The US Created a Super-afghan Army. Taliban Prayed Fervently!
While the US was investing $83 billion on weaponry, technology, and training to develop a strong Afghan army to mirror American military power, the Taliban was praying even harder.
It took the United States 20 years to create the Afghan security system, which became, over the years, a crucial component of President Barack Obama’s plan.
The creation of that army started after the fall of the Taliban in a breeze in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan by the US and its allies.
But what Barack did was send so many advanced weapons, tanks, and other equipment for the Taliban to finally seize.
And the Taliban used the devil (that is how some address the former US President) in Obama and the American military to their advantage.
A decade ago, Obama’s administration hoped to quickly churn out an Afghan army capable of withstanding the Taliban and even conquering Taliban territory. However, that collapsed miserably in 2021.
Let’s be real. All of Obama’s efforts resulted in the creation of an army modelled after the United States military and grew into an Afghan institution that was meant to outlive the Afghan conflict.
THE ZOMBIES OF AFGHANISTAN
The army represented Afghan liberty and independence. Without this huge army, they thought, Afghanistan could not survive. But it turned out to be a zombie army.
The New York Times says the army will likely be gone before the US leaves Afghanistan. The United States is scheduled to leave entirely on August 31.
According to the NYT, Afghanistan’s future appears to be getting increasingly uncertain (we may speculate as to why), but one thing is becoming abundantly obvious.
The United States’ 20-year effort to develop Afghanistan’s military into a capable and self-sufficient combat force has failed.
This failure is now being played out in real-time as the country falls under Taliban rule.
But this is one of the few times in history when a mighty powerful army is learning how a group of praying, bearded men clothed in long robes defeated a mighty powerful army.
That’s because, according to individuals who talked to WorldFuture, the Taliban spent the majority of the 20-year American occupation worshipping to the true All-Mighty.
SHAVE BEARD TACTICS
Despite this, the Taliban is a highly forward-thinking organisation. They did spend years in prayer, it’s true.
Mullah Omar (a teacher) and the founder of the Taliban movement (meaning students) was not meant to be a fighting force. It was meant to be a faith-based organisation to help the Afghans. But Omar turned out to be a master strategist altogether.
They did, however, spend years preparing their men to infiltrate the system. This enabled them to understand a great deal more about the pro-US administration.
According to certain news outlets, they reportedly instructed their guys to shave their beards in order to blend in with society and maybe join the pro-US administration and the army.
In between these methods, the motley crew of prayer men supported US activities in rural Afghanistan.
They permitted schools to reopen, but that required power, which the ‘generous’ Americans provided, and the Taliban helped to protect the assets against ‘bandits,’ for example.
There are also water and oil pipelines that the Taliban made a point of securing in order to keep the flow of energy and needs uninterrupted. All of these purchases were made in US dollars by US contractors.
The Taliban think that this is how they would reclaim the nation that was wrongfully taken from them. That is through prayers and tactics the Americans could not decipher.
The funny thing is that the US, under Obama, thought they could tame the Taliban, transform Afghanistan, and gain an ally for life. However, the Taliban’s prayers are being answered. Don’t misunderstand the Taliban.
They are still praying for the favourable outcome of the next 20 years now that they are back! That is what Mullah Omar instilled in those men!