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The Taliban are now armed with American weapons. Entire bases were abandoned overnight, full of supplies and equipment:

https://youtu.be/f37xrmiqmnU?t=132

There are videos of Taliban rolling through cities in American humvees:

https://t.co/cdHsZgjSv8

Its a matter of time before they take Kabul.

$2.2trillion gifted to the Military Industrial Complex.

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Too bad we couldn't at least have done some sabotage of equipment left behind. Hell, just slashing tires on the humvees for starters, would make a pretty big dent in their immediate usefulness. But there are probably other low-effort ways to make them difficult to repair.

Maybe it is by design.

Leave an unstable nation filled with weapons at the doorstep of China and Russia.

Our government put more effort into stopping poor people from having affordable vehicles than preventing the Taliban from getting military vehicles[1]. See engine disablement section, basically just replace oil with salt water.

[1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Allowance_Rebate_System

Sounds bad for the environment. Or do you think all that motor oil would be captured in an environmentally responsible way?

Another decade of bombs and depleted uranium is bad for the environment too.

Besides, DoD is already the biggest polluter on the planet. Anything that slows the war machine will be a net positive.

Another illegitimate occupier defeated. Is anyone surprised?

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