Jesus. Everytime i think i figured Afghanistan out. John comes on my RU-vid page and makes me think about it ALL over again. In a different perspective....and this was around the boach withdrawal
John is trying to tell you something here. It pains me to say this, but the participants are asking questions that are all so past tense. The questions they should be asking is about how to stand up an army for when the time comes.
That was a bit general, but If you’re referring to our own backyard…. Amen. The biggest fight of our lives is about to kick off right here in our own country, and there’s no clear plan on how to fight it.
If you read about how the Mongols, Romans, and Alexander the Great "conquered" other lands you realize what it takes to defeat tribal people. You either kill almost all of them or go around that patch of land. Another thing.....when the Roman Legions were smashing everyone some wealthy Kings paid some former Roman Generals to train their guys to be Roman soldiers. No matter how much $ they threw at the problem they never got Roman soldiers. You can train 350K Afghans but you can't buy / train competency. I love these videos!
Whats crazy is John was there on the front of these wars and I was on the back end of these wars, asking what are we doing here!?! Felt like the last days of Vietnam, Mosul 2011, Helmand 2017.
Love you Shrek I love how you think about things you go past all the bs and tell you how it is being in elementary school when 9/11 happened seeing my whole family serve I was thinking on joining myself but after seeing how they treat our veterans coming home I decided not to and became a Vet Tech. ty for your service
@@treystevenson9872 hey dypsheet. If you actually knew about the man you’re referencing you know he hated being a sergeant major, which is why I elected not to call him that. Now go learn how to spell Sergeant, then GFY and have a nice day priq
I don’t know what kind of guy John was back during this war…but, if I had to go into combat, I’d love to have this guy leading the charge. But, I digress…. He’s spot on with his assessment here.
Shame on all the generals in charge of Afghanistan. They knew the training wasn’t going well yet they wanted to report back to the president and the Congress were winning hearts and minds when they absolutely knew that was not the case. But they were too c*********t to say this is a cluster and we need it fixed and this is how we need to fix it or we need to get the hell out. I’m ashamed at how management civilian and military managed Afghanistan.
Firstly, thank you for your service. If I were you, I'd listen to interviews by Lieutenant General Sami Sadat, the final commander of the Afghan National Security Forces Commandos. He details how, following the 2020 Doha deal, US support was cut, offensive operations halted, and 7,500 high-risk prisoners were released under US pressure. These prisoners, responsible for much American blood, were freed, while Afghan forces' supplies and ammunition were cut off, effectively choking the army. The Afghan government was excluded from the Doha deal, and the US withdrew contractors maintaining Afghan supplies and aircraft, crippling their airpower. The harsh terrain made resupply nearly impossible, leading to a dire situation. The sacrifices of Afghan soldiers over 21 years should not be ignored. The Afghan National Army had no air support and was forced to retreat until they ran out of ammunition and medical evacuation options. Do you see where I’m going with this?
🙋♂️ now that Pentagon has made special provision to give Ukraine anything thereby saving them from Congressional overwatch, why couldn't Afghanistan pullout have been as supportive?
The Afghans may have lost every year but ultimately they won. The are now better armed and funded than they have ever been. Thats what hurts the most; it was all for nothing.
What worries me is there is a border state with a major metropolitan city and near that city is a nuclear power plant, a group of guys over power security and blow the place up with the explosives we left over there. Millions of people be in trouble.
I am just an average Joe but I believe Afghanistan should of been left to SF and JSOC to control. Once conventional military and politicians take over well you can guarantee absolute failure....
@@alz.7716 Iran has been The State Department's mess. Not America's, as you put it. Either way, we have to stop supporting Israel's reign of terror on the Middle East.
