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NATO defeat in Afghanistan
Post Date: 2020-03-14 10:31:48 by Ada
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The United States is going to totally withdraw from Afghanistan. The US gets nothing in return. The Taliban has the chance to take over the whole country. Uncle Sam is going home with his tail between his legs. John Bull is going with him. Johnny Cancuk, Marianne, Fritz and all the gang have also been humiliated. It is a defeat of unexampled ignominy. Afghanistan has been by far the longest conflict in which the United States has been engaged. Yet after 19 years, 4000 deaths and countless billion splurged the United States has been vanquished. The other NATO countries have sustained a couple of thousand fatalities between them. As for NATO’s Afghan allies they have suffered tens of ...
NATO defeat in Afghanistan
Post Date: 2020-03-13 09:29:34 by Ada
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The United States is going to totally withdraw from Afghanistan. The US gets nothing in return. The Taliban has the chance to take over the whole country. Uncle Sam is going home with his tail between his legs. John Bull is going with him. Johnny Cancuk, Marianne, Fritz and all the gang have also been humiliated. It is a defeat of unexampled ignominy. Afghanistan has been by far the longest conflict in which the United States has been engaged. Yet after 19 years, 4000 deaths and countless billion splurged the United States has been vanquished. The other NATO countries have sustained a couple of thousand fatalities between them. As for NATO’s Afghan allies they have suffered tens ...
Team Trump Failed to Bully ICC Into Dropping War Crimes Probe
Post Date: 2020-03-12 20:01:52 by Ada
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Now that U.S. officials will be investigated for war crimes, the international court can expect escalating threats and retaliation by the White House, says Marjorie Cohn. After the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) found a reasonable basis to believe that U.S. military and CIA leaders committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, Team Trump threatened to ban ICC judges and prosecutors from the U.S. and warned it would impose economic sanctions on the Court if it launched an investigation. Apparently succumbing to the U.S. threats, in April 2019, the ICC’s Pretrial Chamber refused to authorize the investigation that prosecutor Fatou Bensouda had ...
US Breaks the Agreement It Just Signed with The Taliban
Post Date: 2020-03-05 10:24:06 by Ada
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Today a U.S. fighter jet bombed a Taliban unit which was fighting with an Afghan government checkpoint. The air attack came just a day after U.S. President Trump had a telephone call with the Taliban leaders in Doha. The Taliban will likely see this as a breach of the recent ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban. The Russian Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov supports that view: "This is a treaty violation, because both the US and the Taliban entered into legally binding commitments not to attack. The Taliban did not attack the Americans or other foreign forces. If the US did that, they violated the agreement blatantly," the diplomat pointed out. ...
Gene Genovese and Our Criminally Reckless Wars
Post Date: 2020-03-03 07:52:03 by Ada
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His lessons from Vietnam could teach us a lot about the havoc we've wreaked in the Middle East. Eugene Genovese (1930-2012) was an accomplished and influential historian of the United States whose professional and personal trajectory carried him from the radical Left to a distinctive form of conservatism. As a young man, he was a card-carrying communist. He ended up a devout Roman Catholic. His contributions to scholarship were legion and his impact on our understanding of slavery and on Southern slaveholders massive. Genovese did not place a premium on getting along with others. Instinctively combative, he was a cantankerous colleague who never hesitated to say what he believed. ...
Are Russia and Turkey on a Collision Course?
Post Date: 2020-02-29 10:24:42 by Ada
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The murder of the Iranian hero-martyr General Soleimani created a situation in which a war between Iran and the Axis of Kindness (USA/Israel/KSA) became a real possibility but, at the very last minute, Uncle Shmuel decided that he had no stomach for a full-scale war against Iran. Wise decision. This, however, does not at all imply that the AngloZionist Empire decided to stand by idly, far from it. The need to take quick and determined action became particularly acute following the huge anti-US demonstrations in Iraq (well over one million people in the streets!) which directly put at risk the US occupation (the MSM would call it “presence”) in both Iraq and Syria. At the same ...
