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The unopposed entrance of Taliban forces into Kabul marks the bitter conclusion of a 20-year long military adventure by U.S. imperialism that senselessly inflicted death and suffering on an enormous scale. The fact that the U.S.-backed Afghan government surrendered without a fight is the clearest indication that it was nothing more than an extension of U.S. imperialist power. The stark reality showed itself: either the U.S. imperialist occupation that began 20 years ago would be sustained literally forever, or this government would collapse upon the exit of U.S. military forces. The Taliban coming to power in the mid-1990s was the consequence of the CIA war against the socialist government of Afghanistan that had come to power in 1978 during the Saur Revolution. The U.S. was perfectly willing to do business with the Taliban prior to September 11 in spite of their odious policies, including their prohibition on the education of girls. The hope and promise of the earlier socialist period was crushed by U.S. intervention and the later collapse of the Soviet Union. Since then, the people of Afghanistan have lived under one reactionary government after another.
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PSL statement: U.S.-backed Afghan government surrenders to the Taliban
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“ inflicted death and suffering on an enormous scale.”
Completely false statement…
“We will allow women to leave the house alone”
What about LGBTs?
Started with Jimmy Carter and his National Security Advisor Brzenzinski. Also, remember when Reagan invited he Mujahadeen filth to the White House? Pity the Whited House cleaning crew that had to clean up the stench afterwards.
Regarding this statement from the article above:
"The stark reality showed itself: either the U.S. imperialist occupation that began 20 years ago would be sustained literally forever, or this government would collapse upon the exit of U.S. military forces."
Right. So the U.S. military stays no matter how long it takes -- another 20 years, 100 years or forever. You broke it, you bloody bought it.
If you're a female in Afghanistan now, you're fucked (literally, too). If anyone neads air-lifting out of that shithole, it's the women and girls (including the men who assisted U.S. military forces). The rest of the men? Fuck them! The fuckers had their chance to fight and they chose not to -- fuck them.
I have a good relationship with the mullahs [Taliban] -- Trump (What a moron!)
Armchair general goes to Afghanistan, founds new harem.
you wish, right?
I wish I were in Tahiti in January.
lastgreek,
Asymmetric warfare. If you watch the video in the article below, you'll notice she mentions "asymmetric warfare" at around the 1-minute mark, right after he brings up the ratio of Afghan to Taliban.
CBS News reporter Christina Ruffini tears into State Department spokesman
Have you heard of FARC? Here's some history.
In the past month, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, has explicitly warned local officials including mayors, councilors, and judges in 200 towns that they would be declared "military targets" if they fail to step down.
Now, the 17,000-strong guerrilla faction is systematically extending the death threat to every one of the country's 1,098 municipalities, in a concerted attempt to destroy the Colombian state from the ground up. It's an open challenge to President-elect Alvaro Uribe, who won a land- slide election victory in May by promising to crack down on FARC.
source: Rebels' brazen bid to paralyze Colombia
Here's another link:
Colombian rebels warn mayors to ‘resign or die’
17,000 versus hundreds of thousands of soldiers and paramilitary troops. The Colombian government backed down.
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