President Joe Biden has been justifiably lambasted for leaving tens of billions of dollars’ worth of U.S. military equipment and arms in Taliban hands. This unprecedented gift has made the Taliban the best armed terror force in the world. This military tech transfer has also raised alarms about other U.S. enemies gaining access to this gear.
Reuters reports that according to Taliban officials, 2,000 armored vehicles, including U.S. Humvees and Mine Resistant Armored Personnel carriers (MRAPs), and up to forty aircraft—including Black Hawk helicopters, scout attack helicopters, Super Tucano light attack planes, and military drones—are now in terrorist hands.
While experts debate the dangers of China and Russia getting access to billions of dollars’ worth of current U.S. military hardware, including some relatively sophisticated electronics and communications gear, Iran may be the biggest benefactor of Biden’s gift to the Taliban.
Though Tehran has denied the accusations, U.S. intelligence is clear: “Iran has provided the Taliban with financial support and training,” said a senior defense intelligence official during a Pentagon news briefing about a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) report on Iran. And the close ties continue.
Controversial pictures posted on social media last week appear to show a convoy of trailer trucks transporting U.S. military equipment taken from Afghanistan into Iran.
Other reports appear to buttress those claims, stating that Iran purchased Humvees and MRAPs from the Taliban for research and reverse engineering.
The National Interest (TNI) reported that:
Days before reports of Iran’s alleged purchase emerged, Representative James Comer (R-KY) and Representative Glenn Grothman (R-WI) wrote a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin requesting information on the Pentagon’s plans to recover American weapons left in Afghanistan.
“We are left wondering if the Biden Administration has a plan to prevent the Taliban from using our weapons against the U.S. or its allies, or selling them to foreign adversaries, like China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea,” the lawmakers wrote.
In addition, former President Donald Trump stated that “all equipment should be demanded to be immediately returned to the United States, and that includes every penny of the $85 billion dollars in cost.”
Many try to downplay this windfall to America’s enemies and claim that this gear isn’t of much value to sophisticated adversaries like China or Russia, though I would argue otherwise. And the commander of U.S. Central Command, General Kenneth Franklin McKenzie, Jr., also asserts, for example, that U.S. aircraft left in Afghanistan were rendered inoperable and will never fly again.
But even if true, that misses the point that they could still be useful for reverse engineering by Iran or other American adversaries.
As TNI notes:
“Iran probably made deals with the Taliban to buy some of these vehicles and equipment for research and reproduction purposes. So if American helicopter and airplane parts get into the hands of the Iranian government, it will be life-changing for military aircraft development,” wrote one independent intelligence analyst.
This is just one more major military gift Biden’s disastrous retreat from Afghanistan has given to terrorists and enemies of America.
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I KNEW IT!!!! Now Numb Nuts is going to get us into Iran. Can these A’holes be any more predictable?
No Experience Needed, No Boss Over iil Your FYD Shoulder… Say Goodbye To Your Old Job! Limited Number Of Spots
Open…. 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗔𝗽𝗽𝟮𝟰𝟳.𝗧𝗞
Another BullKrapp SCAMM!
LISTEN UP…Like I STATED Before…AS LONG as PREZ BIDEN is in the WHITE HOUSE…the CHAOS…CONFUSION and ALL KINDS of EVIL will CONTINUE. GOD Chose PREZ TRUMP to Be PRESIDENT of the U.S. NOT a THIEF. From SamuraiQueen. 😄😄😄
Agree with Elizabeth Estrada, we just need to continue to pray for our nation! Evil Spirits are fighting the good Spirits but we know God is still in charge and if he puts something on your heart to run for a school board position or even Congress or Senate Do It. Our churches also need to stand up to this evil and NOT close them. America needs to repent and be praying nothing is more powerful than prayer. We even need to pray for Biden, Pelosi and all those we feel are tearing our Nation down after all it’s easy to pray for those we agree with but God wants us to pray for all His children.
amen
It is time for everyone to understand that Biden does all of this on purpose to destroy the USA. Sure he is lead by USA haters socialists/marxists/ communists are pushing him but he is very much agreeing. Yes he has dementia problems but this is the evil man he is. The people behind him and beside him are the very same. No mistake – on purpose.
