Posted on 08/16/2021 5:48:53 AM PDT by 2harddrive
Did America just lose Afghanistan because of WhatsApp? Posted on August 15, 2021 by prestonbyrne In the middle of a conflict, good analysis is hard to come by. Because adversaries do not telegraph their plans to one another, plans depend greatly on the fact patterns surrounding their execution, and no human mind can possibly observe, much less comprehend, the movements of all players on the battlefield, the prosecution of wars, no matter how meticulously planned and no matter how eminently credentialed the planners, frequently defies the will of the planners.
This phenomenon is known as the “Fog of War,” a phrase which originated with Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz in his magnum opus, On War:
War is the realm of uncertainty; three quarters of the factors on which action in war is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty. A sensitive and discriminating judgment is called for; a skilled intelligence to scent out the truth.
That intelligence is evidently lacking in the U.S. military, diplomatic, and “intelligence” apparatus. A little over a month ago, President Biden – presumably echoing the advice he was getting from the permanent bureaucracy – said the following:
How wrong this assessment was is now clear for everyone to see. A week ago, the U.S. said Afghanistan could withstand the Taliban for 90 days. Today, the (70,000-strong) Taliban is in control of the capital, the much-vaunted Afghan army has disintegrated, and tens of thousands of Afghans – whose collective force could stop the Taliban, if only it had the organization to do so – are fleeing to any place and by any means they can.
Conventionally, the United States did everything right; it installed a government, equipped and trained an army with four times the Taliban’s manpower, an air force, and top of the line American military materiel, and even now is apparently flying sorties against Taliban targets. Yet everywhere the Taliban is in control, and they did so, in many places, apparently without firing a shot.
I say Big Tech, as part of the Monolithic Media Cartel, must be made to PAY!
I’m sure they won’t mind when the taliban starts selling little girl on internet as sex slaves,either
That’s a felony. Just ask Johnathan Pollard.
Our country is over run by traitors .
I’m sure all those white suburban housewives don’t care about taliban raping and selling little girls as long as Trump can’t do mean tweets anymore....
The suburban white women
“...That intelligence is evidently lacking in the U.S. military, diplomatic, and “intelligence” apparatus...”
They were too busy fixing an election and presecuting Trump supporters. THAT’S what they did with their time and with taxpayer funded resources.
US national security was totally incidental
There are likely more people outside the US that use these platforms.
There are 7.6 billion people on earth.
The US is a small fraction.
That is why FB doesn’t care if they lose hundreds of thousands of US subscribers.
You are literally a nobody.
alex, i’ll take:
what is “BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY COULD GET AWAY WITH IT”?
ping
Alex, I’ll take “Because they’re all commies?”
zuckyberg doesn’t realize that the moment the bearded ones get into power they will eliminate FaceBook first.
wood box....for burial
Pine box
Gosh, let me think, it's on the tip of my tongue...
Depends who is running the country and who has connections. You can kiss the constitution goodbye.
Benedict Biden: THAT’S HIS NAME! Destroying America: THAT’S HIS GAME!!
That intelligence is evidently lacking in the U.S. military, diplomatic, and “intelligence” apparatus.
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