“The U.S. military invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 to help the Afghanis to establish a democratic government, which they now have, with a president/executive branch and a Parliament. However, after nearly 17 years of fighting, U.S. troops are still in Afghanistan. The Afghanistan war is the longest in U.S. history. To date, 2,411 American soldiers have died in Afghanistan.”
Tag Archives: Middle East
Targeted Killing, Donald Trump Style
“The administration is bombing people all over the planet, under looser rules and in the shadows.”
Read more: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/targeted-killing-donald-trump-style/
Britain Apologizes for Role in Libyan Dissident’s C.I.A. Nightmare
“A C.I.A. abduction in 2004 landed them in Libya, where the man was tortured by Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s security forces and imprisoned for six years.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/world/europe/britain-libya-apology-cia-rendition-torture.html
Trump and the Deep State: Is Everyone Getting It Wrong?
“One side claims the Deep State is a figment of our imagination. Another thinks of Trump as a fearless crusader against it. Both sides are missing something very important.”
Read more: https://tomwoods.com/ep-1170-trump-and-the-deep-state-is-everyone-getting-it-wrong/
Trump’s Ten Lies: A Response to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Speech
“The bottom line is that no one – not the United States, not Israel, not the International Atomic Energy Agency – ever really believed Iran was developing nuclear weapons.”
US sets up new military base in Syria, warns Assad not to attack it
“Assad told RT. ‘Somehow, they’re going to leave. They came to Iraq with no legal basis. And look what happened to them. They have to learn their lesson.'”
Read more: https://www.rt.com/usa/428406-pentagon-assad-syria-warning/
US coalition actively striking Syrian Army positions
“As of yet, the US has provided no rationale for the strike, and provided no media or public lead up to the action.”
Read more: http://theduran.com/breaking-us-coalition-strikes-syrian-army-positions/
America’s ‘War on Terror’ Has Cost Taxpayers $5.6 Trillion
“Never has a great power still in its imperial prime proved quite so incapable of applying its military and political might in a way that would advance its aims.”
Read more: https://www.thenation.com/article/americas-war-on-terror-has-cost-taxpayers-5-6-trillion/
House Votes to Investigate U.S. Involvement in Yemen’s Secret Torture Prisons
“The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to force a public accounting of the current U.S. role in torture prisons across the south of Yemen.”
Read more: https://theintercept.com/2018/05/24/yemen-war-uae-torture-ro-khanna/
John McCain finally admits Ron Paul was right: Iraq War was a “mistake”
“McCain, who is battling brain cancer, writes that the Iraq War ‘can’t be judged as anything other than a mistake, a very serious one, and I have to accept my share of the blame for it.'”
Read more: https://www.vox.com/2018/5/25/17394466/john-mccain-memoir-iraq-war-mistake