More brilliant work from our administration

Looks like the *Resident's handlers stepped in it again - from the London Daily Mail:

Afghanis LOOT Bagram airbase HOURS after US troops pull out and leave the site 'without telling local officials' - as experts fear America's withdrawal could plunge the country into new crisis

• • Since 2001, Bagram airbase has served as a linchpin for the US war in Afghanistan
  • At its peak in 2012, Bagram saw more than 100,000 U.S. troops and NATO service members pass through its sprawling compound
  • This week, however, the final group of US soldiers left the base as the 20-year-long war in Afghanistan comes to an end
  • The solders allegedly left without telling local officials, meaning its gates were left unsecured
  • On Friday morning, locals moved in under the cover of darkness and looted several buildings
  • The US-backed Afghan National Security and Defence Forces have since gained control of the base, but it remains a shell of its former self
  • Photos taken on Friday show the base eerily quiet and almost abandoned
  • There are now fears it will be taken over by the Taliban who are gaining increasing control across Afghanistan

Dozens of looters have moved onto the Bagram airbase in Afghanistan just hours after the final group of American troops vacated the base - without telling local officials.

Bagram, located 30 miles north of Kabul, was the strategic hub for the US war in Afghanistan, which is poised to come to an end in the coming months after President Biden vowed to have every American soldier out of the country by September 11.

The US war in Afghanistan began 20 years ago, and is America's longest running conflict. It has killed 2,312 US troops and cost the military an eyewatering $816 billion.

But experts fear Biden's 'gut decision' to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan could bring renewed chaos to the region - as evidenced by the looting on Friday morning.

Yeah - about that.  2,312 lives and $816 Billion of our tax dollars.  The military makes no money of it's own - everything it spends comes from us and with about 350 million men women and children in these United States, that is about $2,331 right out of each and every one of our pockets - wasted. That money was pissed away.

This will just become a trouble-spot again and how much more of our money will have to be spent when it flares back up. To be just abandoned like that - not turned over, abandoned.