The Department of Defense has routinely touted the success of flying tens of thousands of Afghans from Kabul as the country fell to the Taliban. A year later, thousands of the refugees are languishing in camps worldwide as they wait for Washington to allow them to enter America.
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8/12/22 Matthieu Aikins on the Many Problems Facing Afghanistan Today
by Scott Horton | Aug 15, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott interviews journalist and author Matthieu Aikins about life in Afghanistan one year after the withdrawal of U.S. troops. Having spent a lot of time in the country, Aikins is able to give a nuanced and detailed account of the problems facing...
US Abandoned Billions in Military Gear Meant for Afghan Army, Some Sent to Ukraine
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Apr 27, 2022 | News Roundup
When the last American soldier left Kabul in August, the US left behind $7 billion in military equipment it had given to the Afghan Army, more than one-third of all the gear donated over 16 years.
Afghan Children Killed in Separate Blasts
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Apr 2, 2022 | News Roundup
A number of children and young men were killed and dozens more wounded after a pair of explosions rocked Afghanistan’s Helmand and Herat provinces just hours apart.
Afghan Translator Alleges American Soldiers Tortured an Afghan Commando Before He Died
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 29, 2022 | News Roundup
A Department of Defense investigation into the death of an Afghan commando includes evidence the man was tortured while in US custody and died hours later. Eight Green Berets received reprimands for their role in the soldier's death. On October 22, 2018, Wahidullah...
Infant Mortality Spikes in Afghanistan as Officials Say 13,000+ Newborns Have Died Since January
by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Mar 24, 2022 | News Roundup
The Afghan government has estimated that more than 13,000 newborns have died in the country so far this year – just six months after the US withdrew humanitarian aid, seized official bank accounts and sanctioned the new regime in Kabul. Health Ministry spokesman...
Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
by William Van Wagenen | Dec 28, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called...
News Roundup 12/23/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 23, 2021 | News Roundup
US News US airstrikes have dropped about 54% since Biden took office. [Link] Military families in Hawaii believe they have been exposed to contaminated water for months longer than the Navy currently admits. [Link] The US sanctions three people in Brazil for...
The War In Afghanistan Is Over, But Its Economy Is Collapsing
by Steven Woskow | Dec 16, 2021 | Blog
While the Washington D.C. ruling class lectures the world about morality and human rights. "They're witnessing a sharp rise in cases of malnutrition here and across the country, with both mothers and young infants in particular unable to get enough food. The UN has...
Afghanistan Is Now Facing Mass Starvation
by Steven Woskow | Dec 13, 2021 | Blog
https://twitter.com/60Minutes/status/1470199264609554434 Sharyn Alfonsi: Some of the humanitarian workers we spoke to said that the country is on the verge of its worst humanitarian crisis ever. Do you believe that to be true? Dr. Qalandar Ebad: We are on the edge of...
The Antiwar Comic: Crazy Akbar’s
by Tony DiGerolamo | Oct 24, 2021 | Blog
Meanwhile, in Afghanistan... More comics at the Webcomic Factory. Videos at YouTube, Bitchute and Rumble.
The Afghan War: A Photographer’s Journal
by Steven Woskow | Oct 8, 2021 | Blog
The Times photographer Tyler Hicks, who chronicled the 20-year war, captured American troops in battle, the deaths of civilians, schoolgirls in class and the struggles of ordinary Afghans to survive. One of the first things the New York Times photographer Tyler Hicks...
News Roundup 10/8/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Oct 8, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Reuters reports the US has been sending a small number of special operations forces to Taiwan to train their troops. [Link] Berlin police are investigating reports of ‘Havana Syndrome’ at the US Embassy. [Link] Afghanistan At least 28 people were killed by a...
Taliban Forswears Attacks on Foreign Nations, Pledges Opposition to Outside Militants
by Dave DeCamp | Sep 15, 2021 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister held his first news conference on Tuesday and reiterated a pledge from the Taliban that the new government would not allow militants inside Afghanistan to attack other countries. “We will not allow anyone or any groups to use our...
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Christopher Hitchens Lied About the Cause of Terrorism
"The suicide murder community is almost perfectly faith based." - Christopher Hitchens On Real Time With Bill Maher, Hitchens claims that because an Islamist in the 1800's used the Koran to justify atrocities, it means that today the issue with Al-Qaeda is due to the...
War is a Euphemism for Mass Murder
To kill one man is to be guilty of a capital crime, to kill ten men is to increase the guilt tenfold, to kill a hundred men is to increase it a hundredfold. This the rulers of the earth all recognize, and yet when it comes to the greatest crime — waging war on another...
Empower the Working Class: Abolish Occupational Licensing
It's time to consistently apply the "my body my choice" principle. If consenting adults want to engage in economic activity, no third party should forcibly stop them. Democrats always say "voting once every two years between two politicians is how you express...
Death By Climate: Down 97% in Last 100 Years
Our schools provide many hours of lessons on climate change, but I wonder how many teachers, let alone pupils, are aware that climate-related deaths have decreased by as much as 97 per cent over the past 100 years, as the OFDA / CRED data show. - Why don’t we ever...
Black Youth Unemployment: Before and After Progressives Started “Helping”
A constant trend is progressivism is to use the state to coercively control others under the guise of "helping" them, make things worse, then ignore the problems you caused and never apologize. Sallie Mae loans didn't make college affordable. The Federal Reserve...
What Kind of Liberal?
Not to put too fine a point on it, but I am a Locke-Smith liberal.
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