Joe Rogan Experience #2579 - Gary Sinise · Aired Nov 10, 2026
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Sinise says $80 billion in American military hardware was left in Afghanistan.
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The Lead Inspector General report records DOD's estimate that about $7.1 billion in equipment previously transferred to Afghan forces remained in Afghanistan when the Taliban took over in August 2021. The US had provided about $18.6 billion to arm and equip those forces across years; $80 billion is not the value of equipment left behind. These were US-funded Afghan-force inventories, and some equipment was disabled. SIGAR also warns that inventory accounting was incomplete, so $7.1 billion is an estimate, not an exact audited inventory.
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Is it true that Sinise says $80 billion in American military hardware was left in Afghanistan?
No, not as stated. 1 billion in equipment previously transferred to Afghan forces remained in Afghanistan when the Taliban took over in August 2021. 6 billion to arm and equip those forces across years; $80 billion is not the value of equipment left behind. It was said on Joe Rogan Experience #2579 - Gary Sinise, aired Nov 10, 2026, at 22:54. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. The supporting source is oig.usaid.gov, linked below.
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