Five Taliban gunmen attacked a lakeside hotel in Afghanistan, killing at least 18 people and taking 50 others hostage in a seizure that lasted several hours.
The militants attacked exclusive Spozhmai hotel with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns late Thursday. US and Afghan forces responded and ended up killing all five militants, but not before at least 18 people were killed.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, in which mostly wealthy Afghans died, although insurgents said the hotel was chosen because it was frequented by foreigners and government authorities. They also claimed the hotel was used for “prostitution, alcohol and immorality.”
Violence across Afghanistan has surged in recent days, with three US soldiers and dozens civilians killed in successive attacks, in areas with a high concentration of NATO troops. Despite false claims by the Obama administration that the tide of war is receding, the insurgency is as robust as ever and making clear over and over again what a failure the US war there has been.
Always good to see how well that's going for the US/NATO. Mission almost accomplished – well, as soon as the pipeline is completed, of course.
Afghan wealthy = heroin dealers
Empire USA — We cannot loose for winning
John Glaser — ”Violence across Afghanistan has surged… what a failure the US war there has been.”
Because our brutal imperialism rules supreme over land and sea, we are able to keep India from being terrorized by her arch enemy China, which has enabled us to have a multitude of agreements with India that have increased our economy by many billions.
The Saudi Arabia dictatorship would have been overthrown a hundred times since World War Two, if our Empire had not been policing the Middle-East and North Africa. So, last year Obama flew over to India and in two days came back with a contract for $60 billion of war materials made in USA.
And so, from every standard for greatness in this world, from Obama winning the Peace Prize based only on a promise, to the trading of war materials for Middle-East oil, it being the greatest money maker known to man, by every standard but morality we have been glorified. Our fake morality being what John Glaser was referring to in the above, surely.
CORRECTION:
“last year Obama flew over to Saudi Arabia…”