TheDefiantOne
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- May 29, 2021
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Okay, so everyone is having kittens over the major troop withdrawal in Afghanistan.....freaking out that the Taliban is going to take over and make that country a haven for anti-American terrorism that will eventually topple us and the world.
Yeah, right.
Let's get real folks, the ONLY reason our military/industrial complex gives a damn about Afghanistan is due to a potential oil pipeline (much like Iraq, only less complicated) .. the same reason the Russian's shot their load (and lost) from 1979-1989. We helped out the freedom fighters back then....even taught Bin Laden how to launder money and arms for them. Well, the Russians got the boot and the US just lost interest in the people there. As the late Congressman Charlie Wilson said, "we won the war, but fucked up the peace." So the religious zealots flexed their muscles, and here we are now near 20 years later since 9/11.
Now remember, Afghanistan has no navy, no air force, no SAM's or ABM's....all the 9/11 terrorist came from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, the UAE and Bin Ladin was found hiding in plain sight in Pakistan.
So now it's a repeat of the SOS, with comparisons to Viet Nam flying about, a lot of finger pointing and faux concern over the Afghan citizens.
And the band played on.
Yeah, right.
Let's get real folks, the ONLY reason our military/industrial complex gives a damn about Afghanistan is due to a potential oil pipeline (much like Iraq, only less complicated) .. the same reason the Russian's shot their load (and lost) from 1979-1989. We helped out the freedom fighters back then....even taught Bin Laden how to launder money and arms for them. Well, the Russians got the boot and the US just lost interest in the people there. As the late Congressman Charlie Wilson said, "we won the war, but fucked up the peace." So the religious zealots flexed their muscles, and here we are now near 20 years later since 9/11.
Now remember, Afghanistan has no navy, no air force, no SAM's or ABM's....all the 9/11 terrorist came from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon, the UAE and Bin Ladin was found hiding in plain sight in Pakistan.
So now it's a repeat of the SOS, with comparisons to Viet Nam flying about, a lot of finger pointing and faux concern over the Afghan citizens.
And the band played on.