Bailout - Abandoned Ordnance...
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I suppose I really shouldn't be surprised, given the way things have panned out in the ending of the twenty-year war in Afghanistan; but for God's sake, why have the US abandoned such an enormous quantity of kit and ordnance on their way out? Billions of dollar's-worth of planes, helicopters, vehicles and guns have just been abandoned. The initial story was that it was all de-commissioned: now we're told that it will rot away through the lack of expertise and technical support, and that the US might just disable the stuff with drone strikes. Come on! The Taliban have funds and political & technical support in abundance, from the Middle East and Pakistan at the very least. Then there's the threat from the more(!) extremist groups that really don't like the 'new' Taliban Lite. It really is the shit-storm from Hell that most sane commentators have predicted for quite some time. Don't come down too hard on Joe Biden, remember: he inherited this agree