So, we didn't really pull out of Afghanistan.

[George K]

In the sense that we're still sending buckets of money to the Taliban.

Nice.

Some $2.1 billion has flowed to Afghanistan since August of 2021, when the U.S. withdrew the last of its troops and the Taliban toppled the American-backed government and took control.
And while U.S. officials say the money is supposed to be going to assist Afghans and not feed into the Taliban’s treasury, the special inspector general for Afghan reconstruction said officials can’t say for sure that the Taliban isn’t siphoning some of the money away from the groups the U.S. is funding.
“Since the Taliban takeover, the U.S. government has sought to continue supporting the Afghan people without providing benefits for the Taliban regime. However, it is clear from our work that the Taliban is using various methods to divert U.S. aid dollars,” said Inspector General John F. Sopko.
He pointed to reports that the Taliban levies fee charges on nongovernmental organizations still operating in the country. And in some areas, Taliban officials have ordered NGOs to provide assistance to Taliban personnel before others.
The new report said the State Department doesn’t know how much assistance has been siphoned off in that manner.

Maybe the Talibs could just put all that materiel up for sale on eBay?

[Axtremus]

“We didn’t really pull out of Afghanistan because we still send buckets of money to the Taliban” ?

That argument makes as much sense as saying one who still pays alimony to an ex did not really pull out of the ex.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Axtremus said in So, we didn't really pull out of Afghanistan.:

“We didn’t really pull out of Afghanistan because we still send buckets of money to the Taliban” ?

That argument makes as much as saying one who still pays alimony to an ex did not really pull out of the ex.

That argument "makes as much"?

[Axtremus]

@Aqua-Letifer said in So, we didn't really pull out of Afghanistan.:

@Axtremus said in So, we didn't really pull out of Afghanistan.:

“We didn’t really pull out of Afghanistan because we still send buckets of money to the Taliban” ?

That argument makes as much as saying one who still pays alimony to an ex did not really pull out of the ex.

That argument "makes as much"?

Corrected: "makes as much sense as"

[Mik]

Ask any divorcee if he would be paying alimony if he was not required to by the court.