The myth of the Afghan War having “ended” a couple of years ago seems to have convinced most people to cut back on coverage of the conflict, but officials are reporting that the likely result of latest deliberations on Afghanistan are for the US to scrap their pullout plans once again, leaving thousands of troops behind through the end of President Obama’s final term in office.
The initial plan was for the US to draw down several times and have a very token presence left behind for training purposes, but exactly when this is happening keeps getting pushed back, and now the suggestion is that the current levels, around 10,000, are likely to remain roughly flat at least through 2016.
The argument by those in favor of keeping the troops in place is largely the same throughout the war, that the Afghan government simply isn’t capable of beating the Taliban on their own, and that a US pullout would add pressure to that struggling military, which is already losing ground to Taliban fighters left and right.
Though this is always presented as just another year or so added on to the plan, 14 years of history shows where that leads, and if the US isn’t going to end the occupation of Afghanistan until they believe the Afghan military is able to operate independently, they may end up being there for many decades more.
Though this is always presented as just another year or so added on to the plan, 14 years of history shows where that leads, and if the US isn’t going to end the occupation of Afghanistan until they believe the Afghan military is able to operate independently, they may end up being there for many decades more.
Or when the US/NATO are thrown out on their keister by the Afghan people 'a la Vietnam.
DUH!
It is the trade routes and the new Silk Road, that are akin to the old decayed empires capitals and financial centers.
F or they who control the flow of goods are in reality but bandits demanding tribute, and use the power of Armies to insure payments are. On time.
The U.S. went into Afghanistan never intending to leave. All this talk about when we can ultimately pull out is always some phony distant horizon. It is a con game an a charade aimed at suckers who take what they have to say seriously. 9/11 gave them the excuse to do it.
All you have to do is read Zibignew Brezinski's 1997 book The Grand Chessboard to understand that Afghanistan is what he calls a 'geostrategic pivot' and is essential for control of Eurasia. On page one he comes right out and says he who controls Eurasia controls the world and it is essential to prevent the rise of a significant competitor, hence the pivot to the South China Sea or whatever nonsense they call that.
If you want to understand what these warmongers are up to, all you have to do is read what they have written. ISIS is nothing more than another tool of Statecraft. Read Nafeez Ahmed's book The War On Truth the chapters Statecraft I and Statecraft II to understand how badly you are being lied to about everything.