The Afghanistan Papers: We Were Lied To
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 12/09/2019 - 3:15pmThis is not a bombshell report, but unlike what the WashPost usually does, this actually qualifies as journalism.
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War in Afghanistan became a multi-generational war today
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 10/07/2019 - 3:28pmWhat's the best word to describe the War in Afghanistan?
Pointless? Destructive? Wasteful? Criminal?
When it comes to Afghanistan, one headline sums it up better than all the others.
"How Many Future Terrorists Did We Create Yesterday?"
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 09/20/2019 - 12:19pm
It appears that we stopped bombing weddings, funerals and schools in Afghanistan long enough to kill some farmers.
Our Forever Wars
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 08/22/2019 - 12:59pmIn the more than 6,5oo+ days that we've occupied Afghanistan, the United States has spent $2.4 trillion and wasted the lives of 2,433 military men and women and another 1,143 allies. Not to mention the tens of thousands of civilians that we've killed.
Yet we still see headlines like this one.
Trump appears to be serious about leaving Afghanistan
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 08/16/2019 - 3:35pmPresident Trump appears to be on the verge of actually doing something good with his presidency, and ending the endless quagmire that is our occupation of Afghanistan.
What if they threw a war and no one came?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 04/24/2019 - 11:07pmIt's taken hundreds of thousands of innocent lives and trillions of dollars, but it appears that most people think that war isn't very fun anymore.
How long will our Forever Wars last?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 04/16/2019 - 11:20pm
America doesn't actually have troops on the ground in Yemen, but Trump decided to veto the resolution against the genocidal war anyway. So who knows how long we'll be involved in that disaster.
Wikileaks/Manning revelations treated with Respect by MSM in 2010
Submitted by Linda Wood on Tue, 04/16/2019 - 11:50amExamples of mainstream media coverage of Wikileaks and Manning releases of information are seen here in CNN and ABCNews 2010 reports on U.S. private contractors paying the Taliban for safe passage on supply roads.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/27/afghanistan.wikileaks.corrup...
How bad things have gotten in Afghanistan
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 04/01/2019 - 6:09pmAfghan Vice President and war criminal Abdul Rashid Dostum narrowly survived the second assassination attempt in less than a year. Meanwhile, the Taliban overran another district. That was the good news.
Just how dastardly and evil is Russia?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 02/04/2019 - 11:25pmAs Rachel Maddow would say, "Russia!Russia!Russia!"
Consider this recent WashPost headline: Russia secretly offered North Korea a nuclear power plant, officials say