Biden is not doing anything but standing around!
It’s Obama’s 3rd term!
New World Order’s term, and OScuma is in in it.
in ON it
Standing? With all due respect, I think he must be napping.
The Putz in Chief, senile Joe Biden, strikes again!
Send the B 52’s Joe, to destroy our military equipment before it is shipped out!
The problem is that retard joe would have to send the bombers. Good luck with that
WAY too late! Do what Trump said, “we want it back. ALL of it” And then when they DON’T….. ya’ get Reeeeeal UGLY with them.
Not when you and your son are on their payrolls China, Russia, Iran.
I just saw a report, that an aid worker & his children WERE KILLED BY “MISTAKE” BUT MSM, IGNORED IT THAN, AND THEY IGNORE IT NOW!!! milley MUST BE INVESTIGATED, ARRESTED, CONVICTED, AND SENTENCED TO DEATH, HANG FROM THE NECK TILL DEAD!!! ALSO INCLUDE MSM, reid, lemon, behr, all of the msm that are passing themselves off as journalists, THEY AREN’T EVEN CLOSE, THEY ARE HACKS AND SHOULD BE IMPRISONED FOR FRAUD, AT THE LEAST!!! I AM SO SICK OF THIS MESS CAUSED BY DICTATOR bi den!!!
It ISN’T just Ho Chi Bi Den, believe me. It’s the Whole DAMNED Democrat Party AND BEYOND.
R and D mean nothing. Demo is now CATHOLIC. Milley is just one more CATHOLIC TRAITOR. Pelosi, Biden, McConnell, Kerry,
Blinkin (Sec. State) SCOTUS are all CATHOLIC TRAITORS.
This is the entire head of the US govt!
Mess things up beyond repair, then declare a great victory.
Have you ever heard of a CATHOLIC nation that was not bankrupt?
Have you ever heard of a CATHOLIC nation that was successful?
Have you ever heard of a CATHOLIC nation that had an infrastructure?
Have you ever heard of a CATHOLIC nation that is educated?
Have you ever heard of a CATHOLIC nation that is not corrupt?
Have you ever heard of a CATHOLIC nation that is not crime ridden?
The only difference between Muslim and “C” is the continent they destroy.
R and D mean nothing. Catholics are Catholics, NOT Americans.
Vote for ANY CATHOLIC and you vote for a traitor and failure forever… Look south for proof.
D is Khazarians rule over Catholics/Vatican.
They only execute Khazarian orders. Pope Francis Bergoglio kisses David Rotschild hand
Where’s Jesus ?
You’re right. Most of the recent Popes were Jews.
I believe that Blinkin is Jewish. as are Brier and Kagan of SCOTUS. The Communists have fashioned their Hierarchy from the Catholic Church. The ELITES ALWAYS LIVE VERY WELL AT THE EXPENSE OF THOSE AT THE BOTTOM WHO SUPPORT THEM.. There is no middle class only elites and lower class who do all of the work and pay all of the taxes the elites live on.
ABSOLUTELY!!!
Their tentacles and vice are spread far and wide as the Demomarxist Party is in full Marxist mode led by the usual.. Bernie Sanders and AOC of Tax The Rich. The dress designer of the rag AOC had on was devised and built by a TAX CHEAT. That dress reminded me of a monthly mistake yet AOC just preened and gave her MULE LIKE grin for the cameras.
Bideni is CATHOLIC. Peloisi is CATHOLIC. Blinkin is CATHOLIC. Milley is CATHOLIC. No chance of anything happening to Milley the CATHOLIC TRAITOR.
And alfie is a jerkoff, every time he writes about his hate of Catholic’s he shows his ignorance!!!
