It's as if Joe Biden himself was the military procurement chief for the Taliban.
We might add, uniforms, which the Taliban have already used to taunt the U.S. by wearing them last month while acting out the famous, and treasured, shot of Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima in World War II. All told, the U.S. "Provided an estimated $83 billion worth of training and equipment to Afghan security forces since 2001," says Open The Books founder and CEO Adam Andrzejewski.
Even before the Biden Retreat, the Taliban had "a wealth of armaments," says a January report from West Point's Combating Terrorism Center.
The military gear included "Armored vehicles, night-vision devices, Western rifles, laser designators, and advanced optics." We've also seen the Taliban firing rocket-propelled grenades, mortar rounds, and missiles out of the back of trucks.
Of course even with the war-making riches left behind by the administration, the Taliban still won't have the military capabilities of the U.S., China, Russia, and many other nations.
Add the weaponry the Taliban already had to the new goods it's picking up only at the low, low cost of running America out of Afghanistan, mix in its newly burnished image as a conqueror that will help it recruit more radicals, and it's a much more formidable force than it was just weeks ago.
Far as we can tell, neither he nor Barack Obama has expressed remorse for trading U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was convicted of desertion for leaving his post in Afghanistan, for five Guantanamo detainees, one of whom became a Taliban commander after his release.
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