Tag: Afghanistan

Thursday was the deadliest day for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in a decade.

More Afghan-like tragedies will be inevitable until we squeeze the personal profit out of prepping for war.

Afghanistan is not the only place at risk of takeover by extremists.

The Taliban opted to push the U.S. out, understandably not believing that Biden was anymore sincere about ending the war and leaving their country than were presidents Bush, Obama or Trump before him.

As we approach the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we should reflect on how the Bush administration exploited the U.S. public’s thirst for revenge to unleash this bloody, tragic and utterly futile 20-year war.

There are significant moral costs at stake in either remaining in or withdrawing from Afghanistan.

And we still aren’t truly leaving, as Biden says bombings will still continue, as will “over the horizon” attacks on the Taliban.

Let’s hope Biden has learned another history lesson: That the United States should stop invading and attacking other countries.

Establishment reporting over the future of Afghanistan after Biden’s announcement demonstrated the imperialist mindset of corporate journalists.

America's ruinous pursuit of Mission Impossible in Afghanistan.