With hopes for an imminent peace deal in Afghanistan, there were reports
that the US military was starting to scale back operations in the
country, both limiting combat operations, and advisory missions.
Gen. Scott Miller, the US commander of Afghanistan, insisted the reports are “inaccurate and speculative.” Other officials say there have been no changes to US operations in Afghanistan of any kind.
This perhaps isn’t a shock, since the hopes of a peace deal didn’t
end up panning out either. A peace deal is likely to happen at a later
date, but until then it’s unsurprising that the US is holding off on
confirming any policy changes.
That said, the US involvement in Afghanistan seems to be to increasingly
little effect, with Afghan forces getting overrun wherever they fight
the Taliban, and the US not getting deeply involved in the losses.
Maybe the problem is that “scaling back” could also mean “ramping up” if you consider that Erik Prince wants to take over the war in Afghanistan with his own mercenary army. So, scale back actual boots on the ground while at the same time ramping up al-CIAda terrorists to guard the poppy fields. Get it?
I couldn’t agree more, Thomas. I’d say the problem is that “scaling back” could also mean “ramping up” if you consider Erik Prince wants to take over the war in Afghanistan with his own mercenary army, to kill more civilians. So, scale back actual boots on the ground while at the same time ramping up al-CIAda terrorists to guard the poppy fields.
DJT promised he’d pull out ALL us forces in droves from Afghanistan and let the Afghans handle the situation themselves, not to allow al-CIAda terrorists led by Erik Prince to take over the war and guard the poppy fields. It’s time he honored that promise,.
I believe they call that a free market solution. Eric gets to collect a rent check for mass murder and follow through on the lord David Rockefeller’s Eugenics project.
Patriotic Americans should be demanding a statue of E. Prince (a long with his sis) on Staten Island.
The great Opium Wars continue. The Opium Wars were two wars in the mid-19th century involving Great Qing and the British Government and concerned their imposition of trade of opium upon China, thus compromising China’s sovereignty and economic power for almost a century. The clashes included the First Opium War (1839–1842), with the British naval forces, and the Second Opium War (1856–1860) aided by French forces. The wars and events between them weakened the Qing dynasty and forced China to trade with the other parts of the world. And now, just because vainglorious cockalorum GWB told the Taliban to stuff it when they offered to turn over bin Laden upon a prima facie evidence that he had anything to do with 9/11 (which he likely didn’t, except for his influence on his followers), we’re still there, SEVENTEEN YEARS LATER, with no end in sight.
As I’ve said, “the heroin must flow”. So the US isn’t going anywhere. And if Erik Prince takes over, it will be solely to use his mercenaries to export the opium. It’s “Air America” all over again. Nothing changes and there’s nothing the US electorate can do about it.
I think the US is biding for time while planning big ops against the Taliban. Not unlike a short-term strategy they employed in Syria.
The Taliban may realize this are are probably assessing what weapons they need to finish off US ground troops and destroy gunships, helicopter and transports still on the tarmac.
Other than some shoulder fired weapons, I suspect their firepower is limited to automatic weapons and homemade bombs.
Another obvious reason the Pentagon isn’t leaving is about the Iran operation. The June start has obviously been delayed.
Of course not. Its almost poppy harvest season and the CIA still has a lot of money to make.
May Yahweh, Sweet Jesus and Allah bless the patriotic Taliban.
Leave Afghanistan? Transfer the troops to some hellhole base in Georgia or Louisiana? And then what? All of those troops no longer getting combat pay? Will be a lot of personal bankruptcies – can’t have that – got to think of the risks to the loan companies.
If President Trump has ever wanted our armed forces to leave Afghanistan, and with this chameleon one is never sure what is on his mind, then it is now fairly obvious that he has surrendered decisions on Afghanistan, which are his as Commander in Chief to make, to Bolton and the Pentagon.
I have come to believe that for President Trump nothing is more important than winning the 2020 election.
We have a president who no longer executes on substantial international military and economic tasks. He seems to have trapped himself in twitter wars on personalities and illegal immigration.
It’s all about what reflects best on him (in his own mind at least,) personally. He doesn’t give a hoot about the troops, about you, about me, about what’s best even for his “base,” so long as he can spin it on Twitter and keep the con going until the next election.
Of course, we’re not going to scale back “operations” there or anywhere else. That would go against the very definition of insanity.
So Trump was full of sh*t, again? Color me shocked.