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Billions’ Worth of Equipment Left Behind, While Feds Purge Records on Afghanistan, Affirm Commitment to Gun Control

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Billions’ Worth of Equipment Left Behind, While Feds Purge Records on Afghanistan, Affirm Commitment to Gun Control

As the Taliban celebrates the withdrawal of U.S. forces by parading their American-sourced tactical vehicles, aircraft, guns and other weapons, reports have emerged that the Biden Administration has ordered federal agencies to delete online information respecting the cost of this military equipment and related spending in Afghanistan, while proclaiming its support for more gun control.

A Forbes article states that by August 23, at least two key reports on the U.S. war chest of military gear in Afghanistan … had disappeared from federal websites,” including a Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit of U.S.- funded equipment for Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (GAO-17-667R, Aug. 2017).

A week later, Forbes reported that the U.S. State Department admitted the documents had been removed and had instructed other federal agencies to review their web properties” for similar content and remove [it] from public view.” The reason given was the need to ensure the safety of our Afghan contacts” by deleting information that poses a security risk.” A GAO spokesperson contacted by Forbes confirmed that the State Department requested we temporarily remove and review reports on Afghanistan to protect recipients of US assistance that may be identified through our reports and thus subject to retribution.”

In the circumstances, this is a less than convincing justification. The deleted GAO Report, for one, lacks any personally identifiable information about members of the Afghan defense and security forces or other partners. Moreover (as pointed out in the Forbes article), the Biden Administration itself would have directly jeopardized such individuals already, when government officials allegedly provided the Taliban with the names of Afghan allies during the evacuation of Kabul.

A group of U.S. Senators is now demanding that the administration provide a full accounting regarding the U.S. military equipment left behind as a result of our poorly executed withdrawal from the country,” questioning why such assets werent adequately secured prior to announcing the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

A cynic may be excused for believing that the Biden Administration is acting out of concern about the political blowback once the details of the unprecedented extent of state-of-the-art weaponry, paid for by American taxpayers and currently in the hands of the brutal Taliban, become more widely known.

One early casualty of Bidens fast and furious exit from Afghanistan is the complete loss of credibility on gun control the President and his administration have as a result.

For decades, Joe Biden has pushed for strict gun control, hectoring Americans about the evils of guns in general and assault weapons” in particular, yet a conservative estimate indicates that the weaponry left behind includes well over half a million rifles, handguns, shotguns and machine guns, together with an undisclosed amount of ammunition (the GAO report did not account for small arms ammunition and other ammunition was included with the billions spent in general sustainment” expenditures). As NRA-ILA noted earlier, Bidens bungling of [the withdrawal] ensured that not just firearms but some of Americas more sophisticated military technology is now available to terrorists and other enemies who are and will continue to use them against Americans, American interests, and American allies.”

Even more jarringly, NRA witnessed – just a day after the August 30 pullout – a State Department official speak at the Seventh Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (Promoting responsibility in international transfers of conventional arms”) to underscore the continuing commitment” of the administration to responsible international trade in conventional arms” and affirm its steadfast support for strong and effective national controls on the international transfer of conventional arms.”

By now, Americans dont believe in Bidens policies or buy into his gun control agenda. A poll released at the beginning of this month shows that only 15% of U.S. voters polled strongly approve” of President Bidens handling of gun policy,” compared to 35% who strongly disapprove,” and over 60% thought the country had gotten off on the wrong track.”

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