Unlocking the Puzzle of China’s Neutron Bomb
Post Date: 2020-02-26 10:10:53 by BTP Holdings
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Unlocking the Puzzle of China’s Neutron Bomb Why did China develop a neutron bomb that it never deployed? by Jonathan Ray January 27, 2015 Why does China develop weapons systems that it opposes? China criticizes U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems, but conducted three BMD tests of its own from 2010 to 2014. China regularly supports a treaty to ban space weapons, but has repeatedly tested an anti-satellite (ASAT) system. It is also unclear how China’s nascent hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV), reportedly designated the WU-14, might fit into its military doctrine. In general, China’s rapid military modernization and opaque defense budget only exacerbate concerns over ...
US Announces Deal To End War in Afghanistan Is in Place
Post Date: 2020-02-22 02:55:10 by BTP Holdings
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US Announces Deal To End War in Afghanistan Is in Place In this Nov. 13, 2019, file photo, Afghan security personnel gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Rahmat Gul / AP Photo) By AP Reports Published February 21, 2020 at 4:48am The countdown to the signing of a peace agreement between the Taliban and the United States on Feb. 29 to end the 18 years of war in Afghanistan will begin at midnight Friday, when a seven-day “reduction of violence” promised by the Taliban goes into effect, an Afghan official said. After that week-long period, the long-sought peace agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban will be signed in Doha, Qatar, paving the way for ...
Britain First Leader Charged as a Terrorist for Refusing to Have His Phone Searched
Post Date: 2020-02-21 08:04:55 by Ada
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This guy is basically the Jack Posobiec or Gavin McInnes of Britain. He is extremely “anti-racist,” and just talks about Islam. He actually goes around giving Christian Bibles to Arab Moslems. But according to the British government, he’s a terrorist. The Guardian: Paul Golding, the leader of the fringe far-right group Britain First, has been charged with an offence under the Terrorism Act after refusing to give police access to his phone. He was stopped at Heathrow airport in October while returning from a trip to the Russian parliament in Moscow by officers from the Metropolitan police’s counter-terrorism command. He refused to give the Pin codes for a number ...
U.S. Reaches Agreement With Taliban Leading To Possible Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Post Date: 2020-02-17 09:25:58 by BTP Holdings
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U.S. Reaches Agreement With Taliban Leading To Possible Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan February 17, 2020 9:35 am The United States reached an agreement with the Taliban in Afghanistan that U.S. officials said will likely be implemented “very soon” and could lead to American forces leaving the war-torn country. According to the Washington Free Beacon, senior officials in the Trump administration told reporters on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference Friday that the truce between the two groups will feature a dramatic reduction in violence for at least seven days while Taliban leaders negotiate with U.S. officials, potentially leading to a massive troop withdrawal. ...
West Point Prof Pens Blistering Takedown of U.S. Military Academies
Post Date: 2020-02-17 07:30:22 by Ada
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There's a reason, Tim Bakken says, why the U.S. hasn't won a war in 75 years. What do you call a civilian law professor who, after successfully filing for federal whistleblower status to keep his job teaching at West Point Military Academy, proceeds to write a bombshell book about the systematic corruption, violence, fraud, and anti-intellectualism he says has been rampant at the historic institution for over a hundred years? Well, if you are part of the military leadership or an alumnus of the storied military academy, you may call him a traitor. But if you are anyone searching for reasons why the most powerful military in the world has not won a war in 75 years, you might ...
Turkey Risks War With Syria, Russia as Erdogan Threatens More Attacks
Post Date: 2020-02-14 08:04:53 by Ada
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Erdogan says he'll take military action 'everywhere in Syria' Turkey committed heavily to keeping the Idlib Province out of the control of the Syrian government. This was meant to be a staging area for Turkish-backed rebels, but with al-Qaeda having seized much of the province months ago, it’s pretty much a Syria vs. al-Qaeda battle now for these towns. Turkey has doubled down though, insisting Syria will not be allowed to have Idlib, and risking direct war with both Syria and Russia to make it happen. President Erdogan in particular is threatening military action “everywhere in Syria,” and has given Syria until the end of the month to retreat from Idlib. In ...
