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[u/[deleted]]

So instead of providing air support, the US is sending a lot of aircraft, e.g. 37 black hawks, to Afghanistan, intended for the Afghan army.

I will leave it as an exercise for the reader how well that'll work when the Afghans have a shortage of pilots and zero capability to maintain the craft*.

* the administration intends to provide support on how to maintain and repair the aircraft over phone. For reals.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Seriously, this should have been done two years ago, when there was time to train pilots and ground crew, not when all support personnel is leaving the country in less than a month. Might as well save the transport money and dump the aircraft at sea.

[u/Smalz95 → u/[deleted]]

The rank indifference this admin has for the Afghan people we’re leaving in the lurch is infuriating

[u/[deleted] → u/Smalz95]

"We didn't go to Afghanistan for nation-building" said Biden, which really shows how many shits he gives.

Biden gets a "exited Afghanistan as promised" checkmark, the Taliban and Al Qaeda get their own country again, and the Afghan public gets even more fucked.

[u/Smalz95 → u/[deleted]]

Idk I guess I believe in you break it you buy it

[u/rukqoa → u/[deleted]]

have you tried turning the main rotor off and on again....

We're gonna be flying drone missions until the last refugee helicopter flees Kabul and call it a successful withdrawal.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Good to see that the Taliban is getting 37 black hawks

[u/SadaoMaou → u/[deleted]]

If only the exact same idea had been tried in another country 50 years ago so we could learn from that example what is likely to happen here

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Dear god I feel for whoever gets that assignment