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  the government pocketed a lot of it, and gave scraps to the military. the state of the afghan military could have been compared to if the russian government just disappeared. yeah it’s got weapons, armor, and basic third world country military stuff, but no one’s there to fund it at all so it just kinda folds
context: Taliban gives us an opportunity to study a medieval society in real time. >
  
  They do that kind of thing... >
  
  Meanwhile, in the 2nd century... >
  
  Everybody: “Even though the US is the only thing keeping the Taliban from regaining control of Afghanistan The US needs to leave Afghanistan “
  USA: “ Ok, bye”
  Taliban: *takes away women’s rights and starts cutting off people’s hands.
  See, people complained about us being in Afghanistan while not even considering the fact that we went into Afghanistan and removed the Taliban from power and remained there to keep them from regaining power. >
  
  I’d rather all that money goto Ukraine. The Afghans had enough of our money, blood and time to figure it out for themselves. This is obviously what they wanted. >
  
  Yeah, I think I agree with this point. How long were we in Afghanistan and they couldn't muster up the strength to fight, given all the aid from the US? They took our presence for granted, and I have a hard time sympathizing, unfortunately.