Trump Cuts New Hampshire Rally Short To Attend Ceremony for Two Fallen Soldiers
Post Date: 2020-02-11 18:01:03 by BTP Holdings
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Trump Cuts New Hampshire Rally Short To Attend Ceremony for Two Fallen Soldiers President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence observe the dignified transfer of two U.S. soldiers, killed in Afghanistan, at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, on Feb. 10, 2020. (Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images) By Erin Coates Published February 11, 2020 at 11:56am President Donald Trump wrapped up his re-election campaign rally in New Hampshire early Monday so he could attend a dignified transfer ceremony for two fallen U.S. Army soldiers. After touting job growth, gun rights and his tough stance on immigration, Trump quickly finished his speech in an hour in “a rare display of brevity and ...
Turkey Says They Killed 101 Syrian Troops in Retaliation
Post Date: 2020-02-11 07:56:00 by Ada
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Five Turkish soldiers slain in shelling of Afrin Early Monday morning, five Turkish soldiers were reported killed in fighting with the Syrian military in the Syrian town of Taftanaz. The town is in rebel-dominated Idlib Province, which Syria is looking to reclaim. As in previous confrontations, Turkey responded with massive military retaliation against Syria. Turkey reported hitting 115 targets in Syria, all government sites. The Turkish Defense Ministry added that 101 Syrian soldiers were killed. In addition to killing the soldiers, Turkey hit a Syrian government helicopter, destroyed three tanks and two artillery pieces. They also reportedly hit some air defenses in the area. Turkey ...
U. S. Lies and Deaths in Afghanistan
Post Date: 2020-02-11 07:44:45 by Ada
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Last December the Washington Post published secret Pentagon documents showing the official lies that have undergirded the U.S. war on Afghanistan for the past 18 years. The opening paragraph of the article puts the matter bluntly: “A confidential trove of government documents obtained by The Washington Post reveals that senior U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan throughout the 18-year campaign, making rosy pronouncements they knew to be false and hiding unmistakable evidence the war had become unwinnable.” I can’t help but wonder whether Sgt. First Class Javier Gutierrez, of San Antonio, Texas, and Sgt. First Class Rey Rodriguez of Las ...
CIA mystery: Did Iran kill ‘Ayatollah Mike?’
Post Date: 2020-02-08 10:15:14 by Ada
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Nobody is talking after Michael D’Andrea, the CIA’s top Iran Mission Center chief, is allegedly killed in plane crash A USAF Bombardier E11A intelligence gathering jet was cruising over Afghanistan on a secret mission, transporting two crewmen and allegedly, a mysterious chain-smoking CIA operative, Michael D’Andrea — also known as Dark Prince and Ayatollah Mike — when something bad happened over a remote, mountainous region. Media reports on Iranian State television showed a crumpled, burning wreck — clearly there were no survivors. It also claimed that D’Andrea, chief of the CIA’s special Iran task force, which goes by the name Iran Mission ...
Former Air Force Drone Operator Speaks Out Against US Atrocities
Post Date: 2020-02-08 08:29:39 by Ada
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A former Air Force drone operator-turned-whistleblower is once again speaking out against the atrocities he committed while serving in a military he describes as "worse than the Nazis." Brandon Bryant was a sensor operator of USAF unmanned aerial drones from 2006 to 2011. His job was targeted killing – remotely firing missiles at targets 7,000 miles (11,000 km) away from an air-conditioned command center near Las Vegas, Nevada. During his Air Force tenure, Bryant says his squadron engaged 1,626 targets, including women and children. He estimates that he is personally responsible for the deaths of 13 people. Bryant told Britain’s Independent that he reached his ...
Tomgram: William Astore, The Self-Defeating Military
Post Date: 2020-02-06 09:36:23 by Bill D Berger
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Here was the headline that recently caught my eye: “Former Top U.S. General Dunford Joining Unicef.” Okay, you knew it was a joke immediately, right? There’s really only one conceivable headline of that sort when you’re talking about a figure like four-star general Joseph Dunford, Jr., who commanded the 5th Marine Regiment in the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and all U.S. (and NATO) forces in Afghanistan from 2012-2014, then became commandant of the Marine Corps, and, until last October, was the only chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Trump era. I’m sure you’ve already more or less guessed, but here’s the actual headline that caught my eye the other ...
