By Mike Giglio, The Intercept I was driving home from a militia muster in the Virginia mountains last summer — after another day immersed in preelection talk of civil war — when I found myself reflecting, as I often have in the year since, on Norman Mailer’s “The […]
By C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout Twenty years ago this week, the terrorist organization al-Qaeda, whose origins date back to 1979 when Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan, hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against the Twin Towers and the Pentagon in the United States. Shortly thereafter, the administration of George […]
This commentary is quite good, although I don’t share the politics of these guys. I’m definitely on the same side as the far left and/or paleoconservative folks they are worried will gain too much influence in the aftermath of the failure of Afghanistan and Iraq. Their comparison of […]
Marshall talks about how the 9/11 era has changed the world and what should be done now that this period in American history is coming to an end.
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Exile in Happy Valley It’s been twenty years since 9/11 but it feels more like twenty years of 9/11. That’s probably because an entire industrial complex has been constructed around a concerted effort to keep those wounds fresh and harvest the anguish […]
With the official end of the War in Afghanistan, we speak with Rafia Zakaria, author of “Against White Feminism,” about how U.S. officials used the plight of the women in the country to justify the 2001 invasion and subsequent occupation. “Feminism has been delegitimized in Afghanistan because it […]
By Matt Stoller An Afghan General blames defense contractors for the collapse of the Afghan army. A government inspector blames the “the pervasiveness of overoptimism” by U.S. generals. It’s all that, and more. “The Pervasiveness of Over-Optimism” In 2017, Netflix put out a satirical movie on the conflict […]
By John Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead, Rutherford Institute “Let us resolve that never again will we send the precious young blood of this country to die trying to prop up a corrupt military dictatorship abroad. This is also the time to turn away from excessive preoccupation overseas to […]
OpIndia.Com If people had any doubt that 2021 could get even crazier, then it is safe to say that Qasr Bakhaly of the Taliban has safely dispelled any such notions. After the end of the 20 year US occupation of Afghanistan, the Taliban is mocking the United States […]
The military-industrial complex has suffered a humiliating loss in Afghanistan. Look for them to try to gin up a new enemy to justify their existence. Right now, starting a new cold war with China seems to be the plan since Russiagate failed. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Elbridge Colby is […]
I’m leaning toward the view that an international agreement was made among the global power elite to cede Afghanistan to the Chinese orbit, with the expectation that China will engage in the economic development of Afghanistan (like they’re doing in Africa) but where the Western powers are still […]
“Beware the military-industrial congressional complex who’ll have every incentive to keep a profitable war going long after its long lost” – Eisenhower.
Here’s the problem with conservatives: if you tell them that they shouldn’t listen to Tucker Carlson because his own lawyers said his show is entertainment and not news, they’ll respond with something like “that’s smart! Now he can speak the truth without the radical socialists censoring him!” Their […]
If Biden had chosen to stay in Afghanistan, Trump might have resorted to saying that Biden doesn’t honor agreements and want forever wars instead!
Ann Coulter was a neocon for many years, but discovered that her gravy train might be paleoconservatism. Just the same, good for her for opposing war these days….
Saagar offers his perspective on the criticism from the supposed America First GOP of Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and what that means about the future of the right.
By AJ Vicens, Mother Jones The war on terror has fueled 20 years of massive military and other spending. The war in Afghanistan is coming to a close just days before the 20th anniversary of its preceding event: the 9/11 attacks. Even as the US government pledges to […]
There is a considerable amount of continuity in US foreign policy regardless of the partisan basis of individual administrations. Bush launched the war on terrorism, and Obama continued it. Trump negotiated a peace deal with the Taliban, and Biden implemented it. Trump opened nuclear talks with the DPRK, […]
Kim Iversen explains how the viral clips shared by Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller reveal a breakdown of trust between servicemen and women and their civilian commanders.
It’s amazing how pro-war EVERY SINGLE MEDIA OUTLET is right now! VERY clear they’re ALL mouthpieces of the military-industrial complex!
Matt Stoller, Ryan Grim, Alyssa Farah, and Matt Stoller have a heated discussion on whether or not the withdrawal from Afghanistan was successful.
Matt Stoller explains why he has hope that the consultant class will learn from their mistakes in Afghanistan.
Kim Iversen explains why a collaboration between the U.S. government and big tech is concerning.
Alyssa Farah explains why the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was unsuccessful, and predicts future involvement in the region.
Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Alyssa Farah break down the future of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan as the war formally comes to a close.
By Ross Douthat, New York Times A month ago I thought I was a cynic about our 20-year war in Afghanistan. Today, after watching our stumbling withdrawal and the swift collapse of practically everything we fought for, my main feeling is that I wasn’t cynical enough. My cynicism […]
Krystal and Saagar give their thoughts on the war in Afghanistan ending after 20 long years and how Trump reacted to the news
–With the departure of the final flight out, President Joe Biden has officially ended the 20-year war in Afghanistan
By Tim O’Donnell, The Week The United States is now able to confirm that “two high-profile” Islamic State leaders in Afghanistan who allegedly played a role in planning the deadly attack at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport earlier this week have been killed in a U.S. military retaliatory […]
By Ryan Cooper, The Week There was a tragic suicide bombing at the Kabul airport on Thursday. At time of writing 169 people were confirmed killed, including 13 American soldiers. This caused an instant frenzy of denunciation on cable news and from Republican neoconservatives. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) […]
By Carlos Garcia, The Blaze A group of nearly 90 retired generals and admirals called for the resignations of the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff over the disaster of the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. The letter was released as the […]
Well, it’s not exactly prime real estate.
“Neocon lies” is a redundant phrase. The situation in Afghanistan is comparable to a situation where, in the Middle Ages, a group of the most powerful monarchs might decide to cede a particular principality to the Turks for whatever strategic reasons, but where the clergy objects to ceding […]
Krystal dives into the accountability crisis among the US elite as shown by the firing of a Marine after he called out military leadership in Afghanistan
Krystal and Saagar scrutinize the shameless behavior by the pro war mainstream media in the wake of American troops dying at the hands of terrorists
Saagar considers whether Joe Biden should resign over the deaths of American troops in Afghanistan and the precedent that could be set
Krystal and Saagar break down the latest news to come out of Afghanistan including the terrorist attack in Kabul and a subsequent US drone strike that killed civilians
“But ‘dem Talibans is such meanies!” Independent A US drone strike in Afghanistan on Sunday killed nine members of one family, according to local reports. The casualties of the strike in the capital city of Kabul included six children, a relative told a local journalist working with CNN. […]
On today’s What America’s Thinking, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds 52 percent of voters said it’s unlikely the Biden administration consulted with NATO before deciding to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.
Representative Ro Khanna explains his support for President Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Retired Lt. Co. Daniel Davis discusses the final hours of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The US doesn’t need a “foreign policy” at all. The US is a nation of unprecedented wealth and technological advantage, with a continent-wide regime, weak nations to the north and south, huge oceans to the east and west, no other strong powers in the entire hemisphere, and a […]
A Newsweek article about this guy can be found here. “One person who stops lying can bring down a tyranny ” Alexander Solzhenitsyn
By Dylan Donnelly Express According to sources, the SAS squadron would like to set up a base in the Afghan-Pakistan border. The group will then conduct undercover strikes against ISIS-K, the Afghanistan sect of ISIS, based in the east of the country. Their base will also be used […]
One point that Bill Lind makes in this piece that I think is particularly relevant to the future of the US is that his description of present day Iraq is very similar to what I have long believed the future of the US will look like. Bill writes: […]
Retired General Dan Bolger, author of Why We Lost: A General’s Inside Account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, joins The Realignment’s season premiere to discuss the rise and fall of America’s post-9/11 military interventions.
By Jack Phillips Epoch Times A spokesman for the Taliban said that Afghans who have government-issued weapons, ammunition, or vehicles need to hand them over or face punishment. “All those who have government goods, equipment, weapons, ammunition, or vehicles need to hand them over to the relevant department,” […]
By Mimi Nguyen Ly Epoch Times The U.S. military carried out a counterterrorism drone strike against a member of the ISIS-K terrorist group in Afghanistan early on Aug. 28 local time, according to U.S. Central Command. In a statement, CENTCOM spokesman Capt. Bill Urban said that the U.S. military […]
W. James Antle, The Week The horrific bombing in Kabul on Thursday was a stark reminder of why the United States has remained at war in Afghanistan for 20 years. When terrorists murder civilians or American troops, there must be justice, punishment, and deterrence. But after a particularly heinous attack, […]
News arrives a little more slowly here in northern Iceland. But as the details of the horrific attack against US service members and Afghan nationals came in across my phone, so too did many arguments that these are exactly the same sorts of individuals the US should remain […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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