Donald Trump has an idea for how to deal with the $85 billion worth of military equipment left behind in Afghanistan that has fallen into Taliban hands.
First, demand that every piece be returned – and, if they don’t, “bomb the hell out of it.”
“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,” Trump said.
The former President also provided a suggestion as to what America should do if the Taliban fails to return the equipment.
“If it is not handed back,” he writes, “We should either go in with unequivocal Military force and get it or at least bomb the hell out of it.”
As the botched withdrawal was taking shape in Afghanistan, reports surfaced indicating the Taliban had seized billions of dollars of United States weapons.
Photos online had shown Taliban fighters posing with American-made M4 carbines and M16 rifles, while other significant items obtained by the terror group include Black Hawk helicopters and A-29 Super Tucano attack aircraft.
The Sunday Times outlined the Taliban’s huge gains, including Humvees, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, drones, anti-aircraft guns, rifles, helicopters, and fixed-wing aircraft.
GOP Reps. James Comer (KY) and Glenn Grothman (WI), who are on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last week requesting information on the Pentagon’s plans to recover the estimated $85 billion in weapons.
“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,” they wrote.
Some weapons not seized by the Taliban have already made their way into Iran.
No Policy Solutions
Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby admits the Biden administration doesn’t have “any policy solutions” to recoup or destroy these weapons.
“I don’t have an exact inventory of what equipment the Afghans had at their disposal that now might be at risk,” he said.
Kirby added, “Obviously, we don’t want to see any weapons or systems fall into hands of people that would use them in such a way to harm our interests.”
Trump insists he would take swift, decisive action against the Taliban by trying to either get the $85 billion in military equipment returned or “bomb the hell out of it.”
By contrast, billions of dollars of high-tech military weaponry are now in the hands of terrorists, and the Biden administration has no plan to address it.
This piece originally appeared in ThePoliticalInsider.com and is used by permission.
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First, demand that every piece be returned – and, if they don’t, “bomb the hell out of it.”
“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,” Trump said.
The former President also provided a suggestion as to what America should do if the Taliban fails to return the equipment.
“If it is not handed back,” he writes, “We should either go in with unequivocal Military force and get it or at least bomb the hell out of it.”
Trump: Bomb The Hell Out Of The Equipment
As the botched withdrawal was taking shape in Afghanistan, reports surfaced indicating the Taliban had seized billions of dollars of United States weapons.
Photos online had shown Taliban fighters posing with American-made M4 carbines and M16 rifles, while other significant items obtained by the terror group include Black Hawk helicopters and A-29 Super Tucano attack aircraft.
The Sunday Times outlined the Taliban’s huge gains, including Humvees, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, drones, anti-aircraft guns, rifles, helicopters, and fixed-wing aircraft.
The vast amount of equipment seized has given the Taliban a new potential source of revenue – selling weapons on the black market.
U.S. officials warn that these weapons could fall into the hands of a wide range of enemies, from ISIS, China, or Russia.
GOP Reps. James Comer (KY) and Glenn Grothman (WI), who are on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last week requesting information on the Pentagon’s plans to recover the estimated $85 billion in weapons.
“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,” they wrote.
Some weapons not seized by the Taliban have already made their way into Iran.
The Independent reports: “The Taliban, by some estimates, has more Black Hawk helicopters than 85 percent of the world after the US abandoned $85bn worth of military equipment.”
No Policy Solutions
Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby admits the Biden administration doesn’t have “any policy solutions” to recoup or destroy these weapons.
“I don’t have an exact inventory of what equipment the Afghans had at their disposal that now might be at risk,” he said.
Kirby added, “Obviously, we don’t want to see any weapons or systems fall into hands of people that would use them in such a way to harm our interests.”
Biden’s predecessor just gave them one solution.
Trump insists he would take swift, decisive action against the Taliban by trying to either get the $85 billion in military equipment returned or “bomb the hell out of it.”
By contrast, billions of dollars of high-tech military weaponry are now in the hands of terrorists, and the Biden administration has no plan to address it.
This piece originally appeared in ThePoliticalInsider.com and is used by permission.
Read more at ThePoliticalInsider.com:
Cruz Blocks Democrats After They Try To Sneak In Election Overhaul Package In Overnight Budget Resolution Vote
Biden Confronted At Press Conference After Poll Shows Most Americans Think He Is Unqualified
Democrats Prepare To Tell The Big Lie
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