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[–]TheJamesRocket 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The U.S. was not expecting the Taliban to take control of Afghanistan as quickly as they did. They were caught completely off-guard by this. The Taliban have occupied nearly the entire country in an offensive that lasted a bit more than a week. The sheer speed at which the Afghan military collapsed is stunning. The U.S. spent decades building up these forces, and they crumpled like a dixie cup. The Taliban basically mounted a blitzkrieg, except on horses and camels. They now have the capital city, Kabul, surrounded. The President fled like a coward, and the Taliban seized his palace. This is a resounding and humiliating defeat for the U.S.

According to ABC: A US intelligence assessment earlier in the week had said Kabul could be encircled in 30 days and could fall to the Taliban within 90 days, but the insurgents captured most of Afghanistan's major cities in less than a week and entered the capital on Sunday.

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

The U.S. was not expecting the Taliban to take control of Afghanistan as quickly as they did. They were caught completely off-guard by this.

If that's actually true, every single person who had a hand in this should be fired, and potentially imprisoned. I doubt it's true, because one would have to be severely retarded, or on drugs, so biden on down should be imprisoned for their lies, and the countless deaths they caused.

The Afghan 'army' (lol) has been melting away and refusing to fight for years. When that idiot was saying "blah blah 6 months to take the capital, and it doesn't even need to happen", it was blatantly obvious that Kabul would fall in a matter of several days.

What this is is a severe indictment of the American people, who let such corrupt blathering idiots WASTE TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS for the purpose of making us all look like morons. Well, it worked.

[–]TheJamesRocket 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yes, they really did believe the capital would be safe for the next few weeks. Going by MSN: Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby on Friday said Kabul was not in an "imminent threat environment".

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

I think it was just the standard lying. If anyone of them really believed that, we're in far worse shape than I thought.