Current US Military

[SuburbanFarmer]

Ten. Years. Trillions of dollars.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ ... nt-weapons

[TheOneX]

What is the purpose of quietly leaving in the middle of the night and leaving everything open to your enemy to take instead of giving it to your ally that you are abandoning?

[Martin Hash]

What is the purpose of quietly leaving in the middle of the night and leaving everything open to your enemy to take instead of giving it to your ally that you are abandoning?

What ally?

[The Conservative]

What is the purpose of quietly leaving in the middle of the night and leaving everything open to your enemy to take instead of giving it to your ally that you are abandoning?

No nation has friends only interests.

Charles de Gaulle

[C-Mag]

What is the purpose of quietly leaving in the middle of the night and leaving everything open to your enemy to take instead of giving it to your ally that you are abandoning?

No opportunity for this image to happen

[C-Mag]

Michael Yon goes on an impressive rant on our military leaders, Afghanistan, and Commies.
https://www.michaelyon-online.com/afghanistan-lost.htm

[C-Mag]

'Every officer is up to speed on diversity training. Not so much ship handling': Scathing official report finds US Navy is not fit for war because of risk averse, politically correct, control-freak top brass
-Members of Congress commissioned the report on issues in the surface Navy
-Came in response to fire on ship in San Diego and two ship collisions in Pacific
-Retired Marine general and Navy admiral spoke with current and former officers
-They identified a number of disturbing trends in Navy leadership and training
-Many officers said that diversity training took precedence over warfighting
-They claimed combat readiness had become a 'box-checking' exercise
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... _share-top

[SuburbanFarmer]

I continue to maintain that there is no reason for a surface navy.

[Hastur]

China establishing close diplomatic ties to the Taliban.

and

10.000+ Chinese & Russian soldiers to start large scale joint drills at Chinese Army’s Qingtongxia training ground in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China.

China is playing this situation well. Hat tip.

Taliban leader meets Chinese FM; assures not to allow terrorist forces to operate from Afghanistan

A Taliban delegation led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on Wednesday made a surprise visit to China and held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, during which the Taliban leader termed Beijing as a “trustworthy friend” and assured that the group will not permit “anyone to use” Afghanistan's territory.

This is the first meeting between China and the Taliban amid the withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ne ... aign=cppst

China, Russia to Train Together Against Terror as Last U.S. Troops Exit Afghanistan

China is set to host Russia for mass drills together involving counterterrorism training next month just as the last of the U.S. soldiers are set to exit Afghanistan.

The Chinese Defense Ministry and Russian Defense Ministry issued a joint statement Thursday stating that the Western Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army will join troops from Russia's Eastern Military District for a large-scale exercise called West-Interaction 2021, which will be held in early and mid-August in the city of Qingtongxia, which lies along the Yellow River in China's northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

The two militaries are set to establish a joint command center overseeing the activities of some 10,000 troops along with various aircraft, artillery and armored equipment. The plan is to mix personnel from both sides for enhanced interoperability for the combined maneuvers involving an array of objectives.

"The two sides' participating troops will be mixed into teams to make plans jointly and conduct training together," the statements said, "in a bid to verify and improve both troops' capabilities of joint reconnaissance, search and early warning, electronic information attack, and joint attack and elimination."

https://www.newsweek.com/china-russia-t ... an-1614428

[The Conservative]

China establishing close diplomatic ties to the Taliban.

and

10.000+ Chinese & Russian soldiers to start large scale joint drills at Chinese Army’s Qingtongxia training ground in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China.

China is playing this situation well. Hat tip.

Taliban leader meets Chinese FM; assures not to allow terrorist forces to operate from Afghanistan

A Taliban delegation led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on Wednesday made a surprise visit to China and held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, during which the Taliban leader termed Beijing as a “trustworthy friend” and assured that the group will not permit “anyone to use” Afghanistan's territory.

This is the first meeting between China and the Taliban amid the withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ne ... aign=cppst

China, Russia to Train Together Against Terror as Last U.S. Troops Exit Afghanistan

China is set to host Russia for mass drills together involving counterterrorism training next month just as the last of the U.S. soldiers are set to exit Afghanistan.

The Chinese Defense Ministry and Russian Defense Ministry issued a joint statement Thursday stating that the Western Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army will join troops from Russia's Eastern Military District for a large-scale exercise called West-Interaction 2021, which will be held in early and mid-August in the city of Qingtongxia, which lies along the Yellow River in China's northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

The two militaries are set to establish a joint command center overseeing the activities of some 10,000 troops along with various aircraft, artillery and armored equipment. The plan is to mix personnel from both sides for enhanced interoperability for the combined maneuvers involving an array of objectives.

"The two sides' participating troops will be mixed into teams to make plans jointly and conduct training together," the statements said, "in a bid to verify and improve both troops' capabilities of joint reconnaissance, search and early warning, electronic information attack, and joint attack and elimination."

https://www.newsweek.com/china-russia-t ... an-1614428

Well, it makes it easier to realize who the enemy truly is here.