What the hell is wrong with this man
I could write a book on this DICTATOR bid en, what’s wrong with him!!! He’s a LIAR, not even a good one!!! He’s the head of a CRIMINAL FAMILY, HIS OWN!!! His brother’s, the dead son (and he didn’t die from combat) as LYIN, bid en want’s you to believe!!! And of course we have the DRUG ADDICT hunter, but he’s not only a druggie, his use of porn, his shady dealings with china, and ukraine, using daddy’s credit card for whores, to the tune of 25,000.00!!! Soooo much wrong with this IDIOT!!!
What isn’t wrong with him?
He is CATHOLIC!
They are asking what’s wrong with you, stupid!!!
Time to Remove the Human Tater Tot biden and the Bimbo harris for Treason and Sedition against the American People and the Constitution.
Biden is like the rest of the members of the Democrat Crime Cartel. They consider themselves citizens of the World first and above all else and wrap themselves in the Flag only when it serves as a means to an end. Some where in all of this gross criminal negligence known as the Biden Tyranny money is flowing into the Biden Crime Family Off Shore Accounts.
MOST of it’s Already been paid. He’s just making good on his end of the deals with the Real evil forces.
Perfect!!
The Liars and thieves succeeded stabbing the backs of American people.
Be proud.
They hate you.
Welcome the hate embrace the giant FU
This was not biden’s plan… it was the plan the biden followed though. biden can’t wipe his own ass and he is easily handled by his bosses as are many of these politicians, heads of these alphebet soup of govt agencies, the heads of the media, heads of states and poliiticians of states of all creeds and colors (I like that part). The school boards and the followers are just idiots. Then you have blm, clearly paid for as antifa, who are really bunch of cowards and will wilt if given anykida fight. Now tell me whay biden isn’t under arrest and the leaderr of the military should be facing very unpleasent consequences. Plus he is responsible for deaths of many people including the brave military personel that died because of bidens corruption. His whole family needs to be hung and the list is very long for hanging after that. The hanging, should surely include the planners like soros and his son, bloomberg and his family, and all the other super rich, zuckerburg, bezos and his buddy sassy… hell the list goes on. The plus side if this happens we will ride the world of many people whom are a waste of air, maybe even confiscate hugh amounts of wealth that we could actually use to make the world (not just the US) a better place.
Suuuure AIN’T His plan! Hell, Ho Chi BiDen couldn’t plan an Easter Egg Hunt for three
5-year-olds.
Can’t win the war against socialism without an outright battle.
Obama must be thrilled that the his plan to help his Islamic radical brothers worked so well. Much better than when he left the weapons for ISIS and sent the money to Iran.
I wonder if Joe will get his THE BIG GUY CUT of the sale of these weapons to Iran and China?
The Taliban sponsors will use this in they’re wars against they’re neighbors like Iran used they used the one and a half villion in various currencies printed up by OBama to give give Iran in the middle of the night only differences are huge this was done in daytime and it cut out the middle man like Hilary used that ended with the death of the ambassador in Bengazhi anyone remember that or have we forgotten I digress any Nicen gave them 85 billion in the daytime War materials not essential for use to help the people of Afghanistan but to use for the only post use of fighting against America and Israel which Iran has been threatening to do for decades. Now as I stated before no middle man just a straight deal billions in high text a d low tech war fare material and now the taliban can finance their own terrorist actions with out having to purchase a single machine gun a single fighter plane night vision goggles so on just had some poor deluded idiot here a gun kill Americans here kill any of their allies
Here is proof of giving aid and comfort to the enemy/enemies, which is a high crime (treason). Starting with article 1, section 1, and the tenth amendment in the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution, which president Biden has sworn to support and protect and defend against enemies foreign and domestic, yet still takes and uses powers NOT granted which is also a high crime (usurpation), by the rule of law, How can Biden remain president and free of punishment?
The MIC suggested that the military gear be left behind so they can replace it at twice the cost!