Take a Whiff of Failure: More Heroin, Attacks, and Hunger in Afghanistan
Post Date: 2020-02-04 07:52:59 by Ada
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But success is always around the corner, right? The people who argue the hardest for staying in Afghanistan forever like to intimate that progress is incremental and that real success is just around the corner—if we have the fortitude and patience to stay. They typically use metrics to prove the point. But looking at the most recent quarterly figures from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan, the only truth teller in the whole of our government (and least popular bureaucrat), you can probably surmise that after 18 years that line is as old and useless as the war itself. Come on people, it’s not getting any better. Just a taste: —There were 8,204 enemy attacks ...
Attorneys for Coast Guard lieutenant accused of terror plot say new evidence refutes allegations
Post Date: 2020-01-30 12:41:42 by BTP Holdings
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Attorneys for Coast Guard lieutenant accused of terror plot say new evidence refutes allegations Christopher Hasson This file image provided by the Maryland U.S. District Attorney’s Office shows a photo of firearms and ammunition that belonged to Christopher Paul Hasson, a Coast Guard lieutenant. Federal prosecutors recommend a 25-year prison sentence for Hasson, accused of stockpiling ... more > By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times - Thursday, January 30, 2020 Attorneys for Christopher Hasson, a Coast Guard lieutenant accused of planning a terror attack and the murder of liberal politicians and television pundits, said Thursday that newly discovered evidence refutes ...
One of the CIA's waterboarding torturers called himself "The Preacher" and shouted religious nonsense while performing executions
Post Date: 2020-01-28 08:20:21 by Ada
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More word from the ongoing attempt to bring the people responsible for years of CIA torture to justice: one of the three waterboarding specialists at Guantanamo was called "The Preacher" because while he was drowning suspects to the point of near death, he "would at random times put one hand on the forehead of a detainee, raise the other high in the air, and in a deep Southern drawl say things like, 'Can you feel it, son? Can you feel the spirit moving down my arm, into your body?'" The sadistic torturer's real name isn't known. He was codenamed NZ7. Top articles 1/5 READ MORE Ring doorbell app packed with third-party trackers Tales of The ...
Petraeus Says Trump May Have Helped ‘Reestablish Deterrence’ by Killing Suleimani
Post Date: 2020-01-18 13:07:43 by BTP Holdings
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Petraeus Says Trump May Have Helped ‘Reestablish Deterrence’ by Killing Suleimani The former U.S. commander and CIA director says Iran’s “very fragile” situation may limit its response. By Lara Seligman | January 3, 2020, 1:37 PM Gen. David Petraeus speaks in New Windsor, New York, on June 25, 2010. Spencer Platt/Getty Images As a former commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and a former CIA director, retired Gen. David Petraeus is keenly familiar with Qassem Suleimani, the powerful chief of Iran’s Quds Force, who was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad Friday morning. After months of a muted U.S. response to Tehran’s repeated lashing ...
History of US Iran Conflict Explained
Post Date: 2020-01-16 00:07:34 by Pinguinite
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Well presented, credible, seemingly balanced. Begins with oil discovery in Iran 100+ years ago.
Revolving Door Shills on TV Need an ‘Outing’
Post Date: 2020-01-14 08:47:24 by Ada
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These guys are the 'Message Force Multipliers' of 2020. If there are no disclosures coming, we need to crowd-source this. Just like David Barstow’s explosive investigative report on the Pentagon’s “Message Force Multipliers” in April 2008, Lee Fang at The Intercept has done us a tremendous favor by pointing out that many of the so-called military experts who are making the rounds this week to talk about the U.S.-Iran confrontation in Iraq are in fact paid shills for the defense industry. That’s right: David Petraeus, Van Hipp, Jeh Johnson, John Negroponte (and these are just the ones featured in Fang’s piece)—all have ties to the Big 5 ...
America Has a Samson Problem
Post Date: 2020-01-13 08:03:01 by Ada
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Our confrontation with Iran is part of a larger overconfidence in our military to solve all the world's problems. Critics of the Soleimani assassination point out that it was an action devoid of strategic purpose. They are correct to do so. Yet let’s not blame Donald Trump and his ever-changing cast of senior advisers for having strayed off the path of good sense. The United States lost its way decades ago when members of the policy elite succumbed to an infatuation with military power and thereby lost their strategic bearings. The current crisis with Iran brings into focus something that ought to have long ago attracted attention: this country has a Samson problem. The United ...
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