The Taliban Have Seized U.S. Military Biometrics Devices

What's worse is the billions in armored vehicles and weapons that can be used against those who resist them. If anything, the Taliban are now in a stronger military position than in 2001.

Why do we leave so much behind? Is it impractical to remove economically or there’s no money that be made from it? I understand large parts of it was given to the Afghan army but it’s jarring to see. With regards to anything other than a weapon, we should be able to brick everything with a firmware update in the future.

&gt; Frightening people man. Bush tried to buy votes towards the end of the election. Goes around, you know, selling weapons to everyone, getting that military industrial complex vote happening for him. Sold 160 fighter jets to Korea and then 240 tanks to Kuwait and then goes around making speeches why he should be Commander-in-Chief because, “We still live in a dangerous world.”<p>&gt; Thanks to you, you fucker! What are you doing? Last week Kuwaitis had nothing but rocks!<p>&gt; They’re arming the fucking world man.<p>-- Bill Hicks

Too bad those weren&#x27;t built like Internet of Things that need to call home to metrics and ads and stuff, otherwise they brick.<p>They would have become abandonware.<p>Perhaps getting the advertisers hands on the military will solve all global conflicts?

We should never have left valuable material behind. How often has our own money and technology been used against us? We need to learn out lesson and do better. If we planned on leaving we had time to get that type of technology out of there first or destroyed the equipment beyond the point of repair.

You can get rid of ID papers with a lighter, getting rid of biometrics will require poking out your eyeballs.<p>A very dire predicament. Being identified, and killed, or having to live the rest of your life without sight.