The inspector general has issued a new report openly scorning Pentagon claims of progress in the war in Afghanistan, noting the continued large attacks from the Taliban and ISIS, and that available data simply doesn’t show progress in much of anything.
That’s been a recurring theme in the war, now 17 years in. Pentagon officials have claimed in recent months that they see progress being made, and that they’ve “turned the corner,” but they’ve made similar claims dozens of times with nothing to show for it.
Meanwhile, ISIS and the Taliban are able to carry out major attacks even in supposedly secure districts. The Taliban controls broad swathes of the country, and only yesterday the Afghan senate admitted that roughly half of the country is outside their direct control.
That’s all bad news that’s been growing markedly worse in the past couple of years. The US has increased their own presence in Afghanistan, and is launching a soaring number of airstrikes, but neither of those has changed the underlying reality that the war is being steadily lost.
The watchdog sees as much regress in Afghanistan as ever before. And i suggest, most US soldiers loathe and fear it, but the pay being a lot better than on any farm, the soldiers shove complaints.
But the bonus for US soldiers may be found also in the free-sex and free-medicine-care.
Remember? Priests had free-sex care long before Canadians and priests got it in the sixties in Manitoba.
Premier of Manitoba at that time was the socialist baptist minister: Tommy Douglas.
Must suck for a us soldier to realize you’ve been sent to live in a meat grinder.
Unfortunately that’s what happens when you give others the power to make decisions over your life. As a us citizen I feel like i’m stuck in the same place.
Voted for and ruled by morons. Don’t own a gun though.
I saw young soldiers’ faces surrounding Trump at Ft. Myers military base in Arlington last September. He was sheepishly trying to explain the reversal of his position on Afghanistan. He was not withdrawing our troups, he was sending more. I have never seen before stony faced young soldiers before. They voted for him, and he lied to them. This cannot end well.
“Turned the Corner”
You’d think after corner number 7481, they’d realize they’re in a labyrinth…