Mosul

As the debacle unfolds in Afghanistan people are comparing it to leaving Saigon but you don't have to go back that far. Recall in 2015 when the US pulled out of Iraq and ISIS took control. The well trained Iraqi Army that was supposed to defend the country quickly folded. Recall ISIS taking control of Mosul, a city of 1.6 million people, and they did so using only 1,500 troops and left over US arms and equipment. They took the assets from all the businesses along with millions from the banks. Young women were married off to the insurgents and personal property was destroyed. This is from an article that appeared in the NY Times. QADIYA, Iraq — In the moments before he raped the 12-year-old girl, the Islamic State fighter took the time to explain that what he was about to do was not a sin. Because the preteen girl practiced a religion other than Islam, the Quran not only gave him the right to rape her — it condoned and encouraged it, he insisted.