Rush of troops to Kabul tests Biden's withdrawal deadline

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3. from someone who was there (not me)

https://democraticunderground.com/100215733100

I was deployed in Afghanistan in 2013
Specifically in Kabul training and advising their Air Force….and what is happening there was inevitable, whether we left in 2002, 2010, 2013, 2018, now, 2024, 2040 or whenever and regardless if there was a Republican or Democratic POTUS…we were propping this weak military up….me and the others with me use to joke about how once we left that the taliban would take over very quickly….just interacting with people from the Afghan military you could tell that they were very weak and would fold; they were very undisciplined by military standards …hell, even with us there, there were so many of them always going AWOL it doesn’t surprise me that they would do the same with us not there.
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Earlier articles and observers from years ago mentioned how the locals would change sides in their tribal fights/wars as it became convenient for the local leaders.

I find it interesting to see all those vehicles running around. Just how much gas/diesel do they have and how efficiently can it be distributed when the ruling gov't gets overthrown and infrastructure has no real leadership? Same with water and electricity.