After four years of cataloguing every lie emanating from then-narcissist-in-chief Donald Trump—and from time to time, making up falsehoods—our media elite continue to run cover for the equally narcissistic lies of President Biden.
“We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men." – George Orwell
Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Playing Make-Believe with the Taliban
Throughout the entire process of negotiating a truce with the Taliban, officials from the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations were pretending that the Taliban could be a legitimate partner that would negotiate in good faith with its 20-year enemy the United States. The Taliban played them for fools but they were willing accomplices in their own deception.
Saturday, September 11, 2021
Where Are The Statesmen?
A key pillar of foreign policy is to project the notion that you are a good friend to have, as well as a bad enemy to have. In the last decade the United States has done the opposite. We have regularly turned our back on our allies, abandoned projects we started, and appeased those who want to see us destroyed.
Thursday, September 2, 2021
A Lesson In Shame
To further comprehend the hell that President Biden let loose in Afghanistan, I would like to point you toward an article published in The Atlantic back in March by George Packer.
The President of the United States is Not Genuine
The latest revelations on the inner-workings of the president’s mind are beginning to fit a pattern.
Friday, August 27, 2021
Forget About 1975 Saigon. We Should Now Be Concerned With A Repeat of 1979 Iran
And so it happened. We all knew it would, it was only a matter of time. And yes, more violence is sure to follow.
American Counterterrorism Capabilities Have Been Severely Diminished Due To The Withdrawal of Military and Intelligence Forces in Afghanistan
The United States no longer has a strong military presence in Afghanistan, where prisons have been emptied and thousands of militants have been set free by the Taliban. American defense officials are now concerned with the capabilities the US can bring to any counterterrorism campaign in the region.
Monday, August 23, 2021
Hostage to the Taliban
On Sunday, the Pentagon initiated the Civil Reserve Air Fleet, an emergency program that has only been evoked now three times since its creation after World War II. A total of 18 civilian wide-bodied, long-haul aircraft from five airlines have been activated. The planes will not fly into Afghanistan, but rather will transports Afghan refugees that have already escaped the country and are waiting at US bases in Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. The airliners will then help “augment military flights carrying Afghans to Germany, Italy, Spain and other stops in Europe, and then ultimately to the United States.”
Saturday, August 21, 2021
This Is Not How Wars End ... It's How They Begin
One of the major justifications offered by the Biden Administration for the abdication of its duty in Afghanistan is that our global adversaries want to see us bogged down specifically in this Southern Asian country. They don’t want us to leave; they want us to forever funnel billions of dollars into a hopeless cause to stabilize a lawless country.* Even more, leaving Afghanistan allows us to shift our focus to Chinese aggression in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait.
By this logic, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Beijing should be frightened or at least concerned with the US withdrawal. After all, the small deployment of 2,500 American troops there helped maintain regional stability at no cost to China.
Thursday, August 19, 2021
The False Claim That Afghans Won’t Fight For Their Own Country
The argument that we cannot stay and help the Afghans, because they are unwilling themselves to fight, is an attempt at obfuscation.
Monday, August 16, 2021
Homage To A Government
The striking images coming out of Afghanistan have shocked the world and hopefully our consciences. Our government has willingly abandoned its commitment to the Afghan people, and has done so evidently out of political expediency. As I continue to hear the threadbare platitude of “nation building here at home," I am reminded of this poem by Philip Larkin.
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