I knew the whitewashes would come on hot and heavy. The interventionist mindset has to be propped up to keep those Defense dollars flooding.
Afghanistan intervention was a massive waste of American lives and dollars and no amount of long-winded justifications can change that. Now the JCS and the arms industry begin the psyops campaigns to protect their rice bowls.
This is revisionist history at its best. The only legitimate reason for the US military to be in Afghanistan was to capture Osama Bin Laden who was reported but never documented to be hiding in Afghanistan. It appears that soon after the ruling Taliban in 2002 acknowledged that this “guest” of their violated their hospitality and were about to turn him over to the Americans, he fled to comforts and shelter of America’s good friend Pakistan. Soon the US military invaded in force, killed many Taliban and began their tortured, long involvement. Of course the Taliban were medieval fundamentalists, very distasteful to America’s chattering classes, especially when they became aware of how they treated women. How they treated young boys did not concern the chattering classes. Anyway over three thousand brave young American soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, tens of thousands more were physically and forever psychologically maimed and of course trillions were squandered. As predicted the backward ,uneducated Afghan masses were immune to all this nation building and maintained their values, customs and way of life.They preferred to cling to their guns and religion. Now they get to deal with the Chinese who no doubt will sign contracts as they are doing in Africa, mine what they want,and have their own effective security. Doubtful that things will change foerwomen, young boys and the Afghan masses.Suspect that ~20% of the population will leave and end up in the EU and the US.
Wonder who really wrote this article? Doubt Dick Cheney or George Bush could do it. Nice if the neo con would identify himself.
I don’t care whose watch it occurred on, since Afghan is a no-win I’m glad we’re getting out.