Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   "Lessons Learned from Afghanistan" Date:   9/2/2021 10:16:04 AM

During the joint address by Gen Milley and SecDef Austin yesterday, Milley stated that there would be lessons learned from Afghanistan.  Then a bit later, they both said that it was possible that the US would work with the Taliban against ISIS-K.  Aparently in a few short months, the Taliban went from a militant group to the US's new best friend in the fight against ISIS.  Hmm, one wonders what form this "work" would take....

Thinking about it, remember how we came to be in this situation.  When the Russians occupied Afghanistan, the US transferred weapons  and funded Pakistani/Afghan rebels and used them to disrupt the Russians in Afghanistan.  Then, when the Russians left, we abandoned the rebels and the resentment turned into Al Queda, which beget ISIS.  So we went into Afghanistan to destroy the terrorist training camps, and drove the Taliban, who were allowing the training camps to exist, out of Afghanistan.  And now the Taliban is back and we're going to befriend them, to fight ISIS.

It's pretty clear to me that if we learn any lessons,we must not learn the right ones.  

I personally think Austin should be fired and Milley relieved from his position.  Both are nothing more than Biden lap dogs.