Defence Secretary Ben Wallace slams Donald
Trump's peace deal with the Taliban saying
it 'couldn’t have been more helpful
to the regime in achieving its victory'
in taking over Afghanistan
Posted By: Ribicon, 10/26/2021 12:27:21 PM
The Defence Secretary today blamed Donald Trump for the speedy collapse of Afghanistan into the hands of the Taliban. Ben Wallace told MPs that a 2020 deal struck by the Trump administration with the Islamic extremists 'couldn’t have been more helpful to the regime in achieving its victory'. He made the claim as he faced a grilling over the speedy military collapse of Afghanistan, which sparked an emergency evacuation of western forces and diplomats in the summer.(Snip)He denied that Nato soldiers had been militarily defeated but admitted: 'Our resolve was found wanting'. And he said he knew 'the game was up' in July.
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Joe Biden's Pentagon was more helpful by far. Their surprise withdrawal gave the Taliban $83 billion dollars worth of US weaponry including more than 600,000 small arms including advanced optics; 30 million rounds of ammunition; more than 200 aircraft including brand-new attack helicopters; more than 75,000 vehicles; and facilities and buildings left intact.