If the "Saigon withdrawal" of the United States in Vietnam was repeated in Afghanistan, it even embarrassed the United States even more. Then the Behavior of the Afghan Taliban in "showing off the spoils of war" can be said to be "mending the knife" and "piercing the heart". Although the United States has repeatedly stressed that it has completely destroyed the stranded weapons and equipment before the retreat, the large equipment of the US military launched by the Taliban sitting under them has completely shattered this lie! Now the Taliban is holding a military parade to show its powerful "strength" while piercing the Hearts of the United States.
US media CNN reported on the 16th that dozens of US military standard armored vehicles alternately driving in the streets of the Afghan capital, and the Taliban flag flying on the car has explained that these weapons have changed hands. While the Taliban stressed that it was nothing more than a routine military parade, they held graduation ceremonies for hundreds of servicemen. However, both the US and British media believe that this is proof that the Taliban are moving towards the regular army.
"See? Whether it's armored vehicles on the ground, helicopters in the sky, or equipment worn by Taliban soldiers, the Taliban need to thank the Americans for their generosity to Afghanistan. ”
"Is this what the United States is investing in Afghanistan? It was simply a joke that the U.S. strike helped the Taliban, acquired more powerful weapons, and helped the Taliban train a regular army! ”
"If the Taliban become a regular army, then the greatest contribution should be the United States, and from these weapons and equipment, anyone can see how well-intentioned the Americans are!"
At the same time that the US media reported that the Taliban was moving towards the "regular army", many netizens sarcastically said on social media that what should have been a weapon to fight against the Taliban has instead become a weapon to help the Taliban.
In fact, these equipment was originally used by the United States to support the former Afghan government forces and was used to combat the Taliban's activities in Afghanistan. But the rapid collapse of government forces has left most of these weapons in the hands of the Taliban. And these weapons also accelerated the rout of the former government forces.
According to the report, as early as the United States announced that it would no longer intervene in the war between the two sides in Afghanistan, the Taliban organized a "encirclement and suppression operation" in the northern part of the country, gathering a large number of troops and surrounding the local government forces. While a large number of government troops fled the border, they handed over all these weapons to the local Taliban. The Taliban then "shotgun for cannon" began to attack southern Afghanistan.
In fact, it is not only the weapons seized in the war, because the former Afghan government could not guarantee the income of soldiers, and soldiers who could not maintain their lives had to trade their weapons or AMERICAN weapons in the arsenal to local arms dealers in exchange for living expenses. Most of the weapons, which were privately traded by soldiers, went to the Taliban. Arms dealers, in order to earn the difference, found these Taliban personnel who were in desperate need of weapons.
After the complete withdrawal of U.S. soldiers, the U.S. Department of Defense statement said that most of the weapons have been "processed", some weapons that can be taken away have been taken away, and weapons that cannot be taken away have destroyed the key operational center, ensuring that weapons will not become the Taliban and threatening the capital of others, which is a guarantee of the United States. But it wasn't long before the Taliban's video overturned everything.
The Taliban video shows black hawk and Apache helicopters, both flying over Afghanistan, with large numbers of Taliban personnel taking photos of these American weapons. Even the Taliban said they had formed a special forces force that was fully equipped with U.S. military equipment.
Subsequently, US politicians repeatedly attacked the Biden administration, saying that the loss of weapons will seriously affect regional stability and lead to the loss of core US military technology. Some politicians even say that weapons have flowed into Iran and Russia, which are developing them in reverse, and will soon see the "Apache helicopters" produced by the two countries.