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    Quote Originally Posted by Tgo01 View Post
    Oh good you're still here. So what did I lie about again in regards to Biden heavily implying the Afghan military were a bunch of cowards as they risk their lives and give their lives to help defend US citizens at the airport?
    https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2009...0383357/?ur3=1
    American troops have observed Afghan soldiers cowering in ditches whenever shooting breaks out and say they have seen them routinely stealing U.S.-supplied fuel, equipment and weapons, the military newspaper Stars and Stripes reported Wednesday.

    It said some U.S. troops also suspect their Afghan counterparts of collaborating with Taliban insurgents. There also are concerns about rampant corruption as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, has set a goal of doubling Afghan forces to 400,000 within four years.

    "I do not feel I am a mentor here," Capt. Jason Douthwaite, a U.S. logistics officer, told Stars and Stripes. "I feel like I am an investigating officer. It's not, 'Let me teach you your job.' It's more like, 'How much did you steal from the American government today?'"
    http://www.ipsnews.net/2009/11/polit...-us-war-plans/
    One in every four combat soldiers quit the Afghan National Army (ANA) during the year ending in September, published data by the U.S. Defence Department and the Inspector General for Reconstruction in Afghanistan reveals.
    Calling the organization on the whole cowardly and corrupt isn't inaccurate or even really controversial.
    Last edited by Taernath; 08-23-2021 at 07:02 PM.
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