• chaogomu@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The war in Afghanistan was lost the moment Bush switched gears to invade Iraq.

    He pulled resources out that never went back, and then Obama did the same to fight ISIL. And then Trump pulled even more out just because.

    As the years went on, more of the security was offloaded to a corrupt interm government that never quite managed to become self sufficient.

    When Trump did his pull out, he got Congress to pull funding. That funding was all that wa keeping the Afghani military going.

    Then Biden had to finish the pull out, and he did not stick the landing.

    Also bonus fun fact. The Taliban is very likely going to start the world’s first Water War. They’ve been damming and diverting rivers that their neighbors rely on.

    • barsoap@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      Also, not making sure that the Afghan Army had all-female battalions.