[mrmistoffelees]

Originally Posted by Carth

Much of that hardware wouldn't be in the hands of the Taliban if, and I'll say it again, the Afghanistan owners of it (given by the US) hadn't turned tail and ran instead of fighting for their country.

Of course, those that capitulated but didn't 'run' were quite handy for the Taliban to have around, considering they'd been trained to fly the damn things.

Easy to say when you're not one of the thoroughly demoralized Afghan soldiers who haven't been paid in months and were incredibly low in things such as rations etc.