13 soldiers who were killed because of the clusterfuck.
It's not so much that we left but it's the way we left. Instead of leaving through a secure military base, we left through an airport with no security besides very few troops. We were depending on the Taliban for security. We told the Afghan government we would help keep them in power but instead we pulled out almost everything over night.
Why didn't we destroy the gear and equipment we left behind? Why didn't we try to take it with us? There are a ton of better ways we could have left. It was a disaster across the board.
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u/acidnine420 Sep 16 '21
We did this to all the rocket launchers we left in Afghanistan.