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> We spent 20 years and a trillion dollars "training" the Afghan military and police to support the Kabul government.

> And as anyone could have (and many did) told you, as soon as we left, the army and police just melted away and the Taliban took control.

I get the impression that one of the mistakes there may have been that the US was trying to train the Afghan military to use the "modern system" of warfare like the US (lots of training and high-tech gizmos), when they may have only been capable of the "static system." I don't know any actual details, but all the officials in US press conferences emphasizing how "well-equipped" the Afghan Army was gives me this impression.

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