Why did we leave the taliban all that equipment?

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Seriously wondering.

What’s the main stream theory?

And what’s the truth?

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[–]iamonlyoneman 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

USA left Afghanistan with a nominally-functional government, complete with an equipped military.

The taliban was the stronger force and acquired the weapons of the Afghan military when USA left

[–]1Icemonkey 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Well, if you’re going to spend 4 trillion dollars and 20 years to replace the taliban with the taliban, it would be rude to not set them up properly.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

With all those weapons Taliban could be a problem for their neighbours, especially Iran (with whom they almost got into a war)

[–]jerkwad152 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We didn't. Biden did.

[–]hfxB0oyA 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Also, if all the weapons were left there, the USA would have to buy more weapons from the companies that own the US government.