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Sad, But Not Our Business

02 Monday Mar 2020

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Fighting resumes in Afghanistan.

The partial truce between the US, the insurgents and Afghan forces lasted for the week running up to the signing of the US-Taliban accord in Doha on Saturday, and was extended over the weekend.

“The reduction in violence… has ended now and our operations will continue as normal,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP.

“As per the (US-Taliban) agreement, our mujahideen will not attack foreign forces but our operations will continue against the Kabul administration forces.”

We’re the foreign forces. It’s their land to fight over. Get out ahead of schedule.

Victory in Afghanistan!

29 Saturday Feb 2020

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The US Empire never had a military strategy in its two-decade quagmire in Afghanistan. Now, I suppose that the banksters are satisfied to the point that we can call it quits. The Empire has signed a peace agreement with the Taliban. READ IT – ONLY 4 Pages. Troop withdrawal and the ending of hostilities and sanctions.

The United States is committed to withdraw from Afghanistan all military forces of the United States, its allies, and Coalition partners, including all non-diplomatic civilian personnel, private security contractors, trainers, advisors, and supporting services personnel within fourteen (14) months following announcement of this agreement, and will take the following measures in this regard:

More on this, I think, next week at TPC.

Live, from the Graveyard

13 Friday Sep 2019

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$900 Billion wasted. 147,000 dead. And, nothing to show. As I mentioned in my TPC column this week, the Taliban is winning, bigly.

Yet 18 years later, after the U.S. spent nearly $900 billion and more than 147,000 people died, the Taliban are growing more confident of returning to power. The militant group controls or contests half of the country, more territory than any time since they were toppled in 2001. And they’ve come close to a deal with the U.S. that could give them even more power, even after President Donald Trump abruptly put the talks on hold.

Well, thank God we have no domestic problems.