You more than anyone should know the situation on the ground dictates what actions need to be taken and how seriously in combat situations. The issue is that much of that equipment was being used in a supportive role to the ANA up until the collapse. As late as 22 July 2021 the airforce flew strike missions against the approaching taliban forces in support of the ANA. These strikes did nothing to stop their advance. The administration has taken a stance in support of humanitarian evacuations over equipment evacuations.
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No evacuation by any military that has conceded the field has ever been able to evacuate in any good rate. The US has Saigon and Kabul to look at as examples. Napoleon has Moscow. Hitler had Stalingrad. In the midst of concession we don't dictate the pace of withdrawal. It's just history.
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*Anecdotes:
*Don't conflate my comments as pro Biden. In no way is that my stance.
*Don't think I'm conflating US involvement in middle eastern affairs with that of dictators.

The failure to evacuate was in no part due to lack of notice. The failure to evacuate comes at the head of the ANA and Afghan national governments inability to hold the country in the US's absence as combatants. The plans were there. The Afghan government failed to hold up their end of the evacuation.

No notice? The deadlines been August 31st since Biden became president

I don't guess I understand what your argument is at this point tbh. That warcrimes beget warcrimes? Then you're partially correct but at no point is that the sole reason why warcrimes occurred. My point is that their is more to why these actions occurred than solely your assertion that they happened due to retaliatory reasons. The only point in your first post i wholly refuted, barring my example in my first comment, was on the supply issue. That argument holds no water in all but one seige.

No, you were incorrect in your assertion that us warcrimes were committed due to Japanese war crimes in China. The fact Japan committed war crimes in China had little to no affect on ground forces in the Pacific's theaters inability to take prisoners throughout the war.

Kinda true. The imperial Japanese Government and Nazi Germany were allied but only by necessity. At several intervals they were at odds if not adversarial towards each others foreign policy. As an example look to the training and rearmament of Chinese soldiers by the German military as well as during the seige of Shanghai a Nazi party member present purposely set out to provide safe haven to Chinese civilians in direct contention with the Japanese military and their policy towars civilians.

Considering the post has a high probability of coming from either HL or FJ I'd say it's referring to the holocaust

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I feel a lot of the current zeitgeist here in the US is either wholly pro or anti USA. So when I see a post like this I wish to convey a more concise and less politically charged context to historical events and peoples. I feel the nation needs more understanding and discussion but by and large most people wish to live within their own echo chambers that removes any and all admissions that the other side could potentially have a point in any given discussion. It's honestly sad to see and I apologize if the above post or this one rambled on too much.

In order to cover his debt his remaining 130 slaves, upon the death of his wife, were sold to various plantations.
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This being the reality of the situation it's hard, if not impossible, for anyone to defend his contradictions so I will not do so nor do I want to. Jefferson did a lot of good in creating the United States but he as an individual was flawed and at fault for his actions. He was a product of his time. I support the words and founding of this nation by Jefferson and the other founding fathers but his actions are abhorrent. I don't believe that Jefferson nor any founding father should be wholly venerated nor should they be wholly vilified for any of their actions. In conclusion Jefferson was hypocritical in his approach to the slavery question but so was most people of his day. We as a people should acknowledge the past for what it was but not delve on it too much as we are by far better than many of the individuals we came from.

What Jefferson and other like minded individuals wanted to do was slowly assimilate slaves into society so that upon emancipation the former slave wasn't left to fend for themselves, as they would be left in a world with little protection from prejudices or other forms of degradation. One of the ideas floated was to train the enslaved in trade work so that upon emancipation they could move around to find a home and become a key part of whatever society they had become part of.
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Now comes the reality of Jefferson and his actions as opposed to his philosophy on the subject. Jefferson, as far as I have read, owned throughout his lifetime 600 slaves. Of those 600 Jefferson freed around 10-12 of his slaves. Most of which were the children and mother of his children bore from his extra marital affair with one of his slaves. Jefferson like many land owners of early America was heavily in debt.

It's people who look at history strictly through a modern lense. They cannot fathom how the progression of history doesn't happen all at once but rather over time.

You right you right

My addiction has only just receded. You have now convinced me to sink another 5 years into the game

I'm still here lol just don't have much to comment on currently