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Tillerson Pledges Open-Ended Military Presence In Syria To Counter Iran

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“Tillerson once again reiterated the US desire to eventually see President Bashar al Assad removed from power while also pledging US commitment to staying in Syria in order to counter Iran’s influence in the region.  Ultimately, according to Tillerson, ‘the United States will remain in Syria’ until certain conditions are met which include the complete destruction of ISIS, Assad’s removal from power, and the return of refugees to a stabilized country.”

Read more: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-17/tillerson-pledges-open-ended-military-presence-syria-counter-iran

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The British Empire in Yemen

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“One of the reasons that Americans are unable to draw the parallels between Great Britain and the United States is that the U.S. version of empire hasn’t followed the British model. Instead of converting foreign lands into colonies, the U.S. government has followed the Soviet Union’s model of empire that was established in Eastern Europe. It uses local proxies or ‘puppets’ to serve as agents for the U.S. government, just as the Soviets did in Eastern European countries. This has enabled the United States to maintain the façade of supporting ‘independent’ regimes in the countries it controls, which just happen to ‘invite’ the United States to maintain military bases in their countries.”

Read more: https://www.fff.org/2018/01/10/british-empire-yemen/

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Pakistan Suspends Military And Intelligence Cooperation With US

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“Kahn emphasized ‘a wide field of intelligence cooperation and defense cooperation have been suspended,’ but added the supply lines for NATO troops in Afghanistan would remain open. There was little mention of the fate of CIA drone bases operating in the country.”

Read more: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-10/pakistan-suspends-military-and-intelligence-cooperation-us

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U.S. Spent $5.6 Trillion On Wars In The Middle East And Asia: Study

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“The U.S. has been fighting in and bombing several countries in the Middle East and Asia for 16 years. According to a new study, all that war has cost the U.S. taxpayers $5.6 trillion, which is over three times what the Pentagon estimates.”

Read more: http://uproxx.com/news/study-us-spent-5-6-trillion-war-middle-east/

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Why the United States will never leave Yemen

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“At least 10,000 people have been killed in the conflict, and seven million are in dire need of food assistance.  The US began supporting the Saudi-led coalition through a decision by then-US President Barack Obama, who cited the Authorisation for Use of Military Force (AUMF) to justify US involvement.  Since taking office, President Donald Trump has done the same.”

Read more: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/united-states-leave-yemen-171112191346249.html

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Trump Unleashes CIA Kill Teams In Afghanistan

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“Trump previously loosened CIA drone strike rules in Afghanistan that will now allow for some civilian casualties relative to the importance of the target. ‘We’ll be here as long as it takes until you change your mind,’ Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said recently in a message to the Taliban.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/22/trump-unleashes-cia-kill-teams-in-afghanistan/

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The Mini-Skirt Deception: Trump and McMaster’s Afghan ‘Surge’

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“The ‘America First’ foreign policy Trump promised during the campaign is just a memory, and his baffled supporters are left to contemplate the most brazen betrayal in modern American political history.”

Read more: http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2017/08/22/mini-skirt-deception-mcmaster-got-afghan-surge/

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Don’t Privatize the Afghan War—Just End It

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“The war in Afghanistan has long been an out-of-sight, out-of-mind affair for the American public. To relegate Afghan lives to the mercy of an even less visible force will be to write them off altogether.”

Read more: https://www.truthdig.com/articles/dont-privatize-afghan-war-just-end/

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WaPo: The U.S. will never win the war in Afghanistan

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“Obama signed off on a surge that ended with 100,000 U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. His generals also promised to break the stalemate. Today, the Taliban controls more of the country than it has since 2001.  Why are we still there? We went into Afghanistan after 9/11 to get Osama bin Laden and to punish the Taliban for harboring al-Qaeda. Now bin Laden is dead; al-Qaeda is dispersed; the Taliban has been battered. The United Nations reports that there were more than 11,000 war-related civilian casualties last year, and 660,000 Afghans were displaced, adding to the country’s massive refugee crisis.  The war has now cost us over $1 trillion, making it the second-costliest U.S. war.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-us-will-never-win-the-war-in-afghanistan/2017/05/16/ac65a52e-39c0-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html

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Trump Wants a New Afghan Surge. That’s a Terrible Idea.

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“Economists estimate the Afghan war has already cost U.S. taxpayers around a trillion dollars. Now the U.S. military is re-escalating in Afghanistan.  As the Pentagon requests more troops and drops more and bigger bombs, it’s important to assess the dangers of another surge. And to consider whether another U.S. escalation can turn around an unwinnable war. Will Surge 2.0 be consequential, relevant, sustainable? Or will it be another futile chapter in an unwinnable war?”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/05/06/trump-wants-a-new-afghan-surge-thats-a-terrible-idea-215107

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