The NYT- “How the U.S. Plans to Fight From Afar After Troops Exit Afghanistan”
“Drones, bombers and spy networks will be used in an effort to prevent Afghanistan from re-emerging as a terrorist base.” Just saw this headline in the NYT today. Getting out of Afghanistan would be too good to be true- even if Biden doesn’t bend to the will of the establishment (which I don’t think he’ll be able to do), then our involvement in Afghanistan will be far from over. Like it says we’ll still be making war in Afghanistan but doing so without ‘boots on the ground’. Don’t worry, there’ll always be a way for the Military Industrial Complex to profit.
Posted Apr 15, 2021, 4:55 PM UTC
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Somehow the Taliban has been conflated with terrorist organization over the years. The Taliban is just an ultra-conservation governmental organization (probably radicalized after US imperial efforts). Al-Quaeda was as much harbored by Pakistan and Iraq as the Taliban. The current boots on the ground have the objective of protecting the Afghan Army puppet government NATO installed, as well as attempting to build an economy. I think it became more about preventing Russian influence over the years. The whole thing is so fucked.